KUALA LUMPUR: "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We are going down.” This distress call was probably the last words uttered by the pilot of a Royal Air Force (RAF) B24 Liberator KL654 aircraft, carrying a crew of eight and war supplies, that had taken off from Cocos Island, Australia, before crashing in a remote forest in Negeri Sembilan on Aug 23, 1945, during World War 2 (WW2).
The 'Battle of Kampar' site is commemorates to the battle between 1,500 British troops, including Indian, Sikh and Gurkha soldiers, who fought against 4,000 Japanese troops during WWII
KAMPAR, Jan 29 A new signboard commemorating the World War Two (WWII) ‘Battle of Kampar’ has been installed in Green Ridge here after it was stolen early this month. Malayan Historical Group (MHG) chairman Shaharom Ahmad said it spent about RM1,000 including using donation money to replace.