Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Yunin 1943 rundunar ta koma Malta don shiga cikin
mamayewar Sicily. Mackie ya ci gaba da zama shugaban tawagar kuma ya ba da umurni na ƙungiyar. An yi iƙirarin Bf 109 a ranar 4 ga Yuli (na II./&lt;a href="JG%2077%20and%20another%20Bf%20109%20of%20I./%5B%5BJG%2053%5D%5D%20on%205%20July"&gt;JG 77 da wani Bf 109 na I./[[JG 53]] a ranar 5 ga Yuli&lt;/a&gt;) <unk> mai yiwuwa Herbert Broennle wanda aka kashe a cikin aiki <unk> yayin da aka harbe Junkers Ju 87 guda biyu na 121 "Gruppo" da kuma Reggiane Re.2002 na 5 "Stormo" a ranar 13 ga Yuli. A watan Nuwamba an tura shi zuwa umurnin No. 92 Squadron, ya dawo, yawon shakatawa ya ƙare, zuwa United Kingdom a watan Fabrairun 1944.