Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Burbridge akarova zvakare musi wa 23 June 1944. Mauto eBritain akanga achirwisa nzira yawo kupinda muFrance kubva kuSword neGold Beach musi wa6 June. Yakanga yakamiswa paCaen nokuramba kwakatsunga kweGermany, uko kwakatanga hondo yemwedzi miviri yeguta racho
. Mauto eGermany airwisa mabhomba aisakwanisa kushanda masikati nemhaka yokuti airwisa mabhomba airwisa ndege dzeAllied, asi "Kampfgeschwader" (Bomber Wings) yairwisa zvikepe zveAllied usiku. Mushandirapamwe wokurwisa kutakura ngarava waizova usina kubudirira zvokuti mauto akawanda akatorwa pakati paJuly 1944. Panguva iyoyo mauto eGermany airwisa mabhomba akanga ava kupera basa nemhaka yokushaya mafuta. Pedyo neChannel Burbridge akati Ju 88 yakaparadzwa, imwe yevasere Mosquito mutyairi anoti 23/24 June 1944. Kukunda kwavo kwechinomwe kwakanga kusiri kwakananga mberi. Pana 02:10 vakaona chiedza chokutsvaka chichipenya uye imwe ndege yakapindura nepfuti yeflare. Vakaona Ju 88 ichisvika panzira yekumhara. Sezvavakaita kudaro vaGermany vakaona Mosquito uye kupenya kwechiedza, uko kwakabata Mosquito, kwakavapofumadza. Pashure pokunzvenga mwenje, Skelton akashandisa AI kuwana Ju 88. Hapana nomumwe wavo aigona kuona chinangwa kutozosvikira vava mukati mamita 400 nemhaka yechiedza chinopenya. Burbridge akapfura Ju 88 iyo yakabatwa nomoto, yakadonha ndokuputika. Zvidimbu zveJu 88 zvakakanganisa injini yokuruboshwe, iyo yakanga ichirasikirwa nemvura inotonhorera. Burbridge akahwina ndokubhururuka achidzokera kuEngland aine injini imwe. AI yakaiswawo kunze kwebasa.