Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1942, Birtaniyya ta tattara manyan jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa don rakiyar jiragen ruwa na Malta, ta aika da jiragen ruwa masu sauri don yin tafiye-tafiye zuwa tsibirin kuma ta shirya tafiye-tafiyen samar da Magic Carpet ta jirgin ruwa. Hawker Hurricane sannan kuma Supermarine Spitfire mayakan an tashi zuwa Malta daga masu jigilar jiragen sama a kan Club Runs daga Gibraltar zuwa Malta. A tsakiyar shekarar 1942, hare-haren iska na Axis a tsibirin da kuma jigilar kayayyaki sun kawar da Malta a matsayin tushen kai hari da mamayewar Axis,
"Unternehmen Herkules" (Operation Hercules), an saita shi don tsakiyar Yuli 1942.