Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọtụtụ ndị agha USAAF na-agba bọmbụ na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru NEA na mbido 1942, gụnyere A-24 Banshees nke 8th Bombardment Squadron si Port Moresby, na B-17 Flying Fortresses nke 435th Bombardment Squadron (nke a maara dị ka "Kangaroo Squadron") si Townsville. Site na 20 Eprel, ikike ọrụ na akụrụngwa ọgụ RAAF niile, gụnyere iwu mpaghara, etinyere na isi ụlọ ọrụ Allied Air Forces (AAF) guzobere ọhụrụ n'okpuru South West Pacific Area Command (SWPA). Otu nsonaazụ nke a bụ ijikọ ndị ọrụ USAAF na RAAF na isi ụlọ ọrụ mpaghara. Dabere na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke RAAF, ọ bụ ezie na "ọ bụ ngosipụta nke diplomacy karịa usoro nhazi nke agha", o nyere ndị ọrụ sitere na ọrụ abụọ ahụ ohere iji nweta ngwa ngwa na ibe ha na "na North-Eastern Area, dịka ọmụmaatụ, ikuku ahụ nwere obi ụtọ na ndị ọrụ na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ". Ịgbaso
Agha nke Coral Sea na Mee, ndị otu USAAF anaghịzi arụ ọrụ n'okpuru njikwa RAAF na NEA mana ndị isi ndị isi ndị America nke AAF na-enye ha iwu ozugbo; ibu ọrụ zuru oke maka ọrụ arụmọrụ na NEA zigara AAF na njedebe nke ọnwa Julaị.