Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 405th Fighter Group yakanga iri chikwata chebhomba cheUnited States Army Air Force muHondo Yenyika II. Boka akabhururuka P-47 Thunderbolts muna European Theater of Operations (ETO) kutanga nokuvaka kuti Invasion pamusoro Normandy ("D-Day") kuburikidza
kuguma kwehondo muEurope. The 405th aiva chikwata Ninth Air Force, IX Fighter Command, IX Tactical Air Command, 84th Fighter Wing. 405th yakapiwa zvikurukuru kutsigira Patton's Third Army. Boka racho rakanga riine 509th, 510th, uye 511th Fighter Squadrons, pamwe chete nevakuru vakuru. Boka racho raiva nezvikepe 73.