 During most of this period, the group could maintain only two squadrons in the Solomons at a time, and at the end of July 1943, the 70th and 75th squadrons moved forward, while the 69th and 390th moved to rear areas to refit.In October, Munda was taken from the Japanese and the Crusaders could now stage through that base, extending their range and the number of targets they could attack.On 6 October, the group made an attack against the Japanese field at Kahili.