Spot 4 et al,
There is a book being published shortly which will describe helicopter operations in Borneo, mainly from an RAF perspective. The author - who is ex-FEAF truckie - has consulted extensively with the RAF's Whirlwind and Belvedere community, through a group called: The Old Rotors. He has also included other rotary winged stuff.
The Forward is being written by a Whirlwind sqn cdr from that era and the book will be very much at grass roots level ie what the guys did, not what the great strategy was. Anybody who was there will recognise others they knew.
As a further aside, The Old Rotors will be mounting a six month exhibition in a gallery at the RAF Museum Hendon, between dates to be decided. The exhibition will trace the early history of RAF helicopters, probably up to about 1980 or so. If you look on the RAF Museum website and then the RAF Historical Society tab, you will find the proceedings a one day seminar held at the museum in October 2000, which dealt with the development of RAF helicopters.
Old Duffer