Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A tsakiyar 1943, Kashiide ya canza zuwa jirgin Kawasaki Ki-45 "Toryu" (Dragon Slayer), mai karfi mai karfi mai karfi mai karfi wanda yake dauke da makami mai karfi da 37 mm da kuma 20 mm autocannon. Tsaro daga hare-haren farko da Boeing B-29 Superfortresses suka kai wa tsibirin tsibirin Japan, a ranar 15 zuwa 16 ga Yuni, 1944 a lokacin yakin basasa.
Bombing na Yawata, Kashiide ya yi ikirarin cewa biyu B-29s da yiwuwar na uku. A ranar 20 ga watan Agustan 1944, ya yi ikirarin saukar da B-29 guda uku da kuma lalacewar guda uku, daga cikin B-29s 14 da aka rasa a aikin. Ya ci gaba da fifita kai hare-haren gaba a kan B-29, yana nufin hancin jirgin sama, kamar yadda yawancin matukan jirgin sama na "Luftwaffe" suka yi a lokacin da suka kai hari ga Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses a Turai Theater; ya horar da wasu masu tashi don amfani da salon harin.