 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika pakati paJanuary, maJapan akanga achifambira mberi kumaodzanyemba akadzivisa nzira dzaitarisirwa kuti ndege dzifambire kuenda kuPhilippines uye kusimbisa kwakanga kusingachabviri. Panzvimbo pezvo, vachishandisa ndege sezvo kuungana kwavo kwakapedzwa uye vachigovera vashandi varipo, zvikwata zvehondo zvechinguva chiduku zvakarongwa muBrisbane kuti zvibatsire Royal Netherlands Indies Air Force ML-KNIL mukudzivirira NEI. 17th Pursuit Squadron Provisional yakatangwa musi wa 14 Ndira, uye 13 yevatyairi vayo 17 vakanga vambove vari ne24th PG. With 17 P-40s wakakumikidzwa ne Pensacola rengarava ungano rechi18 aisagona kupedzwa nokuda kwokushayikwa zvikamu, yakabhururuka mhiri kuchamhembe Australia kubva Brisbane kuna Darwin, ipapo kuna Java Via Penfoie Airdrome pa Koepang uye Den Pasar Field musi Bali pakati 16 uye 25 January. Warhawks gumi nembiri chete ndidzo dzakasvika paFEAF fighter base paNgoro Field, vamwe vakafa netsaona, kurwa, uye kurwara kwevatyairi. The 20th Pursuit Squadron Provisional, incorporating pilots of the 35th PG, took off from Darwin in 25 P-40s on 2 February, but only 17 reached Java, the remainder shot down over Bali or damaged on the ground by air raids. The 20th Pursuit Squadron Provisional, incorporating pilots of the 35th PG, took off from Darwin in 25 P-40s on 2 February, but only 17 reached Java, the rest shot down over Bali or damaged on the ground by air raids. Saizvozvowo, 25 P-40s of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron Provisional akabva Brisbane, asi nemhaka yetsaona dzaibatanidza vatyairi vechitsva, 18 chete vakasvika Darwin musi wa 8 February. Vapfumbamwe bedzi pakupedzisira vakasimbisa Ngoro; ndege yose yevasere yakarasika apo yakashaya mafuta ayo pashure pokunge ndege yayo inotungamirira kufamba kweLB-30 yakarasika mudutu ichiedza kuwana Koepang. Vapukunyuki vose vari vaviri ve3rd ne20th provisional squadrons vakabatanidzwa mu17th PS. 33rd Pursuit Squadron Provisional yakanga iri munzira kuenda kuJava paDarwin apo yakapotsa yaparadzwa neJapan air raid musi wa19 February. Of 83 P-40s vakaungana uye kubhururuka kubva Brisbane, chete 37 akasvika Ngoro Field, uye kubudikidza 15 February asingasviki 20 aigona kuunganidzwa kuti akavhiyiwa. 