Pakati paAugust 26 naSeptember 5, US yakarasikirwa neanenge ndege gumi neshanu kuenda ku19 ndege dzeJapan. Vanopfuura hafu yevashandi veU.S. vakadonhedzwa vakachengetedzwa apo vazhinji vevashandi veJapan havana kuzombodzorerwa. Kubvira pakupera kwaNyamavhuvhu, ndege makumi matanhatu nematanhatu dzemarudzi akasiyana siyana dzaive dzakamiswa paHenderson Field pasi pehutungamiri hweHenderson Field. Musi waGunyana 3, mukuru we1st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Brigadier General Roy S. Geiger, akasvika nevashandi vake vakatora kutungamira kwese kushanda kwemhepo paHenderson Field. Kurwisana kwemhepo pakati peAllied ndege paHenderson uye mabhomba eJapan nevarwi kubva kuRabaul kwakaramba kuchienderera zuva nezuva. Pakati paAugust 26 naGunyana 5, US yakarasikirwa nendege dzinenge gumi neshanu kuenda kunenge ndege gumi nepfumbamwe dzeJapan. Vanopfuura hafu yevashandi veU.S. vakadonhedzwa vakachengetedzwa nepo vazhinji vevashandi veJapan vasina kuzombodzwazve.
kuchengeta nokuvandudza Henderson Field