RAF Kuala Lumpur
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| RAF Kuala Lumpur | |||
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| Airport type | military | ||
| Serves | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
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RAF Kuala Lumpur was a RAF station in the Federation of Malaya and saw extensive use during the Malayan Emergency.
[edit] Military
The base was home to:
- 155 Squadron operating Whirlwind Mk4 helicopters
- 194 Squadron operating Dragonfly helicopters/re-equipped with Sycamore Mk14 helicopters
- 267 Squadron operating Dakota, Valletta, Single and Twin Pioneers (Dakota and Twin Pioneers using broadcasting loudspeakers)
- 848 Sqnd Royal Navy using Whirlwind helicopters. Royal Australian Air Force with Bristol Freighters
- 656 Sqdn Army Mobile Servicing Squadron servicing Auster Mk6, 7 and 9.
The station was handed over to Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1961. During height of emergency the single runway had the highest number of aircraft movements in the world.
The station situated about 3 miles from the town had its own swimming pool and cinema.
[edit] Civilian
Airfield also the site of the first Kuala Lumpur Civil Airport, which had a route to London with B.O.A.C using Britannia aircraft the airport opened about 1957. Malayan Airways operated Dakota aircraft on domestic flights. The Duke of Edinburgh was greeted at the airport by the High Commissioner when Malaysia was granted independence ("Merdeka")
The civilian airport was later replaced by Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in 1965.
