Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1944, chiito chekutanga chekurwa chechikwata ichi chakauya sezvo kurwisa kwekurwa kwakatorwa kubva kuchikwata cheF6F Hellcats kurwisa Bonin Islands. Kurova kwakatevera kuYap nePalau Islands, Peleliu Island, Okinawa, Formosa, Luzon, uye Leyte. VF-20 yaibatanidzwa zvikuru mukutanga kwekupinda muPhilippines, kusanganisira Hondo yeLeyte Gulf
kubva musi wa24 kusvika musi wa25 October 1944. Ndege dzeVF-20 dzakarova zvikamu zveMapoka matatu eJapan Task Forces ayo aiungana paLeyte Gulf.