Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 7 o Hakihea 1941, i mua i te taenga mai o ngā waka ā-motu o Hapani ki Kota Bharu, Malaya
, i whakatata mai to ratou ope whakaekenga e tētahi kaipuke rere Catalina o No. 205 Squadron RAF. I patua te waka rererangi e nga kaiwhaiwhai Nakajima Ki-27 e rima i mua i tana tuku i tana ripoata ki te tari matua rererangi i Singapore. Ko Patrick Bedell, te rangatira rererangi o te Catalina, me ana kaimahi e whitu nga tangata tuatahi i mate i te pakanga ki a Japan.