Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An janye shi daga yaƙin hamada a watan Janairun 1941, don taimakawa wajen tsayayya da mamayar Italiya na Girka
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga 12 ga Maris, Pat Pattle, babban jami'in Commonwealth mai tashi sama, ya kasance a cikin umarni har sai an kashe shi a cikin aiki a ranar 20 ga Afrilu. Rundunar ta shiga cikin mummunan fadace-fadace bayan shigar da Jamusawa, kuma dole ne a janye zuwa Crete a ranar 27 ga Afrilu. Saboda ci gaba da asarar nauyi, rundunar ta haɗu tare da No. 80 Squadron RAF kuma ma'aikatan ƙasa sun yi yaƙi da dakarun Jamus don kare filin jirgin sama. Ragowar Squadron 33 sun yi ritaya zuwa Masar a ƙarshen Mayu bayan yakin Crete. Squadron ya shiga cikin dawowa don tallafawa Sojojin a Yammacin Hamada, gami da a yakin El Alamein, musayar Hurricanes don Supermarine Spitfires a watan Disamba na 1943.