A fast caravan indeed

The Mirage goes to Butterworth

In October 1958 and February 1959, Nos 3 and 77 Squadrons ferried their Sabre fighters to Malaya to join No 2 Squadron’s Canberra bombers at RAAF Butterworth. For the short-range Sabres this was a demanding exercise as the pilots had to circumnavigate a hostile Indonesia. Once at Darwin the squadrons flew to Biak in Dutch New Guinea, and then to Labuan in British North Borneo refuelling en route at Guiuan, on the south-eastern tip of Samar in the Philippines, before completing the final leg to Butterworth.