Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Batirori na 53rd LAA Regiment sun fara isa Sicily jim kadan bayan da
Harin na Allied (Operation Husky) ya fara ne a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1943. An kai hare-haren jiragen ruwa daga teku da iska, kuma 157 LAA Bty ya rasa bindigogi 15 da dukkan motocinsa lokacin da jirgin ya nutse a tashar jiragen ruwa na Syracuse. Yayin da yaƙin ya ci gaba, rundunar ta kasance a ƙarƙashin umarnin 73 AA Bde, wanda ke da ƙungiyoyi masu kare filayen jirgin sama a kusa da Lentini, Gerbini, Agnone da Scordia, kodayake motocin sun yi gajarta kuma motsi ya iyakance.