Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1949
I think the photo has to do with the first demonstration flight of the RAF's Vampire jet aircraft over Hong Kong on 15 January 1949. Photo probably taken from the roof top of the South China Morning Post Building on Wyndham Street.
As mentioned here on the trip to Hong Kong on 11 January, the Vampire aircraft had overshot Kai Tak and subsequently made a forced landing on a beach at Bias Bay. It was later transported back to Kai Tak.
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1958
Frank Curzon was the senior N.C.O. at the Battys outpost on the Peak during the time when Flight Lieutenant Ken Sly was the Commanding Officer. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1948
The first jet powered aircraft to reach Hong Kong and possibly China is believed to be a Royal Air Force de Havilland Vampire fighter flown up from Singapore in January 1949.
Unfortunately, the pilot missed Hong Kong and overshot. With a lack of fuel, he was forced to land on a beach at Bias Bay in Chinese territory. <Read more ...>
