Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ana sa ran rundunonin Catalina za su gudanar da ayyuka 100 a kowane wata daga Darwin. A cikin makonni uku na farko na aiki daga 13 Satumba 1944 sun kammala 98, burin ma'adinai a Celebes, Java, da Surabaya. A watan Oktoba, sun sami damar amfani da tsibirin Morotai da aka kwato kwanan nan a matsayin tushen ci gaba don ayyukan da ake yi a kan Balikpapan da Tarakan. A ranar 14 ga Disamba, No. 43 Squadron, wanda aka kara da Catalinas daga No. 11 Squadron da ke Rathmines, New South Wales, ya yi amfani da Manila Bay don ci gaba da jigilar jiragen ruwa na Japan "cike da kwalba", don haka ya goyi bayan saukowar Allied a Mindoro
faruwa a rana mai zuwa. Da yake tashi daga Leyte, 24 Catalinas sun yi nasarar sauke 60 mines a cikin yankin da aka kare sosai don asarar daya daga cikin lambobin su, kuma suka koma sansanin a iyakar ajiyar man fetur.