 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1943, Mochizuki akagadzwa mutungamiri wedhipatimendi buntaichō mu281st Air Group ichangobva kuumbwa iyo yaigara muKuril Islands. Gore rimwe chetero akatamisirwa kuRoi muMarshall Islands. Pashure pokunge USN yaparadza ndege dzakawanda dzeIJN muMarshalls, akabatwa paRoi. Mochizuki akanyangarika uye akafungidzirwa kuti akaurawa mukati mokupinda kweAmericamusi wa6 February 1944. 