 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugadziriswa kwezvikanganiso zvakawanikwa panguva yekuedzwa kwegungwa, Oakley akaenda kuScapa Flow muOrkneys musi wa22 Chikumi 1942, uye akatora chikamu mukufambisa basa rekuisa zvimbambaira uye mukuita basa rekutsausa pfungwa dzeGerman kubva kuArctic Convoy PQ 17. Mushure mokupedza mabasa aya, Oakley akapedza kushanda vashandi vake, achiva chikamu cheOrkney neShetland Command, uko basa rake guru raive rekufambisa motokari kuenda uye kubva kuFaroe Islands. Muna September 1942, Royal Navy yakafamba nechikepe chikuru chinotevera chekuendesa kuSoviet Union, Convoy PQ 18, uye Oakley yakabatanidzwa zvakare mukutsigira mabasa echitima. Kwakasarudzwa kugadzira nzvimbo yekugadzirisa mafuta kwenguva pfupi yevashandi vepamberi paLowe Sound, Spitsbergen, ne Oakley chikamu chevashandi vepamberi kune mafuta avo vakaita mabasa aya ekuzadza mafuta. Musi wa 17 Mbudzi 1942, konvo ye QP 15 yakabva kuArchangelsk kuchamhembe kweRussia, ne Oakley ichibatanidza escort yeLoch Ewe yakaenda konvo musi wa 23 Mbudzi, ichienderera mberi nekonvo, iyo yakakanganiswa zvikuru nemadutu, kusvikira yasvika kuScotland. 