 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika Kurume 1944, No. 77 Wings Vengeances yakanga yabviswa pakuita basa nemhaka yokuderera kwavo kumidziyo mitsva. Three squadrons kubva No. 9 Operational Group-mumwe nomumwe achibhururuka Bostons, Beaufighters, uye Beauforts-vakapiwa kuti Wing sezvo yokutsiva, asi No. 10 OG pachayo rakatamiswa kubva Nadzab kuna Cape Gloucester kubvumira USAAF zviumbu pamwe yakareba-siyana ndege kuti vagare zvinokosha airfields pamusoro Allied pamberi mutsetse. Kuodzwa mwoyo kweboka iri nekubva kwaro kuNadzab kwakaderedzwa nenhau dzokuti raifanira kutora chikamu mukurwiswa kwaiuya paAitape, New Guinea, kwainzi Operation Reckless. Scherger akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri wemhepo pakurwisa, achitungamirira mauto eU.S. neAustralia. Kittyhawks yeNo. 78 Wing yakasvibisa boka guru rebasa apo ndege dzinorema kubva kuNWA dzakaita kubhomba uye kucherwa kwemigodhi kuti zvitsigire kushanda zvisina kunanga. Kubhururuka musi wa22 Kubvumbi 1944 kwakasangana nekushorwa kudiki, kwakapihwa muchikamu kubhomba kweAllied mumazuva akaitangira. Zvikamu zveNo. 10 OG zvaienda kumhenderekedzo pazuva rokutanga, nhandare yendege yeAitape yakagadziridzwa uye No. 78 Wing yakanga ichishanda kubva mairi mukati memazuva matatu. Muna June, Scherger akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri weAustralia neUnited States air forces nokuda kwokurwiswa kweNoemfoor Island. Munguva yehondo yakatanga musi wa2 Chikunguru, akatonga Nhamba 71, 77, 78 uye 81 Mapapiro RAAF, pamwe neUSAAF ye58th uye 348th Fighter Mapoka uye 307th uye 417th Bombardment Mapoka. Akakwidziridzwa kuva temporary air commodore musi wa 1 Nyamavhuvhu, akapihwa mubairo weDistinguished Service Order nekuda kwezviito zvake paAitape neNoemfoor, chirevo ichi chakazivisa kuti akabata mauto ake emhepo nehunyanzvi uye kubudirira uye akarumbidza nzira yaakazviisa pamberi pekumhara kwemauto epasi, uko ushingi hwake nehutungamiriri hwakaratidza kurudziro kune vese vashandi. 