Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na 7 Disemba 1941, tupu ndị Japan ebuso mba ahụ agha na Kota Bharu, Malaya
, ụgbọelu na-efe efe Catalina nke No. 205 Squadron RAF bịakwutere ndị agha mwakpo ha. Ụgbọelu Nakajima Ki-27 ise gbara ụgbọelu ahụ ọkụ tupu o nwee ike izipu ozi ya n'isi ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọelu na Singapore. Ọfịsa ụgbọelu Patrick Bedell, onye na-achị Catalina, na ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu ya asaa ghọrọ ndị mbụ ndị Allied nwụrụ n'agha ahụ ha na Japan lụrụ.