 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 2 September 1942, zvikamu zviviri zveBomber Command, 144 Squadron uye 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, yakabhururuka 32 Handley Page Hampdens kubva kuBritain kuenda kuMurmansk. VaHampden vakanga vagadziridzwa kuva torpedo-bhomba uye Operation Orator yakagadzirirwa kufukidza Convoy PQ 18. Admiralty yakanga isingadi kudzokororwa kwenhamo yakawira Convoy PQ 17, yakaparadzwa neU-boats neLuftwaffe. VaBritain vaida kudzivirira ngarava dzacho pamauto eGermany, zvikurukuru ngarava yehondo. Mapfumbamwe eHampden akarasika munzira, zvikurukuru nemhaka yemamiriro okunze akaoma eArctic, kukundikana kwekambasi, varwi veGermany uye moto unopesana nendege. Ma squadron aya akashanda kwenguva pfupi kubva kuVaenga air base, vasati vaendesa maHampden avo kuSoviet Air Force. Commonwealth aircrew pasi pehutungamiri hweRAF yakaramba ichishanda munzvimbo yeMurmansk kusvika muna 1944, ichishanda Catalina, Lockheed Hudson uye photoreconnaissance Spitfire ndege kubva kuVaenga neLakhta, ichitsigira maArctic convoys nekutarisa kwegungwa uye kufambisa ndege. 