<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Zazisebenza futhi ngesikhathi seMpi YaseBrithani eBrithani leyo ekwindla, kodwa kwakuyi-Supermarine Spitfires ne-Hawker Hurricanes eyayisekelwe emhlabathini kanye nabashayeli bayo abahlinzeka ngokuzivikela okuyinhloko kwe-UK. AmaGladiator aseLwandle nawo asiza ekuvikeleni iMalta, lapho enye yawo yadutshulwa khona indiza yebhomu yase-Italy. Ama-gladiator asuswa emisebenzini yasempini eBrithani ngo-1941. I-Blackburn Roc eyindiza eyodwa yesimanje yakwazi ukudubula indiza yezindiza iJunkers Ju 88 eyayihlasela ithimba ngo-1940. Nokho, i-Roc yayingafani ne-Messerschmitt Bf 109 yaseJalimane noma i-Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters futhi ayikwazanga ngisho nokwenza kahle njenge-Blackburn Skua yaseBrithani. Njengoba yayibhekwa njengenye yezindiza ezimbi kakhulu empini, iRoc, ngasekupheleni kuka-1940, yakhishwa enkonzweni yomugqa wokuqala futhi yanikezwa ukuqeqeshwa, ukudonsa inhloso, nemisebenzi yokutakula. I-monoplane fighter yanamuhla, i-Fairey Fulmar, yethulwa ngo-1940 ukuze ithathe indawo ye-Sea Gladiator eyayiphelelwe isikhathi. Yayiklanywe yaba nezihlalo ezimbili futhi yayinkulu futhi ingasheshi ukudlula ama-Axis fighters ayephikisana nawo. Noma kunjalo, lapho evikela amaloli ayeya eMalta, amaGladiator adubula amabhomu ayishumi ase-Italy nezindiza eziyisithupha ze-Axis. Phakathi nempi, banikeza isivikelo somoya lapho kuhlaselwa  <response>: UTaranto noPetsamo, bavikela imikhumbi eya eRussia, futhi basekela ukuhlasela eNyakatho Afrika nase-Italy. Ama-Fulmar alandela umkhumbi wempi waseJalimane i-Bismarck okwenza amabhomu e-Fairey Swordfish torpedo akwazi ukumbamba. I-UK yathuthukisa amabutho ayo asolwandle ngo-1941 ngokuvumelanisa i-Hawker Hurricane eyimpumelelo kakhulu, esekelwe emhlabathini ukuze isetshenziswe yizithwali. IHawker Sea Hurricane yasebenza kahle ngenkathi ivikela imikhumbi yaseMalta futhi, isebenza kusuka kubathwali bemikhumbi, imikhumbi eminingi yase-Atlantic. 