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Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jul 2017, 10:48

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RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

synthia331 Sadly no. My 2014 visit was...

synthia331

Sadly no. My 2014 visit was courtesy Shangi La's Willingi Resort - there is no way I would pay £450 per night for half-board accommodation, even though the villa I occupied for five...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Apr 2017, 20:46

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

synthia331 TVM - Very interesting. When...

synthia331

TVM - Very interesting.
When I visited Shangri-La's Resort in Villingili a couple of years ago I recall seeing a Cessna flying around Gan - one of yours I assume?
Regards
WT

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Mar 2017, 23:54

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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MPN 11 ISTR there were two WW2 runways at Gan,...

MPN 11
ISTR there were two WW2 runways at Gan, but only one was used whilst I was there and this became redundant as soon as the long new runway was built. I doubt that the original runway would...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Mar 2017, 17:27

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Reheat On Background to me having these 1958...

Reheat On

Background to me having these 1958 survey photos of Gan was that in February 2004 in connection with the R.A.F. Gan Reunion that I attended that was held later that year at R.A.F. Odiham...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th May 2016, 16:50

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Shackman Thank you for those evocative...

Shackman

Thank you for those evocative 1970's photos.

I left the RAF in 1963 and my logbook (99 Sqn) shows my last flight through Gan as a member of the RAF as 26 June 1963.

In 2014 I...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th May 2016, 22:50

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

MPN11 I have another project on the...

MPN11

I have another project on the cards once I've finished with Gan. This will cover my first RAF posting of two years at 5 FTS, RAF Thornhill, S. Rhodesia 1951 - 1953 - with many photos....

Forum: Military Aviation

14th May 2016, 16:16

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Thanks Gents for the compliments - much...

Thanks Gents for the compliments - much appreciated!

As a PS to the bit about the trip home, although the Nevasa looks splendid in my photographs, it wasn't all sweetness and light as can be seen...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th May 2016, 22:53

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 14 Back...

RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 14

Back Home — 1959 Medical Scare — Elephantiasis

Following my arrival home in December 1958, early the following year (1959) whilst stationed at R.A.F....

Forum: Military Aviation

11th May 2016, 20:44

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 13 Return...

RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 13

Return to the UK
During my two-year Far East tour between October 1956 and November 1958 I’d been stationed at R.A.F. Changi (Singapore) - briefly, R.A.F....

Forum: Military Aviation

8th May 2016, 20:40

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued - Part 12 The nearest island to...

Continued - Part 12

The nearest island to Gan is Fedu which during WWII was connected to Gan by a causeway of concrete blocks laid with wooden beams and planks. These were used as a simple road...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th May 2016, 20:19

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 11 Maldive...

RAF Gan 1958 - Continued - Part 11

Maldive Islanders

I took these photos mainly on the island of Fedu. Given that these photographs were taken 58-years ago in 1958 and the children shown...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Apr 2016, 15:59

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Farefield Thanks for the link -...

Farefield

Thanks for the link - fascinating.
I recognise many of the locations shown and they bring back memories, especially as during my time in the Far East (1956 - 1958) I served at Changi,...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Apr 2016, 11:37

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Danny The US followed-up the ARGUS...

Danny

The US followed-up the ARGUS tests by a couple more tests (ORANGE and TEAK) at a lower altitude and later in 1962 a much more ambitious test "STARFISH PRIME" was detonated. The design...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2016, 16:53

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued - Part 10 RAF Gan and Atomic...

Continued - Part 10

RAF Gan and Atomic Testing - 1958

Was Gan Affected by Nuclear Tests in 1958?
…well Yes ….and No

Nuclear Explosion Effects on HF Communications
As a VHF/DF radio...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Apr 2016, 15:53

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued - Part 9 RAF Gan - Mementoes and...

Continued - Part 9

RAF Gan - Mementoes and Souvenirs

There wasn’t much in the way of trinkets or souvenirs to bring back from Gan apart from coral or sea shells and one item that I...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Apr 2016, 20:51

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Danny Re Land Crabs. Gan absolutely...

Danny

Re Land Crabs. Gan absolutely teemed with them. Crushed by a stone the shell's contents were irresistible to fish and were ideal bait for rod fishermen.

...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Apr 2016, 22:54

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Danny See my post #33 bottom...

Danny

See my post #33 bottom picture

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Apr 2016, 22:49

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued - Part 8 RAF Gan - Amateur Radio ...

Continued - Part 8

RAF Gan - Amateur Radio

In April 1958 Cpl. Barry Bonser the RAF Far East travelling radio trouble-shooter from RAF Seletar in Singapore arrived in Gan to install and...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Apr 2016, 10:26

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Basil Nope - not me. WT

Basil

Nope - not me.

WT

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2016, 23:07

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Danny - indeed we did - money for old rope -...

Danny - indeed we did - money for old rope - easy, but couldn't wait get home.

WT

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2016, 16:05

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued - Part 8 Leisure & Spare Time...

Continued - Part 8

Leisure & Spare Time Activities

We swam a lot, explored the other islands, had our own football team and personally I was very involved with Amateur Radio as a “HAM”...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Apr 2016, 19:57

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Continued Part 7 Air Marshal the Earl...

Continued Part 7

Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon the C-in-C Far East Air Force made his first visit to Gan in May 1958. He’d been appointed C-in-C FEAF on 13th July 1957.

An inspirational...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Apr 2016, 10:48

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Continued - Part 6 ...

Continued - Part 6

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As the bulldozers and...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Apr 2016, 21:19

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Danny Thanks for the kind words. I'll be...

Danny

Thanks for the kind words. I'll be sending a copy to the RAF Museum and seek their views as to whether further dissemination is an option.

As regards having a woven roof rather than a...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Apr 2016, 21:07

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Danny42C Sorry, it doesn't ring a...

Danny42C

Sorry, it doesn't ring a bell with me and I don't recall any green flashes at sundown at Gan.

As regards Indian Ocean airstrips the Nicobar Islands has/had an airstrip at Car...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Apr 2016, 20:40

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Continued - Part 5 ...

Continued - Part 5

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/GAN/Gan%20from%20Booklet/Pages%2019%20-32/Image11-%20640_zpswpd5y2rj.jpg
The Mess doubled as the NAAFI in the evening whilst...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Apr 2016, 21:29

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Part 4 I have to do these in small 'posts'...

Part 4

I have to do these in small 'posts' as PPrune only allow 15 photos per post.
WT

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Forum: Military Aviation

12th Apr 2016, 20:47

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

Views: 114,082

Posted By Warmtoast

Continued - Part 3 ...

Continued - Part 3

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Forum: Military Aviation

11th Apr 2016, 21:39

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

Continued - Part 2 January 1958 - Arrival ...

Continued - Part 2

January 1958 - Arrival

I arrived at Gan on 13th January 1958. I knew a little about the island and the plan to build it into a major staging post because for most of the...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Apr 2016, 21:39

Replies: 156

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

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Posted By Warmtoast

RAF Gan 1958 and Later

Part 1

As mentioned in an earlier post on the Gaining a Pilots’ Brevet thread — #8370 of 24th March this starts my piece about my memories of my time in Gan in 1958 (and later).
My daughter is...

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