 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kukundwa kweBritish Malaya neDutch East Indies mukuvamba kwa1942 kwakazarura musuo wokufambira mberi kweJapan kupinda muIndian Ocean. Chitsuwa cheMadagascar chinodzorwa neFrance yeVichy chakanga chakamira pamutsetse wekutaurirana pakati peIndia neUK uye maBritish ainetseka kuti maFrance aizobvuma kutora chitsuwa ichi sezvavakaita kuJapan kutora French Indochinamuna 1940. Kudzivisa ikoku kwaida hondo yokudzivisa yaDiego Suarez yakarongwa nokuda kwaMay 1942. Illustrious yakanga ine basa rayo rakapfupikiswa musi wa 19 March kuti igadzirire kubatana neEastern Fleet muIndian Ocean uye kutora chikamu mukurwisa. Akafamba rwendo rwemazuva mana gare gare, achinge apinda makumi maviri nerimwe Swordfish, mapfumbamwe Martlet IIs ye881 Squadron uye matanhatu Martlet Is ye882 Squadron, uye vaviri Fulmar varwi vasati vaendesa boka revarume rinotakura vamwe vevarume vakagoverwa kurwisa. Moto wakaitika musi wa 2 Kubvumbi wakaparadza ndege gumi nerimwe uye wakauraya mumwe wevashandi, asi wakakundikana kukonzera kukuvara kwakakomba kuchikepe. Kugadziriswa kwakaitwa muFreetown, Sierra Leone, uko ndege yake yakaparadzwa yakatsiviwa uye yakawedzerwa nevatambi gumi nevaviri veMartlet II kubva kuHMS Archer, nepo ndege mbiri dzeMartlet I dzakatamisirwa ku Archer, zvichiunza huwandu hwese hwe Illustrious kune 47. Pashure pokugara kwake muFreetown, Illustrious akaenda kuDurban; mukati merwendo vashandi vake vakagadzawo radar yeASV kunotsiva Swordfish. Imwe Martlet I yakanga yakagadzirirwa mapapiro anochinjika. 