<prompt> Rondedzera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Inorondedzerwa nemunyori wenhau dzakaitika Alan Stephens se acerbic asi anokwanisa, McLachlan akatungamirira No. 3 Squadron kuburikidza neHondo yeSidi Barrani muna December 1940, yakateverwa neHondo yeBardia  <response>: uye kubatwa kweTobruk muna January 1941. Asati atendeukira kuHawker Hurricanes mwedzi iwoyo, chikwata chakanzi chakaparadza ndege gumi nembiri dzeItaly nekurasikirwa neGladiator shanu nevatyairi vaviri; McLachlan akapfura pasi Fiat CR.42 musi wa10 Zvita 1940, chiito chimwe chete icho nhengo yechikwata uye ramangwana ace Gordon Steege akataura kuuraya kwake kwekutanga. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Middle East, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, akarumbidza McLachlan nechikwata chake nokuda kwemudzimu wavo wakakwirira uye kukwanisa kuchinja mumamiriro ezvinhu erenje. 