 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna February 1943, boka racho rakabatanidzwa mukufukidza kubviswa kwemauto eJapane kubva kuGuadalcanal. Muna April 1943, yakabatanidzwa muOperation I-Go. Munguva yeOperation SE musi wa 16 Chikumi, mapoka makumi maviri nemana eD3A vanopfura mabhomba pasi paLieutenant Tamotsu Ema vakaita kurwisa kweAllied kutakura zvikepe zvakapoteredza Guadalcanal, uko boka idzva re Hikōtaichō Lieutenant Commander Saburō Shindō akatungamira 16 Zeros kuti avaperekedze. Vakarasikirwa nemabhomba masere anobhururuka uye maZero mana mukurwisa kwacho. Pakupedzisira, boka racho revarwi rakaparadzwa musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1943 uye vamwe vatyairi vakaendeswa ku201 uye 204th Air Groups. Boka ipapo akava zvizere bhomba chikwata uyewo absorbed vamwe Nakajima B5N uye B6N torpedo mabhomba kubva mamwe mauto. Yakaenderera mberi nekutora chikamu muSolomon Islands mushandirapamwe uye mushandirapamwe weNew Guinea, kusanganisira kurwisa ngarava dzeAllied panguva yekumhara paLae, Arawe., Finschhafen uye Cape Torokina. 