 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaendeswa kuIII Fighter Command muna June 1943, akatanga kurovedza nokuda kwokutumirwa kuEuropean Theater of Operations seRepublic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber squadron. Yakatumirwa kuEngland muna April 1944 sorutivi rweIX Fighter Command. Mabasa okutanga aisanganisira kupfura uye kupfura mabhomba nemotokari dzakarukwa nezvombo, zvitima, mabhiriji, zvivako, mafekitari, kuunganidzwa kwemauto, nzvimbo dzezvombo, nhandare dzendege, uye zvimwe zvinangwa mukugadzirira kupinda muNormandy. The dzechikwata akabhururukawo vamwe escort mishoni pamwe Eighth Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress uye Consolidated B-24 Liberator inokosha bhomba. 