This website is here to help keep alive the memories of those many service personnel and others lucky enough to have served at RAF Seletar Singapore which was an active RAF station from 1928 through to 1971 (but for a couple of years in WWII during the occupation by the Japanese).

RAF Seletar has an very colourful history laying claim to many fascinating events, visited by Royals, celebrities and global adventurers in its long years of operation. The RAF Seletar Association was formed in 1997 with the aim of bringing together anyone who has been associated with the Singapore RAF base in any capacity service or civilian so that they can renew old friendships and hopefully make new ones.If you're not a member yet - join! Please contact Dave Taylor david.taylor@rafseletar.co.uk for membership enquiries

What Happened to the Troopships? . . . an article by Charles White (click here)

Members of the Seletar Association are now able to sign up to the new Member Forum - a place where members can have a chat with other members - create their own topics and .. basically get on with talking to other members. People not registered to the Association will be able to view the chat but will not until they register will they be able to use the forum: email webmaster@rafseletar.co.uk for registration details.

Where are all those people who were based at Seletar during the 60's through until 71? We'd love to hear from you - this is a great way to catch up with old chums.

So many have served at Seletar over the years and so many have lost contact with old friends that we have introduced a Where are they Now section to this website. Click here to see the list as it stands and please complete the reply form at the foot of that page if you are looking for an old Seletar comrade.

Members' Forum - click here - apply to join on line and you might soon be chatting to old pals!

Gordon Hawarth kindly sent in some pics from his tour 1952-53 - click here

New:: Heritage Trees on Seletar Air Base - click here

Keep an eye on the News Page

 

Stories & Memoirs

We were all there and we all have a story or three that keeps the memories of Seletar alive in the old grey matter! Want to share it here? Please!

The new website, apart from carrying more up-to-date information about the association, will carry more interesting stuff about our beloved base. So if you have some experiences or events that went before that you saw, experienced and think it might be worth including - let me have it - please.

Photos

Please can you rummage through your shoe boxes and drawers and albums and dig out those old black & whites (and colour!) of shots you took when you were there?

Please let me have copies of any picture you think we might use on the site. If you send them in the mail please do so please using the address below - all originals will be returned once we have them scanned.

Preferably - please have copies made and get them copied to a CD or if you choose, email them to me at the email address below. Mike Rees sent his pics and a story and they are now published - click here.

They say every picture has a story - please let me have a few lines about the pics you send so when the images appear on the website people will know what was going on - any naughty stuff will of course be published: name & address withheld!

Special mention: Banner for the site used the image of Seletar's last Sunderland pictured with
Air Sea Rescue launch in 1965 - original photograph by Brian Randall

New books by Members of the Association:

 

	Association Member, Frank Authers , has a book published. "My recently published book covers the 30 years of my life and experiences whilst serving as a ground staff member in the RAF from 1938 to 1968. It starts with my enlistment and service life before WW2, and goes on to tell of some of the facets of war whilst on active service in France, U.K., Egypt and through the Western Desert to Tunis, then on to Sicily and Italy, and finishing the war serving in Yugoslavia. Subsequent service life in the R.A.F. Police was served in Germany, Malta, Bahrain, Singapore, Gan Island and of course the U.K."
	Peter Neville, has a book published. Peter actually did his time in Singapore at Changi but dropped out of that Association because us lot at the RAFSA are such a friendly lot. Quite right! Peter's book, The Rose Of Singapore, "..An Epic Tale of Love, Loss and Sexual Awakening in 1950s Malaya and Singapore" is reviewed on a number of websites - click on the image on the left here to see just one of them. Welcome to the Association Peter!
Site visits of   since January 1 2005
Hi I'd like to share two things with you. One is the Postcards from Seletar series of notebooks, the other is that the Seletar Chronicle is finally going online. Postcards from Seletar is an initiative set up by a resident to raise as much awareness as possible about the future of this special part of Singapore. So far, it has certainly got people talking! Volume 1 of the notebooks was launched in September. The original notebooks contain full colour prints of resident artist Isabelle Desjeux's paintings of flora and fauna from Seletar Camp, information on these, notes on the camp itself, and related details. At the back are the prints again as detachable postcards. Note pages are lightly illustrated. All in all, a delightful personal notebook, or a great gift. You might even consider them as corporate gifts. Other volumes are planned and volume 2 is in progress. We will also have Seletar greetings cards (blank for you to write your personal greeting) and a poster of the camp. If you would like to view the postcards volume 1 and order greetings cards, do drop by and see me. You can also view some pages on postcardsfromseletar.com/contact . Notebooks are $15 each. Do get yours while I still have stocks. No obligation to buy - just come and see. Call me on 91057778 if you'd like to come by. The Seletar Chronicle, a newsletter set up by two residents, has been delivering news to residents since November 2003. In the past, it was a monthly, but by putting it online, we can now reflect daily news about the Camp. If you have urgent announcements such as a lost pet, this will be an excellent place to post a note. Adverts and messages can all be placed here free of charge. You will also be able to subscribe - once I've sorted out how to do that! Your contributions and comments are most, most welcome. The web address is seletarchronicles.wordpress.com The last paper Chronicle goes out this week to let more residents know about the online version. Please forward this message to all your friends (in and outside camp) who would be interested. One item in the Chronicle is Seletar Camp parties. Two are scheduled 8th December and 31st December. Come to what could be the Camp's last big new year bash! Bring all your friends and family for what should be a superb mix of people. It'd be very good to catch up with you soon. There's always a comfy seat and drink waiting for you in Hyde Park Gate! Warm wishes :-) Sue Amy
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