Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tuatahi i tukuna a Wipiti ki te Royal Air Force's No. 243 Squadron, i noho ki Kallang Airport i Singapore, ka whakahaerehia te toa toa Brewster Buffalo. I te wā o te Hapanihi
I whakaekehia 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 mai ki Singapore i te 14 o Tihema.