 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bott ipapo akadzidziswa somutyairi wendege, achigadzwa mukuru anobhururuka musi wa1 June 1917. Akatumirwa kuNo. 111 Squadron RFC yakamira muGwenga reSinai, akagadzwa mutungamiri wendege aine chinzvimbo chekutungamira kaputeni musi wa22 Zvita. Kubhururuka neNieuport 23 bis No. B3995 akaparadza ndege mbiri dzemuvengi dzekuongorora musi wa14 na15 Kubvumbi 1918, asi musi wa22 Kubvumbi akapfurwa ndokuitwa musungwa nemaTurkey. Aendeswa kuConstantinople nechitima, Bott, achiperekedzwa naKaputeni Thomas W. White weAustralian Flying Corps, uyo akanga abatwa muna November 1915, akatiza ndokufamba nengarava kuenda kuOdessa, Ukraine, ndokuzoenda kuVarna, Bulgaria, uye nomugwagwa kuenda kuTesaloniki, Greece, achisvika ikoko panguva chaiyo apo rugare rwakanga rwadzikwarakanga raziviswa. Gare gare akapiwa Bharani kuMuchinjikwa wake weMasoja mukucherechedza ushingi mukutiza kubva pakutapwa. Bott akasiya RAF pashure pehondo, achichinjirwa kurondedzero yevasina basa musi wa 18 Kukadzi 1919. 