 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mazuva matatu gare gare, kupinda kweItaly muEgipitarakatanga. Kunyanya kusada kwaPattle, squadron yakanga yakanyanyobatanidzwa mumabasa ekudzivirira mhepo uye yakarayirwa zvakananga kudzivisa kurwisana nemhepo kunze kwekunge yakarwiswa. Pane imwe nhambo, akawana ndege dzeItaly, asi kumhanya kwakaganhurirwa kweGladiator kwakarambidza Pattle kubudirirazve. Pattle akabudirira kukuvadza Savoia-Marchetti S.79 bhomba iro rakanga richibudisa utsi mutema asi rakanyura kure uye Pattle aisagona kuibata. The nokukurumidza Savoia-Marchetti S.79 kwakaita kuti kutiza RAF varwi pamusoro yakarongeka hwaro. The chikwata akabva kuna Habbaniyah kuti kuzodzosera akashongedzerwa pamwe Mark II michina, asi akanga akarayira kuGreece pashure Italian kurwisa. 