Ia faaauau pea lenei palakalafa - Iā Iuni 1944, na faia ai se faaiʻuga e siitia le No. 61 Wing mai le vaipanoa o Darwin i Niu Kini, lea o le a lagolagoina ai le agai i luma o le ʻau Uelese agaʻi atu i Filipaina. Na tetee le Ofisa o le Air Commanding North-Western Area, Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole, o le na manaʻo i le apaau e auai i se gaioiga na fuafuaina e puʻeina Selaru motu i Netherlands East Indies (NEI); o lenei gaioiga na faʻaleaogaina lelei i le aso 7 o Iuni, peitaʻi. O le No. 61 Wing na tuua Darwin ia Aukuso ma taunuu i Morotai i le NEI i le aso 18 o Setema, i le tolu aso talu ona taunuu muamua ai malosiaga a le United States Army i le motu i le Taua o Morotai
. O le No. 14 Airfield Construction Squadron na taunuu i Morotai i le aso 18 o Setema ma amata galuega i le fausiaina o malae vaalele i le aso na sosoo ai. A o leʻi amataina lenei taotoga, na tuufaatasia ai le No. 12 Survey and Design Unit i le No. 61 Wing's headquarters i le aso 12 Setema.