Akyab Jail.
Fareastdriver
With 99% probability, Yes! (and sincere thanks for transporting an old man back to the days of his youth).
What we bombed would have been the circular structure to the W. IIRC, a ring of cell blocks took the place of the prison wall in our time, and I think that there were more than four radial wings - more like six and much more cramped. The structures to the E. were not there then. I would guess that they might be prison workshops now, as the wall runs right round. (Then they'd simply chain them up in gangs and set them to work on the land).
By the time I got to it, all I could see was smoke and dust; later intelligence confirmed that we had reduced it to rubble - the Jap had to make other arrangements for his HQ. How many did we kill? Don't know.
Yours gratefully,
Danny.
Last edited by Danny42C; 9th Jun 2012 at 14:08.
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