 Kurasikirwa kukuru muzhizha uye mumatsutso a1943 pamabasa okupenyera zvakadzama kwakawedzera zvikumbiro zvaEaker. Arnold, ari pasi pokudzvinyirirwa uye asingashiviriri nokuda kwemigumisiro, akafuratira zvakawanwa naEaker ndokuisa mhaka pakushayikwa kwamasimba masimba navatungamiriri vebhomba. Ikoku kwakauya panguva apo Mukuru Wehondo Dwight D. Eisenhower akanga achiunganidza boka rake raitungamirira nokuda kwokupinda muEurope, uye Arnold akabvumidza chikumbiro chaEisenhower chokutsiva Eaker navatungamiriri vake, Spaatz naDoolittle. Nenzira inosetsa, zvinhu chaizvo Eaker akakumbira - hombe bhomba simba, kudonhedza matangi, uye P-51 varwi - pamwe nokuchinja murayiro uye akaita Wechisere Air Force chinokosha pakukunda Germany vachishandisa masikati bhomba dzidziso. 