I assumed it was the Navy bombing
from the Philippines.

They both did. It's one of the few cases where the army took part in a
distant over-water attack. (The navy meanwhile had some Zeros assigned
to the camaign in Malaya.)

There's a new book about the air war in Burma, titled (duh!) Burma Air
War in English. http://tinyurl.com/kxla

I'm struggling through it and posting my painful translation at
www.danford.net/rangoon3.htm

I've emailed the author without success.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

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