 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MaJapan akarwisa nharaunda dzeAllied muAsia nePacific musi wa 8 December 1941. Pakutanga, No. 243 Squadron yakaisa pfungwa pakudzivirira kusingabudiriri kweHMS Prince of Wales uye HMS Repulse. Fisken akanga achibhururuka imwe yeBuffalo mbiri kuti asvike kunonyura pakutanga, achirondedzera chiono chacho semupendero wesimbi wakasviba unobuda mugungwa, wakakomberedzwa nomutsetse wemafuta nemitumbi mizhinji. Sezvo vaJapan vakanga vachifambira mberi vachidzika nePeninsula yeMalay, Singapore yakava pasi pechiverengero chinokura chebhomba, uye 243 Squadron yakapiwa basa rokudzivirira guta racho. 