additional info

these info were obtained from aseac.co.uk.

August 1945: On the 7th three 356 Squadron aircraft
attacked an enemy airfield at Benkulen, the navigator
on KN752/F was killed by ground fire. This was the last bombing
mission undertaken by the squadron. On the 11th Wing Commander
Sparks died at the hospital constructed on the Cocos Islands, he had
been ill for ten days with infantile paralysis. Four days later (15th August),
at noon, ‘hostilities ceased’. The Liberators of 356 Squadron
started a series of supply drops to areas in Malaya. On the 18th
two crews (KH218/C and KH270/B) made a daylight drop and one crew
(EW223/Z) made a night drop. The crew of KH218/K failed to return.
Over the next two days eight crews flew out of the Cocos searching
for the missing Liberator. The eight man crew of KH218/C was listed
as missing. On the 21st five aircraft made supply drops to central
Malaya. Two days later five aircraft again flew supplies to central
Malaya. One of the Liberators, KL654/R, failed to return. The eight
crew of KL654/R were listed as missing. Two further supply drops
were made to Malaya (25th; three aircraft and 27th; three aircraft).
On the 28th Operation ‘Birdcage’ (dropping of leaflets to POW camps)
was undertaken and eight Liberator crews flew to various POW camps
in Sumatra and Malaya. Two days later three aircraft dropped supplies
to areas in southern Malaya. On the last day in August Operation ‘Mastiff’
(dropping of Red Cross supplies to POW camps in Sumatra and Malaya) was
undertaken by seven crews.

Shaharom Ahmad
Malaya Historical Group-Researcher

We have a few wrecks from ww2 and postwar era but some were missing due to scrap activities right now..

Shaharom Ahmad
Malaya Historical Group – Researcher

Hi all.

Thank you for mentioning Spitfire tp231 which we are trying to find out the remaining of the plane near Serendah. Also we found the wreckage of Dakota KN633.

Hope to continue posting here..

Thanks

Shaharom Ahmad
Malaya Historical Group – Researcher