 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu ichi chakagadziridzwa muna Kurume 1937 zvakare seNo. 80 Squadron, ikozvino yakashongedzerwa neGloster Gauntlet murwi. Zvisinei, panguva ino Gauntlet yaionekwa nevakawanda seyakare, uye semhedzisiro Gauntlets yakatsiviwa neGloster Gladiator mwedzi miviri chete gare gare. Muna 1938, squadron zvakare yakadzokera kuEgypt seair defense unit. Pashure Italy kuti hondo Britain musi wa10 June 1940, No. 80 Squadron akatamisirwa kumuganhu muIjipita-Libya asi akanga gare gare mumwe zviumbu akatumwa kubatsira vaGiriki panguva Greek-Italian War, pakutanga kubhururuka Gladiators uye ipapo re-kupa pamwe Hawker dutu kubva February 1941. The Squadron akarasikirwa dzakawanda ndege dzayo panguva chiGiriki uye Krete zviito uye reformed pana RAF Aqir muPalestine muna May 1941 asati deploying detachments kuna Nicosia muKupro uye A Flight kuna Haifa. The Squadron akatamira zvachose kuCyprus muna July 1941, asati adzokera kuSyria mwedzi unotevera, uye ipapo kubatana kurwa North Africa mwedzi miviri gare gare. Mukati meHondo yeEl Alameinraiva nebasa rokudzivirira nzira dzokukurukurirana. Rakaramba riri munharaunda iyoyo kutozosvikira pakuvamba kwa 1944, apo rakadzokera kuBritain kuzogadzirira Operation Overlord kupinda kweAllied muEurope. Rakanga vakapakata Spitfire IX F kushanda kubva RAF Detling muna Air Defense kuGreat Britain ADGB, kunyange pasi operative kuzvidzora RAF Second Tactical Air Force 2nd TAF. Apo 2nd TAF yakatanga kuenda kuNormandy mushure meD-Day, squadron yakaramba iri muADGB, ichishandura neHawker Tempest ndege pane anti-V-1 kubhururuka bhomba mabasa sechikamu cheOperation Diver. Pashure pokunge tyisidziro iyi yaderera, No. 80 Squadron yakaenda kunyika huru ndokutangazve basa rokurwa kutozosvikira kuguma kwehondo muEurope. 