 Complete the following phrase:  Following the outbreak of the Pacific War on 8 December 1941 local time, No. 12 Squadron was dispersed between two air bases; the squadrons B and C flights were transferred to Batchelor Airfield while A flight returned to the civil aerodrome. On 12 December, the unit had a strength of 18 Wirraways but was down to 14 aircraft by mid-February 1942. Two of the aircraft based at Darwin were destroyed on the ground in the devastating 