Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga cikin hare-haren Pacific na Fabrairu da Maris 1942 kuma ya tashi jirginsa mai bincike a cikin yakin Coral Sea
, 7 zuwa 8 ga watan Mayu. Rashin dawowa daga wannan manufa, an yi zaton Hale ya mutu a cikin aikin kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Flying Cross don samun nasara a cikin yakin basasa da kuma "... ƙarfin zuciya da ƙuduri da kuma tashin hankali... kai hare-haren jiragen sama na abokan gaba duk da tsayayyar adawa da yaki".