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Airdrie Academy War Heroes

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In memory of James Tweedie, Former Pupil.

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James Tweedie served with 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in WWII and lost his life when his plane flying out of RAF Warboys Cambridgeshire, an Avro Lancaster Mk III, EE122, crashed at Selten-Braunsrath Germany.He was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
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Crew Pilot - Pilot Officer Robert Ballantine MILLER (147190) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14.Fl/Eng -
Sergeant Harold Francis SHEPPARD (577950) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14.Nav -
Pilot Officer James Russell WRIGHT (J/17943) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14.
Air Gunner - Flight Sergeant Hugh LOVE (1552158) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14.W/OP/AIR/GNR
Sergeant James TWEEDIE (1067394) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14
Air Gunner - Sergeant John Alexander Goad DAWE(1335335) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14
Air Gunner - Sergeant Eastman G. G. FISHER (USAAF) (10601018) Ref : Coll. grave 3. B. 6-14.
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South Commonhead Avenue

Airdrie
North Lanarkshire 

Scotland
ML6 6NX 

UK

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