Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Hei wāhanga o te whakariterite anō o te RAAF whai muri i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te Mahuru 1939, ka whakatūria te Rōpū Tuarua i Hīnia i te 20 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, me Cole i te whakahau. I whakahaerehia e te roopu nga waahanga o te Air Force i New South Wales. I whakaarahia a Cole ki te Commodore rererangi mo te wa poto i te marama o Tihema, ka riro i a ia te Central Area Command, i whakakapihia te Roopu Nama 2, i te wa i whakatuhia ai i te tau hou. I te marama o Hepetema 1941, i tukuna ia ki Awherika ki te Raki hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere No. 235 Wing RAF o te Desert Air Force, i reira i awhina ai ia ki te whakatuu i tetahi waahanga whawhai anti-submarine hou, No. 459 Squadron RAAF. I tukuna ia ki Ingarangi me te Tumuaki No. 11 Group i te marama o Mei 1942, i mahi ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Rererangi o mua o te Dieppe Raid
i te 19 o Akuhata, ka whai mana ki te whakarite i te taupoki rererangi a Allied i te takutai o Parani i runga i te HMS "Calpe". I a ia e mahi ana, i whara kino ia i te kauae me te taha o runga o te tinana i te wa i pupuhi ai nga kaiwhaiwhai Tiamana i te kaipuke; i hiahiatia e ia te pokanga whakapaipai me te whakapau i etahi wiki ki te whakaora. Ko tana toa i te wa o te mahi i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake, i panuitia te panui i roto i te taapiri ki te "London Gazette" i te 2 o Oketopa 1942. I taua marama ano, i whakawhiwhia ia ki a Air Officer Commanding (AOC) RAF Northern Ireland, me te tuunga o te kaitiaki o te rangi, ahakoa i whakaahuatia te whakahau i roto i te hitori mana o Ahitereiria i te pakanga hei "backwater".