<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor yiJapane ngo-December 7, 1941, i-50th yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-431st Bombardment Squadron. NgoJuni ka-1942, ngemuva nje kweMpi yaseMidway, i-11th Group yagunyazwa njengamandla ahambayo yi-Army Air Forces ukuze iphendule isicelo se-Navy ngu-Admiral Nimitz ngezindiza zokucinga ezihlomile ezikude ezisekela ukuthola imikhumbi yamaJapane kanye namandla okudubula ukumelana nokuvikela ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza zaseJapane ngenkathi kulandelwa umkhumbi. Njengeqembu elihambayo, iQembu le-11 lathola imvume yokushiya iHickam Field ukusekela imisebenzi yeNavy eSouth Pacific Theater ngesikhathi seGuadalcanal futhi  <response>: Imikhankaso YaseNyakatho Solomon Islands. 