amckelvie Sat, 11/02/2024 - 02:11 oldernewer Ian McKelvie in front of his Harvard training plane, in the Auxiliary HK Airforce as part of National Service Date picture taken 1950s Tags Auster HKAAF Shows place(s) RAF Sek Kong / Shek Kong Airfield [????- ] Log in or register to post comments Comments Sek Kong That's not Lion Rock, it's Tai To Yan ridge as seen from the west - so this was taken at Sek Kong. A similar angle can be seen here on GoogleEarth. Log in or register to post comments 1950s Aircraft Great picture of your Dad....think it's an Auster rather than a Harvard training aircraft. The book Winged Dragon ,history of the HKAAF,which I have has the Auster T.7 in service 1951-59 then scrapped. It lists your Dad as a Sgt in 1954. Log in or register to post comments Thks - now corrected Thks - now corrected Log in or register to post comments My father told me he flew… My father told me he flew Harvards or "T6" as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hong_Kong_Auxiliary_Air_Force Log in or register to post comments RAF Sek Kong At RAF Sek Kong. Runway overlaid with Pierced Steel Planking (PSP). The aircraft shown is an Auster. Log in or register to post comments Some more views of Austers… Some more views of Austers in Hong Kong: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6129/photos And Harvards for comparison: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6128/photos Log in or register to post comments
Sek Kong That's not Lion Rock, it's Tai To Yan ridge as seen from the west - so this was taken at Sek Kong. A similar angle can be seen here on GoogleEarth. Log in or register to post comments
1950s Aircraft Great picture of your Dad....think it's an Auster rather than a Harvard training aircraft. The book Winged Dragon ,history of the HKAAF,which I have has the Auster T.7 in service 1951-59 then scrapped. It lists your Dad as a Sgt in 1954. Log in or register to post comments
My father told me he flew… My father told me he flew Harvards or "T6" as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hong_Kong_Auxiliary_Air_Force Log in or register to post comments
RAF Sek Kong At RAF Sek Kong. Runway overlaid with Pierced Steel Planking (PSP). The aircraft shown is an Auster. Log in or register to post comments
Some more views of Austers… Some more views of Austers in Hong Kong: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6129/photos And Harvards for comparison: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6128/photos Log in or register to post comments
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Sek Kong
That's not Lion Rock, it's Tai To Yan ridge as seen from the west - so this was taken at Sek Kong.
A similar angle can be seen here on GoogleEarth.
1950s Aircraft
Great picture of your Dad....think it's an Auster rather than a Harvard training aircraft.
The book Winged Dragon ,history of the HKAAF,which I have has the Auster T.7 in service 1951-59 then scrapped.
It lists your Dad as a Sgt in 1954.
Thks - now corrected
Thks - now corrected
My father told me he flew…
My father told me he flew Harvards or "T6" as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hong_Kong_Auxiliary_Air_Force
RAF Sek Kong
At RAF Sek Kong. Runway overlaid with Pierced Steel Planking (PSP). The aircraft shown is an Auster.
Some more views of Austers…
Some more views of Austers in Hong Kong: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6129/photos
And Harvards for comparison: https://gwulo.com/taxonomy/term/6128/photos