What happened when Singapore was bombed by the Japanese?

When Singapore was bombed

The bombing of Singapore was an attack on 8 December 1941 by seventeen G3M Nell bombers of Mihoro Air Group , Imperial Japanese Navy, flying from Thu Dau Mot in southern Indochina. The attack began at around 0430, shortly after Japanese forces landed on Kota Bharu, Malaya.It was the first knowledge the Singapore population had that war had broken out in the Far East.The attack on Singapore was assigned to 34 bombers of Genzan Air Group and 31 bombers of Mihoro Air Group.Their targets were RAF Tengah, RAF Seletar, Sembawang Naval Base and Keppel Harbour


“ Rudely awakened in the small hours of the morning by the screams of air raid sirens and the roar of ack ack guns and in the clear moonlit sky around a formation of Japanese bombers. Bombs were dropped but none fell in our area. So the war in the Far East started - all day we heard news bulletins telling of the wide spread treachery of the Japs - Well! They've asked for it - !! — Diary and 'Line' book written by the pilots of No. 453 Squadron RAAF ”



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