Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941, kafin a yi
Jirgin ruwan amphibious na Japan ya sauka a Kota Bharu, Malaya, sojojin mamayar su sun kusanci jirgin ruwan Catalina mai tashi na No. 205 Squadron RAF. Jirgin saman Nakajima Ki-27 ya harbe jirgin sama guda biyar kafin ya iya watsa rahotonsa zuwa hedkwatar iska a Singapore. Jami'in Jirgin Sama Patrick Bedell, wanda ke jagorantar Catalina, da ma'aikatansa bakwai sun zama na farko da suka rasa rayukansu a yakin da Japan.