 Pashure pokuiswa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa muJamaica, 829 NAS yakabatana kuti ipfuurire kuNorfolk, Virginia U.S., isati yabatanazve neHMS Formidable yakagadziridzwa kuti idzokere kuGreat Britain. Ikoko squadron yakagamuchira 12 itsva ASV-yakashongedzerwa Swordfish Mk.II, iyo yakabatana nayo HMS Illustrious muna March 1942. Vachifamba nomugwagwa weCape Town, 829 NAS vakatora rutivi mukurwisa Diego Suarez mukati mokupinda kweMadagascarMuna May. Kurwisa kwakabudirira kwakaitwa paVichy French submarines Bėvėziers uye Le Hėros, uyewo sloop uye chikepe chekufambisa, nekurasikirwa nendege shanu. Rutsigiro rwomumhepo rwakagoverwa muna September nokuda kwokudenha mauto aVichy akasara kumaodzanyemba kweMadagascar. Zvichitevera izvi, HMS Illustrious yakaenda kuDurban kunogadziriswa, uye apo 829 NAS yakabatanidzwa ne810 Naval Air Squadron paStamford Hill airfield pedyo neDurban musi wa 7 Gumiguru 1942. 