230 SQUADRON OF THE FAR EAST AIR FORCE WITHDRAWS FROM BORNEO
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ADM 3705).
Synopsis
Squadron Leader Keith Cawdron bids farewell to the villagers of Sindumin as his unit is moved to Labuan prior to return to England.
Squadron Leader Cawdron plays ball with the local children. A long boat arrives at the village. Locals build a wooden jetty. After autographing some of the children's hands [sic], Cawdron flies out in a RAF Whirlwind HAR.2 - villagers wave goodbye. Cut to view from the helicopter as it climbs away from the village to fly over jungle to the coast. LS of Labuan island. CU of Cawdron at the controls. LS over Labuan airfield as Whirlwind alights. Cawdron deplanes. 230 Squadron Whirlwinds are parked on the field - groundcrew remove a main rotor blade from one aircraft as they prepare it for shipment to England.
Notes
Summary: 230 Squadron operated Whirlwind HAR.10s from Labuan from March, 1965. They left for the UK on 14 November, 1966. In the eighteen months or so that they were active, the squadron's 16 pilots flew almost a million miles and carried over 40,000 passengers
Titles
- 230 SQUADRON OF THE FAR EAST AIR FORCE WITHDRAWS FROM BORNEO (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1966
- Running Time:
- 7 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 258 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- Department of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence [Royal Navy]
- Production company
- BBC NEWS