Cika wannan jumla: An tura sashinsa na sama zuwa Wakde a ranar 25 ga Mayu don samar da rufin sama ga...
mamayewar Biak, barin ma'aikatan ƙasa a baya a Finschhafen. A ranar 27 ga Mayu, lokacin da mamayewar Biak ya fara, B-25s huɗu daga rundunar sun ba da kariyar iska ta farko ga sojojin mamayewa jim kaɗan bayan hasken farko. Jirgin sama na 17 ya ba da tallafin iska kai tsaye ga sojojin da ke Biak lokacin da aka kira su, amma sun kasance cikin haɗari ta hanyar bindigogi masu amfani da bindigogi masu amfani da bindiga. Ranar 28 ga watan Mayu, an harbe wani B-25 daga rundunar da aka share don sauke hotuna a kan rairayin bakin teku. Jafananci sun fara yunƙurin aikawa da rundunar mayakan dakarun da ke dauke da dakarun soja zuwa Biak a ranar 8 ga watan Yuni bayan wani hari na iska a kan Wakde a daren 5 zuwa 6 ga watan Yuni ya lalata jiragen sama da yawa na Allied, ya bar rundunar 17th Squadron ita ce kawai rukunin jirgin sama da za su iya tsayar da jirgin farko. B-25s goma daga rundunar da kwamandan rundunar Major William G. Tennille Jr. ya jagoranci, sun ga rundunar, wanda suka ruwaito cewa sun hada da jiragen ruwa biyu da masu hallaka hudu, a 1250 hours kusa da Amsterdam Island. An yi kuskuren gano manyan masu hallaka biyu a matsayin masu bincike. Rundunar ta kai farmaki mai zurfi, ta nutsar da jirgin ruwa mai suna "Harusame" da kuma lalata wasu jiragen ruwa guda uku. An harbe jiragen sama guda uku, ciki har da jirgin saman Tennille, kuma sauran sun lalace sosai ta hanyar harbi na jirgin sama wanda aka tura dukkanin jirgin sama na 17th Reconnaissance zuwa Finschhafen bayan kwana biyu don sake gyarawa. Tennille da Laftanar Howard Wood sun sami lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross don ayyukansu.