<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ngoJune 1942, amaJapane ahlasela iDutch Harbor  <response>: E-Alaska. I-echelon yasemoyeni yesikhala yathuthela eFort Glenn Army Air Base, e-Umnak Island, e-Alaska ukuqinisa i-28th Composite Group e-Aleutian Islands, kusetshenziswa i-Consolidated B-24 Liberator kanye nemodeli ye-LB-30 ye-Liberator. Ngo-September, lonke iqembu laselijoyine e-Alaska. Ibutho lalivame ukusebenza lisuka ezisekelweni eziphambili e-Aleutian Chain. NgoSepthemba 14, kanye ne-404th Bombardment Squadron yeqembu lama-28, yenza ukuhlaselwa kokuqala kusuka e-Adak Army Air Field, ukuhlasela amabutho asolwandle aseJapane eKiska. NgoFebhuwari ka-1943, amabutho aseMelika ayesethathe i-Amchitka, futhi leli butho laqala ukusebenza e-Amchitka Army Air Field. NgoJulayi 18, leli qembu lahlinzeka ngezindiza, kanye nezindiza ezivela ku-36th no-404th Squadrons, zahlasela iShimushu neParamushiru eziQhingini zaseKuril. Nakuba ukuhlasela kwabangela umonakalo omncane, kwakuwukuhlaselwa kokuqala kweJapane ngokwayo ngemva kokuhlasela kukaDoolittle. 