The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT) Memorial

Attribution: Photo copyright S. Fraser

Evanton Airfield Memorial

The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT) was established in 2006 with the aim of preserving historical details and records of airfields.

To this end the charity has erected a great number of memorials across the UK to ensure these heritage sites, the people and units serving there, are not forgotten.

On 13 August 2017 Highland Deephaven Industrial Park, the location of the former Evanton airfield ,became the latest site to have a memorial unveiled by ABCT.

 

For information on the work of the Trust see www.abct.org.uk

For information on research into Evanton wartime remains see www.archhighland.org.uk

A booklet, Evanton Wartime Remains, is available from Arch Highland for £7 including p&p (email as above) or £6 when collected from The Goods Shed, The Old Station, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DH

The Director General of the Trust, Kenneth Bannerman

The Director General of the Trust, Kenneth Bannerman, addressed a group of heritage society representatives and villagers  before unveiling the memorial.
Attribution: [Photo RCHS]

The inscription reads:
In memory of Evanton (Novar) Airfield. Opened 1922. Closed 1956. Dedicated to all units and personnel based here. Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Unveiled by Kenneth P Bannerman, Director General ABCT, 13.08.2017.

Memorial

Attribution: [Photo ABCT]

View more photos of the airfield and memorial

We have a wide range of photographs of both the airfield during the war years and also of the ceremony of the unveiling of the memorial.  We hope you will enjoy viewing these photographs.

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Examining the Memorial
Memorial
Memorial
The badge above the name strip is also of HMS Fieldfare (private collection). Photo RCHS.
Isabella Davidson on the left.
Evanton airfield aerial view 1954
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
The Director General of the Trust, Kenneth Bannerman
Lord Lieutenant for Ross and Cromarty, Mrs Janet Bowen addresses the group
Airfield in better weather 1938.
Tented encampment at Novar 1924 before any buildings on site.
Another view of 1924 camp. Fyrish hill in background.
King George V visits airfield. Cromarty Firth in background.
Novar from the air in 1920s with more permanent accommodation.
Group of officers from Leuchars.
Airfield in January 1938 looking towards Cromarty Firth and Black Isle. Pillars of Fyrish monument in middle foreground.
A Harrow gunnery training aircraft operating from Evanton.
A Henley on its nose after being caught downwind in a gale.
Evanton airfield seen from 8000ft in 1942 before construction of paved runways.
One of the much-disliked Bothas over Tarbat Ness.
A Lysander with damaged undercarriage, September 1942.
Some of those who came to the ceremony. [Photo ABCT]
Highland Deephaven Industrial Park - formerly Evanton airfield
Examining the Memorial
Memorial
Memorial
The badge above the name strip is also of HMS Fieldfare (private collection). Photo RCHS.
Isabella Davidson on the left.
Evanton airfield aerial view 1954
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
Wartime buildings surrounding the site of the Memorial [photos RCHS]
The Director General of the Trust, Kenneth Bannerman
Lord Lieutenant for Ross and Cromarty, Mrs Janet Bowen addresses the group
Airfield in better weather 1938.
 

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