Greetings from Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) to all of you. I happened on this thread and joined the forum to comment on it.
The Fleet Air Arm did indeed fly a number of Corsairs in the Indian Ocean theatre. There were Corsair squadrons based at Koggala and Palavi (both RAF bases) on the west coast of Ceylon. The Imperial War Museum has a number of good images showing this, together with quite a lot of information for anyone who is interested. In the meantime, I’m sure members here will enjoy these images from Palavi. First, the romanticized version:
The reality was slightly less picturesque – and more cruel. That's an immature elephant and, as many of you will know, a dry Corsair weighed well over four tons.
