Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I āta karo a Blakeslee i te whakauru ki roto i nga American Eagle Squadrons, e kii ana "i purei raua i te tuahine i roto i te whakaputa i a raatau kereme". Engari i te mea ka korerotia ki a ia ka tohua ia hei kaiako rererangi, i te mutunga ka tono ia kia tukuna ki te No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron RAF hei rangatira rangatira, koinei anake te huarahi ka noho tonu ia ki te tuunga whawhai. I te whakaekenga ki Dieppe, France
I te 18 o Akuhata 1942, ka patu a Blakeslee i tetahi atu Fw 190, ana ko tetahi atu pea i whakangaromia i te 19 o Akuhata, na reira ka eke ki te mana rangatira.