Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeOperation Harpoon, imwe yemaviri panguva imwe chete Allied convoys yakatumirwa kunopa Malta muAxis-inodzorwa pakati peGungwa reMediterranean pakati paJune 1942, C.202s yakabatanidzwa mukukonana neGungwa Dutu. Zvisinei, yakanga iri panguva iyi apo Axis yaifanira kurega zvirongwa zvavo zvekupinda muMalta (inozivikanwa seOperation C 3
) nemhaka yokuti ndege nevarume zvaidiwa kune imwe nzvimbo. 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.