Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 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, ari B-26 akaramba basa pamwe Twelfth Air Force, kutsigira Allied mberi kuburikidza Sicily, Italy uye kumaodzanyemba France
. 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.