Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Japan yakapinda muhondo ndokupinda muMalaya
musi 8 December 1941, vanenge 20 DAP Beauforts akanga apedzwa uye akanunura kuna Q Flight muAustralia. Beaufort nhanhatu bedzi dzakavakwa muAustralia dzakasvika Singapore, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge hondo dzatanga. Pamusoro peMalaya neSingapore, 100 Squadron yakaramba ichishanda Vildebeests, ichitambura kurasikirwa kukuru. Imwe Beaufort, yakabatanidzwa kuAir Headquarters, Singapore sendege yokuongorora yakarwiswa, mukati mokutanga kwayo kubuda, nevarwi vechiJapan, yakakuvadzwa zvakakomba uye yakanyorwa-off. The RAF akasarudza kuti Beaufort akanga asina zvakakwana kuita uye zvombo kuzvidzivirira pamusoro ichangopfuura womuenzaniso varwi, uye kuti 100 Squadron kuti vashandi vakanga vasina zvakakwana kurovedza uye ruzivo pamusoro mhando. Sezvo mauto eJapane akasvika kuSingapore mukuvamba kwa1942, RAF dzakanga dzasiyiwa; Beauforts akasara uye vashandi ve100 Squadron vakabviswa kuAustralia. Vose Australian-akavaka Beauforts kare yakarongwa kuti British squadrons vakanga gare gare mumaoko RAAF.