Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati maApril 1944, No. 78 Wing yakagamuchira mirairo yokufamba zvakare, nguva ino kutsigira Operation Reckless, kuiswa kweAmerica paHollandia kumadokero kweNew Guinea. Chikamu chikuru chechikwata chakabva Cape Gloucester musi wa 17 Kubvumbi chakananga kuTadji airstrip kumahombekombe kweNew Guinea, uye maKittyhawks ayo akasvika ipapo musi wa 24 wemwedzi. No. 78 Squadron yakatanga kubhururuka ichitarisa pamusoro peAmerican beachhead paHollandia zuva rakatevera. Chikamu chakapfuurira kugovera kudzivirirwa kwemhepo kweHollandia neTadji mukutanga kwaMay. Kubva musi wa 7 kusvika musi wa 10 Chivabvu boka re16 Kittyhawks kubva kuNo. 78 Squadron rakashanda kubva kuHollandia beachhead; nekuda kwekushomeka kwechikafu munzvimbo iyi vatyairi vakauya nezvokudya kwemazuva mana zvakatakurwa mundege dzavo. Musi wa 15 Chivabvu, chikwata ichi chakatamira kunhandare yendege padyo neHollandia, kubva kwayakafambiswa neUSAAF mabhomba uye yakaumba chikamu chesimba rinodzivirira mauto eU.S. kumhara kuWakde musi wa 17 Chivabvu uye Biak
musi wa 27. Pamwe chete, chikwata chacho chakabhururuka ndege 601 muna May. Basa rayo pamusoro peBiak rakabatanidza hondo yayo chete yemhepo-kune-mhepo yehondo. On 3 June, 16 Kittyhawks kubva No. 78 Squadron intercepted boka 12 Nakajima Ki-43 varwi uye vaviri Nakajima B5N bhomba pedyo Biak. Varwi veAustralia vakadonhedza ndege shanu dzeKi-43 neB5N mbiri nokuda kwokurasikirwa neKittyhawk imwe nemutyairi wayo. Iyi yakanga iri hondo huru yokupedzisira yomumhepo yakarwiwa neRAAF mukati meHondo yePacific. Pana 10 June, masere No. 78 Squadron Kittyhawks akanga achiperekedza musasa apo vakaona Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 murwi. Ndege mbiri dzeAustralia dzakarwisa Ki-61 ndokuiwisira pasi pedyo neJapan Island. Uku ndiko kwaiva kukunda kwokupedzisira kwakaitwa neRAAF muNew Guinea. No. 78 Squadron yakaramba ichibhururuka dziviriro patrol pamusoro peHollandia kusvika 20 Chikunguru, payakaendeswa kuNoemfoor chitsuwa. Uku kwaiva kutama kwechitanhatu kwechikwata chacho mumwedzi mipfumbamwe, uye kushanda nesimba kwaidiwa kurongedza nokutora zvinhu nguva imwe neimwe kwaikonzera kuneta kwakapararira pakati pevashandi vomunhandare yendege nevashandi vepasi.