Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1942, vaBritain vakaunganidza zvikepe zvikuru zvengarava dzehondo kuti zviperekedze ngarava dzeMalta, vakatumira ngarava dzehondo dzinokurumidza kuti dziite nzendo dzega dzechitsuwa uye vakaronga kutakura kweMagic Carpet nemumvura. Hawker Hurricane uye ipapo Supermarine Spitfire varwi vakabhururwa kuenda kuMalta kubva kune vanotakura ndege paClub Runs kubva kuGibraltar vakananga kuMalta. Pakati pa1942, Axis air attacks pachitsuwa ichi uye pamakondirakiti ekupa zvakapedza Malta senzvimbo yekurwisa nekupinda kweAxis, "Unternehmen Herkules"
(Operation Hercules), yakagadzwa nokuda kwapakati paJuly 1942.