Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 24 o Pipiri 1942, i tohua a Leie hei "Gruppenkommandeur" (kaiwhakahaere roopu) o I. Ko te "Gruppe" o JG 2. Na ka whai a Leie i a "Hauptmann" Ignaz Prestele i tenei kaha i mate i te mahi i te 4 o Mei 1942. I kite ia i te mahi i roto i te whawhai rangi o te
Dieppe Raid i te 19 o Akuhata ka kii he Spitfire i patua ki te raki o Dieppe. Koinei tana kerēme whakamutunga i te Rāwhiti ki te Uru. I werohia ia, i whara, i te peeke i tana Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-2 ("Werknummer" 0326<unk> tau wheketere) ki te tonga ki te hauauru o Abbeville.