Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The A-36A-1-NA "Apache" (kunyange zvazvo Apache aiva zita A-36A wacho yepamutemo, zvakanga kashoma kushandiswa) akabatana 27th Fighter-bhomba Group (27th FBG) rinoumbwa squadrons mana inobva Ras el Ma Airfield muna French Morocco muna April 1943 panguva mushandirapamwe mu
KuNorth Africa. The 27th aiva yakavhenganiswa chinoumba pamusoro Douglas A-20 Havocs uye A-36As apo yechipiri operative chikwata, 86th Fighter Bomber Group (Dive) akasvika muna March 1943 pamwe vatyairi vokutanga vakadzidziswa uye vanokwanisa pamusoro A-36A. On 6 June 1943, zvose izvi A-36A dzakabatana vakamhanyira hondo mishoni akananga chitsuwa Pantelleria. Chitsuwa chacho chakawira kurwisa kweAllied uye chakava musha wezvikwata zviviri zveA-36A panguva yekupinda kweAllied kweSicily. The A-36A akaratidza kuva chombo simba: rinogona kuiswa kupinda hunyambiri vanonyura panguva pamwe vakaparadzira vanonyura mabhureki, nokudaro kukamuranisa vanonyura nokukurumidza kuti ("A36A-1 Flight Manual kunoda deployment asati atanga vanonyura"). Vatyairi vakakurumidza kuziva kuti kutambanudza mabhureki ekutsvedza mushure me "kuburuka" kwakatungamira kune kumwe kutambanudza kusingaenzanisike kwemabhureki nekuda kwekusiyana kwekumanikidza kwehydraulic, kugadzira roll shoma isingachinjiki, iyo yaitadzisa kunongedza. Unyanzvi hwakakodzera hwakakurumidza kupedza chinetso ichi uye, pashure pacho, vatyairi vendege vakawana migumisiro yakafanana zvikuru. Zvichienderana nechinangwa nokudzivirira, kusunungurwa kwebhomba kwakaitika pakati pa, kuchiteverwa nokukurumidza nokukurumidza "kusimudza".