Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whārangi - I te tīmatanga i tukuna a Wipiti ki te Royal Air Force's No. 243 Squadron, i noho ki Kallang Airport i Singapore, ā, i whakahaere i te toa toa Brewster Buffalo. I te wā i whakaekehia ai e te Hapanihi a British Malaya
I te 8 o Tihema 1941, ko ia tetahi waahanga o te roopu iti mai i te No. 243 Squadron ki te mahi poto me te roopu Ahitereiria, No. 21 Squadron, e rere ana mai i Ipoh, ka hoki ki Singapore i te 14 o Tihema.