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Rods Butterworth Photos
Photos by Rod Farquhar
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Preparing derelict explosives for demolition 
at an old army range north of Butterworth. 
Left to right in the truck ? Chucka Clarke Mick 
Terakes Neville Wicks Algy Gentle 
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Dave Coupe on the MJ1 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/72 
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Rod Farquhar under the shelter 
3Sqn Butterworth 72 
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Mick Terakes hard at work 
[actually he was still on his honeymoon] 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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They also serve who only sit and wait- 
Darryl Radin and John Brighton between sorties
 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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Left to right 
Dave Coupe Jim Bindon Darryl 
Radin Don Harvey 
3Sqn Butterworth 71//74 
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Moveing SUU launcher from type F trolley 
to the catac left of right 
Wally Crust Eric Wright George Turner Nev Hite Gordon
 Andrews 3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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Dick Flack works on the bevel gearbox 
watched by Bill Black Neville Wicks 
Dave Langton Barry [Yogi Bear]-Anderson 3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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Cocking in a DEFA L to r 
Fast Eddy Nev Wicks Graeme Monkhouse Toothy Martin 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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DEFA circuit test L to r 
Fast Eddy Toothy Martin Chris Watson
 3Sqn butterworth 71/74 
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Graeme Monkhouse and Dick Drover 
take a brake during an 
ADEX 3Sqn Tengah 1972

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Sqn photo 3Sqn Butterworth 72/73

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Shooting yourself in the foot is one thing 
shooting yourself in the leg 
is another thing altogether 
3Sqn Butterworth 1977 
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500Lb bomb on MJ1 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/74 
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A SABRE fully armed with 
HE ammunition and live sidewinders 
on the ORP 
77Sqn Butterworth 1966
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4 x 121/2 Lb practice bombs 
on an LSBC suspended 
from an MA4A bomb rack 
77Sqn
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A3-100 with dummy sidewinders 
and matra 
3Sqn Butterworth 1972
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Heading out to bomb up 
with 25Lb practice bombs 
3Sqn butterworth 71/74
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MIRAGE weapons display 
3Sqn Butterworth 1972
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2 x 500Lb HE bombs on MIRAGE 
PM3 bomb beam 
3Sqn Butterworth 1972
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Chucka Clarke no volts tests tank 128s 
while Nev Wicks waits to set the safety switch on the
SUU dispenser 
3Sqn Butterworth 71/74

 

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Nose fuzeing pistol 500Lb HE bomb 75Sqn
 Butterworth 1979

 

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Tail fuzeing 500Lb HE 
75Sqn Butterworth 1979

 

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Harvey Hersant and Bill Bailey 
testing sidewinder launcher with an 
ASMI 1 test set 
77Sqn Butterworth 1966 

 

 

Some photos of the (traps) in Penang
to bring back memories to all those singlies about 1980.
(Jerry Musk)
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More Traps - Jerry Musk "The Trap Master"
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The first pub run photo about 1975

names from back left are
Jon Deutcher, Chucka Clark, Mick Newton, Jug Kervardris, Rocky Rocket, Bob Hollingsworth
Darrel Johnstone, Jerry Musk, "Caugs" Greg McCaughey, Bill Bulley,
Al Bullock , George Shores, Dave Strange ,