<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Amabutho aseCatalina kwakulindeleke ukuba enze ingqikithi yemishini engu-100 ngenyanga esuka eDarwin. Emasontweni amathathu okuqala okusebenza kwawo kusukela ngomhlaka 13 Septhemba 1944 aqeda ama-98, imigomo yezimayini eCelebes, Java, naseSurabaya. Ngo-Okthoba, bakwazi ukusebenzisa isiqhingi esasisanda kukhululwa saseMorotai njengesisekelo esiphambili semisebenzi yokulwa neBalikpapan neTarakan. NgoDisemba 14, iNo. 43 Squadron, eyandiswa ngamaCatalinas avela kuNo. 11 Squadron esekelwe eRathmines, eNew South Wales, yagubha iManila Bay ukuze igcine imikhumbi yaseJapane ibhotile, ngaleyo ndlela isekela ukufika kwe-Allied eMindoro  <response>: okwenzeka ngosuku olulandelayo. Zindiza zisuka eLeyte, ama-24 Catalinas aphonsa ngempumelelo izimayini ezingama-60 endaweni ehlosiwe evikeleke kakhulu ngokulahlekelwa yinye yezinombolo zawo, futhi abuyela esisekelweni semikhawulo yemithombo yawo kaphethiloli. 