Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan horo mai zurfi da motsa jiki 508th ya tashi a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1943 a Birnin New York, New York kuma ya tashi a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1943 zuwa Belfast, Arewacin Ireland, ya isa can a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1944. Bayan ƙarin horo a Cromore Estate a Portstewart, an tura rundunar ta jirgin ruwa zuwa Glasgow a Scotland kuma ta jirgin ƙasa a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1944 zuwa Wollaton Park a Nottinghamshire, Ingila, inda suka zama wani ɓangare na tsohon soja na 82 "All American" Airborne Division, wanda Manjo Janar Matthew Ridgway ya ba da umurni, wanda ya ga aikin da ya dace a cikin
Sicily da Italiya. Unitungiyar 'yar'uwa, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (daga baya za a haɗa shi da Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 17), waɗanda ke cikin Brigade na 2 na Jirgin Sama tare da 508, sun yi zango ƙasa da mil goma daga wani tsohon otal ɗin ƙasar da ake kira Tollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire. A lokacin horo a Ingila Birgediya Janar James M. Gavin, Mataimakin Kwamandan Rukunin (ADC), ya yi matukar burgewa da rundunar, yana mai cewa 508th "yana da kyau kamar kowane sabon kayan da na taɓa gani, idan ba za su iya yin hakan ba za a iya yin ta da sojojin kore. "