 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuumbwa muna June 1942, pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaSquadron Leader A. Crighton, No. 15 Squadron yakatumirwa kuTonga gare gare gore iroro umo yakatanga kushandisa P-40 Kittyhawk. Yakaendeswa kuKukum Field paGuadalcanal muna April 1943, pasi pokutungamirirwa kweMutungamiri weSquadron Michael Herrick. Muna Gumiguru 1943, squadron yakaumba chikamu cheNew Zealand fighter wing pamwe neNo. 18 Squadron RNZAF; munaNovember 1943 bapiro rakabhururuka pamusoro pe1,000 sorties mukutsigira mashandiro paBougainville Island, kutanga ne Landings paCape Torokina. Pashure penguva dzinoshanda kubva kuNew Georgia, Espiritu Santo neBougainville Island, boka racho rakagoverwa kuGreen Island kubva munaFebruary kusvika munaApril 1945. Panguva iyi yakanga ichishandisa ndege dzeF4U Corsair. Yakaparadzwa muna October 1945. 