 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubva musi wa 4 kusvika 11 Chivabvu 1945, chikwata chendege sere cheNo. 15 Squadron chakapihwa kuNo. 71 Wing uye chakatsigira mauto eAustralia aiita mushandirapamwe weAitape Wewakpamwe chete nemamwe mapoka eRAAF akashongedzerwa neBeaufort. Ndege idzi dzakashanda kubva kuTadji Airfield kuAitape. Ndege dzakarova nzvimbo dzeJapan mudunhu rose, uye dzakarongedza nhamburiko yakasimba musi wa 11 Chivabvu kutsigira kumhara kuDove Bay. Mabasa aNo. 71 Wing akabudirira, kunyange zvazvo akadziviswa nokushomeka kunopfuurira kwamabhomba. Kubva June zhinji dzechikwata wacho akavhiyiwa kubva Madang dzakaitwa pamwe chete P-40 Kittyhawk-akashongedzerwa No. 120 Netherlands East Indies Squadron. 