Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ciidamada diyaaradaha ee Catalina waxaa laga filayay inay Darwin ka fuliyaan 100 hawlgal bishii. 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 "dhalooyinka", sidaas darteedna ay taageeraan
Ciidamada xulufada ayaa maalintii xigtay ka degay Mindoro. 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.