Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chikwata ichi chakawana mukurumbira wekutanga nekubatanidzwa kwayo muHondo yeTaranto muna 1940, apo Italian Battlefleet muchiteshi cheTaranto yakatsvaga; iyo yakatsanangura kushandiswa kwesimba remhepo kubva mugungwa. Ndege yomukuru mukuru yakanga yarasika, pasinei nokuparadzwa kwehafu yezvikepe zveItaly. Muna March 1941, boka racho rakarwa mu
Hondo yeCape Matapan. The squadron re-akashongedzerwa muna August 1941, aine musanganiswa Swordfish uye Fairey Albacore ndege, kushanda kubva kumahombekombe nezvigadziko kutsigira North African mushandirapamwe.