 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 3 March 1942, Flight Lieutenant Winckel akanga achitakura vapoteri kubva kuBandung, Dutch East Indies, kuenda kuPerth, Western Australia, muLockheed Lodestar yake. Akanga achangobva kumira paBroome Airfield kuti azadze mafuta apo Broome yakarwiswanevatyairi vapfumbamwe vechiJapan veZero pakurwisa kwenguva refu kubva kuKupang, Timor. Winckel akaona ngozi yokuti ndege yake yakanga iri panhandare yendege yakavhurika uye akatanga kubvisa pfuti yemapfuti yeColt 7.99mm mundege. Apo imwe yeZeros, yaifambiswa naOsamu Kudō, yakabhururuka nepasi, Winckel akakwanisa kumurova mumhepo; kudonha kwakauraya Kudō. Nokudaro Winckel akanzi ndiye chete akauraya muAllied. Aidavirawo kuti akanga arova imwe ndege yeJapan iyo yaifanira kudonhera mugungwa. MaJapan akaparadza ndege 22 dzeAllied paBroome, dzakawanda dzacho dzaiva magwa anobhururuka aishandiswa kutakura vapoteri uye akasungwa muRoebuck Bay. Winckel akapiswa zvikuru muruoko rwake pakurwiswa kwacho, sezvo aifanira kubata chombo chemapfuti kuti arove. Ruoko rwake rwakarapwa uye Winckel akabhururuka achibudisa varwere kwemazuva maviri akatevera asina kuzorora. 