Tal-Handaq Nostalgia

Memories of the Royal Naval School, Malta, 1947 - 1978.

HMS Falcon Steps - Kalafrana
Throughout 1944 and early 1945 Dark Blue uniforms had been gradually achieving numerical superiority over their RAF Blue cousins at Hal Far and at sunset on 14 April 1946 the RAF Ensign was lowered. At sunrise of the next day the airfield became Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far and was named HMS Falcon. It remained so until [url=http://www.talhandaqnostalgia.org/displayimage.php?pid=4960]1967.[/url]
[url=http://www.aviationinmalta.com/AirfieldsAirlines/HalFarAirfield/tabid/320/language/en-GB/Default.aspx/]History.[/url]

HMS Falcon Steps - Kalafrana

Throughout 1944 and early 1945 Dark Blue uniforms had been gradually achieving numerical superiority over their RAF Blue cousins at Hal Far and at sunset on 14 April 1946 the RAF Ensign was lowered. At sunrise of the next day the airfield became Royal Naval Air Station Hal Far and was named HMS Falcon. It remained so until 1967.
History.

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