Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na ngwụcha Eprel 1942 mgbe o nwere ndị ọrụ na akụrụngwa zuru oke, 82d kwagara Muroc Army Air Field, California, wee bido ọzụzụ ụgbọ elu na egbe na bọmbụ na ụgbọ elu Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Ọkara nke klas mbụ nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọelu na-efe efe na-eje ozi na 82d. N'ọnwa Mee, Ngalaba Agha weghachiri ngalaba ahụ dị ka 82d Fighter Group (Two Engine). Ìgwè ahụ hapụrụ California na Septemba wee rute Northern Ireland n'October ebe ha natara ọzụzụ ọzọ. N'ihe dị ka n'otu oge ahụ, ndị Allies malitere
mbuso agha nke French North Africa. Ka ọ na-erule December 1942, ndị agha Axis egbochila ọganihu nke ndị Allied, ogologo oge agha oyi ahụ amalitekwa. Ọ bụ n'oge a ka ndị 82nd Fighter Group kwagara North Africa ije ozi na Twelfth Air Force.