Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Chikamu chayo chemuchadenga chakatamisirwa kuWakde musi wa25 Chivabvu kuti chipe dziviriro yemhepo yekupinda kweBiak
, vachisiya vashandi vepasi vari kuFinschhafen. On May 27, apo nechisimba pamusoro Biak akatanga, mana B-25s kubva dzechikwata akapa wokutanga mhepo chokufukidza nokuda nechisimba mauto nokukurumidza pashure chiedza rokutanga. Ndege yechi17 yakapa rutsigiro rwakananga rwemhepo kumauto paBiak pavakadaidzwa, asi vakaiswa mungozi neanotyaira-anonakidza-anonakidza anti-aircraft gunners. On May 28, mumwe B-25 kubva squadron kuti akanga akachenurwa kudonhedza mifananidzo pamusoro beachhead akapfurwa pasi neshamwari moto. VaJapan vakatanga kuedza kutumira boka revarwi vevarwi-vakagadziriswa kuBiak musi wa 8 June mushure mekurwiswa kwemhepo kuWakde usiku hwa5 kusvika ku6 June kwakakuvadza ndege dzakawanda dzeAllied, zvichisiya 17th Squadron iyo chete ndege yekubhururuka inowanikwa kuti iwane mutyairi wekutanga. Ndege gumi dzeB-25 dzechikwata chaitungamirirwa nomukuru wechikwata chechikwata Major William G. Tennille Jr., dzakaona chikwata ichi, chavakashuma kuti chaiva nezvikepe zviviri uye zvina zvinoparadza, nenguva dza12 masikati pedyo neAmsterdam Island. Vaparadzi vaviri vakakura vakazivikanwa zvisiri izvo kuti vaiva ngarava dzokurwa nadzo. Chikwata chacho chakaita kurwisa kwakaderera, chichinyudza muparadzi "Harusame" uye chichikuvadza dzimwe ngarava nhatu. Ndege nhatu, kubatanidza ndege yaTennille, dzakapfurwa, uye dzakasara dzakakanganiswa zvikuru nemoto unopesana nendege zvokuti 17th Reconnaissance air echelon yose yakadzoserwa kuFinschhafen mazuva maviri gare gare kuti igadziriswe. Tennille naLieutenant Howard Wood vakagamuchira posthumously Distinguished Service Cross nokuda kwezviito zvavo.