Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1944 Cunningham akarega kutungamirira 85 Squadron. Akagadzwa kuva kaputeni weboka achitungamirira Night Operations paNhamba 11 Group RAF. Pazera ramakore 26 akanga ari mumwe wevaduku zvikurusa kubata chinzvimbo ichocho. Air Marshal Roderick Hill akamukumbira kuzoshuma ku de Havilland mukambani naAdolph Malan. Vaifanira kuedza kubhururuka de Havilland Vampire. Cunningham akataura kuti muchina wacho waizogadzira murwi wenguva yousiku akakwana. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingazivi mashandiro anoita de Havilland Goblin turbojet, akakurudzira kuti kana nzvimbo yokurovedza ndege ikakwidziridzwa kuti igone kugadzirirwa mufambisi wengarava uye matangi emafuta akawedzerwa, rudzi rwacho rwaigona kuita ndege inoyambira inotyisa. Apo vakanga vachiedza kubhururuka, Cunningham naRawnsley vakaita basa rokubhururuka muNormandy kubva kuRAF Uxbridge. Dzakabhururuka pamusoro pechikamu cheBritain musi wa9 June 1944 sezvo
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