Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaAllies vakatanga kushandisa ndege dzinobhururuka muOperation Husky,
kupinda muSicily muna 1943. Kuedza kwokutanga uku kwakava nenjodzi. Kuronga kwakashata nemamiriro okunze akashata zvakaguma nokupararira kwemapuraneti mumhepo. Vakawanda vakamhara mugungwa uye varume 200 vakanyura. Zvingoro zvakawanda zvinokambaira uye zvinodhonza ndege zvakakanganiswa kana kuti kupfurwa nemoto weshamwari. Ndege shomanene dzinobhururuka dzakasvika munzvimbo dzakarongwa dzokumhara, uye varume 73 bedzi (vanobva muchikamu chikuru cheboka) vakasvika pachinangwa chakarongwa, zambuko rePonte Grande kumaodzanyemba kweSirakusi.