Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan aiwatar da ayyukansu, jiragen saman Amurka sun koma masu jigilar su kuma jiragen sama 103 na 104 da aka kaddamar sun dawo cikin jirgin a tsakar rana. An saukar da SBD-2 Dauntless daya ta hanyar harin jirgin sama na Japan. Harin da aka kai a Salamaua da Lae shi ne hari na farko da yawancin matukan jirgi suka kai, kuma, idan daidaito ya kasance ƙasa da abin da aka samu a cikin ayyukan da suka gabata, masu tashi da jirgi sun sami ƙwarewa mai mahimmanci wanda ya taimaka a Yaƙin Tekun Coral
da kuma yakin Midway.