Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tura rukunin XVIII zuwa Turai a ranar 17 ga Agusta 1944 kuma ya zama rukunin XVIII na Jirgin Sama a ranar 25 ga Agusta 1944 a Ogbourne St. George, Ingila, yana ɗaukar umarnin rukunin 82 da na 101 na Jirgin Sama, a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirye-shiryen Operation Market Garden. Kafin wannan lokacin, an sanya bangarorin biyu zuwa VII Corps kuma sun yi tsalle zuwa Normandy yayin Operation Overlord, mamayewar Allied na Normandy, a matsayin wani ɓangare na VII Corps. Manjo Janar Matthew Bunker Ridgway, kwararren kwararre, kwararre kuma gogaggen kwamandan jirgin sama wanda ya jagoranci rukunin 82 na Jirgin Sama a Sicily
, Italiya da Normandy, an zaba shi don ya jagoranci rundunar, wanda ya hada da 82nd da 101st Airborne Divisions kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na sabon rundunar Sojan Sama na Sojan Sama.