Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eBritain akarayirwa kubviswa mazuva mashomanene gare gare. Kubviswa ("Operation Alphabet
") yakatanga kuchamhembe usiku hwaJune 3/4, uye "Glorious" yakasvika pamhenderekedzo musi waJune 2 kuti ipe rutsigiro. Iye akatakura chete mapfumbamwe Sea Gladiators pamusoro 802 Squadron uye matanhatu Fairey Swordfish torpedo vanorwisa pamusoro 823 Squadron nokuda kuzvidzivirira, sezvo zvakanga tariro kubvisa RAF varwi kana zvichibvira. Gladiator gumi dze 263 Squadron dzakabhururutswa mukati masikati a 7 Chikumi uye Hurricane dze 46 Squadron dzakabhururutswawo pasina matambudziko akakosha mukutanga kwemanheru kunyangwe vaine kumhanya kwakanyanya kumhara kupfuura biplanes. Aka kaiva kekutanga kuti monoplanes dzakasimba dzisina tailhooks dziwire mungarava inotakura ndege.