 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa25 Kurume 1942, Wilcox akava mutungamiri weTask Force 39, yaiumbwa neWashington, inotakura ndege, ngarava dzinorema dzehondo uye, uye magwa masere anoparadza. Boka racho raiva nemirairo yokubatana neBritish Home Fleet paScapa Flow muOrkney Islands uye pashure pacho kubetsera Home Fleet mukufukidza maArctic convoysvakananga kuSoviet Union. NaWilcox ari mungarava yeWashington, boka rebasa rakabva kuCasco Bay, Maine, musi wa 26 Kurume 1942, vakananga kuScapa Flow. 