<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akarondedzerwa nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Alan Stephens soane hasha asi anokwanisa, McLachlan akatungamirira No. 3 Squadron muHondo yeSidi Barrani muna December 1940, yakateverwa ne  <response>: Hondo yeBardia uye kubatwa kweTobruk muna Ndira 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. 