Ka kammala wannan magana: Lokacin da Japan ta shiga yaƙi kuma
Ya mamaye Malaya a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941, kimanin 20 DAP Beauforts an kammala kuma an ba da su zuwa Q Flight a Ostiraliya. 'Yan Beaufort shida ne kawai da aka gina a Ostiraliya suka isa Singapore, jim kadan bayan fara tashin hankali. A kan Malaya da Singapore, Squadron 100 ya ci gaba da aiki da Vildebeests, yana shan wahala sosai. Daya Beaufort, wanda ke da alaƙa da Babban Ofishin Jirgin Sama, Singapore a matsayin jirgin sama mai leken asiri ya kai hari, a lokacin da ya fara fita, ta hanyar mayaƙan Japan, ya lalace sosai kuma an rubuta shi. RAF ta yanke shawarar cewa Beaufort ba shi da isasshen aiki da makamai don kare kansa daga mayakan zamani, kuma cewa ma'aikatan Squadron 100 ba su da isasshen horo da gogewa a kan nau'in. Yayin da sojojin Japan suka kusanci Singapore a farkon 1942, an yi watsi da sansanonin RAF a can; Sauran Beauforts da ma'aikatan Squadron 100 da suka rage an kwashe su zuwa Ostiraliya. Dukkanin Beauforts da aka gina a Ostiraliya da aka tsara a baya don rundunonin Burtaniya an ba da su ga RAAF.