Local people in the Dunnet area honoured a World War Two pilot who was killed in an aircraft accident in 1942.

At Dunnet Head there is a memorial to 28-year-old Canadian pilot Sergeant Hugh KM Thomson who died when his Spitfire P8259 crashed there on February 23, 1942.

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The memorial was set up in 2014 by a Sea King helicopter from 202 Squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth which airlifted the stone into its final position at the site of Sgt Thomson’s crash.

Claire and Cameron Clark visited the site on Remembrance Sunday and laid a crocheted poppy wreath and plane model.

Then Ruth Manson visited the site with her sons Taylor and Harry who laid a poppy cross at the memorial.

"We live on Dunnet Head near the memorial and visit it every year," said Ruth.

Harry said: "Every day I see the memorial on the hill and I remember how lucky I am that people died so we can have a good life."

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