5 Squadrons? Pah! We had 6 at Seletar (34, 52, 66, 103, 110, and 209) plus an AAC Beaver flight and 65 ( Bloodhound) squadron. Not to mention two MUs, and JARIC FE where one SACW Pam Ayres worked. A few years later when I was on tankers we did a detachment to Tengah and did some AAR training with 74 Squadron. On one night sortie one of the Lightnings managed to break off his probe, leaving it in the basket. It was returned to 74 the next day along with a note which read - "Tiger, tiger burning bright, did you lose your end last night?"
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You will recall that the four major airfields on the island, all in close proximity and on similar North/South alignments led to a few embarrassing incidents, such as the Air India 707 which landed at Changi, when Paya Lebar was its intended destination. Also a 64 Squadron Javelin from Tengah found itself almost out of fuel one night with not even enough fuel to get home. In spite of the fact that Seletar was closed, and in almost total darkness, the Javelin crew managed to find the runway. An erk strolling across the runway from East Camp to West Camp was frightened s***less when a Javelin appeared out of the darkness, howled over his head, and plonked itself down on the runway.
