Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mapoka Matatu Okubhomba akagoverwa kutsigira kuvhozhokera kweAllied kuFrench North Africa muna November 1942. Pakutanga vaishandiswa kuita pasi-pamwero kurwisa zvikuru akadzivirira zvinangwa, kutambura kurasikirwa kukuru pamwe mugumisiro murombo, asati achichinja kuti svikiro-pamwero kurwisa. Pakazopera Hondo yokuNorth Africa, mapoka matatu eB-26 akanga abhururuka nendege dzinokwana 1 587, achirasikirwa nendege 80. Izvi zvaipeta kaviri mwero wokurasikirwa kweB-25, iyo yakabhururukawo 70% yokurwisa yakawanda ine ndege shomanene. Pasinei neizvi, B-26 akaramba ari mubasa pamwe Twelfth Air Force, kutsigira Allied mberi kuburikidza Sicily, Italy uye
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Air Marshal Sir John Slessor, Mutevedzeri weMukuru Mukuru weMediterranean Allied Air Forces, akanyora nezve "kururama kunoshamisa kwemapoka ane ruzivo emabhomba epakati <unk> kunyanya maMarauders; Ndinofunga kuti 42nd Bombardment Group muSardinia ingangove ndiyo yakanakisa zuva-bhomba rekurwisa pasi rose. " Slessor chaizvoizvo raireva 42nd Bomb Wing - 17th, 319th uye 320th Bomb Groups - asi "bapiro" reU.S. rakaenzana ne"boka" reBritain, uye zvinopesana.