 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati maJanuary 1945, Langley akabatanidzwa muSouth China Sea raidkutsigira Kupinda muLingayen Gulf. Kurwisa kwakaitwa kuFormosa, French Indochina, uye mhenderekedzo yeChina kubva musi wa30 December 1944 kusvika musi wa25 January 1945. Boka rinoshanda raLangleys rakarwiswa nebhomba mbiri dzokudonha musi wa 21 January. Rimwe bhomba rakaroverera pakati pechikumbaridzo chokubhururuka cheLangleys mberi ndokupinda muchikumbaridzo chenzvimbo yokuratidzira kuti riputswe pakati pemakamuri evakuru vehondo achangobva kuseri kwechivako chokumberi. Moto wacho wakakurumidza kudzimwa, uye nzvimbo yokumhara ndege yakagadzirirwa kuti ikwanise kuramba ichibhururuka. Mubhomba rechipiri rakakuvadza zvikuru. 