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On November 20th, 2021, the Temora Aviation Museum held one of their Aircraft Showcase events at their home field in Temora, New South Wales, Australia. The air show featured several aircraft from No.100 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the civilian-military partnership which operates a fleet of historically significant former military aircraft to help celebrate the RAAF's centenary as an independent air arm. Some of the unit's aircraft taking part included Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII A58-758, CAC CA-13 Boomerang A46-122, Cessna O-2A Skymaster 67-21407, Lockheed Hudson Mk.III A16-112, CAC CA-16 Wirraway A20-653 and English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680. Several visiting warbirds also joined in, like the brace of CAC Winjeels (one of which came from RAAF Point Cook), a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk, Vultee BT-13A Valiant, North American Harvard, PAC CT-4A and Cessna L-19A Bird Dog.
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“Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok,” was the official motto used by the No.100 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) as they were buzzing over the skies of old Malaya and Singapore from the 1930s till the 1950s.
Translated it means “never stir up a hornet’s nest”, the Malay proverb was engraved onto the 100 Squadron’s official crest as they flew bombing and reconnaissance missions across Southeast Asia during the Second World War (WW2).
Officially formed during the height of WW1 in 1917, the 100 Squadron was established as a night bombing unit that flew over the Western Front of Europe. The squad also later took part in the Irish War of Independence in 1920 and provided close air support to soldiers on the front lines.