Scots village to honour hero pilot who sacrificed his own life

The_Historian · #1 (**permalink**) May 2nd, 2007, 06:06 PM

This was in my local rag today-

http://icstirlingshire.icnetwork.co....name_page.html

Cowie is about two miles away, so once the statue is unveiled I'll try and post a picture of it.
RAF Grangemouth opened in 1938 as the Central Scotland Airport, but was taken over by the Air Ministry on outbreak of war. I think No. 36(?) OTU operated out of there. The airfield is long gone, and its satellite at Balado Bridge near Kinross is now used for the T in the Park rock festival every year.
Other aircraft from this unit crashed in the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire/Perth & Kinross, including a B17. I'm led to believe that some of the remains can still be seen, although I've been searching for years.
A bronze plaque commemorating this crash has been mounted inside the bowling club since it was built, and I'm pleased to hear about this statue. The village has only recently acquired a war memorial, after spending decades as the only village in the district without one.

The_Historian · #2 (**permalink**) May 25th, 2007, 01:42 PM

Got over to Cowie yesterday. PO Everiss's name has also been added to the village's new war memorial.
He was also in 58 OTU at Grangemouth, not 36.