Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge kurovedzwa kwokutanga kwapera, kudzidzira kwakaitwa paRomney Marsh, England. Pakusvika kweboka racho muGibraltar, varume vacho vakagoverwa basa kuti vashumire sechifukidziro chokuvapo kwavo. Cooper akanga ane chitarisiko chakapetwa: chiremba pachiteshi chengarava cheGibraltar uye muongorori wetsamba dzomurwi. Zvisinei, mukuru mukuru muGibraltar uyo akagovera varume kuzvikepe akanga asingazivi nezveOperation Tracer uye Cooper akapotsa atumirwa kugungwa. Kurovedza kweboka reTracer kwakaitika nguva dzose. Cooper aigara paRock Hotel; aizopinda nepamusuo wayo wepamberi akapfeka yunifomu yemuchiremba-lieutenant weRoyal Naval Volunteer Reserve, uye obva abuda kumashure akapfeka hembe dzemusoja wemauto eBritish. Kubva ipapo, akapinda mugero kuti adzidziswe. Gare gare, akatamira mufurati, achigara nomukuru mukuru wemapurisa. Munguva yavakanga vasiri pabasa, chikwata chacho chakabvumirwa kuenda kuSpain, uye Cooper anoyeuka kusangana nomutambi uye mutambi Buster Crabbe paaigara kuGibraltar. Zvisinei, Operation Tracer haina kutongovhurwa uye, muna August 1943, apo hondo yakanga yapera
zvakatendeuka, mirairo yakabuda yokuti bako risimbiswe.