Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya tsira daga asarar mai ɗaukar jirginsa a Midway, an sake tura Shimakawa zuwa Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 204 wanda aka ba shi aikin kamfen na Solomon Islands
a watan Agustan shekara ta 1942. Bisa ga Bougainville, Shimakawa da 'yan uwansa sukan yi rikici tare da Cactus Air Force a kan Guadalcanal a lokacin yakin wannan tsibirin. An kama shi da zazzabin cizon sauro, aka kwashe Shimakawa zuwa Japan a watan Maris na shekara ta 1943.