 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuvakwa kwenzvimbo yendege kwakatanga muna 1938 uye RAAF Station Darwin yakavambwa musi wa 1 Chikumi 1940, kubva pazvinhu zveNo. 12 Squadron RAAF. No. 13 Squadron RAAF yakasikwawo panguva imwe chete uye yakavakirwa pachigadziko. Charles Eaton akanga ari Mukuru Mukuru wokutanga pakati pa1940 na1941. No. 12 Squadron RAAF yakatamiswa kubva kuParap Airfield, Northern Territory muna April 1941 kuenda kuRAAF Station Darwin. Nzvimbo yacho yakagamuchira nhamba huru yeRAAF neUnited States Army Air Forces USAAF zvikamu munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Nzvimbo yacho yakaputirwa mabhomba nemauto eJapane kakawanda, kutanga nehurongwa huviri hukuru hwedengamusi wa19 February 1942. 