Ka cika wannan jumla: Horikoshi ya kamu da ciwon pleurisy a ranar 25 ga Disamba domin gajiya da kuma yawan aiki, kuma ya kwanta a kan gado har farkon watan Afrilu. A wannan lokacin, ya rubuta dalla-dalla game da mummunan hare-haren da aka yi a kan Tokyo da Nagoya, ciki har da
mummunar "Operation Meetinghouse" Tokyo mai cin wuta na 9 zuwa 10 Maris. Washegari da daddare, aka kai wa Nagoya hari da jiragen sama masu yawa, kuma aka jefa "dubban bama-bamai masu sa wuta" a birnin. A ranar 12 ga Maris, Horikoshi ya aika da yawancin danginsa, gami da tsohuwar mahaifiyarsa, yara da surukinsa, zuwa ƙauyensa kusa da Takasaki don samun aminci daga fashewar bama-bamai, kodayake matarsa ta kasance tare da shi a Nagoya.