Cika wannan jumla:
Operation Herkules, mamayewar Malta, SM.81s na 18 Wing ya kamata ya motsa wani sashin hari zuwa Malta, amma a ƙarshe an yi amfani da su don jigilar sashin "Folgore" zuwa El Alamein. Bayan wannan yakin, an yi amfani da SM.81s don samar da sojojin Arewacin Afirka tare da ƙarfafawa da kuma kantin sayar da kayayyaki da kuma kwashe Tunisia, tare da 18 Wing kadai yana dauke da mutane 28,000. A Pantelleria da Lampedusa, SM.81s ne kawai jirgin saman jirgin saman Italiya wanda zai iya aiki saboda gajeren hanyoyi.