Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kunna rukunin rukuni na rukuni a Ingila a karkashin Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Takwas. An sanye shi da nau'ikan fitarwa na P-39 Airacobra wanda aka yi oda da shi don Sojan Sama na Faransa a farkon 1940 wanda aka karkatar da shi zuwa Ingila bayan Faduwar Faransa. A Ingila, P-39s sun kasance a cikin ajiya a cikin akwatunan da suka isa. A lokacin rani na 1942 yawan matukan jirgin sama na Amurka masu aikin sa kai a cikin Royal Air Force da ke aiki a Ingila ya karu zuwa 'yan daruruwan. Ana bukatar karin mayakan gaggawa don tallafawa mamayar Arewacin Afirka mai zuwa
, Masu tsara shirin Amurka sun yanke shawarar hada wadannan kadarorin biyu da ke Ingila kuma a karshen watan Satumbar 1942 an gayyaci wasu matukan jirgin Amurka a RAF don canja wuri zuwa USAAF.