The Skies over Singapore

When the common soldier arrived via the sea, he must seen aircraft like these in the sky. They were flown from airbases in Singapore, RAF Tengah, RAF Sembawang, RAF Seletar and RAF Kallang (RAF-meaning-Royal Airforce). They doing mainly peace-time flight drills.

The one in the foreground is a BrewsterBuffalo B339, it looks cumbersome mainly because it is armoured. It can easily be diassembled, boxed-up or crated for transport.

The one in the back is the Bristol Blenheim, Britain's cheif light bomber in the early years of World War 2. Large numbers ensure it is stationed at nearly every corner of Britain's Empire.

Other planes include the Lockheed Hudson and the good old MacDonald Douglas DC3 (Band of Brothers)