<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Njengoba ayenesithakazelo ezindizeni kusukela esengumfana, uPlagis wavolontiya eSouthern Rhodesian Air Force SRAF ngokushesha ngemva kokuqala kwempi ngoSepthemba 1939. Wenqatshwa ngoba wayeyindodana yezakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe futhi ngenxa yalokho wayengeyena isakhamuzi, naphezu kokuthi wayehlale eRhodesia ukuphila kwakhe konke. Ngemva kokuba i-Italy ihlasele  <response>: Greece ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 1940, ukuletha amaGrikhi empini ohlangothini lwe-Allied, uPlagis waphinde wafaka isicelo - kulokhu ukujoyina iRoyal Air Force, eyayidonse 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. 