Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1941, i whakangunguhia a Keith hei paerata mā te Mahere Whakangungu Air British Commonwealth. I puta ia i te Kura Whakangungu Tuatahi i te mutunga o Hanuere 1941, ana ka haere ki te Kura Whakangungu Rererangi Tuatahi i te Poutu-te-rangi. I puta ia i te kura whakangungu rererangi i te Hune 1941 ka tukuna ki tawahi, ka uru atu ki te No. 402 "City of Winnipeg" Squadron RCAF i reira i rere ai ia i te Hurricane IIB, tae noa ki te huri ki nga Spitfire VB i te Dieppe Raid
i te marama o Akuhata 1942.