 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakaendeswa kuRAF Aqir muPalestine musi wa 27 Kubvumbi semhedzisiro yekukakavadzana pakati peBritain neIraq. Apo ruvengokwakatanga musi wa 2 Chivabvu, nemauto eIraq achityisidzira RAF base kuHabbaniya, kumadokero kweBaghdad, 84 Squadron yakatsigira mauto akatumirwa kunobvisa Habbaniya, uye apo Germany neItaly vakatumira kusimbiswa kwemhepo kuIraq kuburikidza nenhandare dzendege muVichy-French Syria, vakaita kurwisa kunhandare idzi. Kuvhiya kwakarwisana nemauto eIraq kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira pana 31 May apo Mutungamiriri weGermany weIraq, Rashid Ali, akatiza uye chibvumirano chokuregererwa kwehondo chakasainwa. The dzechikwata ipapo vakatora chikamu nechisimba kweSiriya neRebhanoni, kutora chikamu kurwisa Vichy French airfields uye kuongorora mishoni. Muna 25-28 Nyamavhuvhu 1941, squadron yakatora chikamu mukupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. Pakazosvika November, yakanga yadzokera kuEgipita uye kushanda pamusoro peRenje reMadokero. 