 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The squadron yakatanga kubhururuka mishoni dzinoshanda musi wa 1 July 1941. Sechikamu chekubatana kwemauto mabasa ayo makuru aive ekuongorora kwemifananidzo uye zvemauto uye kuona zvombo zvehondo. Kubva musi wa13 Gunyana No. 451 Squadron yakachengetedza chikwata chevatyairi vaviri uye ndege mbiri muguta rakakombwa reLibya reTobruk kutsigira varwi veAllied; chikwata ichi chakaramba chiripo kusvika pakakombwayakasimudzwa muna December; mukati menguva iyi Hurricane dzinoverengeka dzakapfurwa nevarwi veAxis. Zvakasara zveNo. 451 Squadron zvakabatanidzwa neXIII Corps uye zvakatora chikamu muOperation Crusader munaNovember naDecember 1941. The dzechikwata kakawanda kushanda kubva airstrips pedyo pamberi mutsetse, uye vamwe vashandi vayo vakatorwa musi 26 uye 27 November apo mauto German akarwisa airstrip pana Sidi Azeiz. Vose kunze kwevatatu vevarume ava vakasunungurwa apo Bardia akawira kuSouth African 2nd Infantry Division musi wa 2 January 1942. Zvichitevera kupera kweOperation Crusader No. 451 Squadron yakabviswa pamabasa musi wa 24 Ndira 1942 uye yakagadziriswazve kuHeliopolis. 