Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
I don't know if I asked before Boris, but what's your connection with the Dakota thinggy? The blokes from 55 Coy (or was is Squadron ?) in KL and Changi used to wear that. And their trucks all had a yellow top to the cabs
Hi Peter
You have as i remember asked before, but a quick refresher and for others who might be interested. My avatar is of a Douglas DC3 Dakota the emblem of RASC Royal Army Service Corps (Air Dispatch) unit. I use it in memory of my father Terence Evans 55 Company, and all those who served as Air-dispatchers during the Malayan Emergency. Over 12 years they made over 15,000 sorties and dispatched over 29,500 tons. My father served in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from 1957-60, and thankfully survived and made it back to the UKicon. Others were not so lucky, the air-dispatchers suffered the highest casualty rate of any unit involved in the emergency, 35 soldiers lost their lives during operations.

Terry