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KOTA BHARU, MALAYA, C.1942. CAMOUFLAGED A6M (ZERO) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF 22 AIR FLOTILLA, JAPANESE NAVY, ON AIRSTRIP AT KOTA BHARU. THIS UNIT FLEW INTO KOTA BHARU FROM SOUTH VIETNAM AND OPERATED ALONG THE EAST COAST OF MALAYA INCLUDING FLYING "TOP COVER" FOR THE SUCCESSFUL JAPANESE AIR ATTACK ON THE BRITISH WAR SHIPS HMS REPULSE AND HMS PRINCE OF WALES.
East Coast of Malaya. 1941-12-10. Heads of crew members of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse bobbing in the water as a destroyer moves in for the rescue. Some 2320 men from both ships were saved aft
East Coast of Malaya. 1941-12-10. The new RN battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese air attack on 1941-12-10. 800 lives were lost. HMS Prince of Wales
East Coast of Malaya. 1941-12-10. An aerial photograph, probably Japanese, of bombs falling close to HMS Prince of Wales which is on fire. HMS Repulse on the left of the photograph is trailing smoke.
At Sea. The battle cruiser HMS Repulse built in 1916 of 26,500 tons displacement and reconstructed in the period 1936-1939 to 32,000 tons. Repulse had taken part in the Battle of Heligoland in 1917 an
Kota Bharu, Malaya. 1941. RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A-16-43 of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Squadron. The Hudson is parked on the grass airstrip at RAF Kota Bharu. Note the jungle at rear. The Squ
Kota Bharu, Malaya. 1941. RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircraft A-16-43 of No. 1 General Reconnaissance Squadron. The Hudson is parked on the grass airstrip at RAF station Kota Bharu. Note the jungle at rear.
