 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lerew akaendeswa kuRAAF Overseas Headquarters, London, muna December 1943. Akafamba achipfuura neUnited States, achisangana nevatambi vemafirimu Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, naDorothy Lamour pakurekodhwa kweRoad to Utopia muLos Angeles muna February 1944. MuLondon, akaita chidzidzo cheRAF neUSAAF nzira dzekushanda, pamwe nemabasa ehurumende. Kupinda muFrancemusi wa6 June 1944, akanyora kuti: Hapana mufaro uripo. Runyararo rwakanyarara rwakafukidza London neEngland yose. Vanhu vazhinjisa vane hama mairi, uye kunongova nechishuvo chimwe bedzi: ndiko kuti, ngachipere nokukurumidza. Zvinoshungurudza kusava nechokuita nazvo. Gare gare mugore iroro, Lerew akapiwa Distinguished Flying Cross naMambo George VI paBuckingham Palace. Akadzokera kuAustralia mukutanga kwa1945, uye akaroora Laurie Steele, chirikadzi yakaberekerwa kuAustralia yeRoyal Air Force usiku-murwi wechirwi, mushure mekusangana naye paakanga agere muEngland. Vaviri vacho vaiva nevanasikana vaviri, asi pakupedzisira vakarambana. Muna Kurume, Lerew akatora chikamu muongororo yekuputsika kweHudson yakatakura Major General George Vasey; akaona kuti kushomeka kwemutyairi mukubhururuka kwechiridzwa kwaive chinhu, uye akakurudzira kudzidziswa kwakadaro kwevashandi vekubhururuka veRAAF. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni weboka, akaumba Directorate of Flying Safety muna June 1945 uye akashanda somutungamiriri wayo wokutanga. Achidavira kuti kusimudzirwa kwokuchengetedzwa kwokubhururuka muRAAF kunopinda mumativi ose okutarisira nokushanda, uye achiziva nezvokurwisana kwakakurumbira pakati pevakuru vakuru vaviri vebasa racho, Air Vice Marshals George Jones naBill Bostock, Lerew akanga ataura kuti hurumende itsva iiswe pasi peJones semukuru wevashandi veAir, ane simba rokukumbira rusununguko rwokuwana ruzivo kubva kune dzimwe hurumende dzose. 