Kallang Airport take-off to Penang, 1950

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75 years ago on 9 August 1950, our grandparents took a lovely holiday to Penang, onboard a Malayan Airways Douglas DC-3 flight. They boarded the plane at the former Kallang Airfield/Airport with family members from our pre-Bedok address at Kampong Soopoo seeing them off. We had previously shared some of the photos from the album but here is the complete album that included boarding and take-off, photographed by our then 20-year-old father. We also included screenshots from the National University of Singapore’s site: https://nusgis.org/historical-maps-of-singapore/ showing the 1945 and 1953 maps illustrating just where this airport, which closed in 1955, was.

9 August 1950 - just before boarding with the airport terminal building (still standing today) behind them

9 August 1950 - siblings, children and relatives seeing them off. Everyone stayed at either 58 or 60 Kampong Soopoo

Boarding the Malayan Airways Douglas DC-3 plane

Taxiing along the runway

Take off!

1945 map showing Kallang Airfield location

1953 map giving more details


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