1917 to 1971


united kingdom 110 Squadron

Royal Air Force






110 Squadron
Formed 1 Nov 1917 with aircraft funded from India and took the name (Hyderabad), as a bombing unit. Moved to Far East in Mar 1942, where it disbanded as a transport unit with Valettas on 31 Dec 1957.

Reformed with Whirlwind HAR.4 on 3 Jun 1959 at Kuala Lumpur, when 155 & 194 Squadrons were amalgamated and renumbered. Moved to RAAF base at Butterworth in Sep 1959, where Sycamore HR.14s arrived in Apr 1960 and had replaced the Whirlwinds by Jul 1960. A detachment was sent to Brunei in Apr 1963 and following the introduction of the Whirlwind HAR.10 in Jul 1963, the whole unit moved to Singapore during Jan 1964 (frequently deploying detachments into Borneo, including single airframes to Long Pasia alongside Army Scouts), where it stayed until Nov 1967. Detachments in Borneo rotated frequently and moved within Borneo (eg the detachment at Labuan moved to Sibu and from Bario to Nanga Gaat, both in Sep 1965).

It received a boost in numbers on 1 Nov 1965 when some of the ex-225 Squadron Whirlwinds and crews were reassigned. On 6 Mar 1969 it moved to RAF Changi where it disbanded on 15 Feb 1971.




110 were moved to RAF Seletar in 1964 until the Changi move in 1969. Pilots from 110 did 3 weeks tours in Nangar Gaat, from 1964 till early 1967




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  Locations


YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1969/71SG Changi International AirportWSSS
1964/69SG SeletarWSSL
1959/63MY ButterworthWMKB
1959MY SimpangWMKF


helicopter   Models


Years Models
1963/71 Whirlwind Whirlwind HAR.10
1960/64 Type 171 Sycamore
1959/60 Whirlwind Whirlwind HAR.4





110 Squadron List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
wa 26 w/o 1970 har.4 1954 XD183 : forced landing in plantation S of Dungun after engine lost power.
13151 Sycamore 4 1953 XE310 : issued to 110 Sq.
13152 w/o 1964 Sycamore 4 1953 XE311 : as 110 Sq /B pictured post-landing fire at Butterworth
13224 w/o 1961 Sycamore 4 1954 XE322 : w/o 20 Mar 1961, crashed in river in Malaya after aborted take off, while +
13226 Sycamore 4 1954 XF266 : 194 Sq after Oct 1954; 110 Sq after 1960, still Sep 1965; struck off charg+
13239 Scrapped Type 171 Sycamore 1955 XG508 : to 110 Sq
13373 w/o 1964 Sycamore 4 1955 XG519 : 194 Sq; 110 Sq
: 24 Jan 1964 crashed in Malaya and burnt out, while with 110 Sq.
13376 w/o 1961 Sycamore 4 1955 XG522 : w/o 4 Apr 1961, crashed in Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia, while attemp+
13378 w/o 1960 Sycamore 4 1956 XG538 : w/o 14 Sep 1960 rolled over on take off, while with 110 Sq in Thailand
wa 44 w/o 1963 har.4 1954 XJ428 : HAR.4 110 Sq
wa106 w/o 1964 har.2 1956 XJ760 : while operating with 110 Sq, made a forced landing in jungle on 10 Sep 196+
13413 Sycamore 4 1956 XJ918 : 110 Sq by Nov 1959; Metropolitan Communications Squadron ( MCS );32 Sq by +
wa144 Scrapped har.2 1956 XK988 : 103 Sq; 110 Sq; 103 Sq / D
13438 w/o 1963 Sycamore 4 1957 XL822 : Nov58 pictured in Cameron Highlands jungle after engine failure while wit+
V : w/o while searching along the Tusan Valley for the wreckage of 66 Sq Belv+
13447 w/o 1962 Sycamore 4 1957 XL825 : 28 Sep 1962 w/o in Kedah, Malaysia, when it sliced its own tail off during+
wa266 hcc.8 1959 XN126 : 110 Sq; 103 Sq; CFS(H); 22 Sq; CFS; 2 FTS
wa346 w/o 1971 har10 1961 XP303 : 110 Sq/B by Jul 1963. /C by Apr 1967. w/o 24 Jan 1971 at Peak Alpha (Hong+
wa348 w/o 1988 har10 1961 XP328 R : noted at Butterworth.
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wa349 har10 1961 XP329 : (110 Sq ?)/C by Sep 1963
wa377 Scrapped har10 1962 XP361 : 225 Sq; 110 Sq; 103 Sq; 22 Sq by 1981
wa386 har10 1962 XP398 : 225 Sq; 110 Sq; 103 Sq; 202 Sq; 1563 Flt to 84 Sq 1972.
wa410 w/o 1967 har10 1963 XR478 : 103 Sq; 110 Sq; 230 Sq
wa414 Scrapped har10 1963 XR482 : 103 Sq; 110 Sq; 103 Sq; 110 Sq; 28 Sq




  110 Squadron Operations


Dates Operation
1962-dec1966-aug-11 MY Konfrontasi
1948-jul1957-dec MY Operation Firedog






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