Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June 1944 chisarudzo chakaitwa chokutamisa No. 61 Wing kubva munharaunda yeDarwin kuenda kuNew Guinea, uko kwaizotsigira kupfuurira kweVasonganiri vakananga kuPhilippines. Izvi zvakapikiswa neAir Officer Commanding North-Western Area, Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole, uyo aida kuti mapapiro atore chikamu mukuvhiyiwa kwakarongwa kutora chitsuwa cheSelaru muNetherlands East Indies (NEI); basa iri rakamiswa musi wa7 Chikumi, zvisinei. No. 61 Wing yakasiya Darwin munaAugust ndokusvika paMorotai muNEI musi wa18 September, mazuva matatu pashure pokunge mauto eUnited States Army atanga kumhara pachitsuwa ichi muna
Hondo yeMorotai. Nhamba 14 Airfield Construction Squadron yakamhara paMorotai musi wa18 Gunyana ndokutanga basa pakuvaka nhandare dzendege zuva raitevera. Nguva pfupi isati yatanga basa iri, No. 12 Survey and Design Unit yakabatanidzwa muNo. 61 Wing's headquarters musi wa 12 September.