 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 1941 4.JG 27 yakaendeswa kuNorth Africa kunotsigira boka reGermany, reDeutsche Afrika Korps riri pasi pomurayiro waErwin Rommel. Kupinda kweItaly muIjipiti kwakanga kwaita kuti pave neimwe nhandare yehondo, Hondo yokuNorth Africa. Staffel yaRödel yakanga yava kushanda mukupera kwezhizha ra1941. On 3 October Rödel akati Desert Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk pamusoro No. 112 Squadron RAF akapfura pasi. Mutyairi wendege angave akanga ari Sergeant Stirrat. Pana 10 October iye akati vaviri P-40s. Chimwe chezvikumbiro angave kubva 2 Squadron SAAF uyo akarasikirwa maviri P-40s. Rödel akawana kukunda kwake kwechi25 nechi26 pamusoro peBristol Blenheim pedyo neGazala, zvichida yaiva yeNo. 11 Squadron RAF, uye P-40 pedyo neBir Hacheim. The British Eighth Army akatanga Operation Crusader musi wa18 November uye vhiki gare gare, musi wa25 November, Rödel akati Hurricane uye P-40 muhondo huru mhepo pamusoro Tobruk. Sezvo mauto eGermany neItaly akanga akombakuguta. Rödel vakazviti mumwe kukunda musi 1st, 4th, 5th uye 6th Decembera Hurricane, vaviri P-40s uye Bristol Beaufighter. The 4 December kukunda aiva P-40 nendege na Second Lieutenant Meek pamusoro 2 Squadron SAAF pamusoro Al Adm. The 6 December vanoti zvimwe aiva No. 274 Squadron RAF Beaufighter nendege na Pilot Officer William G. Snow iyo yakadonha pedyo Tobruk. Snow nomufambisi wake wezvikepe Sergeant John K. Dutton vakasungwa. 