Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan gwajin jirage, aikin yaƙi na farko da Brigand ya gudanar, wanda Flight Lieutenant Dalton Golding ya jagoranta kuma mai aikin rediyo / radar Peter Weston, tare da Beaufighters huɗu na No. 45 Squadron a kan maƙasudin CT a cikin dajin yammacin Kluang, Malaya a ranar 19 ga Disamba 1949. Brigand ya ɗauki rokoki uku, da 500 lb (230 kg) da kuma 1,000 lb (450 kg) guda biyu. Ayyukan ya ci nasara kuma No. 45 Squadron ba da daɗewa ba ya kammala juyawa zuwa Brigand. 'Yan bindiga na 45 Squadron da kuma ba da daɗewa ba 84 Squadron sun kasance a cikin kullun a cikin hare-haren da aka yi a kan
'Yan tawayen Kwaminisanci sun yi niyya a duk fadin Malaya, kai tsaye da kuma goyon bayan dakarun ƙasa, tare da samar da rufin sama kamar yadda ake buƙata ga jerin gwano a ƙasa, a kan yiwuwar kwanton bauna.