 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mapoka ose ari maviri akachinjirwa kuBlenheim 1s muna 1938. 62 Squadron yakaendeswa kuSingapore muna August 1939 uko yakaparadzwa neuto reJapan raipinda nechisimba. RAF Cranfields grass airstrip yakatsiviwa nemigwagwa mitatu yakaomeswa munguva yechando ya1939 uye muchirimo cha1940 uye yakava chinangwa chechiito chemuvengi mukupera kwezhizha regore iroro, nemigodhi, mabhomba uye zvinopisa zvakadonhedzwa pairi uye musha uri pedyo weCranfield. 