Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - No. 42 Squadron ya fara ayyukan mines a watan Satumbar 1944, ya sanya mines a Celebes. A nan ne ya yi hasarar farko a ranar 23 ga Satumba lokacin da Catalina ya tilasta saukowa a yankin da ke karkashin ikon Japan; daga baya jirgin sama na jirgin sama ya sami ceto daga wani jirgin sama na 43 na Catalina. Squadron ya mai da hankali kan shimfida ma'adanai a Makassar da Pare Pare Bay a Celebes a watan Oktoba, kuma ya rasa jiragen sama guda biyu ga bindigogin jiragen sama na Japan. A watan Nuwamba an tura wani rukunin jiragen sama zuwa Morotai a cikin NEI, wanda sojojin Allied suka kama.
a tsakiyar watan Satumba. Daga nan, sun tashi da ayyukan zubar da ma'adinai a kan Brunei Bay, Tarakan, Sandakan, da kuma Balabac Straits. Daga baya a cikin 1944, an tura Squadron Catalinas na 42 zuwa Leyte a cikin Philippines daga inda suka lalata Manila Bay a daren 14/15 Disamba.