Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakatūria tuatahitia hei 2d Pursuit Squadron i te 20 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1940, i whakahohehia te kapa i te 15 o Hānuere 1941. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao me te 52d Pursuit Group, a i taua wa i rere te Curtis P-40 Warhawk me Bell P-39 Airacobra. I rere hoki te 2d i nga misioni whawhai i roto i te Supermarine Spitfire me te P-51 Mustang o Amerika ki te Raki i nga Whare Taonga o Europi me te Mediterranean, e mahi ana i nga kaupapa rererangi i Uropi, Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Roma-Arno, Normandy, Northern France, Southern France
, te raki o Apennines, Rhineland, Central Europe, Po Valley, me te mahi whawhai rangi. I whakawhiwhia te waeine ki nga Tohu Tohu Tohu Tohu e rua mo nga mahi i Tiamana me Romania i te 1944. Whai muri i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakakorehia te roopu i te 7 o Noema 1945 i Drew Field, Florida.