Olly,I`m only going by what what the Squadron histories show,and that is that the 4 Belvederes of 26 went to Seletar,were amalgamated into 66; now 66 was a Far East based Sqdn, as was 103 ,and 110 Sdn,part of 224 Gp. 38 Gp involvement comprised 225 and later 230 Sdns as full-up tactical Sdns.225 disbanded,God knows why,but nobody else at the end of Nov `65,aircraft and crews distributed amongst 103,and110. It`s probably fair to say that this was as a result of having 2 38Gp. Sqdns ,`tresspassing` in someone elses yard..... we(on 225) had a helluva problem with spares,as they got to S`pore,then went to 103/110;engines/blades/g`boxes,as the Stores only sent them to Seletar. It took the intervention of the Inspectorate General,Sir Gus (one arm)Walker,on his visit,to kick arses and take names,literally,for Hastings and Allsoggys to arrive the following weeks with lots of spares from Seletar. It was probably the same for 230 Sdn in Labuan......224 Gp. did not recognise anyone else on `their patch`,were too busy with 0700-1200 hrs operating M-F,sailing/golf/swimming club,etc,and the Stn Cdr gets a medal,....
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