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And a Gan story, in '64 heard a pair of old transport hands, one to the other about he was the first to land at Gan.
From an upcoming piece I'm doing about RAF Gan and later, research shows 160 Sqn flying Liberators were the first to fly from Gan in WWII on coastal photo-reconnaissance, air/sea rescue and meteorological sorties whilst the lagoon was used by Sunderland flying boats from 230 Sqn (also detached from Ceylon) for patrols over the Indian Ocean.
In 1957 as the rebuilding of Gan started. Moorings, together with refuelling and basic servicing facilities, were established for 205/209 Sqn Sunderland flying boats and by the end of 1957 the refurbished crushed-coral landing strip was ready to receive its first aircraft, a Bristol Freighter of 41 Sqn. Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) that flew in from Negombo, Ceylon.