Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Sebtember 1944, Cole wuxuu NWA ku wareejiyay Air Commodore Alan Charlesworth. Marxaladdan dagaalka, xulufada waqooyiga waxay u sii gudbayeen dhanka waqooyi, dhaqdhaqaaqa howlgalada ee aagga Darwin ayaa hoos u dhacay. Peter Jeffrey oo ah kabtanka koowaad ee kooxda ayaa hoggaamiyay No. 1 Wing ilaa Jasiiradaha Tanimbar wuxuuna duqeeyey bartilmaameedyada Selaru, laakiin wuxuu u sheegay Caldwell inuu u arko duqeynta inay tahay dadaal aan waxtar lahayn oo uu u qabtay oo kaliya inuu kor u qaado ruuxa duuliyeyaashiisa. Charlesworth ayaa walaac ka muujiyay No. 80 Wing, isaga oo ka digay hoggaanka sare in niyadda ay hoos u dhici doonto haddii aan loo siinin door firfircoon dagaalka ama loo wareejin koonfurta Australia si ay u nasato. Bishii Oktoobar, garabka wuxuu helay amarro ah inuu ka tago NWA si uu ugu biiro Morotai si uu ugu biiro Ciidanka Cirka Tactical Air Force; tani waxay ka tagtay NWA laba iyo toban duulimaad oo ay gacanta ku hayso, oo ay ku jiraan hal cutub oo Liberator ah iyo saddex duulimaad oo kale oo Spitfire ah. Dhanka kale, NWA waxay taageertay duulaankii Leyte
waxaana weeraray dekedaha, goobaha shidaalka, iyo maraakiibta Dutch East Indies iyagoo isticmaalaya Beaufighters, Mitchells, iyo Liberators. Howlgaladaasi waxay sii socdeen ilaa Nofeembar iyo Diseembar. Ciidanka Cirka ee 31aad ayaa laga soo wareejiyay Coomalie oo loo wareejiyay Ciidanka Cirka ee Tactical First ee Morotai bishii December. Waqtigaas, shaqaalaha xarunta NWA waxay ahaayeen 651, oo ay ku jiraan 156 sarkaal.