 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mutevedzeri Shingō akava mutungamiri Hikōtaichō weTainan Air Group apo yakaumbwa muTainan musi wa1 Gumiguru 1941. Musi wa 8 Zvita 1941, akatungamira 44 Mitsubishi A6M Zero varwi vaiperekedza Mitsubishi G3M uye Mitsubishi G4M mabhomba muKurwisa Clark Field pakutanga kweKupinda kwePhilippines. Muna Ndira 1942, chikwata chake chakafukidza kumhara paBalikpapan paBorneo panguva yeInvasion yeDutch East Indies, ndokuzotamisa hwaro hwayo hwekushanda ikoko mushure mekunge nhandare yendege yatorwa nemauto epasi. Nepo chikamu Tainan Air Group akanga achibatanidzwa muhondo mhepo pamusoro Surabaya musi 3 February, akatungamirira 14 A6M Zeros nokuda kutsvaira pamusoro Malang. Muna April akatumirwa ku6th Air Group, kwaakagara kusvika May. 