Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Ciidamada Catalina waxaa la filayay in ay bil walba ka fuliyaan 100 howlgal oo Darwin ah. Saddexdii toddobaad ee ugu horreeyay ee hawlgalkooda laga bilaabo 13 Sebtember 1944 waxay fuliyeen 98, bartilmaameedyada macdanta ee Celebes, Java, iyo Surabaya. Bishii Oktoobar, waxay awoodeen inay u adeegsadaan jasiiradda Morotai ee dhowaan la xoreeyay saldhig horudhac ah oo loogu talagalay howlgallada ka dhanka ah Balikpapan iyo Tarakan. Bishii Diseembar 14, No. 43 Squadron, oo lagu kordhiyay Catalinas oo ka tirsan No. 11 Squadron oo fadhigiisu yahay Rathmines, New South Wales, ayaa miino ku aasay Manila Bay si ay u sii wadaan maraakiibta Japan "dhalaal", sidaas darteedna ay taageeraan soo degitaanka Allied ee Mindoro
maalinta ku xigta. Duulimaad ka yimid Leyte, 24 Catalinas waxay si guul leh ugu tuureen 60 miino aag bartilmaameed ah oo si xoog leh loo difaacay khasaaraha mid ka mid ah tiradooda, waxayna ku noqdeen saldhiga xadka kaydkooda shidaalka.