Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuHondo Yenyika II, akatanga kuedza kupinda muU.S. Navy asi akarambwa nemhaka yokusaona zvakanaka, saka akabatana neU.S. Army Air Forces somukuru mukuru weU.S. Intelligence. Pashure pokugamuchira basa rake somutungamiri wokutanga muna 1942, akapedza kurovedza pamisasa pedyo neMiami, Florida uye Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Akagoverwa kuBombardment Group yechi319, iyo yakaendeswa kuEngland gare gare gore iroro. Akashanda kuNorth Africa munguva
Operation Torch uye akazosarudzwa kuMahofisi makuru eNorthwest African Air Forces. Ikoko, Powell akashanda muSicily panguva yekupinda kweAllied muSicily.