Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Satumbar 1944, Cole ya ba da NWA ga Air Commodore Alan Charlesworth. A wannan mataki na yaki, Allies suna ci gaba da arewa kuma saurin ayyukan a yankin Darwin ya ragu. Group Captain Peter Jeffrey ya jagoranci No. 1 Wing zuwa tsibirin Tanimbar kuma ya harbe manufa a Selaru, amma ya gaya wa Caldwell cewa ya yi la'akari da hare-haren da aka ɓata kuma ya yi hakan ne kawai don ƙarfafa ruhun matukansa. Charlesworth ya nuna damuwa game da No. 80 Wing, yana gargadin babban kwamandan cewa halin da yake ciki zai fadi idan ba a ba shi rawar gani ba a cikin yakin ko kuma a tura shi zuwa kudancin Ostiraliya don hutawa. A watan Oktoba, reshen ya karbi umarni don barin NWA don Morotai don shiga cikin Sojojin Sama na Farko; wannan ya bar NWA tare da rundunonin soji goma sha biyu a hannunsa, ciki har da ɗayan Liberator da sauran rundunonin Spitfire guda uku. A halin yanzu, NWA ta goyi bayan
kai hari a kan Leyte tare da hare-haren a kan tashar jiragen ruwa, man fetur, da kuma sufuri a cikin Dutch East Indies ta amfani da Beaufighters, Mitchells, da Liberators. Wadannan ayyukan sun ci gaba har zuwa Nuwamba da Disamba. An sauya rundunar ta 31 daga Coomalie zuwa Sojojin Sama na Farko a Morotai a watan Disamba. A lokacin, ma'aikatan hedkwatar NWA sun kai 651, gami da jami'ai 156.