Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Savage akaendeswa kuRoyal Flying Corps, uye apedza kudzidziswa kubhururuka, akagadzwa kuva mukuru anobhururuka musi wa19 Gunyana 1917. Akapedza mwedzi miviri akavakirwa pana Turnberry kushumira muna No. 82 Squadron, asati kutumirwa kuna No. 62 Squadron kubhururuka Bristol F.2 maviri-seater murwi. Akaenda neNo. 62 Squadron kuFrance pakupera kwaJanuary 1918, achitora chikamu mumapurisa, kubhomba escort, uye pasi kurwisa mishoni panguva ye
muvengi achirwisa pedyo neSt. Quentin muhafu yechipiri yaMarch, achipiwa mbiri yokuti ndege yomuvengi yakadonhedzwa isingadzoreki musi wa26. Zvisinei, squadron yake yakarasikirwa zvikuru, ichirasikirwa nevashandi ve 24 vakaurayiwa, vakakuvadzwa kana kutorwa sevasungwa pakupera kwemwedzi.