 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Battery yechitatu yeRegiment, 129 LAA Bty, yakaenda kuCrete pasi paMaj W.H. Cain muna Kukadzi 1941, kwayakagoverwa ne11 Bofors pfuti mu M Group muSudaCanea Sector pasi peRHQ 52nd East Lancashire LAA Rgt. Kupinda kweGermany muKretekwakatanga muna May 1941. Nzvimbo dzacho dzakanga dzarwiswa mabhomba nguva dzose muna March naApril, uye kurasikirwa kukuru kwakanga kwakonzerwa nengarava dzaiisa zvinhu paSuda Bay kusvikira pfuti dzeAA dzakasungwa dzakapoteredza chiteshi chengarava. Ipapo Luftwaffe yakatanga kurwisa nzvimbo dzeAA zvakananga: 129 LAA Bty paSuda yakarwiswa zuva rose musi wa17 Chivabvu, neJunkers Ju 88s uye Messerschmitt Bf 109s vachiedza kurova pfuti yega yega. Chiito chakatora nguva refu chakaparira migomo yakasakara uye zvikamu zvakaputsika, izvo kwakanga kusina zvikamu, uye pakupedzisira bhatiri rakanga rine pfuti dzaro nhatu dzisina basa. Apo kurwisa kweGermany kwakatanga musi waMay 20, nzvimbo dzeAA dzakaputirwa mabhomba kwemaminitsi 30 uye vamwe veparatroopers vakapiwa basa rokuvaparadza. Kunyange zvazvo vaGermany vakanga varasikirwa zvikuru nevarume uye ndege, zvikepe zvehondo zveGermany zvakakwanisa kushandisa nhandare yendege yakatorwa paMaleme, ichiteverwa nokumhara kubva mugungwa. Pakazosvika 26 Chivabvu, mushure mekurwiswa kwakaenderera mberi kweGerman kubva mudenga uye nemauto emumhepo, dziviriro dzakatenderedza Canea dzakazoparara uye Suda yaifanira kusiiwa. Zvimwe zvikamu zveAA zvakarayirwa kuparadza midziyo yazvo ndokuenda kuSfakia pamhenderekedzo yokumaodzanyemba. Mapato e129 LAA Bty akatanga kufamba pamusoro pemakomo pasi pekurwiswa nendege uye vachimirira kubviswa pamhenderekedzo paSfakia vakarasikirwa nemamwe mapfumbamwe vakaurayiwa uye makumi maviri vakakuvadzwa kurwiswa nendege. Mauto eRoyal Navy akaendesa vakawanda sezvavaigona kuIjipiti, asi zviuru zvemauto eBritain neCommonwealth zvakatapwa. 