Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge mkpọsa iji weghachite Philippines, ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu nke 25th Liaison Squadron gbara ụgbọ elu iri na abụọ Stinson L-5 Sentinel ụgbọ elu na obere ụgbọ elu 30 nkeji (December 10<unk>25, 1944) na-enyefe ihe (gụnyere ụlọ ọgwụ nwere akwa 300) nye ndị ikom 6,000 nke 11th Airborne Division dịpụrụ adịpụ n'ugwu nke
Ọ bụ Leyte. N'ọrụ ọzọ, a kpọpụrụ onye isi ndị agha merụrụ ahụ n'obi na New Guinea n'ụgbọelu njikọ ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu ji otu aka na-agbanye igwe iku ume nke a na-ebugharị ebugharị ka o ji aka nke ọzọ na-anya ụgbọelu ahụ. N'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ United States, ụfọdụ ndị na-anya ụgbọelu na-ejikọta ụgbọelu na ụgbọelu ndị na-agagharị n'oké ọhịa (Project Firefly) na-ele anya maka ọkụ ndị bọmbụ na-agba ọkụ na-ebufe n'Oké Osimiri Pacific n'okpuru bọlbọ elu ndị Japan na-enweghị onye na-anya ha.