Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rundunar ta tashi aikinta na farko na yaƙi a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1940, lokacin da Blenheims shida na Squadron 84, waɗanda aka yi jigilar su daga Iraki zuwa Aden don ƙarfafa rundunonin Blenheim da ke wurin, suka ci karo da Italiyanci Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 kusa da tsibirin Kamaran kuma suka harbe shi. Ya koma Heliopolis a Misira a watan Satumbar 1940, yana aiki daga ci gaba da sansanoni a Fuka da Qotaifiya don ayyukan da Jamusawa suka yi daga Oktoba 1940. Harin Italiya a Girka
a watan Oktoba 1940 ya haifar da Birtaniya ta karkatar da yawancin ƙarfinsa na iska don tallafawa Helenawa, kuma an tura Squadron 84 zuwa Girka a watan Nuwamba 1940. Rundunar ta yi aiki ne daga Menidi kusa da Athens, da farko ta kai harin bam kan sojojin Italiya a gaban Albania, amma yayin da harin Italiya ya tsaya a watan Disamba na 1940, ya koma kai hare-hare kan tashar Valona da filin jirgin sama a Berat, duka a cikin Albania da Italiya ta mamaye. A watan Afrilun 1941 sojojin Jamus suka mamaye Girka, da sauri suka mamaye tsaron Girka da na Burtaniya, kuma 'yan tsirarun Blenheims da suka tsira an kwashe su ta hanyar Crete a ranar 21 ga Afrilu.