GLORY DAYS PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES
48 FLYPAST November 2018Hong Kong’s wn
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force provided air support to the Crown Colony’s government
for almost 50 years, via a variety of aircraft, as Andrew Thomas shows.Below
The HKAAF fl ew Spitfi res until 1955. This Mk.24,
VN485, is at Sek Kong during the previous
year’s summer camp. MRS K R BELLAbove
Auster AOP.6 VF643 was one of several
employed until the mid-1960s.It was later
re-serialled HKG-5 and withdrawn in 1967.
28 SQN RECORDSRight
Pilot training in the 1970s was conducted
with two Scottish Aviation Bulldogs, KG-5 and
HKG-6. RHKAF