 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 19 Kukadzi 1942, NWAs yekuwedzera ndege yaisanganisira gumi nemanomwe Lockheed Hudson akareruka mabhomba eNo. 2 uye 13 Squadrons akavakirwa kuDarwin neDaly Waters, gumi nemana Wirraways yeNo. 12 Squadron yakavakirwa kuDarwin neBatchelor, uye gumi P-40 Kittyhawk varwi veUnited States Army Air Forces USAAF vaifamba vachipfuura neDarwin kuenda kuJava. Hafu yeHudsons yakanga isina vashandi, vashanu veWiraways vakanga vasiri mubasa, uye vatyairi veKittyhawk vaionekwa sevasina ruzivo. Wilson akanga achipinda misangano pahofisi huru yeABDACOM muJava, uye Scherger akanga achishanda saAOC. Chinguvana pamberi pa10 a.m., Darwin yakatambura denho yayo yokutanga yemheponechiJapan, simba renhandare dzendege 188 idzo dzakarova chiteshi chengarava neguta racho. Kurwisazve kwakaitwa nebhomba makumi mashanu nemana, kwakanangidzirwa zvikurukuru panhandare yendege yeRAAF, kwakatevera panenge pamasikati. Kurwisa kwakaitwa musi wa 19 Kukadzi kwakaparadza zvivakwa zvevanhu uye zvechiuto, ndege makumi maviri nenhatu nengarava gumi, uye kwakauraya vanhu vangangosvika mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu; vashandi veRAAF mazana maviri nemakumi manomwe nevasere vakasiya Darwin mukubuda kwakazozivikanwa se Adelaide River Stakes. Kwakanga kune, mumashoko aScherger, kuvhunduka kunotyisa uye varume vazhinji vakangoenda kusango. Kittyhawks nevanopfura zvombo zvinorwisa ndege vanonzi vakapfura ndege shanu dzeJapan uye zvichida vakaparadza dzimwe shanu. 