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Hong Kong Early 60s in the RAF

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Submitted by Eff1960s on Mon, 2017-09-18 23:05

I lived at RAF Kaitak from 1961-63 and worked at the radar station at Taimoshan. I remember Typhoon Wanda in 1962 when 5 RAF friends were killed at High Island.The  RAF could have taken them off before the typhoon hit.I was a pall bearer for an aussie friend name Dusty.A pal of mine married a chinese girl who worked at Shatin Babies Home and as I had a Hong Kong driving license I was the chauffeur.

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-09-20 13:18.

I've added some links to your post above, where there are some photos of the places you mentioned. Any memories and/or photos gratefully received!

I didn't know that there were RAF men killed during that typhoon. Was there an RAF station on High Island at the time?

Regards, David

Submitted by Eff1960s on Fri, 2017-11-17 05:16.

Hello David

The five RAF men were on an exercise on High Island and were told to shelter in a stone building if typhoon Wanda arrived.The building was smashed to pieces and all the men were killed.They could have been taken off by a launch long before the typhoon struck.