 The Squadron akazoiswa pamusoro usiku kubhomba nechisimba pamusoro Western Desert kutsigira Eighth Army, asati aendeswa pamwe 815 Squadron kuna Nicosia, Cyprus kuti akavhiyiwa pamusoro Vichy French wengarava mauto panguva SyriaLebanon Campaign musi 28 June 1941. The dzechikwata vakadzokera North Africa musi 15 July, uye akaramba kutakura usiku kubhomba kurwisa kusvikira mangwanani 1942, apo akadzokera torpedo bhomba basa, kushanda kubva Berka muLibya kurwisa Italian convoys. The Squadron akapfuurira kuita zvose Anti-kutumira uye kubhomba mishoni kutsigira uto nokuda yakawanda yasara 1942, achiwedzera basa achidonhedza flares kuvhenekera zvinangwa nokuda Vickers Wellington Ndege, kubatanidzwa zvose rokutanga uye rechipiri Hondo El Alamein. Kutevera kukunda kweBritish paEl Alamein, squadron yakaramba ichibhururuka anti-kutumira uye kutakura misasa yekuperekedza kusvikira yapera musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1943. 