Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana December 7, 1941, pamberi pokumhara kwezvikepe zveJapan paKota Bharu, Malaya
, simba ravo rokupinda rakasvikwa nechikepe chinobhururuka cheCatalina cheNo. 205 Squadron RAF. Ndege yacho yakapfurwa neNakajima Ki-27 dzinorwisa shanu isati yakwanisa kutaura nenhepfenyuro kumuzinda wemhepo muSingapore. Mukuru Mukuru Anobhururuka Patrick Bedell, aitungamirira Catalina, nenhengo dzake nomwe dzevashandi vakava vakakuvadzwa vokutanga veMubatanidzwa muhondo neJapan.