Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1942, vokuBritain vakaunza imwe ndege yehondo yomugungwa kupfurikidza nokugadzirisa ndege yakabudirira zvikuru yakavakirwa panyika, Spitfire, kuti ishandiswe inotakura. The Supermarine Seafire akanga nokukurumidza kupfuura amutangira uye akatanga kutsiva Hawker Sea Hurricanes nokuda mberi-mutsetse basa. Zvisinei, mumhepo isina simba, yaigona kupunzika nokukurumidza. Uyewo kuva nenzvimbo dzayo dzomhepo dzinotonhodza injini dziri pasi pefuselage kwakaita kuti kudonha kuve nengozi zvikuru kumutyairi wendege, sezvazvakanga zvakaitawo neHurricane. Nharaunda yeSeafire yakanga yakaganhurirwa, asi yaigona kuwedzerwa vachishandisa matangi okudonhedza. Seafires yakatsigira kuvhozhokera kweAllied kuNorth Africa, Sicily, mainland Italy, uye
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Vakagoverwa kwenguva pfupi kunzvimbo dzomunyika, vakatsigirawo kupinda muNormandy. MuPacific sechikamu cheBritish Pacific Fleet, Seafires yakashandiswa kuCAP. Kazhinji, kugadziridzwa kwendege dzevhu kwakanga kune kuita kwakaderera kana kuchienzaniswa neUS-yakagadzirirwa ndege inotakura ndege. Yakatangwa mukupera kwehondo, UK yakagadzirirwa chinangwa Fairey Firefly yakaratidza kushanda kwakanyanya uye yakanga ine simba guru rekupisa kupfuura yakatangira, Fairey Fulmer. Yakanga akafunga sezvo mangwanani sezvo 1938, asi kwakatora nguva yakareba kukura kunonoka kurwa kushandiswa kwayo kusvikira mid-1944, panguva iyo ayo kuita akanga eclipsed ne Axis uye Allied varwi. Firefly akabatanidzwa mumabasa kurwisa German battleship Tirpitz muNorway muna July 1944. Mukati mokuita basa rokurwisa nzvimbo dzokuchenesa mafuta dzeJapan paSumatra pakuvamba kwa1945, Firefly yakadonhedza ndege yehondo yeNakajima Ki-43 (<unk>Oscar<unk>). Fireflies vakatsigirawo vatakuri-vakavakirwa zviito zvinopesana nezvikepe zveJapan uye zvinopesana nenzvimbo muCaroline neJapan zvitsuwa zvemusha. Asingasviki 800 akagadzirwa mukati memakore ehondo.