Zvadaro, sechikwata che15th Cruiser Squadron, yakabatanidzwa mukupinda kweSicily uye Salerno landings (Operation Avalanche) vasati vaenda kuAegean muna Gumiguru 1943. Paakanga achiperekedza mauto eBritain achisimbisa mauto pachitsuwa cheLeros musi wa30 Gumiguru, akarwiswa neJunkers 87 ne88 ndege dzeGerman kubva kuCastellorizo, achitsigira bhomba re500 kg rakaputika kumashure kwekutsvaga. Kuputika nomwoto zvakatevera zvakauraya vashandi 47. "Aurora" akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuTaranto nokuda kwokugadziriswa uko kwakatora kusvikira muna April 1944. Muna August 1944 akanga ari pakumhara kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
, akabva adzokera kuAegean, uko akabatsira mukusunungurwa kweAtene. Imwe nhengo inokosha yevashandi vaive mutambi Kenneth More, uyo akashandisa hunyanzvi hwake hwekutamba mubasa rake se'mutambi wenhau' kurondedzera kune vashandi vari pasi pezvikwata kuburikidza nehurongwa hwekutaura veruzhinji zvaiitika apo ngarava yaive muchiito.