Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ayyukan farko na rukuni guda biyu - Operation Biting, saukowa a cikin Faransa, da Operation Freshman, aikin jirgin sama a Norway - duka sun kai hare-hare. An tura wani ɓangare na rukunin zuwa Arewacin Afirka a ƙarshen 1942, inda ya yi yaƙi a Kamfen na Tunisiya, kuma lokacin da Allies
Ya mamaye Sicily a watan Yulin 1943, sashen ya yi jigilar brigade guda biyu. Na farko, Operation Ladbroke, wanda aka yi ta jirgin sama na jirgin sama na 1st Airlanding Brigade da na biyu, Operation Fustian, ta 1st Parachute Brigade, ba su da nasara sosai. Sa'an nan kuma 1st Airborne Division ya shiga cikin mafi yawan amphibious saukowa, mai suna Operation Slapstick, a matsayin wani ɓangare na mamayewar Italiya a watan Satumba na 1943.