Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - Ka wehe atu i Pearl Harbor, i te 2 o Hune 1942, "Curtiss" i mahi hei rangatira mo te Kaiwhakahaere, Naval Air, South Pacific, i Nouméa, mai i te 16 o Hune-4 o Akuhata, ka mahi hei kaipuke rererangi rererangi, kaipuke rangatira, whakatikatika me te kaipuke tuku mo nga kaipuke whakangaromanga me nga kaipuke iti i uru ki nga mahi Solomon
mai i Espiritu Santo, tae noa ki te 9 Hōngongoi 1943. Whai muri i te whakatikatika i San Francisco, ka tae ia ki Funafuti, Ellice Islands, i te 7 o Noema, hei rangatira mo Commander Air, Central Pacific, i Funafuti, tae noa ki te 29 o Tihema 1943. Katahi ka mahi ia i Tarawa, mai i te 31 o Tihema 1943 <unk> 8 Poutu-te-rangi 1944, Kwajalein, 10 Maehe <unk> 26 Pipiri, Eniwetok, 27 Pipiri <unk> 9 Akuhata, Saipan, 12 Akuhata 1944 <unk> 1 Hanuere 1945, me te mutunga Guam, 2 Hanuere <unk> 7 Hui-tanguru.