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Specification chart for Spitfire Blue Peter
Diagram marked blue for items recovered form crash site; and green for those on display at exhibition. -
Article – Search for ‘Blue Peter’ by Ralph J Davidson
Pages 36-43, unknown publicationTags aviation -
Crew from TV programme Blue Peter filming wreckage of Spitfire AD540 Blue Peter
From the right : Charles and Carol Cathcart, Anne Rutherford, Anna Campbell, Emma Cathcart; Fiona, Alison and Shona Campbell.Tags aviation -
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Spitfire AD540 Blue Peter’s wreckage, landing
Blue Peter’s Merlin engine takes to the skies again.Tags aviation -
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Memorial to Spitfire Blue Peter
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD MAY
1942 SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540 BLUE
PETER CRASHED WHILST ON
CONVOY DUTIES IN THE CLYDE
ESTUARY P.O. DAVID HUNTER
BLAIR BEING KILLED IN THE
ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LAY
HIDDEN FOR 51 YRS TO THE DAY
IT CRASHED UNTIL DISCOVERED BY
RALPH DAVIDSON OF THE D.G.A.G.
ON 23RD MAY 1993.Tags aviation -
Memorial to Spitfire Blue Peter
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD MAY
1942 SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540 BLUE
PETER CRASHED WHILST ON
CONVOY DUTIES IN THE CLYDE
ESTUARY P.O. DAVID HUNTER
BLAIR BEING KILLED IN THE
ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LAY
HIDDEN FOR 51 YRS TO THE DAY
IT CRASHED UNTIL DISCOVERED BY
RALPH DAVIDSON OF THE D.G.A.G.
ON 23RD MAY 1993.Tags aviation -
Memorial to Spitfire Blue Peter
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD MAY
1942 SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540 BLUE
PETER CRASHED WHILST ON
CONVOY DUTIES IN THE CLYDE
ESTUARY P.O. DAVID HUNTER
BLAIR BEING KILLED IN THE
ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LAY
HIDDEN FOR 51 YRS TO THE DAY
IT CRASHED UNTIL DISCOVERED BY
RALPH DAVIDSON OF THE D.G.A.G.
ON 23RD MAY 1993Tags aviation -
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Certificate of Authenticity from Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum for Propeller Splinter
This is to certify that this Propeller Splinter is a genuine part from Merlin 45 engine, serial No.279813 which powered Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB Serial No.AD 540 ‘Blue Peter’.Tags aviation -
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Spitfire flying over during the Memorial Service on 28 August 1993 for David Hunter Blair the pilot of AD540
The Landranger map Sheet 77 O.S grid reference for the plaque to David is 603993 and for the crash site 604004.Tags aviation -
Remains of the Spitfire airlifted by the Navy to Drumjohn on July 12th 1993.
They can now be seen at the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum, see Newsletter 23.Tags aviation -
The remains of Spitfire AD540 Blue Peter
Found buried on the back of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn on May 23 1993, 51 years to the day when the plane crashed.Tags aviation -
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Newspaper clipping – Final landing for crashed Spitfire at Dumfries museum
Dumfries and Galloway Standard and AdvertiserTags aviation -
Crash site on Bow
In memory of
NEIL POMFRET
GERALD A. GIBSON
MAURICE G. KING
DAVID EVENS
WHO DIED IN THEIR AEROPLANE
CRASHED ON THIS HILL
September 28th 1975
These young men now lie at rest
In their short lives they gave their best
We who are left remember still
The friends we lost on this Galloway Hill
ERECTED BY RELATIVES AND FRIENDSTags aviation -
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Memorial to David Hunter Blair
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD
MAY 1942 PILOT OFFICER
DAVID HUNTER BLAIR
AGED 19 - A SCOT FROM
AYRSHIRE WAS MORTALLY
WOUNDED AFTER
PARACHUTING FROM
SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540
BLUE PETER HE DIED THAT
OTHERS MAY LIVE
LEST WE FORGET 1993Tags aviation -
Memorial to David Hunter Blair
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD
MAY 1942 PILOT OFFICER
DAVID HUNTER BLAIR
AGED 19 - A SCOT FROM
AYRSHIRE WAS MORTALLY
WOUNDED AFTER
PARACHUTING FROM
SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540
BLUE PETER HE DIED THAT
OTHERS MAY LIVE
LEST WE FORGET 1993Tags aviation -
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Memorial to Spitfire Blue Peter
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD MAY
1942 SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540 BLUE
PETER CRASHED WHILST ON
CONVOY DUTIES IN THE CLYDE
ESTUARY P.O. DAVID HUNTER
BLAIR BEING KILLED IN THE
ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LAY
HIDDEN FOR 51 YRS TO THE DAY
IT CRASHED UNTIL DISCOVERED BY
RALPH DAVIDSON OF THE D.G.A.G.
ON 23RD MAY 1993Tags aviation -
Spitfire Blue Peter crash site and memorial
NEAR THIS SPOT ON 23RD MAY
1942 SPITFIRE Mk VB AD 540 BLUE
PETER CRASHED WHILST ON
CONVOY DUTIES IN THE CLYDE
ESTUARY P.O. DAVID HUNTER
BLAIR BEING KILLED IN THE
ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LAY
HIDDEN FOR 51 YRS TO THE DAY
IT CRASHED UNTIL DISCOVERED BY
RALPH DAVIDSON OF THE D.G.A.G.
ON 23RD MAY 1993.Tags aviation -
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Crash site on Bow
In memory of
NEIL POMFRET
GERALD A. GIBSON
MAURICE G. KING
DAVID EVENS
WHO DIED IN THEIR AEROPLANE
CRASHED ON THIS HILL
September 28th 1975
These young men now lie at rest
In their short lives they gave their best
We who are left remember still
The friends we lost on this Galloway Hill
ERECTED BY RELATIVES AND FRIENDSTags aviation -
Crash site on Bow
In memory of
NEIL POMFRET
GERALD A. GIBSON
MAURICE G. KING
DAVID EVENS
WHO DIED IN THEIR AEROPLANE
CRASHED ON THIS HILL
September 28th 1975
These young men now lie at rest
In their short lives they gave their best
We who are left remember still
The friends we lost on this Galloway Hill
ERECTED BY RELATIVES AND FRIENDSTags aviation -
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1947 Plane view from ground
From Photo Album (Photo_523) and referred to in doc CHG_34. -
Aerial view of Carsphairn, 1947?
From Photo Album (Photo_523) and referred to in doc CHG_34. -
Woman waving to plane (1947 Baby Food Drop)
From Photo Album (Photo_523) and referred to in doc CHG_34. -
Reception Committee (1947 Baby Food Drop)
The Policeman is Mr Proudfoot.
From Photo Album (Photo_523) and referred to in documents CHG_34 and CHG_64.
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Arrival of Aeroplane 1947 Baby Food Drop
From Photo Album (Photo_523) and referred to in doc CHG_34. -
Memorial to 4 men who died in Piper Aztec air crash, 28.9.75
Memorial to 4 men who died in Piper Aztec air crash, 28.9.75Tags aviation -
View Carsphairn from memorial plaque to 4 men killed in Piper Aztec crash 28/9/75
View Carsphairn from memorial plaque to 4 men killed in Piper Aztec crash 28/9/75Tags aviation -
Album of newspaper clippings (patterned)
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Grave in USA of airman killed in crash at Brochloch
Back: Noel Poppoff grave Nov 1952, Sunset Memorial Cemetry, Minneapolis, Minn. USATags aviation -
Wife and children of airman killed in crash at Brochloch
Back: Audrey, Michael and Lipiu Poppoff Dec 28 1952, Minneapolis MInn USA at Noel’s grave.
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Poppoff family USA
Father killed in B52 Bomber, 1952.
Back: Michael, Lipiu Poppoff, June 1954, Minneapolis, MInn. in a park. I like this snap-shot of them. They look like little tramps.Tags aviation -
Poppoff family USA
Father killed in B52 Bomber, 1952.
Back: Lipiu, Michale & Audrey Poppoff, June 1954 at Grand Rapids, MInn. The other little fellow with striped shirt on is my other son’s little boy. You will find Michael among the bushes in front!Tags aviation -
Newsletter 105
The Winter of 2013/14 in Carsphairn; Mary Timney – The Road to the Gallows by Jane Baldwin; A visit to Brochloch; Carsphairn 1745; Obituary Rev John Miller; Titbits from The Galloway News 24 December 1960 Rural Round: CarsphairnTags aviation -
Newsletter 88
From the chairman – Carsphairn Coming Home Exhibition; Carsphairn Golf Club; The Myth of Tarmacadam; Plane Crash; Supply of Coal and Meal to Poor; My Flight to South Africa by Sally Gilroy; Cold Comfort by Sue Wiseman. -
Newsletter 82
Kail, Cakes and Cures – Our Kitchen Heritage, the 2008 exhibition; Stroanfreggan Bowling Club – The Beginnings; Tales for the Barber’s Chair; Quentin McAdam of Craigengillan d. 1805 (letters); That Round The World Flying Trip in 1922, The Last Word; -
Newsletter 74
The Killing Times in the Glenkens; Have you ever seen a Carsphairn Red?; Round the World Flight Attempt in 1922, Part III; Notice: Guide to the Sites of the Covenanters; Carved sandstone slab found in Carsphairn; Answers to questions set by a Catholic primary school test on the Old and New Testaments. As the children wrote them. -
Newsletter 73
Chairman’s Report on 2005 AGM in November; Carsphairn Parish Church Sunday School 1895; Round the World Flight Attempt in 1922 – Part 2; World War II at the AGM last November. -
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Newsletter 47
Hints for the Home; Notice: Stewards Lunch; So the Americans have never forgotten the Scots village; Notice: The Annual Walk; Book Review - “Exploring Galloway” by Mike Ansell; Loch Doon excerpt: The River Doon by Wilson MacArthur; Notice: AGM. -
Newsletter 31
Notice: Annual Walk; From the Heritage Group Chairman; These Boots Were Made For Walking - Annual Walk; Appeal: Rescue Part date; The Woodhead Lead Mine; A Nineteenth Century Character Reference; Polmaddy Settlement from Forestry Enterprise, Castle Douglas; Notices: Items produced by the Heritage Group, Visit to Aviation Museum to see The Spitfire Blue Peter; Obituary: Mrs Agnes Muriel Coxon, nee McMillan. -
Newsletter 21
Editorial; The Lass O’ The Garryhorn; Carsphairn and the Glenkens Society Part 2; Notices: Spitfire Search, Open Meetings, Second Summer Exhibition, Carsphairn during the Second World War, Office Bearers, Subscriptions, Further Diary Dates. -
Newsletter 19
Notice: The Heritage Centre, Sponsored Walk August 29th, Gifts, Diary Dates; Kars Castle; Recollections and Reflections of a Grandmother; Ancestral Research; The First Statistical Account of Scotland Published in 1799; Spitfire Crash; Book Review by Colonel Clark Kennedy; Frontispiece by Patricia Toland. -
Newsletter 15
1891 Census. Occupations in Carsphairn Parish; The First (or Old) Statistical Account; July 7th 1951: B52 American Air Crash; Muidrochwood; Notices: Gifts, Heritage Centre, Heritage Group Events, Resignations, Apology; Obituary Mrs Catherine Richardson. -
Newsletter 4
Editorial Comment; Notices: Appointments, Heritage Trails, Membership renewals, Accounts, 350th Anniversary; Local Tales and Legends; Gifts; Loch Doon; Scottish Museum Council Interest; Carsphairn Parish (extract from Rambles in Galloway by M Harper 1876); Convention on Carsphairn resources.Tags aviation -
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Propeller Blade Splinter from Spitfire AD540 Blue Peter
"PRESENTED TO THE CARSPHAIRN HERITAGE CENTRE, ROTOL PROPELLER BLADE SPLINTER, FROM SPITFIRE AD540, BLUE PETER 1993" -
Wing spar, port side, Spitfire Blue Peter, mounted
“PRESENTED TO FRANK HUNTER BLAIR, PORT WING SPAR FROM SPITFIRE Mk VB AD540, BLUE PETER 1993"