 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Steege akaita kosi yechikamu chekurwisa muna Ndira 1943, uye akapiwa mutungamiri weNo. 8 Fighter Sector Headquarters muBrisbane. Somugumisiro, iye gare gare akataura, ake petitioning Eastern Area Command nokuda reassignment kurwisa mabasa uye vachinyunyuta Group Officer Clare Stevenson kuti paiva WAAAFs vakawandisa chikamu kuti murume asina kuroorwa kutarisira, iye kutumirwa kuti arayire No. 14 Mobile Fighter Sector Headquarters pa Camden, New South Wales, musi 23 May. Mwedzi wakatevera, chikwata ichi chakaendeswa kuGoodenough Island muNew Guinea sechikamu cheNo. 71 Fighter Wing, ichiita basa musi wa 27 Chikumi. Muna August yakatamira kuKiriwina, pasi peNo. 73 Fighter Wing. Steege akasiya basa musi wa1 Gumiguru kuti atore basa reNo. 73 Wing. The bapiro kuti kurwisa zviumbu zvaisanganisira vaviri P-40 Kittyhawk squadrons uye Supermarine Spitfire squadron. Sechikamu chekuvaka Hondo yeArawemuna December, Kittyhawks yakatanga nhevedzano yekurwiswa kweGasmata; mazuva matatu pamberi pekumhara kweAllied, Steege pachake akatungamira simba revatatu nemana ndege mukubhomba uye kurwisa kurwisa kweguta. Muna Ndira 1944, bapiro akatora chikamu maviri makuru raids akatasva nokuda RAAF kuti nguva, mumwe nomumwe zvinobatanidza pamusoro ndege makumi manomwe kurwisa nemisasa muvengi uye dzokuchengetera pa Lindenhafen, New Britain. Steege akakwidziridzwa kuita mutungamiriri weboka mwedzi wakatevera; chinzvimbo chakaitwa chenguva pfupi muna Chikunguru. 