Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mapurisa kubva kuna David akapfuurira kupinda muna 1944, asi musi wa 6 April mushure mokutengeserana mune zvina zvayo zvasara zveB-17E zvakapera nokuda kwezvine B-24Ds zvakapera zvakafanana, chikwata chakatamira, nguva ino nemhepo nemotokari yemotokari, kune imwe nzvimbo yeHoward Field, Canal Zone
, apo zviri pachena akagamuchira mamwe ndege, sezvo chikwata akanga masere B-24Ds kubudikidza 1 July. Aircraft simba fluctuated zvishoma kubva ipapo kusvikira pakuguma kwegore, uye chikwata akatamira zvakare (Rio Hato) musi 26 April 1944, uye, pamwe 12 B-24Ds muruoko kubva October (izvo 83% vakanga airworthy), kubudikidza 8 December, chikwata akanga zvakare pana David pamwe 11 B-24Ds.