<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengoba ayenesithakazelo ezindizeni kusukela esengumfana, uPlagis wavolontiya ukuba yilungu leSouthern Rhodesian Air Force SRAF ngokushesha ngemva kokuqala kwempi ngo-September 1939. Wenqatshwa ngoba wayeyindodana yezakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe futhi ngenxa yalokho wayengeyena isakhamuzi, naphezu kokuthi wayehlale eRhodesia ukuphila kwakhe konke. Ngemva Kwe-Italy  <response>: Ngenkathi i-United States ihlasela iGrisi ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 1940, iletha amaGrikhi empini ohlangothini lwe-Allied, uPlagis waphinde wafaka isicelo - kulokhu ukujoyina iRoyal Air Force, eyayidle i-SRAF ngo-Ephreli 1940 - futhi yamukelwa. Ukuqeqeshwa kuqala eNingizimu Rhodesia, bese kuba eNgilandi, uPlagis waphuma enesikhundla sokuba yisikhulu sezindiza ngoJuni 1941 enamazinga angaphezu kwesilinganiso kuzo zonke izivivinyo zakhe zokundiza. 