Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin mamayewar Sicily
a ranar 10 ga Yuli, No. 81 Squadron na ɗaya daga cikin rukunin jiragen sama da ke taimakawa wajen kare saukar jiragen. Yayin da yake sintiri a ranar 16 ga Yuli, No. 81 Squadron ya ci karo da dozin Bf 109s; Peart yana da alhakin lalata ɗaya daga cikinsu, lokacin da yake tashi ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin Spitfire Vcs. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan haka, rundunar ta fara aiki daga Sicily kanta. Yayin da yake rakiyar Douglas Boston bombers a kan Gulf of Saint Euphemia a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, Peart, a baya a cikin Spitfire IX, yana daga cikin Spitfires takwas da suka kare wani hari da wani rukuni na Bf 109s ya kai, ya hallaka daya daga cikinsu a cikin tsari. A ranar 13 ga Satumba, lokacin da yake jagorantar jirgin Spitfires shida, ya taimaka wa wasu matukan jirgi biyu wajen lalata wani dan kunar bakin wake na Dornier Do 217, daya daga cikin uku da ke kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na Allied kusa da bakin teku a Salerno. Bayan haka dole ne ya sauka a Salerno saboda injin da ya yi zafi. Ya kama hanyar dawowa a kan jigilar Douglas C47 zuwa filin jirgin sama.