Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1940 na 1941, "Regia Aeronautica", ichitsvaka kuvhiringidza kugoverwa kwemafuta kweAllied, yakarova vavariro dzeBritish kuMiddle East, zvikurukuru vachishandisa mabhomba eCANT Z.1007 neSavoia-Marchetti SM.82. Kwegore rose kubvira muna June 1940, ndege dzebhomba dzeItaly dzakarwisa Mandatory Palestine
, zvikurukuru vachinanga Haifa neTel Aviv nokuda kwemichina yavo mikuru yokugadzira mafuta uye zvivako zvengarava. Kurwisa kwakauraya zvikuru kwakaitika musi wa9 September 1940, apo kurwisa kweItaly paTel Aviv kwakauraya vanhu 137. Nepo kuedza kweItaly kwakanyanya kutarisa paMandate yePalestine, imwe nhume inozivikanwa musi wa19 Gumiguru 1940 yakarova panzvimbo pezvivakwa zvekuchenesa muBahrain.