Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuNew Guinea, nyika isina migwagwa, kutakura vanhu nezvinhu zvakawanda kwaizofanira kuitwa nendege kana kuti nengarava. Nzira yakasiyana-siyana yakashandiswa kupedza chinetso ichi. Ngarava dzakanga dzaparadzaniswa dzakatumirwa kuAustralia, uko dzakabatanidzwa muCairns. Nzvimbo idzi dzezvikepe zviduku zvaifanira kuwedzerwa zvikuru nengarava dzezvikepe zveRear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's VII Amphibious Force, iyo yakatanga kusvika mukupera kwa1942. Mauto aBarbey aiva chikamu cheSeventh Fleet yaCarpender yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Carpender akaudza MacArthur saSupreme Allied Commander, SWPA, asi kuna Admiral Ernest King saMukuru weSeventh Fleet, iyo yaiva chikamu cheKing's United States Fleet. Sezvo Seventh Fleet yakanga isina zvikepe zvinotakura ndege, miganhu yemabasa echikepe SWPA yakaganhurirwa neiyo yendege dzehondo dzeChishanu Air Force. Kunyange zvazvo vashoma refu-kureba P-38 Mheni varwi vakanga vasvika SWPA mukupera 1942, zvimwe deliveries dzakamiswa nokuda zvikumbiro
Operation Torch (Basa reTorch).