Bugara next made the 43rd contact of her war patrol, which proved to be a new 180-gross register ton schooner on a voyage from Singapore flying the Rising Sun flag. Bugara searched and sank her as well. Bugara subsequently boarded, examined, and sank an 18-gross register ton coastal cargo ship, a 117-gross register ton schooner, and a new Japanese 150-gross register ton schooner. While Bugara′s gunners sank the latter schooner, six large Malayan canoes manned by with a Chinese crew carrying rice arrived on the scene. Pirates, who already had killed two members of the Chinese crew, were pursuing the canoes, which Bugara brought on board. The pirates tried to flee, but Bugara opened gunfire on them and destroyed their boats, much to the pleasure of the Chinese crew. Bugara then put the Chinese ashore. Bugara sank two more vessels on 3 August 1945, a 56-gross register ton "sea truck" loaded with rice and the 100-gross register ton Imperial Japanese Navy Junk No. 2218. A Bugara boarding party removed the crews from both craft before Bugara′s gunners sank them with the standard allotment of two rounds each. On 4 August 1945, Bugara sank three more vessels: a 50-gross register ton coastal cargo ship, a 300-gross register ton junk, and a 450-gross register ton schooner carrying copra and coconut oil. Later that day, Bugara′s lookouts noted two Imperial Japanese Navy Kawanishi H8K (Allied reporting name "Emily") flyjng boats, the first at a range of and the second searching in the area where she sank all three vessels. This second Japanese plane flew so close to Bugara that her crew could see its markings clearly. 5–12 August At 07:40 on 5 August 1945, Bugara boarded, searched, and sank a 200-gross register ton schooner heavily loaded with coffee, sugar, sewing machines, and other gear. Bugara next sank a 75-gross register ton junk. Bugara then chased a small 20-gross register ton junk which beached herself at Lem Chong Pra. The crew fled before Bugara could capture them, so Bugara′s gun crews hit the junk amidships with one shell and Bugara left her to sink. At 17:10 the submarine surfaced nearby, and Bugara went alongside Ray to exchange information. Later that evening, at 19:30, Bugara spotted two vessels behind the island of Koh Khai. Bugara allowed herself to be seen patrolling the seaward side of the island as both vessels hid behind it. At sunset,