Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika pakati paJune, zvinhu zvakakwana zvakanga zvaunganidzwa pazvivako zveChina zvemberi kubvumira kuvhurwa kwe
kurwisa kumwe chete kunopesana nezvinangwa muJapan. Kwaiva kurwisa usiku kwaifanira kuitwa usiku hwaJune 14/15 1944 kurwisa Imperial Iron and Steel Works paYawata paKyūshū. Nenzira isingafadzi, vaJapan vakanga vanyeverwa nezvekurwisa kwaiva kuswedera pedyo uye guta reYawata rakanga risina magetsi uye mhute uye/kana utsi zvakabatsira kuvanza chinangwa chacho. Ndege 15 bedzi dzakarwiswa nemaziso apo 32 dzakarwiswa neradar. Bhomba rimwe chete ndiro rakanyatsorova pedyo nechinangwa charo, uye indasitiri yesimbi haina kumbobatwa. Kunyange zvazvo kukuvadzwa kuduku zvikuru kwakanga kwaitwa chaizvoizvo, kudenha kweYawata kwakarumbidzwa sorukundo rukuru mupepanhau reAmerica, sezvo kwakanga kuri kokutanga chibviro chedenho yeDoolittle yaApril 1942 kuti ndege dzeAmerica dzakarova zviwi zveJapan.