 Counting on stealth and surprise to help even the odds, the pilots slipped their transports down river valleys and through mountain gaps skipping and skimming across the jungle and rain forests.Throughout the rest of 1943, and into 1944, the 40th continued its support of the Allied advance.On 21 April 1944, the squadron moved to Finschhafen, New Guinea, and again in May to Cyclops Field, Hollandia.