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1955 Auxiliary Air Force Harvard IIB

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2019-09-13 15:53

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1955

Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Harvard IIB, registration KF369 with bowser in attendance. With HKAAF from 19 May 1951. Struck off charge on 9 January 1958. <Read more ...>

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Brian Farrell HKAAF accident-18-07-1954

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2018-03-24 19:12

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1954

Both appear to have been preventable accidents

Copies of the book still seemed to be available in some Hong Kong bookshops, the last time I looked <Read more ...>

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Brian Bernard FARRELL [c.1936-1954]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2018-03-23 16:40

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Farrell

Given:

Brian Bernard

Birth

Date:

c.1936-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Death

Date:

1954-07-17

Cause of death:

Killed in flying accident

He was just 18 years old when the trainer plane he was in crashed, and he died from the injuries. A newspaper clipping of the events is at https://gwulo.com/atom/29981 <Read more ...>

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Submitted by franwall on Fri, 2018-03-23 01:43

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1954

H.K.A.A.F. Plane Disaster 18 July 1954 <Read more ...>

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Hong Kong Auxilary Air Force-social-group-circa 1959

Submitted by IDJ on Mon, 2016-11-28 00:13

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1959

This image was part of a film strip passed to me by an ex-member of the HKHAA, now deceased.

The remainder of the images were taken at an HKAAF Annual Camp at Sek Kong.

The names are not known to me.

Someone might still recognise their younger selves? <Read more ...>

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1975 RAF Sek Kong

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2016-06-12 13:38

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1975

Places shown in this photo:

RAF Sek Kong / Shek Kong Airfield [????- ]

Probably taken in 1975 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF). Breaking left, the lead aircraft is a Britten-Norman Islander followed by a Beechcraft Musketeer and an Aerospatiale Alouette helicopter. <Read more ...>