Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na February 1943, ìgwè ahụ keere òkè n'ịkọ banyere mwepụ nke ndị agha Japan site na Guadalcanal. N'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1943, o sonyere na Operation I-Go. N'oge Operation SE na 16 June, ndị otu 24 D3A dive bombers n'okpuru Lieutenant Tamotsu Ema mere mwakpo megide Allied shipping gburugburu Guadalcanal, ebe ndị otu ọhụrụ "Hikōtaichō" Lieutenant Commander Saburō Shindō duziri 16 Zeros iji duru ha. Ha tụfuru ụgbọelu bọmbụ asatọ na Zeros anọ n'agha ahụ. N'ikpeazụ, a chụpụrụ ndị agha nke otu ahụ na 1 August 1943 ma nyefee ụfọdụ ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu na 201st na 204th Air Groups. Mgbe ahụ, ndị otu ahụ ghọrọ ndị na-atụ bọmbụ n'ụzọ zuru ezu ma na-ejikwa ụfọdụ Nakajima B5N na B6N torpedo bombers site na nkeji ndị ọzọ. Ọ gara n'ihu na-ekere òkè na
Solomon Islands na New Guinea, gụnyere ịwakpo ụgbọ mmiri ndị Allied n'oge ịbata na Lae, Arawe, Finschhafen na Cape Torokina.