<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengengxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-RAAF kulandela ukuqubuka kweMpi Yezwe II ngoSepthemba 1939, iNo. 2 Group yasungulwa eSydney ngoNovemba 20, uCole ehola. Leli qembu lalilawula amayunithi e - Air Force eNew South Wales. UCole waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-air commodore yesikhashana ngoDisemba, futhi wathatha umthwalo weCentral Area Command, owathatha indawo yeNo. 2 Group, lapho yasungulwa ngonyaka omusha. NgoSepthemba 1941, wathunyelwa eNyakatho Afrika njengeSikhulu Esilawulayo No. 235 Wing RAF of the Desert Air Force, lapho asiza khona ukusungula iyunithi entsha yempi elwa nemikhumbi-ngwenya, No. 459 Squadron RAAF. Ethunyelwe eNgilandi neNdlunkulu No. 11 Group ngoMeyi 1942, wakhonza njengoMlawuli Wezindiza Ophambili we  <response>: I-Dieppe Raid ngo-19 Agasti, enesibopho sokuxhumanisa ukusekelwa komoya we-Allied ogwini lwaseFrance ebhodini le-HMS Calpe. Lapho enza kanjalo, walimala kakhulu emhlathini nasengxenyeni engenhla yomzimba lapho amabutho amaJalimane ehlasela umkhumbi; kwadingeka ukuba ahlinzwe futhi wachitha amasonto amaningana elulama. Isibindi sakhe ngesikhathi sokulwa samzuzela i-Distinguished Service Order, isimemezelo sishicilelwa esithasiselweni se- London Gazette ngomhlaka 2 Okthoba 1942. Ngenyanga efanayo, wenziwa waba yi-Air Officer Commanding AOC RAF Northern Ireland, ngesikhundla sokusebenza kwe-air vice marshal, yize umyalo wachazwa emlandweni osemthethweni wase-Australia empini ngokuthi ngemuva kwamanzi. 