the biggest influence on Addu's modern history has been the British bases.
RAF News, September 16, 25 1988
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the station commander , Gp Capt W. Edwards, leaving for the last time by Launch accompanied b Sqn Ldr Carr era, OC 1153 MCU And FS Brown Jack
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GOODBYE TO GAN
TIME was when the RAF had staging posts in remote exotic places all over the world. Liken Gan,
For instance. A tiny atoll in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, it was virtually nothing more than a runway with a few associated
Installations .Quarters was basic and even the natives
who worked there used to commute every day from a neighboring island, by canoe. Entertainment was very much a do-it- yourself business and travelers who stopped over on their way to Singapore and elsewhere could tell of some unusual traditions that grew up as a diversion in the absence of a more orthodox hospitality.
These photographs depict the last moments of the
Base there when decreasing commitments in the Far East meant Gan was no longer needed.
Base there when decreasing commitments in the Far East meant Gan was no longer needed.
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