Kammala wannan jumla: "Gunnel" an tura shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Nuwamba 1942
mamayewar Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka. Yanayin aiki na jiragen ruwa guda biyar da aka aika a can ba su da kyau, saboda yawan ruwa, mummunan yanayi, da sigina masu rikitarwa, kuma ba a samu nasara ba. Kamar sauran jiragen ruwa na Amurka, "Gunnel" ya kai hari a cikin kuskure ta hanyar jirgin sama na abokantaka. Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) dizal (wanda aka sani da " karuwai ") wanda ke ba da wutar "Gunnel" ya kasance mai wahala; a wani lokaci yayin dawowa gida, tafiyar matakai na dukkan manyan injina huɗu sun fita daga aiki, kuma ma'aikatan McCain dole ne su dogara da ƙaramar injin taimakon su na ƙarshe. "Gunnel" ya shiga cikin filin jirgin ruwa don sake gyarawa mai yawa kuma an maye gurbinsa a tashar sintiri a Arewacin Afirka ta "Pilly" Lent's.