Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
Na amata le osofaʻiga a Perelini ia Iuni 1948, o le tasi B-29 squadron, o le 353d Bombardment Squadron mai le 301st Bombardment Group, na faʻatulagaina le taimi i Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base i Siamani. O isi vaega e lua o le vaega na siitia atu i Siamani iā Iulai. Na talosagaina e le Failautusi o le Va i Fafo, o Ernest Bevin ia Truman, ina ia auina atu ni vaʻalele faipulu i Peretania e faamalosia ai le puipuiga. I le tali atu ai, o le 28th Bombardment Group mai le Rapid City Air Force Base i South Dakota na faʻapipiʻiina i RAF Scampton i Lincolnshire, ma le 307th Bombardment Group mai le MacDill Air Force Base i Florida na faʻapipiʻiina i RAF Marham ma RAF Waddington i Lincolnshire. E toʻatolu squadrons o vaalele B-29 e sefulu i vaega taʻitasi. O le muamua B-29 paʻi i lalo i le 17 Iulai, piloted e Colonel John B. Henry Jr., o le taʻitaʻi o le 28th Bombardment Group, o le na faafeiloaia e Air Sui-Marshal Charles Guest, le Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF. Na tuuina atu e le RAF le faatagaga, i luga o le faavae lē aloaia e pei ona masani ai, mo le USAF e toe tatala le fale teu oloa a le USAAF i le RAF Burtonwood, ma e leʻi umi ae tofia ai le 2,500 o le aufaigaluega a le USAF iina.