The Battle of Kota Bharu began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first major battle of the Pacific War, and was fought between ground forces of the B
Bachok Beach, Kota Bharu, July 1941, possibly one of the Japanese landing points.
A decoy Lockheed Hudson at Kota Bharu Airfield, c. 1941.
Mitsubishi A6M Zeros of 22nd Air Flotilla at RAF Kota Bharu after its capture from Allied forces, c. 1942.
Lockheed Hudson aircraft of No. 1 Squadron under assembly at RAAF Station Richmond. The Hudson in the right foreground was flown by Flt Lt John Lockwood, who led the first Allied attack against the Japanese. He and his wingmen heavily damaged the Japanese freighter, Awazisan Maru, causing its abandonment.
The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina, is an American flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In U.S. Army service, i
Battle of Kota Bharu
…Repulse to cancel its trip to Darwin, Australia, and return to Singapore as quickly as possible. The invasion force was spotted again on 7 December by a Catalina flying boat of No. 205 Squadron RAF, but the Catalina was shot down by five Nakajima Ki-27 fighters before it could radio its report to air headquarters…
A Canadian built Canso A representing a United States Army Air Forces OA-10 operated in the UK.
PBY waist gunner mounting port side gun blister (1942)
Two technicians servicing the Twin Wasp engine of a Catalina, August 1942
A radar-equipped PBY-5A from VP-6(CG) over Greenland, in 1945