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USS MIDWAY-Tail Codes NF-image 01

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1983

Aircraft tail coded NF-USS Midway moored off Tsing Yi-1983-not sure of the exact date

One of 18 images I took of this carrier on roll-film.

 

Structures on top of Beacon Hill

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1998

With the wind in the right direction passengers could get a closer look at the structures than they may have wished for. I took this in 1998.

1950s Short Sunderland Flying Boat at RAF Kai Tak

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1955
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1955 Short Sunderland Flying Boat at Kowloon Bay

1940s Spitfire at RAF Kai Tak

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1945
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1940s Short Sunderland Flying Boat at Kowloon Bay

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Short Sunderland Flying Boat moored at Kowloon Bay.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
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1945 RAF Kai Tak

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A Spitfire of 681 Squadron. Looks like taken near the RAF Hangar at Tai Hom.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1945
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1945 Kai Tak Airport

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1945 Kai Tak Airport looking in a southeasterly direction showing the Japanese built crossing Runways 07/25 and 13/31. The RAF hangar at Tai Hom can be seen at lower left near the access road.

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1945
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Spitfire VN 485

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1988

One consequence of this aircraft being parked outside next to the noxious Kai Tak nullah was that it started to suffer badly from corrosion caused by fumes emitted from the nullah. The HKAAF hanger and facilities were then closer to the terminal area where the nullah surfaced before they moved to new premises at the other end of the runway near the taxiway bridge. IDJ

C-47 Air America

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1967
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