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John Robertson

Groundcrew at Novar Airfield An unknown group of groundcrew at Novar in 1927. The corporal on the left of the photo is wearing a ...
A Fairey 3F landing on HMS Furious As an aircraft carrier left Invergordon, the aircraft, which had disembarked to Novar, would fly ba...
Retrieving a Saro Lerwick from the Firth at Invergordon Saro Lerwick L7257 of 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, 4(C)OTU, sank at it's moorings at Inver...
Removal of Saro Lerwick Saro Lerwick L7257 being moved on a 'Queen Mary' of 56 MU. The aircraft was taken to Greenock, avoid...
Transport of a damaged Supermarine Stranraer A Supermarine Stranraer, seen at RAF Longman, Inverness, on a 56 MU Queen Mary after recovery from t...
Recovery of a Consolidated PBY Catalina Flying Boat Catalina AH531 0f 4(C)OTU being readied for loading on to a recovery vehicle. This aircraft sank dur...
Saro Lerwick of 4 (C) OTU, Invergordon Saro Lerwicks failed to prove successful when operating out of RAF Oban. A number of these aircraft ...
Handley Page Heyford In 1937 the expansion of the runways and facilities at RAF Novar enabled larger aircraft to use the ...
Handley Page Harrow In September 1939, No. 8 Air Observers School was formed at Evanton and operated Harrows, Henleys, W...
Handley Page Harrow taxying at Evanton, with a mixture of other aircraft in the background The grass in the foreground is quite long, but the runways were mown short. At this time, aircraft w...

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