The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Australian Government through the RAAF at Butterworth, Malaysia has rewarded the villagers of an Indonesian island who found the wreckage of a Mirage aircraft in which the former Commanding Officer of No. 75 Squadron, RAAF at Butterworth was killed in March 1968. Small pieces of wreckage, definately identified as part of the late Wing Commander E.J. Myer's aircraft, were dredged up by a fishing boat owned by Kang Heng Kiok of the village of Tandjung on Rangsang Island, 50 miles south west of Singapore. The Commanding Officer of No. 75 Squadron Wing Commander S.N. Watson led a small party of RAAF men from Butterworth to Rangsang Island to present Kang Heng Kiok with one hundred and eighty three U.S. dollars in cash for the time and expenses he incurred reporting the finding of the wreckage. Kang had his nets damaged by the wreckage and he spent two days off work to sail his small boat 50 miles to the Malaysian mainland and back to report the find.
For the second year in succession the Gloucester Cup, awarded annually to the most proficient flying squadron in the RAAF has gone to a Mirage fighter Squadron at Air Base Butterworth in West Malaysia
Two RAAF Mirage jet fighter squadrons at the RAAF base at Butterworth are in readiness for the operational phase of the five-nation military exercise Bersatu Padu. Nos. 3 and 75 Squadrons will play a
Item 1. RAAF Butterworth, 1964. Film taken while 77 Squadron Sabre aircraft were on 5 minute scramble alert on Quick Alert apron adjacent to threshold of Butterworth runway 36 during the Confrontation
RAAF Butterworth, Malaysia 10 February 1969. [Roll 1] Inside flight line hut. Two 77 Squadron pilots in flying gear enter hut, walk to NCO in charge and inspect and sign flight authorization sheets. P
RAAF truck with unidentified airman posing for camera. Panoramic views of area around the town of Bofu. This was the initial location of 81 Wing (3 Mustang Squadrons) in occupation period. Good view o
RAAF Marine Section boat 015.91 being lowered onto the water by a large crane. RAAF officer in winter uniform. Landing barge moving past small vessels - many LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) at anchor - film
