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Old 2nd Jun 2019, 14:29
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Hi Sandpiper,
Yes Meteor WH410 did serve with the Seletar Station Flight and was then one of the target tug Meteors that moved from Seletar to Changi on the 13th August 1962. Here's a picture of the Meteor formation breaking to land at Changi on that day.

The Meteors arrived in formation and are seen 'breaking' to land at Changi. The aircraft are: Meteor F8's WL180, WH880, WH410 and VZ540 and TT20's WD678, WM230 and WD606 . Not present was their Meteor T7 WH218.
They had by now become known as the Towed Target Flight and that changed in 1964 when they were renamed 1574 Flight.

WH410 was one of the four F8's that flew a 'very tight' formation display at the Battle of Britain Airshow at Changi in September 1962.
It later was also one of the F8's that were re-equipped with their cannon guns, to provide support for the Javelin and Sabres defending Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation the next year.

Please see the few hundred(!) aircraft photos from Singapore that I took at Changi, Seletar and Seletar in the early 1960's on my website: david taylor images and go to the 'Aviation Galleries'.

David Taylor
Dorset UK
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