Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Nasarar Allied a El Alamein, Stalingrad, Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka
, da Guadalcanal a watan Nuwambar 1942 sun nuna sauye-sauyen dabarun yakin duniya na biyu. Masu jigilar jiragen sama sun ba da gudummawa ga nasarar wadannan ayyukan ta hanyar kare jerin gwano na makamai da sauran kayayyaki zuwa Masar da Rasha, kiyaye Malta da aka samar da kuma iya katse ayyukan samar da Axis zuwa Arewacin Afirka, samar da tallafin iska ga sojoji yayin mamayewar Arewacin Afirka, da kuma taimakawa hana sojojin Japan da kayayyaki daga isa Guadalcanal. Da farko a cikin 1943, babban aikin samar da kayan aikin Amurka don yaki ya haifar da karuwa mai yawa a cikin adadin masu ɗaukar hoto don har ma da manufofi masu mahimmanci. Gabaɗaya, masu jigilar jiragen sama sun ba da gudummawa sosai don sanya 1942 ya zama maɓalli, juyin juya halin yaƙin, 1944 shekarar yanke hukunci, kuma 1945 shekara ce ta ƙarshe, kodayake da tsada mai yawa.