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  1. Malaya What If

    Hi Vetinari, love this story of the crocodile!

  2. Malaya What If

    Hi Ihagambia, yes formed in Singapore, it's really just a renumbering of RAF 243 Sqn, providing more identity to the Kiwi contribution

  3. Malaya What If

    And Hi Driftless and Kelgar04, I'll be writing several stories on the efforts of Japanese night bombing and RAF night fighters, so I'm not going to comment here, but I'm happy for others to chip in if they fancy it :cool:

  4. Malaya What If
    Threadmarks: MWI 41120617a RAF Far East Command

    Units or Officers underlined indicates not historical to this Command For RAF units in Hong Kong, see Hong Kong Garrison OOB For RAF units in Burma, see Burma Command OOB GC: Group Captain WC: Wing Commander SL: Squadron Leader "op": operational "res": reserve RAF Far East Command AVM Keith...

  5. Malaya What If

    and Hi Butchpfd and Driftless, just shows you how generous the American lend-lease policy could be. Lovely picture Driftless, and that's a lovely connection we've made with your family Butchpfd.

  6. Malaya What If

    Hi Mark1878, yes that's what I'll do going forward.

  7. Malaya What If

    Hi Draconis, not railroads, as they build airfields, but hold that thought for about, oh, twenty posts!

  8. Malaya What If

    Hi naraht, that's a good question. In the main, its Singapore time, however, I've been quite bad at this in retrospect, as I'm sure some of my North African times are actually wrong (they maybe Singapore time and not of the appropriate time zone). And again some of the Churchill posts might also...

  9. Malaya What If

    Hi Parma, things are going to get real busy now, and I'll advise you all to pay attention to the post's titles, the last four numbers after MWI are the day date, and hour of the day, which will be of great significance.

  10. Malaya What If

    Hi Driftless, yes that's pretty much it, but you'll get a better idea when I give you the RAF OOB.

  11. Malaya What If
    Threadmarks: MWI 41120617 The Ongoing Development Of The Airfields

    1941, Saturday 06 December: The big metal blade of the Le Tourneau Carryall bit into the ground, and began slicing off a layer of earth, rolling it into the hopper. In front, the Canadian driver of the D7 Caterpillar tractor pulling it looked back making sure his scrap line was good. Once full...

  12. Malaya What If

    Hi Parma, that's a very good point, and as you say, until they are proved right, they are labeled in quite derogatory terms, but that then swings to them being labelled a genius. The truth is often somewhere in between, and the type of character to make that stand is likely to have a number of...

  13. Malaya What If

    Hi Sekhmet_D, thank you for this, do you have any more detail on this unit?

  14. Malaya What If

    Hi Belisarius, the little I have on actual operations, mostly from 'Bloody Shambles' have Japanese bombers flying in the 10,000, - 15,000 ft range, although I think I can find at least one raid at about 18,000 ft. Depends on your perspective as to whether that is high or not, but its certainly...

  15. Malaya What If

    and as well as Hi Errolwi, Sekhmet_D and alspug, the FAA are aware of the deficiencies of the Buffalo as a Naval fighter, but these are a temporary solution to a lack of fighters, enabling them to field a training fighter squadron. They certainly won't be sending the Buffalo's to the Med, and...

  16. Malaya What If

    and Hi JWilly48519 and Admiral Jellicoe, AJ is quite right, (hey, AJ, that has a nice ring to it, don't you think Jelly, oh, so does that, not sure which I prefer now?) they have had some carrier landing training, see...

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    and Hi LoftonHenderson and FriendlyGhost, yes as FriendlyGhost says, its aircraft, not pilots, of which there would be a few more. These are Buffalo's that have been re-navalised with arrester hooks, inflatable dinghy's etc added, and there are only the 20 that have been converted, so when...

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    Threadmarks: MWI 41120618 Shuffling The Pack

    1941, Saturday 06 December; An hour before sundown, the Vildebeest bomber taxied to the aircraft pen, led by a hand-painted RAF blue Morris. There a small ground crew awaited it. It was the last of four aircraft of RAF 212 Sqn to be deployed here, They had flown in from Port Swettenham to be...

  19. Malaya What If

    Hi Belisarius II, I'm sure your not the only one, I wrote about that nearly two and a half years ago!, see https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/malaya-what-if.521982/post-22672284

  20. Malaya What If

    Hi Driftless, they were removed from Hong Kong, asset stripping, and sent to Singapore, where they are used in a coastal defence role. They are currently on the eastern coast of Malaya.
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