<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Echazwa isazi-mlando u-Alan Stephens ngokuthi unonya kodwa unekhono, uMcLachlan wahola i-No.  <response>: Impi yaseBardia nokubanjwa kweTobruk ngoJanuwari 1941. Ngaphambi kokuguqukela kumaHawker Hurricanes ngenyanga leyo, iyunithi yathola udumo ngokubhubhisa izindiza eziyishumi nambili zase-Italy ngokulahleka kwamaGladiator amahlanu kanye nabashayeli bezindiza ababili; UMcLachlan wadutshula iFiat CR.42 ngomhlaka 10 Disemba 1940, isenzo esifanayo lapho ilungu lomlingani we-squadron kanye ne-ace yesikhathi esizayo uGordon Steege efuna ukubulala kwakhe kokuqala. Isikhulu esiphezulu se RAF eMpumalanga Ephakathi, uSir Arthur Longmore, wancoma uMcLachlan nebutho lakhe ngokuziphatha kwabo okuphezulu nokuzivumelanisa nezimo zasehlane. 