Caribous
Page 1 of 2
|
|
| The Royal Malaysian Air Force received 18 new DHC-4A aircraft starting in 1966 and ending in 1973. They were assigned to the 1st and 8th Squadrons The RMAF Caribous were withdrawn from service September, 2000. They were replaced by CN 235 from Indonesia. |
|
|
|
|
Renumbers |
|
|
|
|
|
M21- 01 |
-
Departed Canada 4/26/66 arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/15/66
- Assigned to the 8th SQN. at Labuan RMAF Base, 9/66 - In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21-02 |
-
Departed Canada 4/26/66 arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/15/66
- Assigned to the 8th SQN. at Labuan RMAF Base, 9/66 - Crash at Meligan airstrip in Sabah on 1/12/67 - written off - Labuan Base (use for fire training) |
|
|
|
|
M21- 03 |
-
Departed Canada 4/26/66 arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/15/66
- Assigned to the 8th SQN. at Labuan RMAF Base, 9/66 - In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21- 04 |
-
Departed Canada 4/26/66 arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/15/66
- Assigned to the 8th SQN. at Labuan RMAF Base, 9/66 - On display at RMAF Museum, Kuala Lumpur |
|
|
|
|
M21- 05 |
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/3/69
- Crashed 5/24/99 written off |
|
|
|
|
M21- 06 |
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/3/69
- In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21- 07 |
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 5/3/69
- In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21- 08 |
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 7/4/69
- In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21- 09 |
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 7/4/69
- Labuan Base (used for fire training) |
|
|
|
|
-
Arrived Kuala Lumpur 7/4/69
- Ditch into sea at Cowie Bay, Sabah 3/30/70 - written off - In storage at Labuan Base, as of 9/15/00 |
|
|
|
|
|
M21-11 |
-
Departed Canada 8/5/69 arrived Kuala Lumpur 8/22/66
- In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers |
|
|
|
|
M21-12 |
-
Departed Canada 8/5/69 arrived Kuala Lumpur 8/22/66
- Crashed Simanggang on 11/29/80 - written off - RMAF College at Alor Setar Base (engineering training) |
|
|
|
|
M21-13 |
-
Departed Canada 8/5/69 arrived Kuala Lumpur 8/22/66
- Assigned to 1 SQN - Ditched in the water near Labuan 7/31/95 - In storage at Labuan Base, as of 9/15/00 |
|
|
|
M21-14 |
||
|
|
|
M21-15 |
- In storage at Kuching Base, Sarawak as of 9/15/00 awaiting buyers | |
|
|
|
M21-16 |
- Crashed Cameron Highland on 9/24/82. | |
|
|
|
M21-17 |
- Crashed Kampung Attap on 9/24/82 - written off | |
|
|
|
|
M21-18 |
-
Received 1/30/73
- Last Caribou built |
 |
1st Squadron: Established on April 17, 1958 with Twin Pioneer at Sungei Besi RAF Base, Kuala Lumpur under RAF establishment. On June 1, 1958 the Royal Malaysian Air Force was established and the base was handed over officially to RMAF on October 25, 1960. 1st Sqn was deactivated in 1992 and all personnel and Bous were moved to Labuan RMAF Base to join the 8th Sqn. In Sept 1993 the 8th was renamed 1st Sqn or (1st Sqn was reactivated from 8th Sqn thus leaving 8th Sqn as phantom sqn). In 1996 this sqn was moved to Kuching RMAF Base until now. It doesn’t have aircraft at the moment pending the arrival of CN 235. |
 |
8th Squadron:
Established on March 1, 1966 at RMAF Base Kuala Lumpur with 4 Twin Pioneer.
It is the first user of Caribou aircraft . The planning started in early
February, 1966 when 4 officers were sent to RCAF Station, Trenton, Canada
to do the conversion on Caribou.
After completion they flew the first batch of the first four Caribous (gift from Canadian Govt.) from RCAF Station, Trenton, Canada on April 26, 1966 (took 19 days) and arrived on midday May 15, 1966. The route taken was : Trenton - Goose Bay - Keflavik - London - Pisa - Athens-Beirut - Bahrain - Bombay - Culcutta - Butterworth - Kuala Lumpur. After fully operational in Sept 1966, it was moved to Labuan RMAF Base. The rest of the Bou came in batches later on from Canada. |
 |
|
 |
||
 |
|
 |
||
 |
|
 |
||
 |
|
 |
||
 |
|
 |
||
 |
|
|
|
Return to main Caribou home page |