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RAF Marine Craft-No 1359-on slipway-1946

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1946
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Location of the slipway is unknown

RAF Marine Craft-No 72-on slipway-1946

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946
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Location of the slipway, unknown

RAF Marine Craft Section-Kai Tak-headquarters-1946

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1946
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The RAF's marine craft section would have looked after the mooring and replenishing of the Sunderland flying boats

GRIPSHOLM-repatration ship

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1943

The GRIPSHOLM POW repatriation ship has been listed in a number of recent Hong Kong POW references recently. Location of image unknown.

1946 Wanchai view

Wan Chai still seems to suffer from war damages.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1946

Madame Kung's flight from Hong Kong-December 1941

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1941
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The above is an extract from a CNAC employee’s newsletter written by people who were actually involved with the evacuations by the airline.

Tennis team.jpg

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949
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My mother Peggy Bailey, (nee Flynn) is third from the left at the front. What I would like to know Modsey, is where was this taken.

I reckon this was taken in c.1948-9? I think some of the players are from Club Recrio and I know they had links with Macau as well as Hong Kong? Of course Club de Recrio is near Kings Park in Kowloon.

1940 Custom-Built Air Raid Shelter Advertisement

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1940

HK Telegraph 13 August 1940 refers. See also here

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