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Anyone that served in the Far East Air Force from 1958-1960 or anyone with any interest in aircraft photos that might bring back a few memories of Spitfires, Hurricanes, Lancasters,Sunderlands,Hastings etc then this could be the site for you.
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hi it's great to see that bring back happy memories of Negombo gordon hird mt section 1954 to 1956
said heyup
hastingsgan, You posted a link on my message page about 3 weeks ago, sorry its taken me so long to replay, been away in the Sun.... Sorry to say that the link is dead, is there an updated one. Many thanks Mick
said mfg495
hallo my friend, Thank you fro nice comments on my pictures. The picture of Maersk Exporter is from the Irish Sea. Greetings from Charlotte
said malchau
HI I met up in Larnaca today with a retired loadie called Michael Bailey who has great photos of 70 Sqn Hastings plus many other types - have asked him to post them here but I'm sure that he would also appreciate an invite from you direct. He's at maamoon@cytanet.com.cy Adam Gardiner maamoon@cytanet.com.cy
said adamgard2003
to yesterlady, Dear Madam kindly contact me pls. i am from katunayaka. Dr DMS cohosrma@yahoo.com
said WETOTTER6018
Dear Pommydon or anyone else who has history of RAF hospital in katunayaka (RAF Negombo) please contact me. i am the Commanding officer of the hopital at present. cohosrma@yahoo.com N.B. i need some photographs and find a missing data about former CO Hospital.
said WETOTTER6018
I am most interested in pictures of Colombo Harbour, & would like to know how I can get some prints of selected photographs, and permission to use the images in a book I am researching for - on Colombo Harbour - the Fish The Fishing & the Fishermen. Peit_thefisher
said Peit_thefisher
Hi John - couple of things in common. I am Adam Gardiner and served on 249 Venom Squadron at El Adem in 1957 and on 202 Met Recon Sqn (Hastings Met 1) in 1959 - 62. I own a nice painting of a Met 1 returning from a long range Bismuth sortie which is possibly unique and would swap you a good jaypeg for one of your painting if you own the copyright.
said adamgard2003
Hi, could you tell me how i could print some of the photos of the hastings, As my father was a A Q M on 48 sq 1959 -1962. from his log book he flew in lot of the planes in your photos. inc tg579 from 19-10-59 to 16-11-59 also fl/lt scott was the pilot in tg520 on 10-12-59 . He sadly passed away in 2004. In 1956 he was at Abingdon, 1/1/57 to 10/6/59 he was at Colerne. Thankyou
said morg63
John, could you please tell me how to get a comment on the Royal Oak House photo to stay put. I have typed three comments now, but when I click on "say it" and then steer away from that page and then back to the original page with the photo on my comments are not there. How does one save comments. Please advise. Thanks. I did send a message to hastingsgan a couple of days ago but heard nothing back. Thanks again. Barbara H.
said Ardrossan58
Hi, could you please tell me how to get a comment on the Royal Oak House photo to stay put. I have typed three comments now but when I click on "say it" and then steer away from that page and then go back to the page with the photo on, my comments are not there. How does one save comments? Please advise. Thanks. Ardrossan58
said Ardrossan58
U0588844 Cpl.Tech.Chips Rafferty Air Radio Fitter at R.A.F.Kat. 1958-1960, lived in Hut 232. Hi!" Gary" I've been keeping an eye on the Hastingsgan Site since I went Broadband a few months ago and of course,find much to remind me of our residence in Kat.I too have loads of photos and Ektachrome Slides recording 2.5 years of life at Katunayake.They feature lots of our fellow "inmates",aircr aft parked at S.A.S.F.,Jungle Rescue Team on excercise at Bible Rock,aerial pics. of Colombo taken from a D.H.Tiger Moth Flown out of Ratmalana by L.A.C.(R.Cy.A.F.)Lionel Goonatilik(spelling?) me being a rather apprehensive passenger.The Moth flew itself off the grass alongside the the notoriously rough runway.However,what leaves the ground should arrive back on the same airfield in one piece.And we did; I'v photos to prove it.Next task is get the photos onto my P.C. Regards Chips.
said chipsrafferty
30663339 cpl HALEY DON. MT Section 1951 to 1954 any one remember me. I was married to a greek girl Anna.My youngest son Stephen was born in RAF Negombo Hospital Feb2nd 1954. I am now living in Melbourne Australia.
said pommydon
Hi Hastingsgan I have left several of my guesses in your album Guess the Aircraft? I will not be offended if you remove them in order to keep other people guessing! Thanks
said treforhaines
Thanks, Johm, as soon as I saw the word "Hengrave Hall" it all came back to me. Thanks. I received a lot of compliments about it last time! ttfn, Leslie
said bisquitzoe
Hi John, Do you remember that building I borrowed from you last year. I had to move it and lost the name in the shuffle. Any chance you can tell me where it is if I can show it to you!....... http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2576800670064924833MavwbJ ...... Hope all's well with you! Leslie/VancouverIsland/Ca nada
said bisquitzoe
Hi My name is Reg Lambourne and i am trying to find some ex service personel i served with in ceylon in the late 1950 please look me up on web shots as REGGIE720 TO FIND OUT MORE INFO
said REGGIE720
Sorry, that link should be: http://www.thomaspickard.com/contact
said thp73
Hello hastingsgan, I am a writer and photographer living in the Maldives that has been commissioned to write and shoot an article on Gan in Addu Atoll. My editor and I would very much like to source some historical imagery, like you have displayed on this site. If you are the copyright holder and are interested in having some of your work shown in an airline travel magazine article on Gan island and some of the history of Gan, please contact me ASAP at: http://www.thomaspickard.com/contact I couldn't for the life of me find out how to contact you via your webshots site! Regards, Thomas Writer/Photographer www.thomaspickard.com +960.760.7125 Maldives
said thp73
Hello hastingsgan, I am a writer and photographer living in the Maldives that has been commissioned to write and shoot an article on Gan in Addu Atoll. My editor and I would very much like to source some historical imagery, like you have displayed on this site. If you are the copyright holder and are interested in having some of your work shown in an airline travel magazine article on Gan island and some of the history of Gan, please contact me ASAP at: http://www.thomaspickard.com/contact I couldn't for the life of me find out how to contact you via your webshots site! Regards, Thomas Writer/Photographer www.thomaspickard.com +960.760.7125 Maldives
said thp73
Hi John, Unfortunately my Dad served in the H.K.Fire Service 1949-1965 not Air Force. But there's a cute pic of me in a plane at Kai Tak F.S, don't know the type but you no doubt will......http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2368286420064924833LPqwUn... Cheers, Leslie
said bisquitzoe
Still a great site to wander through 'bit of this and bit of that' wonderful. Parrys103
said parrys103
This is a real plea for help. Some time back I found a cartoon of 103MU somewhere on the web. By a roundabout way I got in touch with the original owner to ask for a good quality copy and permission to use it in the 103MU Reunion Group Newsletter.I cannot remember who or where, but have found it on your photo gallery, so it may well have been here that I originally found it. In August our main server went real "belly up" and I lost all the emails including backups and all the data that I received between April and August. April was the last time I backed up onto DVD and tape. Can you put me in touch with the originator again, if it was you that I asked in the first place, so that I can go on bended knee and request a further copy of the Xmas card or more importantly, the cartoon. Many thanks PS. When are you having another Reunion at Newark??? Cheers ##### Harcourt - desparate!!!!!!!!!!!!!
said Photographer1939
Only just found this site - we lived nearly 4 years in Negombo at Katunayake - I returned there 2005 and got permission to go in to Katunayake, I think you may have been there just after us (I was 14 when we came home in 1956) on the Empire Orwell, went to Sri Lanka from Singapore on the Windrush. I found the Cinema, Swimming Pool, School and our bungalow still being used, nothing changed, have put photos on "my album" and will put more from early 1950's when I can.
said yesterlady
Hi John, I hope you've had time to check out the album! I put the photo through Photoshop and perked it up a bit, ok with you? Leslie
said bisquitzoe
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