Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I puritia i roto i te mahi i te ope o te Armistice Air Force, i tukuna te GB II/19 ki te waahanga whakatupato i muri i nga whakaeke a Ingarangi ki a Mers el-Kébir, i te Hurae 1940. I te marama o Akuhata o taua tau ano, i uru te waahanga ki Meknes i Morocco, kia whakaekea ai a Gibraltar. I te whakakorenga o taua miihana, ka hoki te Rōpū ki Blida, ko te mea whakamutunga ka waiho hei turanga turanga. I a ia e whakaoti ana i nga hanganga, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tetahi atu tohu hei roopu pupuhi marama - Groupe de Bombardement Léger I/19 i te Mahuru 1, 1940, i te wa e tu ana te 3rd me te 4th Escadrilles ki te 1st me te 2nd Escadrilles. I te 23 me te 25 o Hepetema, i uru te Rōpū ki nga whakaeke i arahina ki Gibraltar, katahi ka hoki ki Blida. I te wā e
I puta te rerenga o nga hoa ki Awherika ki te Raki, i te marama o Noema 1942, kaore te Rōpū i uru atu, engari he iti noa ki te aukati, i whakahee i te ope ope Vichy () ki nga Anglo-American. I te turanga i Rovigo, i tatari te roopu mo te whakakao ano e nga Allies ka nekehia ki Colomb-Béchar i te timatanga o Hanuere 1943. I roa te whakangungu a te Roopu tae noa ki te Oketopa o taua tau ano, i te wa i wehe ai te roopu whakamutunga, i tukuna etahi waahanga ki Constantine (1st Escadrille), ko etahi atu ki Sétif (2nd Escadrille).