 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1943, Gibson, akanga achangobva kukwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiriri wechikwata, akapinda kosi paArmy Staff College paLinton Military Camp asati atangazve mabasa ake. Muna December, akabatanazve naNo. 15 Squadron, panguva iyoyo yakavakirwa paNew Georgia muSolomon Islands. Akatora nzvimbo yake somutungamiriri wayo kubva kuMutungamiriri weSquadron Michael Herrick. Pakuvamba kwa 1944, boka racho rakaputira kumharamuBougainville, vasati vatanga kushanda kubva pachitsuwa chacho. Akaparadza Zeke, musiyano weMitsubishi A6M Zero murwi, musi wa 23 Ndira panguva basa escorting Grumman TBF Avenger divebombers pamusoro Rabaul. Mwedzi wakatevera wacho, boka racho rakaenda kuNew Zealand kunozorora. Yakadzokera kuSouth Pacific nokuda kworumwe rwendo rwokubatira, ichibhururuka kutanga kubva kuGuadalcanal uye ipapo Bougainville. Muna Nyamavhuvhu, kutumirwa kwaGibson kuRNZAF kwakapera uye akadzokera kuEurope nguva pfupi yapfuura. Chigaro chake chomutungamiriri wechikwata chakanga chavimbiswa mwedzi wakanga wapfuura. 