Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubatanidzwa kukuru kunotevera kwe820 Squadron kwakanga kuri kuvhima kwechikepe chehondo cheGermany. Ndege dzechikwata chakanga chakakwanisa kudzima "Bismarck" yekudzora gear ne torpedo hit, ichibvumira "Bismarck" kuti ibatanidzwe uye yakanyura. Muna June 1941 chikwata chakabva "Ark Royal", uye muna November gore iroro vakadzokera kuIceland mungarava. Hove dzomunondo dzakazotsiviwa neFairey Albacores. 820 Squadron yakabva yatanga kufamba nechikepe muna February 1942, ndokufamba nechikepe chainzi "Formidable" kuti chiende kunoshumira muIndian Ocean. The squadron akanga achishingaira muHondo yeMadagascar, ichiteverwa neOperation Torch, maAllied landings muNorth Africa. Munguva yezviitiko izvi, ndege kubva kuchikwata chakanyura, iyo yakanga yadzika kare ngarava yehondo. "Inoshamisa" uye chikwata chakaramba chiri muMediterranean kuti chipe rutsigiro rwekubhururuka kweAllied kuSicily
uye Salerno.