The RNZAF operated Bristol Frighteners in the Far East. In fact they were still there when we folded 110 Sqn in 1971. All our ground equipment was going to be dumped in the sea because the Singaporeans did not want Singapore saddled with scrap and surplus equipment from the British and American kit from Viet Nam. To this end we passed it on to the Kiwis who, having a defence budjet considerably smaller than the UK, were more than happy to accept it.
In the metropolis of Changi ther were large squadrons with Shacks and Hercs plus a massive ground organisation. To even the numbers at (in)formal occasions the two helicopter squadrons, 103 and 110, would gang up with 41 Kiwi squadron.
I was invited for a ride in one from Changi to Songkla and return. We got airborne but a few miles from Trengannu the starboard engine exhibited signs of 'gulping'. The was a discussion among the crew and I as to whether to carry on to Songkla and declare it unservicable there. That would enable us to have a few nights on the tiles at HM's expense. Unfortunately the navigators wife's birthday was the next day so we had to return.