 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - No. 75 Squadron yakaendeswazve kuHorn Island, Queensland, muna September 1942, uye Jackson akaisa mutungamiriri kuSquadron Leader John Meehan muna January akatevera. Mukucherechedza ushingi hwake uye hutungamiri muNew Guinea, Jackson akapiwa Distinguished Flying Cross DFC, iyo yakaziviswa mu London Gazette musi wa 26 March 1943. Pashure pokushumira munzvimbo dzevashandi muAustralia mukati megore, akagadzwa mutungamiri wechikamu cheNo. 78 Fighter Wing, chikamu cheNo. 10 Operational Group ichangobva kuumbwa, muna December 1943. Bazi iri rakabatanidzwa muOperations Reckless and Persecution, kurwiswa kweHollandia neAitape iyo yakavhura mushandirapamwe weWestern New Guinea muna Kubvumbi 1944. Ikoku kwakateverwa nokurwiswa kwaNoemfoor, kutanga muna June. Jackson akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri wechikamu muna September 1944. Achipedza basa rake neNo. 78 Wing muna December, akatumirwa kuNo. 8 Operational Training Unit, New South Wales, somurayiridzi mukuru wokubhururuka. Muna March 1945, Jackson akapiwa bhawa kuDFC yake nokuda kwekurwisa kwakatsunga uye kwakabudirira pazvivako zvemuvengi uye kutumira. Muna June, akatora mutungamiri weAir Defense Headquarters muMadang. 