 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 18, Wild Swan yakaendeswa ku19th Destroyer Flotilla yakavakirwa paDover. Musi waMay 10, 1940, Germany yakapinda muNetherlands, Belgium neLuxembourg. Chikamu chokupindura kweBritain chakanga chiri Operation XD, nevanoparadza vana Wild Swan,, uye vachitora mapoka okuparadza kuti vaparadze zvivako zvinokosha pazviteshi zvengarava zveDutch vasati vatorwa navaGermany. Wild Swan yakapiwa basa rokumhanyisa boka rayo paHook yeHolland, ichisvika ikoko masikati aMay 10. Yakapfura maparatroopers echiGerman musango kumabvazuva kweHook yeHolland musi wa11 Chivabvu. Akatambura kukuvadzwa kwake starboard propeller apo parutivi panguva Hook of Holland, uye musi waMay 12 akanga pedyo vakapotsa mabhomba kubva German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka vanobhururuka bhomba iyo akakuvadza chikepe kuti condensers, asati kununura vapukunyuki kubva mutakurwi chikepe, yakanga yakanyudzwa German vanobhururuka bhomba. Wild Swan yakadzokera kuDover musi wa13 May, ndokupinda muchiteshi kuti igadzirise propeller yayo yakakuvadzwa uye condensers. 