Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeOperation Harpoon, imwe yemakombi maviri akabatanidzwa panguva imwe chete akatumirwa kunopa Malta muAxis-yakapfuura nepakati peGungwa reMediterranean pakati paJune 1942, C.202s yakabatanidzwa mukukonana neGungwa Hurricanes. Zvisinei, kwakanga kuri mukati menguva iyi kuti Axis yaifanira kurega zvirongwa zvavo zvekupinda muMalta (inozivikanwa se
Operation C 3) nemhaka yokuti ndege navanhu zvaidikanwa kumwewo. On 7 March 1942, mutakuri akaendesa wokutanga Spitfires kuna Marita, uye Axis' mhepo-pamusoro akatanga kuchinja achitsigira Allies. Pakupera June, zvisinei, vanenge 60 C.202s aigona kuunganidzwa muSicily kushanda pamusoro Malta, yakanga kugamuchira Spitfire Mk. V muuwandu hunoramba huchiwedzera. Macchi aigona kukunda Spitfire, asi "Folgores" yakatambura nekushayikwa kwezvombo zvine simba uye, pasina maredhiyo, vatyairi ve "Regia Aeronautica" vakamanikidzwa kutaurirana nemumwe nemumwe nekumhanyisa mapapiro avo uye, nekudaro, vaifanira kutora masangano aive akaomarara uye asina kunyatsoshanda muhondo. Kuita kwavo kwakanga kwakatamburawo nekuda kwekushayikwa kweradar, iyo RAF yakanga ichishandisa zvakanyanya kubudirira vector varwi vavo kurwisa vavengi vavo vemhepo.