Location: Butterworth
| Name: | Butterworth |
| Camp: | RAF Butterworth |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Type(s): | Primary |
| Notes Butterworth school is first mentioned in the "Coronation List". This is a list of schools that existed in 1952 (but not necessarily in the described location). The pin shows the location of the former RAF Butterworth. The RAF School at Butterworth closed when the RAF returned to England in 1960. | |
The Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Air Force had squadrons of jet fighters, bombers and helicopters at Butterworth.
The RAF school was based at the old domestic site (basha huts).......photograph dated 1949.
Christmas on the nearby beach in 1949.
Both images are courtesy of the RAF Butterworth & Penang Association website (click the image below, website opens in a new window).
The website of the RAAF School Penang (click the image below, website opens in a new window).
