Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A safiyar ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1944, an yi wani jirgin saman yaki a kan Aparri, Luzon, bayan haka sai ta tashi zuwa gabashin Luzon don kawar da kayan aikin gabas kafin a kai hari.
mamayewa zuwa Leyte. Ranar 15 ga watan Satumba, "Franklin" ya kai hari da jiragen sama uku na abokan gaba, daya daga cikinsu ya zira kwallaye tare da bam wanda ya buga kusurwar baya ta bayan tashar tashar jirgin sama, ya kashe mutane uku kuma ya ji rauni 22.