This devastating typhoon had cause much damage to local property - that included those floating on sea, buildings and aviation facilities.
Photo (from an aviation book) showing destruction of the VR-HFD and VR-HFQ following extensive wind damage incured to the FEFTS hangar in Septemer 1962.<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1955
This image of the wartime Japanese control tower or operations building has been clipped from a larger image in which an aircraft was the primary subject. It was dated 1955.
This is one of the clearest found so far. The building looks in surprisingly good condition considering it had survived for at least 10 years after the Japanese surrender in 1945. Comparing it with other posted images of the building, this one appears to show it white-washed. <Read more ...>
A small note in a 1945 SCMP article notes that the structure was used by the Naval Air Station HMS Nabcatcher when it took up residence <Read more ...>
Born into a working-class family in Warrington, Northern England, John Hansbury grew up in grinding poverty among the steel mills of Lancashire (now Cheshire). He had a gift for mathematics, and was able to take advantage of scholarships to get the education necessary to become a draftsman. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1944
While there are aerial images of Kai Tak Airport just before WW11 and just after, few aerial images with discernible detail of Kai Tak airfield during the Japanese occupation have surfaced so far. This one has been extracted from a well-known hi-resolution image taken during an air raid by the American 14th Air Force on 16 October 1944.<Read more ...>
