Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maumbirwo akati wandei eUSAAF bhomba anoshanda pasi pekutonga kweNEA mukutanga kwa1942, kusanganisira A-24 Banshees ye8th Bombardment Squadron kunze kwePort Moresby, uye B-17 Flying Fortresses ye435th Bombardment Squadron (yaimbozivikanwa se "Kangaroo Squadron") kunze kweTownsville. Kubva musi wa 20 Kubvumbi, masimba ekushanda pamusoro pezvose RAAF yekurwisa zvivakwa, kusanganisira nzvimbo yekuraira, yakaiswa muAllied Air Forces (AAF) Headquarters pasi peSouth West Pacific Area Command (SWPA). Mumwe mugumisiro ichi chaiva kusangana pakati USAAF uye RAAF mudonzvo panguva nzvimbo dzimbahwe. Maererano nenhoroondo yepamutemo yeRAAF, kunyange zvazvo "chiito chezvematongerwe enyika kupfuura nzira inoshanda yekuronga hondo", yakapa vashandi vanobva kumasangano maviri mukana wekukurumidza kuwirirana kune mumwe nemumwe uye "muNorth-Eastern Area, semuenzaniso, mhepo yaive inofara uye vashandi vaishanda zvikuru". Pashure peHondo yeCoral Sea
muna Chivabvu, zvikamu zveUSAAF zvaive zvisisiri pasi pekutonga kweRAAF muNEA asi zvaitungamirwa zvakananga nevakuru vakuru veAmerica veAAF; mutoro wese wekushanda muNEA wakaendeswa kuAAF pakupera kwaChikunguru.