Photo Gallery
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Crest badge of HQ RAF Far East Air Force (air component of British Far East Command), which was Headquartered at RAF Changi.
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Men of 5353 Airfield Construction Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF), assist and supervise Japanese prisoners of war during the construction of the main runway at Changi.
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Japanese prisoners of war laying some of the 11900 rolls of bituminised hessian sheeting that provided a waterproof bedding for the main runway at Changi.
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View of the main runway at RAF Changi, Singapore, soon after its completion. The runway, constructed from 276,680 pierced steel sheets was 2000 yards in length and 50 yards wide and able to take the largest aircraft then in service with the RAF.
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121Sqn's Fokker 50 MPA.
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112Sqn's KC-135R.
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