RAF Butterworth

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RAF Butterworth was a Royal Air Force station in Malaya (now Malaysia) that served as a key British and Commonwealth air base during and after World War II, including the Malayan Emergency and early Cold War period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
afterUse RAAF Base Butterworth NERFINISHED
conflict Cold War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation NERFINISHED
Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED
World War II
surface form: Second World War
controlledBy Royal Air Force Far East Air Force NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
country British Malaya NERFINISHED
Malaysia
garrison Commonwealth air forces in Malaya
RAAF units in Malaya
RAF units in Malaya
RNZAF units in Malaya
hasRole air defence base
maritime patrol base
strike base
training base
transport hub
locatedIn Mainland Penang NERFINISHED
Malaya NERFINISHED
Penang NERFINISHED
locatedNear Butterworth, Penang NERFINISHED
Penang Island NERFINISHED
locatedOn Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED
operatedBy Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Far East Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED
partOf British Far East Air Command NERFINISHED
Far East Air Force NERFINISHED
region Southeast Asia
strategicImportance forward base for operations in Southeast Asia
key British and Commonwealth air base in Malaya
transitionedTo Royal Australian Air Force Base Butterworth NERFINISHED
usedBy British Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Commonwealth air forces NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED
usedDuring Commonwealth military presence in Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
decolonisation of Malaya
early Cold War period
post–Second World War period
usedFor air support to ground forces in Malayan Emergency
counter-insurgency operations in Malaya
regional deterrence during the Cold War
support of Commonwealth forces in the Far East

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No. 264 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Butterworth