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RAF VAMPIRE after its rescue from Bias Bay

Submitted by IDJ on Tue, 2021-12-28 04:14

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

1949

Similar shot to Moddsey's recent posting.1949 de Havilland Vampire Demonstration Flight

Notable in this image are the numbers of spectators on the rooftops of various buldings in Central.

SCMP of 16 January 1949 has a report on the flight over the city, but no picture with the text <Read more ...>

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1949 de Havilland Vampire Demonstration Flight

Submitted by moddsey on Mon, 2021-12-27 23:19

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.

Hong Kong Sunday Herald 16 January 1949 <Read more ...>

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RAF VAMPIRE- FIRST JET FIGHTER AT KAI TAK

Submitted by johnrand on Mon, 2020-08-31 13:15

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

1952

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Sek Kong Vampire.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Sun, 2019-01-06 22:12

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 ...>

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Sek Kong Vampire and Audrey.

Submitted by Andrew Suddaby on Sun, 2019-01-06 22:12

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

1958

The Vampire was the second jet fighter in service with the R.A.F. It was replaced by the very similar Venom. <Read more ...>

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Report from Bias Bay-01

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2018-09-29 22:49

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 ...>