 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni Oṣu Keje ọdun 1941 4.JG 27 ni a gbe lọ si Ariwa Afirika lati ṣe atilẹyin fun ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun ara Jamani kan, Deutsche Afrika Korps labẹ aṣẹ Erwin Rommel. Ìkọlù tí àwọn ará Ítálì ṣe ní Íjíbítì tún dá ogun mìíràn sílẹ, ìyẹn ni Ogun Àríwá Áfíríkà. Nígbà tó fi máa di ìparí ìgbà ẹẹrùn ọdún 1941, Staffel tí Rödel ṣe ti bẹrẹ sí í ṣiṣẹ. Ní ọjọ kẹta oṣù kẹwàá, Rödel sọ pé wọn ti já ọkọ òfúrufú Desert Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ti No. 112 Squadron RAF lulẹ. Ó ṣeé ṣe kó jẹ pé Ọgágun Stirrat ni awakọ náà. Ní ọjọ kẹwàá oṣù kẹwàá, ó gba ọkọ ogun P-40 kan. Ọkan ninu awọn ẹtọ le ti wa lati 2 Squadron SAAF ti o padanu meji P-40s. Rödel gba ìṣẹgun rẹ kẹẹẹdọgbọn àti kẹẹdógún lórí ọkọ Bristol Blenheim nítòsí Gazala, ó ṣeé ṣe kó jẹ ti No. 11 Squadron RAF, àti P-40 nítòsí Bir Hacheim. Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun kẹjọ ti ilẹ Gẹẹsì bẹrẹ Ìgbésẹ Crusader ní ọjọ 18 oṣù kọkànlá àti ọsẹ kan lẹyìn náà, ní ọjọ 25 oṣù kọkànlá, Rödel gba ọkọ Hurricane àti P-40 nínú ogun afẹfẹ ńlá kan ní Tobruk. Bí àwọn ọmọ ogun Jámánì àti ti Ítálì ṣe sàga tì í : ìlú ńlá. Rödel so won won won ni 1st, 4th, 5 ati 6 December - a Hurricane, meji P-40s ati a Bristol Beaufighter. The 4 December victory was the P-40 flown by Second Lieutet Meek of 2 Squadron SAAF over Al Adm. The 6 December claim was probably a No. 274 Squadron RAF Beaufighter flown by Pilot Officer William G. Snow which crashed near Tobruk. The 4 December victory was the P-40 flown by Second Lieutet Meek of 2 Squadron SAAF over Al Adm. The 6 December claim was probably a No. 274 Squadron RAF Beaufighter flown by Pilot Officer William G. Snow which crashed near Tobruk. Ọgágun Snow àti ọgágun John K. Dutton tí í ṣe awakọ ojú omi rẹ ni wọn mú. 