 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna March kusvikira kuna 29 June 1944, 405th yakashanda kunze kweRAF Christchurch. Pashure pokugadzira musasa nokurovedza muEngland, boka racho rakatanga mabasa okurwa muFrance. Mukati menguva iyi basa ravo guru raiva kurwisa kwepasi pamberi peOperation Overlord yakanga iri kuuyakupinda muNormandy. Boka racho rakakanganisa nzvimbo dzeGermany uye zvivako zvokufambisa. Zvitima zvaifarirwa zvikuru. Boka racho rakaparadza zambuko reRwizi rweSeine paMantes-Gassicourt, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweParis, pamberi pokupinda kwehondo, kudzivisa kufamba kwezvinhu zveGermany. Boka akanga grounded panguva 6 June kupinda mabasa nokuti Allied raitungamirira ainetseka kuti ruzivo Anti-ndege mabhatiri aizokanganisa P-47s nokuda German Focke-Wulf Fw 190. 405th yakatangazve kubhururuka musi wa 10 Chikumi, ichipa rutsigiro rwepedyo rwemhepo kune beachhead. On 18 June 1944, boka racho rakanga redesignated kuti 405th Fighter Group. Mavhiki mashomanene pashure pokupinda nechisimba, 405th yakarongedza ndokuenda kuPOE pedyo neSouthampton. 