Ku dhammaystiro weedha soo socota: No. 42 Squadron waxay bilaabeen howlgallada miino gelinta bishii Sebtember 1944, iyagoo miinooyin dhigaya Celebes. Halkaan waxay la kulantay khasaarihii ugu horreeyay 23kii Sebtember markii Catalina ay si qasab ah ugu soo degtay dhul ay maamusho Japan; shaqaalaha diyaaradda ayaa markii dambe badbaadiyay kooxda No. 43 Squadron Catalina. Ciidanka ayaa diirada saarayay miinooyinka lagu aasay Makassar iyo Pare Pare Bay ee Celebes bishii Oktoobar, waxayna lumiyeen laba diyaaradood oo ay u adeegsadeen qoryaha lidka diyaaradaha ee Japan. Bishii Nofeembar waxaa diyaarado laga soo diray Morotai oo ku taalla NEI, oo horey loogu soo qabtay.
waxaa qabsaday ciidamada xulufada bartamihii bishii september. Halkaan waxay ka duuleen howlgallada miinooyinka ee ka dhanka ah Brunei Bay, Tarakan, Sandakan, iyo Balabac Straits. Dabayaaqadii 1944, toddoba No. 42 Squadron Catalinas ayaa loo diray Leyte ee Filibiin halkaas oo ay ka miineysteen Manila Bay habeenkii 14/15 Diseembar.