 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuputika kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri muEurope munaGunyana 1939 kwakaona chikamu chechikwata ichi chakaiswa pamabhiriji ekurwisa-submarine uye anti-kutumira kubva kuMadras, pamberi pa1 Gumiguru 1939, chikwata ichi chakava chikoro chekudzidzira kubhururuka kudzidzisa vatyairi veIndia Air Force, vachishandisa de Havilland Tiger Moth uye Hawker Hart biplanes pamwe neWapitis, uye yakavakirwa kuRisalpur. Vazhinji vevaimbove vatyairi vechikwata vakashandiswa kutakura mabhomba eBristol Blenheim kubva kuEgypt kuenda kuIndia neFar East, uye muna Ndira 1941, Blenheims yakatanga kuendeswa kuchikwata, ichibvumira Blenheim-yakashongedzerwa 27 Squadron kuti igovaniswe kubva kuchikoro chekudzidzisa muna Kukadzi uye kutumirwa kuSingapore. The dzechikwata wacho Blenheims vaiva Mk IF ndege, vakapakata pasi-fuselage pfuti-pack kushandiswa sezvo refu-kure uye usiku murwi, uye vaiva chete RAF usiku varwi vari Far East. Boka racho rakaendeswa kuButterworth muna May 1941 uye kuSungai Petani muna August wegore iroro. Japan yakapinda muMalaya musi wa 8 December 1941, uye 27 Squadron yakabhururuka kubva kuBlenheim masere mangwanani iwayo kuti irwise ngarava dzeJapan dzokupinda. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akavatadzisa kuwana ngarava dzeJapan, zvisinei, uye kurwisa kwemhepo paSungai Petani zuva iroro kwakaparadza nhandare yendege ndokusiya boka racho rine ndege ina chete dzakakodzera kubhururuka. Yakanga yaendeswa kuButterworth manheru iwayo. Ndege dzakasara dzakadzoserwa kuSingapore musi wa12 Zvita, uko, pamwe chete nedzimwe Blenheim Is kubva kune mamwe ma squadron anoshanda pasi pezita re27 Squadron. Blenheims akasara muSingapore, kusanganisira avo ve27 Squadron vakabviswa vakaendeswa kuSumatra kubva musi wa 23 Ndira 1941, vachipedzisira vachishanda kubva kuPalembang. Pana February 14 mana eBlenheims ayo akarwisa ngarava dzeJapan dzaipinda muSumatra, pamwe nokurasikirwa maviri Blenheims, pamwe airworthy ndege zvose vachidzingiswa kuna Java musi 15 February. Pano boka racho rakaguma kuvapo. 