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Old 5th Aug 2014, 09:14
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Brian 48nav
 
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Guess what I just found in my collection of old RAF maps?

I still have a complete set of the LL route from Changi to Kangar Kahang DZ and back.


Your photo' shows the coast just north of Mersing - the last turning point before the run-in to KK was the island in the bay just to the right, and away to the left beyond the headland you can just make out the previous turning point, Pulau ( Island ) Sri Buat. If it wasn't so hazy Pulau Tioman would be visible directly behind the ramp. It was somewhere in that area that the wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse ( think I've got the names right ) could sometimes be seen.


I've driven down that coast road towards Mersing and Singapore a couple of times on holiday - the last in 2002.When our new house project is over we have promised ourselves a long overdue holiday in Malaysia!
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