Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An inganta shi zuwa kyaftin din kungiyar na wucin gadi a ranar 27 ga Maris 1942. A watan Afrilun 1943 Atcherley ya zama Kwamandan Sojan Sama na No. 211 Group a Tripoli a Libya. A lokacin mamayewar Sicily (
Operation Husky) a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1943, Rukunin No. 211 shi ne babban mayakan jirgin sama na Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst's Desert Air Force, wanda ke karkashin umarnin Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham's Northwest African Tactical Air Force. Daga baya a wannan shekarar an canza shi zuwa hedkwatar RAF Fighter Command kuma a cikin 1944 ya koma hedkwatar Sojojin Sama na Sojojin Sama don shirya Operation Overlord. Ya shafe ƙarshen yakin a matsayin Kwamandan Makarantar Jagoran Fighter sannan kuma a matsayin Kwamandan Cibiyar Fighter Establishment.