Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kara yawan ayyukan Swordfish na Coastal Command sosai bayan mamayewar Jamusawa a cikin ƙasashe masu ƙasƙanci, yana faɗaɗa don haɗawa da rundunonin Swordfish guda huɗu. Yawancin lokaci yana tashi daga Detling, Thorney Island, North Coates da St Eval, an tura ma'aikatan Swordfish don kai hari kan manufofi na dabarun daga gabar tekun Netherlands da Belgium a kan hare-haren hasken rana, lokacin da suka kasance suna fuskantar mummunan wuta da kuma interception da Luftwaffe jirgin sama. An kuma kai hare-haren bama-bamai na dare, suna kai hari kan wuraren mai, tashoshin wutar lantarki, da filayen jirgin sama. Bayan rashin nasarar yakin Faransa da kuma sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Armistice na Faransa na 22 Yuni 1940
, Swordfish sun mai da hankali kan ayyukansu a kan tashoshin jiragen ruwa da ake ganin suna da amfani ga yiwuwar mamayewar Jamusawa na Burtaniya, wanda yawanci ya haɗa da ganowa don harin ruwan teku na irin waɗannan kayan aikin da kuma gudanar da sintiri na tsaro.