<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-February 1943, leli qembu lalihileleke ekulandiseni ngokukhishwa kwamasosha aseJapane eGuadalcanal. Ngo-Ephreli 1943, iqhaza ku-Operation I-Go. Ngesikhathi se-Operation SE ngomhlaka-16 Juni, amabhomu angama-24 e-D3A ngaphansi kukaLieutenant Tamotsu Ema ahlasela imikhumbi yama-Allied ezungeze iGuadalcanal, lapho uLieutenant Commander Saburō Shindō omusha weqembu Hikōtaichō ehola amaZero angu-16 ukuba ahambe nabo. Balahlekelwa amabhomu angu-8 kanye namaZero amane kulokhu kuhlasela. Ekugcineni, iyunithi yezindiza yeqembu yahlakazwa ngo-1 Agasti 1943 futhi abanye abashayeli bezindiza badluliselwa kuma-201th kanye nama-204th Air Groups. Leli qembu labe seliba yiyunithi yamabhomu ephelele futhi labuye lamunca amanye amabhomu e-Nakajima B5N ne-B6N avela kwamanye amayunithi. Yaqhubeka ihlanganyela emkhankasweni waseSolomon Islands  <response>: kanye nomkhankaso waseNew Guinea, okubandakanya ukuhlasela imikhumbi yama-Allied ngesikhathi sokwehla eLae, Arawe, Finschhafen naseCape Torokina. 