Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I āta karo a Blakeslee i te whakauru atu ki 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 roto i te
i te whakaekenga ki Dieppe, France i te Akuhata 18, 1942, i patua e Blakeslee tetahi atu Fw 190, ana ko tetahi atu i whakangaromia i te 19, na reira ka tutuki te mana rangatira.