Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yulin 1940, No. 806 Squadron ya zama rukunin farko na FAA don karɓar Fulmar. Ya shiga cikin bin da kuma nutsewa na, bayan da ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kallo ga rundunar da ke biye da su. An yi amfani da Fulmar sosai a cikin Yakin Arewacin Afirka, yana yawo da jiragen ruwa na tsaro zuwa tsibirin Malta da kuma daga tsibirin Malta, kuma yana ba da kariya ta iska ga Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers a lokacin hare-haren kamar yakin Taranto da yakin Cape Matapan.
Ka yi haƙuri. A lokacin kaka na 1940, an yi rikodin cewa ya harbe 'yan bindigar Italiya goma da mayakan abokan gaba shida. An kuma tura Fulmar zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda ya tabbatar da cewa ba zai iya dacewa da Mitsubishi A6M Zero na Japan ba. A lokacin da ake rikici na rikice-rikice, an cire shi daga rawar da ake yi na jirgin sama ta hanyar jirgin sama guda daya kamar jirgin saman Supermarine Seafire na Birtaniya da kuma jirgin saman Grumman Martlet na Amurka. Yayin da yake ci gaba da aiki a matsayin mai horarwa da kuma jirgin sama na dan lokaci, an cire Fulmar daga aikin gaba a watan Fabrairun 1945.