Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, akatanga kuedza kupinda muU.S. Navy asi akarambwa nokuti akanga asingaoni zvakanaka, saka akabatana neU.S. Army Air Forces semukuru mukuru wezvekuongorora. 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 muNorth Africa panguva yeOperation Torch
uye akazoendeswa kuMuzinda Mukuru weNorthwest African Air Forces. Ikoko, Powell akashanda muSicily panguva yekupinda kweAllied muSicily.