Vickers Wellington R1646 and all other Aircrew Killed over The Cairngorms

Inscription

Face 1 Top Plaque: 1939 in Memoriam Vickers Wellington R1646 1945 on 19 January 1942, During a Routine Training Flight, This Aircraft Crashed on High Ground Near Braemar Due to Poor Weather Conditions. All Eight Crewmen Based at 20 Operational Training Unit, RAF Lossiemouth, Lost Their Lives. Six Crew Members Lie at Rest Within the Commonwealth Graves Commision Reservation, Dyce Old Churchyard, Aberdeen and Two in Their Home Cemeteries in England. The Two Bristol Pegasus XVIII Engines Were Removed from the Crash Site in 1999 and One Is Preserved Here as a Permanent Memorial to Those Named Below and All Other Aircrew Who Lost Their Lives in the Cairngorm Mountains. [crew names listed on memorial] Face 1 Bottom Plaque: to the Glory of God and in Undying Memory of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Allied Aircrew Who, in Peace and War. Have Given Their Lives Over the Cairngorm Mountains Face 4 Plaque: Aircrew Memorial Unveiled by Hrh the Princess Royal on the 21st August 2003 Lower Plaque: to the Glory of God and in Undying Memory of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Allied Aircrew Who in Peace and War Have Given Their Lives Over the Cairngorm Mountains

Last updated 2026-04-12