Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 3 ga Afrilu, 1940, jirgin Sunderland guda daya da ke aiki a Norway ya kai hari daga mayakan Jamus Junkers Ju 88C guda shida; yayin gwagwarmaya, ya harbe daya, ya lalata wani har sai ya janye kuma ya kori sauran. Jamusawa suna da suna suna Sunderland "Fliegendes Stachelschwein" ("Flying Porcupine") saboda ƙarfin wutar ta. Sunderlands a filin wasan na Bahar Rum sun tabbatar da kansu a lokuta da yawa, suna tashi da yawa ayyukan kwashewa yayin da Jamus ta kwace Crete, kowannensu yana dauke da fasinjoji 82. Sunderland guda daya ya tashi aikin bincike don lura da jiragen ruwa na Italiya a Taranto kafin shahararren Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm's
harin torpedo a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1940.