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Tie Arctic Convoy TartanTie Arctic Convoy Tartan. With echoes of the MacLeod and MacKenzie tartans from the clanlands bordering Loch Ewe departure point for so many of the World War II Arctic Convoys to Archangel and Murmansk the Arctic Convoy tartan encapsulates the essential colours remembered by convoy veterans. Colours of dread, death and destruction but colours too of bravery, hope and survival. White brings a multitude of memories ice flows, wind whipped wave tops,

breaking up fights and even taking part in football matches

and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears

while lack of airfields restricted the employment of aircraft

In the event

What makes this tale compelling is that the men actually had a significant impact on the war effort

stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world wars

struck in January 1944

Both ship and master were veterans and had already sailed in convoys across the North Atlantic and to South Africa

Once when landing in rough weather his aircraft was waved to go round again

where the sinking of a 10

aircraft and surface raiders and the greatest enemy of all

His war service also included the important but little known Madagascar operation