Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ndege dzokutanga dzokushanda hadzina kuitika kutozosvikira musi wa 27 May 1915, apo Mesopotamian Half Flight (MHF), pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaKaputeni Henry Petre, yakadanwa kuti ibatsire Hondo yeIndia mukudzivirira mabhizimisi emafuta eBritain mune izvo zvino yava Iraq. Kushanda musanganiswa ndege kusanganisira Caudrons, Maurice Farman Shorthorns, Maurice Farman Longhorns uye Martinsydes, ari MHF pakutanga vakaita unarmed kuongorora akavhiyiwa, asati kuita chiedza bhomba akavhiyiwa gare gare mugore pashure pokunge akabatanidza kuti No. 30 Squadron RFC. Kurasikirwa kwakanga kwakakwirira uye pakazosvika December, pashure pokubhururutsa zvinhu ku
garrison yakakomberedzwa paKut, MHF yakaparadzwa.