 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mushure mekutanga kweHondo yePacific musi wa 8 Zvita 1941 nguva yemuno, No. 12 Squadron yakapararira pakati pemabhazi maviri emhepo; ndege dze B ne C dzechikwata ichi dzakatamisirwa kuBatchelor Airfield apo A ndege yakadzokera kunhandare yendege. Pana 12 December, chikwata chacho chaiva nesimba re18 Wirraways asi chakanga chaderera kusvika ku14 ndege pakati paFebruary 1942. Ndege mbiri dzaiva kuDarwin dzakaparadzwa pasi pakurwiswa kwokutanga kwakaipisisa kwakaitwa Darwin nemhepo yokuJapaniyo yakaitika pana 19 February 1942. Boka racho rakarasikirwawo nechikamu chakakura chezvitoro zvaro apo hangar itsva yakaparadzwa panhandare yendege yevagari munhare iyi. Pashure pokurwiswa kwacho, ndege dzeNo. 12 Squadron dzakapukunyuka dzakadonhedza zvinhu kuvapukunyuki vengarava dzakanyura ndokutungamirira mapurisa enharaunda yakapoteredza Darwin. Rakanga akamira pana Pell Airfield kubva 15 July 16 September 1942 apo Batchelor akanga achishandiswa United States Army Air Forces USAAF zviumbu. 