Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Afrilu na 1941 An maye gurbin Ansons da Bristol Blenheims waɗanda aka tura su a kan aikin jirgi da aikin ceto na iska-teku, da kuma ayyukan ɓarna na dare a kan Turai da Jamus ta mallaka. Rundunar ta tashi daga Detling zuwa RAF Bircham Newton a watan Mayu na wannan shekarar kuma ta canza zuwa Lockheed Hudsons a watan Nuwambar 1941. A watan Maris na shekarar 1942, rundunar ta koma RAF Stornoway a Scotland, tare da wasu ƙungiyoyi a Limavady a Arewacin Ireland don sintiri na jiragen ruwa a kan Yammacin Yamma. Ya sake komawa a karshen watan Agusta zuwa RAF St Eval a Cornwall, amma wannan ya kasance kawai ɗan gajeren lokaci kafin ya koma Gibraltar a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba 1942 a shirye-shiryen shirin na farko na RAF St Eval.
Allied mamaye Faransa Arewa maso Yammacin Afirka.