End of an era at Seletar

[lauriebe]

SMS88, well spotted! NJ272 it is.

[Pondskater]

Yep, NJ272 which served in the Far East:

88 Squadron (Kai Tak and then Seletar) from 15 Nov 1950 as F and A and then with 205 Squadron (Seletar) from 15th March 1954 as N. Struck off charge 24 May 1957.

Could be either squadron. Anybody spot any familiar faces?

[John Cooper]

1954'ish I reckon as there is a mixture of berets and forage caps and looking at some of the bods with berets on I don't think they had been wearing them for very long

[Pondskater]

88 squadron was disbanded at Seletar on 1 October 1954.

I'll leave people to leap to their own conclusions.

Allan

[keithnewsome]

Sorry guys, I have no idea why I typed 1960 ???? this is a photo from a collection I used in an earlier large thread, about the career of one man.
the part of his career, in photos, at Seletar seems to have started around the time of the coronation 1953 !!!!
Sqdn Ldr Gallop is the officer to the left of the central group of three front row. Engineering Officer with 205 Sqn ?
I have studied the photo better and agree with NJ272.

Keith.

[jont122]

Me and Bro at Tiger Balm Gardens (as if we could even begin to pretend it was anywhere else but)



Shopping....?



Brother at the pool



Gardener and nuts...!



Ladder to our 'pretend tree house' at the back of the bungalow.

Hello slightly off topic, I was born in singapore in 1965 and adopted by a english couple in the RAF, in 1968.

I remember Robinsons and meeting father christmas there, "was going to tell him what I wanted for christmas, bur ended up not saying a word"

I remember Belverdears flying overhead and I believe Andovers as well. I always had an intrest in Aircraft....

Anyway I hope these photos bring back some memorys to others

[Deskpilot]

I'm pretty sure that that pool is at The Britannia Club in the city, not Seletar.

[fatnav]

I remember Seletar as an enthusiast's paradise in 74 & 75. Six week detachments to Tengah gave plenty of time to get to Seletar to be rewarded with USAF aircraft such as EC-47P and C-130s various. There were a couple of South Vietnamese Hercs in '74, but these had been re-painted in USAF colours by '75. Civilian? aircraft included a DC-6 of Bird Air and C-46Rs of Continental Airways, both known Air America operators. Genuine civilian aircraft included a HU-16 and Volpar Turboliner in Indonesian marks among others. To be allowed to wander around without hindrance was a real joy.

[Gerry R]

Hello All,
I visited Seletar in 2007 and 2009, on my first visit I had to leave my photo gear at the Guardroom of the Singapore Forces at the main gate, and continue my exploring by taxi. Two years later I was delighted to find that the secuity side of the base had been moved further towards the old East Camp, (near the Astra Cinema), which those of you who knew Seletar will remember its location, and a larger part of the Base was now accessible.

I was able to travel up Edgeware Road towards the airfield and took these pics,I then went in search of my old scout hut from the sixties without success. On the way back I photographed numbers 22-28 Edgeware Road about to be demolished, to make way for the new Aero Park, also my Old Primary School, which I just caught before its demise, as it was scheduled to be demolished the following month, also the former NAAFI shop which looks like it has been converted into a Temple, I think this is Oxford ROad, the School was behind the tree at left.

Finally, DP that is Seletar Pool alright,the Britannia Pool had a sun deck behind the main diving board, overlooking the City and Harbour.

Gerry R

[TonyT]

For those of you that were out at Seletar near the end of the Sunderlands, I used to work with a Phil Sharrett who was serving out there at the time on the Sunderlands, sadly he passed away last year.

[Gerry R]

Hello all,
These are the pics that should have appeared in post 99, all taken at Seletar 2009, and are as follows:-
1. 22-28 Edgeware road, about to be demolished to make room the new Aeropark.
2. Seletar Primary School, about a month before the buildings were schedule to be demolished.
3. The former NAAFI shop in Oxford road, which looks like it has been converted into a Temple.
4. Looking down Battersea road, (not Oxford road as mentioned in my last post), the Secondary School is on the right, also scheduled soon after my visit in 2009.

Gerry R

[Gerry R]

Herewith afew airfield pics taken in 2009 before looking around the old domestic site at Seletar:-, Control tower with Type 'A' hangar behind still extant, plus another view of the tower across from the end of Maida Vale road, new airliner servicing hangars, if my memory serves me right, there used to be barrack blocks where these are situated?.

Gerry R