Air raids on Penang
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Between 1944 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force conducted bombing and mining missions against Japanese-occupied Penang. Carried out by long-range bombers based in Indi
Japanese-occupied George Town in 1944
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-10 at Swettenham Pier in George Town c. 1942
Personnel of the Royal Air Force's No. 159 Squadron preparing a Consolidated B-24 Liberator for an air raid.
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress of the XX Bomber Command, in action over Taiwan.
Penang
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Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It is divided into two parts by the Strait of Malacca: Penang Island to the west, where the capital city George Town
British Royal Marines liberating George Town on 3 September 1945.
Skyline of George Town at night c. 2024
Ramli Ngah Talib Governor
Chow Kon Yeow Chief Minister