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Old 7th Sep 2017, 10:51
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Close enough. In fact it is one of 10 jungle forts landing strips built by the Royal Engineers (with help from Australians) in Peninsular Malaysia (then Malaya) in the mid 1950's.

This one named Fort Chabai was, North to South from the border with Thailand, second.

The a/c was an RAF Squadron 267 (lated renumbered as 209) Single Engine Pioneer, which supplied the forts during the "Emergency". The need for forts in Sarawak arose 8 years later in the early 1960's.

The list of forts with landing strips was Kemar, Chabai, Legap, Brooke, Selim, Telanok, Dixon, Shean, Langkap and Iskander.

The "approach" photo was taken by my father in 1955/56 to assist new pilots on the Squadron.

Over to you chimbu warrier.
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