No. 90 (Composite) Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing that operated during the early years of the Malayan Emergency. Its purpose was to serve as an overarching organisation for the RAAF units deployed in the conflict, No. 1 (Bomber) Squadron, flying Avro Lincolns, and No. 38 (Transport) Squadron, flying Douglas C-47 Dakotas. The wing was established on 10 July 1950 and headquartered at Changi, on the east coast of Singapore. No. 1 Squadron operated from Tengah, in Singapore's west. No. 38 Squadron was based at Changi and, from April 1951 to February 1952, at Kuala Lumpur in central Malaya. The Lincolns generally conducted area bombing missions, as well as precision strikes, to harass communist insurgents. The Dakotas were tasked with airlifting cargo, VIPs, troops and casualties, as well as courier flights and supply drops. Following No. 38 Squadron's departure in December 1952, No. 90 Wing was disbanded, leaving No. 1 Squadron to carry on as the sole RAAF unit in the campaign until its withdrawal to Australia in July 1958.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1645:

English Civil War: The Parliamentarians destroyed the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport, ultimately giving Parliament control of the West of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Langport

1806:

Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company when they broke into Vellore Fort and killed or injured 200 British troops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_mutiny

1921:

One day after a truce between the Irish Republican Army and British forces, violence between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast resulted in sixteen dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1921)

1941:

The Holocaust: A group of non-Jewish ethnic Poles from around the nearby area murdered hundreds of Jewish residents of Jedwabne in occupied Poland (memorial pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedwabne_pogrom

2011:

The British tabloid newspaper News of the World published its last edition before closing due to allegations that it hacked the voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 attacks and relatives of deceased British soldiers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

flamboyant: 1. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc. 2. (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flamboyant

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