<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-September 1944, uCole wanikela i-NWA ku-Air Commodore Alan Charlesworth. Kulesi sigaba sempi, amabutho ahlangene ayethuthukela enyakatho futhi ijubane lemisebenzi endaweni yaseDarwin lase linciphile. UKaputeni weqembu uPeter Jeffrey wahola iNombolo 1 Wing eya eTanimbar Islands futhi wahlasela imigomo eSellaru, kodwa watshela uCaldwell ukuthi wayebheka ukuhlasela njengomzamo olahlekile futhi wayenze kuphela ukukhulisa umoya wabashayeli bakhe. UCharlesworth waveza ukukhathazeka mayelana neNo. 80 Wing, exwayisa abaphathi abaphezulu ukuthi umoya wayo uzokwehla uma unganikezwa indima esebenzayo empini noma udluliselwe eningizimu ye-Australia ukuze uphumule. Ngo-Okthoba, iphiko lase lithole imiyalo yokushiya i-NWA iye eMorotai ukujoyina i-First Tactical Air Force; lokhu kwashiya i-NWA inamabutho ayishumi nambili, kufaka phakathi iyunithi elilodwa le-Liberator namanye ama-Spitfire squadrons amathathu. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-NWA yasekela ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte  <response>: ngokuhlaselwa kwamachweba, izikhungo zikaphethiloli, nemikhumbi yaseDutch East Indies kusetshenziswa amaBeaufighter, amaMitchells, namaLiberators. Le misebenzi yaqhubeka ngoNovemba nangoDecember. I-No. 31 Squadron idluliselwe isuka e-Coomalie iye ku-First Tactical Air Force eMorotai ngoDisemba. Ngaleso sikhathi, izisebenzi zasendlunkulu ye-NWA zaziyi-651, kuhlanganise nezikhulu ezingu-156. 