 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1943, Cole akadzokera kuAustralia, achitora nzvimbo yeAOC North-Western Area Command kubva kuAir Commodore Frank Bladin muna July. Akavakirwa muDarwin, Northern Territory, aive nebasa rekudzivirira mhepo, kuongorora, kuchengetedzwa kweAllied shipping uye, gare gare, kushanda kwekurwisa muNew Guinea campaign. Cole akawana hurumende iri muchimiro chakanaka asi akafunga kuti kudzivirirwa kwayo kwemhepo kwakanga kusina kukwana, achikurudzira kuwedzerwa nevatambi vakareba vakadai seP-38 Mheni. Iye zvisinei aifanira kuita pamwe nezvikwata zvitatu zveSpitfires kare pamusoro pesimba rake, uye mukana wokudana paUSAAFs Fifth Air Force nokuda kwekusimbiswa sezvinodiwa. Pakati paAugust naSeptember, akaderedza mishoni dzenguva dzose dzekuongorora kuti awedzere basa rekubhomba kusvika pamuganhu, zvichitevera chikumbiro kubva kuna General Douglas MacArthur chekupa rutsigiro rwese rwuripo pakurwiswa kweAllied paLaeNadzab. North-Western Area B-24 Liberators, Hudsons, Beaufighters uye Catalinas vakaita kurwisa kuti vaparadze zvigaro zveJapan nendege, uye kutsausa mauto evavengi kubva kumakoramu eAllied. Kuburikidza March uye April 1944, Cole akanga gumi squadrons pasi ake kuzvidzora, uye akanga achitsigira amphibious akavhiyiwa pamusoro Hollandia uye Aitape. Muna Chivabvu, akatungamira kubhomba kubva kuNorth-Western Area paSurabaya sechikamu cheOperation Transom. 