The people & planes of the HKAAF, 1949-53

Submitted by David on Sat, 11/01/2014 - 22:00

Thanks to the late Gordon Randall for sharing these photos with us. They were taken while he was serving with the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (HKAAF) between 1949 and 1953.

Year	Title
1949	Col Ride Inspecting
1949	HE Arrives Outside Peninsula Hotel
1949	Flt Lt T P Styles and Plt Off Sandy Wigram Lead the March Past

Year	Title
1950	Arthur Garcia dreaming
1950	Gordon Randall
1950	HKAAF
1950	HKAAF
1950	Is this an Invasion?
1950	HKAAF
1950	HKAAF
1950	Two RAF Chaps with A W Wood in Background
1950	HKAAF
1950	HKAAF
1950	HKAAF
1950	HKAAF
1950	Norman Marsh's maybe
1950	The New Pierced Steel Planking Runway
1950	HKAAF
1950	Welcome to the Shek Kong Hilton
1950	HKAAF
1951	Lew Mose
1951	Lew Mose, ???, Arthur Garcia
1951	Eric McKenzie, Lew Mose, plus 3
1951	Sgt Akeroid flanked by two Other RAF
1951	HKAAF
1951	HKAAF
1951	HKAAF
1951	HKAAF
1951	Lew Mose, ano, George Bain, Gordon Randall
1951	HKAAF
1951	Raffle Presentation by Flt Lt Greta Eardley to Plt Off Gordon Randall
1951	Plt Off Bretling on Rescue Exercise
1951	Flt Lt George B Scotty Munroe QFI RAF
1951	Scotty Munroe Exhausted after Exercise
1951	HKAAF
1951	Yvonne and Lew Mose
1951	Gordon Randall
1952	Operational low level
1952	HKAAF-crashed Harvard recovery-1952
1952	Plt Off Gordon Randall receives his Wings from Air Cdre S E Faber
1952	Plt Off Lew Mose
1952	Plt Off Lew Mose receives his Wings. Flt Lt Cooke QFI RAF looks on.
1952	Gordon Randall and Leo Strange
1952	HKAAF function at KCC
1952	Alice Oei and Plt Off Gordon Randall
1952	Alice Oei and Plt Off Gordon Randall
1952	Plt Off Gordon Randall, Flt Lt Donald Malcolm and Guests
1952	Plt Off Randall and Guests
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	HKAAF at Kai Tak
1952	Plt Off Gordon Randall
1952	Plt Off Gordon Randall
1953	Armistice Day
1953	Armistice Day
1953	Happy Valley maybe HE and Colonel Ride
1953	RAF Meteor at Sek Kong
1953	At RAF Sek Kong
1953	At Sek Kong
1953	Seaplanes returning from Korea
1953	Seaplane returning from Korea
1953	Gordon Randall, Lelaine Mok, Tracy Brown and Archie Lang
1953	Lelaine Mok, Gordon Randall, Tracy Brown, Hazel and Dr Eddie Gosano
1953	HKAAF social function
1950s	HKAAF
1950s	Harvards taking off
1950s	Flt Lt Rake, Wg Cdr Wood, Sqn Ldr Jones
1950s	Spitfires' turn
1950s	Time for Tea
1950s	Another job well done
1950s	Kai Tak dispersal
1950s	HKAAF

The photos were originally scanned and posted online at the rhkaaf.com website:

http://rhkaaf.com/semperparatus.html?submit=LAND

Comments

What is "Wings"

Is the "Wings" a kind of medal? Would be possible that I can see what it is like?

re: What is "Wings"

"The Wings became the symbol of qualification worn by trained pilots.", see https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/taking-flight/…

So this photo would have been taken after Gordon completed his training and was awarded his wings:

G C Randall receives wings (newspaper clippings), by Admin

The wings were an embroidered badge, worn on the pilot's uniform - you can see them at the bottom right corner of this photo:

Plt Off Gordon Randall, by Gordon Randall

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