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| RAF Sembawang |
During the retreat of the allied forces in the face of the Japanese attack, four RAAF squadrons passed through Sambawang. These were No. 1 and No. 453 Squadrons, flying Brewster Buffalo fighter aircraft, and No. 1 and No. 8 General Reconnaissance Squadrons, flying Lockheed Hudson Bombers.
Added on 19/08/2010Home of 61 Signals Unit which was the last RAF Radar station in the Far East before moving to Seletar in 1959. In addition to the RAF, RNAS Sembawang had a small detachment of Navy, and about 200 6th Co. RASQ. It would be one of the few stations to carry the three service flags at the same time on its flagpole.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Sembawang
" Has anyone besides me heard of RAF Sembawang.Does it,Did it ever exist.Did I fall asleep for eighteen months and are Johnny Collery, Big Ben Foyle,Eddie Blyth etc ghosts out of my dream.?I would be quite happy to find that one b**** sgt Barron was only a nightmare. I am talking 1948 when a smiley ..."
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" Harry,When I was staioned in Singapore with the Cheshire Regiment 58-60 I visited RAF Sembawang.During my ’off time’I played guitar with a band called ’The Dynamic Diamonds’we played at your officer’s mess on several occasions. No you weren’t dreaming nor was I. "
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