The English Electric Canberra.

**Lionelgee** · 20th March 2016, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Very interesting , which country was flying the Vampires , Meteors and Sabres?

I was in Butterworth in 1978 but only saw the Canberras, along with Mirages , F16's and Buccaneers.

Hello Rambling Boy,

Australia flew the de Havilland DH.100 Vampire Jet. There was one on a plinth in the CWA park in Tamworth for decades. It has since been removed and underwent a restoration. It was going to be reinstalled at Tamworth Airport.

Accessed March 20th 2016 from, Vampire to get a facelift - ABC New England North West NSW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Here is a link to the Vampire when they were in RAAF service - Accessed March 20th 2016 from,
RAAF Museum:Tech Hangar: DH Vampire

From the same RAAF Museum source here is a bit that mentions two other planes ...
"... In the event, Gloster Meteors were obtained in 1951 for service with No 77 Squadron in the Korean War. Then, in May of the same year, plans were finalised for CAC to build a locally-redesigned version of the North American F-86F Sabre swept-wing fighter."

Accessed March 20th 2016 from, http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseu...eries2/A94.htm

Pretty picture and more information about the RAAF Sabre courtesy of my ancestral home town Accessed March 20th 2016 from http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/air...bre/index.html

The Temora Aviation Museum also has a Vampire http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/air...ire/index.html
and a Meteor http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/air...eor/index.html

Finally, a link to the Temora Aviation Museum's "Electric Canberra" Accessed March 20th 2016 from, http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/air...rra/index.html

Kind Regards
Lionel

**Mick_Marsh** · 20th March 2016, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello All,

When I read the Title Line "Electric Canberra" I thought if was a modernised version of my Grandmother's old slow combustion stove. One like this

It used to be alight each day regardless of it being summer time in western New South Wales.

What ever happened to the Arken ****en thread?

Kind Regards
Lionel

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...en-****en.html

**BathurstTom** · 20th March 2016, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Very interesting , which country was flying the Vampires , Meteors and Sabres?

I was in Butterworth in 1978 but only saw the Canberras, along with Mirages , F16's and Buccaneers.

I am not sure who owned what, as Malaysian and Singapore AF also flew around there. We mostly saw Mirages with the occasional Phantom, and iirc, Sabres were reasonably common. The Meteors and Vampires not so common.

I had a look. What I can see from here (Small Air Forces Discussion Group - Gloster Meteor in Malaysian AF) is that Malaysia AF had one Meteor only. I don't know about Singapore and I think Oz had got away from Meteors by then. As for where the Vampire come from, who knows.

Tom.

**Lionelgee** · 20th March 2016, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...en-****en.html

Hello Mick,

I found the permalink to the last message posted there 19th December 2014, 02:50 PM Accessed March 20th from http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...ml#post2288284

Gee doesn't time fly ... My apologies for the thread hijack!

Kind Regards
Lionel

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 20th March 2016, 01:38 PM

WJ680 at Temora certainly had a colourful life,,

You know the Navigators bad when the plane just ups and ejects him,,,,

**p38arover** · 20th March 2016, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by BathurstTom

I am not sure who owned what, as Malaysian and Singapore AF also flew around there. We mostly saw Mirages with the occasional Phantom, and iirc, Sabres were reasonably common. The Meteors and Vampires not so common.

I had a look. What I can see from here (Small Air Forces Discussion Group - Gloster Meteor in Malaysian AF) is that Malaysia AF had one Meteor only. I don't know about Singapore and I think Oz had got away from Meteors by then. As for where the Vampire come from, who knows.

Tom.

I can ask my B-I-L who was in the RAAF at Butterworth in 1970. (I know the year as he didn't get to his sister's wedding to me!)

I have some of his aircraft photos and slides that he took whilst up there. I'll have a look through them.

**Pickles2** · 20th March 2016, 06:31 PM

My Wife's sister & her husband were stationed (husband) at Butterworth in the late seventies,...it was a pretty good place to be I'm told.
Pickles.

**juddy** · 20th March 2016, 10:50 PM

NASA still fly 3 Canberra's, as do a few others.

**p38arover** · 21st March 2016, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by juddy

NASA still fly 3 Canberra's, as do a few others.

See the first post in this thread.

**BathurstTom** · 21st March 2016, 09:14 AM

Ok, I did a little more research and found this on wikipedia;

With the formation of the Malaysian Federation on 16 September 1963, the name of the force was changed to "Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia" or "Royal Malaysian Air Force". New types introduced into service included the Handley Page Herald transport and the De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou. TUDM received Sikorsky S-61A-4 helicopters in the late 16 and early seventies which were used in the transport role. TUDM gained an air defence capability when the Australian Government donated 10 ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) CAC Sabre fighters. These were based at the Butterworth Air Base. After the withdrawal of British military forces from Malaysia and Singapore at the end of 1971, a five-nation agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom was concluded to ensure defence against external aggression. The RAAF maintained two Mirage IIIO squadrons at the Butterworth Air Base as part of its commitment to the Five Power Defence Arrangements. These squadrons were withdrawn in 1986, although occasional deployments of RAAF aircraft continue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force

So it seems as though there could be up to 5 nation's planes flying around Penang Island at the time.

The RAAF was still using Vampires up until 1971 but only as trainers. It may be possible that some of these were given to Malaysia similar to the Sabres?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Hav...l_Navy_service

That's about as much as I know

Cheers,
Tom.

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