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Sunderland Road RAF Married Quarters-Kowloon Tong

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2017-05-11 03:46
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1977

A noisy place in which to live!!!

Old Graves in Ping Shan New Territories

Submitted by pingshan on Mon, 2016-08-15 04:32

Hello,

I'm looking for photos or other material taken in the Ping Shan of the New Territories before 1980. My family had an ancestral memorial (graves) there, within walking distance of Old Ping Shan police station. It was exhumed owing to the development of Hong Kong in the late 80's or so.

The location of the original site has been lost. I would like to collect more images and information of the surrounding area at the time, for the benefit of future generations.

RAF Sek Kong Airshow-Avro Vulcan-17 November 1978

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2016-07-23 23:14
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1978

The RAF airshow at Sek Kong in 1978 featured a Vulcan delta-wing bomber which must have been a sight to see manouvering within Sek Kong's valley.

Like most of these shows they were rarely publicised unless you were "in-the know". Only to read about them later in the SCMP the next week.

Hong Kong-RAF Shatin-3 Austers in compound & 1 taking off-see shadow on runway-1960

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-04-03 01:19
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960
Places shown in this photo: 
RAF Sha Tin [1949-1962]

related to http://gwulo.com/node/31155

RAF Shatin-headquarters location

Submitted by IDJ on Sun, 2016-04-03 01:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960
Places shown in this photo: 
RAF Sha Tin [1949-1962]
Ho Tung Lau, Tide Cove [????-????]

The location arrows were already marked on the photographic print when received

 

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WW2 ace Douglas Bader visiting RAF Sek Kong

Submitted by IDJ on Fri, 2016-03-18 21:51
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1959
Places shown in this photo: 
RAF Sek Kong / Shek Kong Airfield [????- ]

WW2 RAF fighter pilot Douglas Bader visiting 28 Squadron at RAF Sek Kong.

Bader had both legs amputated after a flying accident in 1931.

His remarkable life story was told in a well-received book and film titled ‘Reach for the Sky’.

When this photograph was taken he would have been working for Shell Oil.

He continued flying after the war using Shell’s corporate aircraft.

Former RAF Headquarters building-Kai Tak-1998-002.jpg

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2015-05-21 22:35
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1998
Places shown in this photo: 
Former RAF Headquarters building, Kai Tak [1934- ]

related to http://gwulo.com/node/25192

Former RAF Headquarters building-Kai Tak-1998-001

Submitted by IDJ on Thu, 2015-05-21 22:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1998
Places shown in this photo: 
Former RAF Headquarters building, Kai Tak [1934- ]

Related to http://gwulo.com/node/25192

Former RAF Headquarters building, Kai Tak [1934- ]

Submitted by David on Mon, 2015-05-18 14:44
Date Place completed: 
c.1934-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

Extracts from the AAB's Historic Building Appraisal:

[...]

The three buildings of the Ex-Royal Air Force Station that now remain were built in 1934. No.50 was the former RAF Headquarters. It became the Kai Tak Vietnamese Refugee Camp (啟德越南難民營) between 1979 and 1981 and continued to be used for detaining Vietnamese refugees under different names until 1997. It then became the Caritas Family Crisis Support Centre (明 愛向晴軒) since March 2002.

[...]

Architectural Merit

Tags: 
RAF
grade 1 listed building

Hector Bertram GRAY (aka Dolly) [1911-1943]

Submitted by 80sKid on Tue, 2014-01-21 14:06
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gray
Given: 
Hector Bertram
Alias / nickname: 
Dolly
Birth
Date: 
1911-06-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Gillingham, Kent
Death
Date: 
1943-12-18
Cause of death: 
Firing squad

Awarded George Cross posthumously and also holder of Air Force Medal

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
British prisoners of war
RAF

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