(Singapore has fallen; the pressure is now on Rangoon)
Moulmein is now in Japanese hands, and Rangoon and all its airfields are
within easy reach of the Nakajima Ki-27 fighter. Mingaladon of course
is the main Rangoon airfield. Hmawbi is the RAF dispersal field
known to the Allied pilots as Highland Queen. Hlegu was known as
Zayatkwin to the RAF and was the base for its Bristol Blenheim bombers.
