Vickers Wellington Glen Clunie, Scotland

20 Operational Training Unit R1646 JM-D 19.01 1942

Took off from Lossiemouth on a training flight with a crew of eight. The aircraft failed to return and was listed as missing, presumed lost at sea. The wreck was discovered a month later. Full story on Linzee Druce web site here.

All onboard lost their lives: Flying Officer James Williamson Thomson DFC, RNZAF. Sergeant Robert James Jackson, RCAF. Sergeant Michael Henry John Kilburn, RAFVR. Flight Sergeant Harry Joseph Kelley, RCAF. Sergeant John Bernard Riley, RAFVR. Sergeant Beaumont Churchill Dickson, RAAF. Sergeant Roy Alistair Milliken, RAAF. Sergeant William Morphet Greenbank, RAFVR.

The two Pegasus engines were brought down to Braemar, by helicopter in 1999.

In 2003 a memorial with one of the engines was unveiled in the centre of Braemar, next to the village War Memorial.