Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1940 na 1941, "Regia Aeronautica", ichitsvaka kuvhiringidza kugoverwa kwemafuta kweAllied, yakarova vavariro dzeBritain kuMiddle East, zvikurukuru ichishandisa mabhomba eCANT Z.1007 neSavoia-Marchetti SM.82. Kwegore rimwe kubvira muna June 1940, mabhomba eItaly
akarwisa Mandatory Palestine, achinyanya kunanga Haifa neTel Aviv nokuda kwemichina yavo mikuru yokuchenesa 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.