Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ìgwè atọ na-atụ bọmbụ iji kwado mwakpo ndị Allied nke French North Africa na November 1942. A na-eji ha eme ihe na mbido iji mee mwakpo dị ala megide ihe ndị a na-agbachitere nke ọma, na-enwe nnukwu mfu na nsonaazụ ọjọọ, tupu ịgbanwee na mwakpo ọkara. Ka ọ na-erule ná ngwụsị nke Agha North Africa, ìgwè B-26 atọ ahụ emewo njem ụgbọelu 1,587, na-efunahụ ụgbọelu 80. Nke a bụ okpukpu abụọ nke ọnụego ọnwụ nke B-25, nke na-efekwa 70% karịa ụgbọ elu na obere ụgbọ elu. N'agbanyeghi nke a, B-26 gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na Twelfth Air Force, na-akwado ọganihu ndị Allied site na Sicily, Italy na
ndịda France. Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, osote onye isi ndị isi ndị agha ụgbọ elu nke Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, dere banyere "nkenke dị ịtụnanya nke ndị otu bombu ọkara nwere ahụmịhe <unk> ọkachasị ndị Marauders; Echere m na 42nd Bombardment Group na Sardinia nwere ike ịbụ ndị kacha mma ụbọchị-bombu unit na ụwa. " Slessor n'eziokwu pụtara 42nd Bomb Wing - 17th, 319th na 320th Bomb Groups - mana 'nku' US na-adaba na 'otu' ndị Britain, na nke ọzọ.