Buuxi weedha soo socota: Dhowr duqeymo oo USAAF ah ayaa ka hawlgalay NEA horraantii 1942, oo ay ku jiraan A-24 Banshees oo ka tirsan 8th Bombardment Squadron oo ka baxsan Port Moresby, iyo B-17 Flying Fortresses oo ka tirsan 435th Bombardment Squadron (oo markii hore loo yaqaanay "Kangaroo Squadron") oo ka baxsan Townsville. Laga bilaabo 20 Abriil, awoodda hawlgalka ee dhammaan kaabayaasha dagaalka ee RAAF, oo ay ku jiraan talisyada aagga, waxaa lagu maalgeliyey Xarunta cusub ee la aasaasay ee Ciidamada Cirka ee Isbahaysiga (AAF) oo hoos timaada Taliska Aagga Koonfur Galbeed ee Baasifigga (SWPA). Mid ka mid ah natiijooyinka tani waxay ahayd isdhexgalka shaqaalaha USAAF iyo RAAF ee xarunta gobolka. Sida laga soo xigtay taariikhda rasmiga ah ee RAAF, inkasta oo "ay tahay dhaqdhaqaaq diblomaasiyadeed oo ka badan habka wax ku oolka ah ee abaabulka dagaalka", waxay siisay shaqaalaha labada adeeg fursad ay si dhakhso leh ugu bartaan midba midka kale iyo "Aagga Waqooyi-bari, tusaale ahaan, jawiga wuxuu ahaa mid faraxsan shaqaaluhuna aad bay u wada shaqeynayeen". Ka dib markii
Dagaalkii Badda Coral bishii Maajo, cutubyada USAAF mar dambe kuma hoos shaqeyneynin xakamaynta RAAF ee NEA laakiin waxaa si toos ah u amray saraakiil sare oo Mareykan ah oo ka tirsan AAF; mas'uuliyadda guud ee hawlgalka hawlgalka ee NEA waxaa loo wareejiyay AAF dhammaadkii Luulyo.