Kammala wannan jumla: Tare da Malta da ke fuskantar mummunan hare-haren iska na Axis da
A cikin haɗarin mamayewa, Allies sun aika da ƙarfafawa sau da yawa tsakanin 1940 da 1942. A ranar 2 ga Maris, 1942, McNair ya jagoranci daya daga cikin 17 Spitfires da aka kaddamar daga jirgin saman Birtaniya mai suna HMS "Eagle" zuwa tsibirin da aka kewaye. A matsayinsa na memba na No. 249 Squadron RAF, ya kasance yana yawan shiga yaƙi a sararin samaniyar Malta. Ya harbe 109 a ranar 19 ga Maris, Junkers Ju 88 a ranar 26 ga Maris, 109 a ranar 20 ga Afrilu da Ju 88 a ranar 22 ga Afrilu, yana mai da shi ace. Ya kara yawansa da 109s guda uku, a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 25 ga Mayu, da 10 ga Yuni, kafin a kira shi zuwa Ingila don izini. An ci gaba da farko zuwa jami'in jirgin sama, sa'an nan kuma ya tashi a wani lokaci a wannan lokacin.