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Re: Buffalo in Burma
The 2 longest-lived RAF Buffalos were W8243 and W8245 which served in 151 OTU and 22 AACU. W8250 also served with 151 OTU where it was written off during a landing overshoot. W8156 never served in India - it was abandoned at Sembawang and can be seen in several photos with the individual code letter "L". Of the other ex-67 Sqn airframes that escaped Burma, there's one mistake in the list. W8223 did not serve with 67 Sqn in Burma; it stayed in Singapore with 488 Sqn. The sixth ex-67 Sqn escapee was actually W8233.
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