An upright aircraft propeller with a single battered blade set on a stone boulder that has a commemorative bronze plaque on it. The plaque is inscribed in English in raised lettering. This memorial was erected by the Arran Junior Mountain Rescue Club in memory of all the airmen killed on Arran between 1939 and 1945. While the dangers of operational flying in wartime are obvious, it is easy to forget that training was also extremely hazardous. As an island rising to nearly 3,000ft, Arran became the location of a number of fatal aircraft crashes during WWII, and the crews of those aircraft are remembered here.

Source of information: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk, Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk

Source of photo: Google Maps

On the plaque:

THE

BRITISH AMERICAN

MEMORIAL

IN MEMORY OF ALL THE

AIRMEN KILLED ON

ARRAN 1939-45

"THEY DIED THAT WE

MAY LIVE FREE"

ERECTED BY ARRAN JUNIOR

MOUNTAIN RESCUE CLUB