A watan Satumbar 1941 jirgin sama na Lamb ya yi hatsari yayin da yake saukar da wani jami'in sirri a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa kuma gwamnatin Vichy ta Faransa ta tsare shi a sansanin fursunoni na Laghouat har shekara guda, har sai da Allied ya sake shi
Allied mamayewa na Algeria a watan Nuwamba 1942. Bayan magani don rashin abinci mai gina jiki, ya shafe shekara guda yana daukar daliban jirgin sama don Rundunar Sojan Sama, har sai da ya wuce ya dace da tashi a watan Disamba na 1943, kuma ya shiga jirgin saman jirgin sama na HMS "Implacable" a matsayin Lieutenant-Commander (Flying), tare da mukamin mukaddashin kwamandan. A cikin jirgin a matsayin Laftanar-Commander (Flying) daga Mayu 1944, ya raka jiragen ruwa na Arctic kuma ya kaddamar da hare-haren iska a kan jirgin yakin Jamus "Tirpitz". Ya sake aiki a "Implacable" a matsayin Lieutenant-Commander (Flying) daga 8 ga Janairu 1945 har zuwa Yuli 1945; bayan mummunan rauni na jirgin sama (wanda aka buga da wani jirgin sama mai fashewa) an kwantar da shi a asibiti har tsawon shekaru biyu kafin ya koma aikin sojan ruwa.