Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokutungamirira No. 126 Squadron pakurwisa Normandy mukati mokupinda kweAllied, Plagis akabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwakawanda kwenzvimbo dzeGermany kuchamhembe kweFrance neNetherlands kwakatevera mumwedzi mishomanana yakatevera. Iye akapfurwa pasi pamusoro peArnhem muNetherlands mukati
Operation "Market Garden" muna September 1944, asi akakuvadzwa zvishoma uye nokukurumidza akadzokera kubasa. Akagamuchira Distinguished Service Order musi wa 3 Mbudzi nekuda kwe "kubatanidzwa[ion] kwake mune dzakawanda kwazvo zvinoputika panguva iyo kukuvara kwakawanda kwakakonzerwa pa... [ChiGerman] zvengarava, nhepfenyuro, matangi okuchengetera oiri, nzvimbo dzinosimudzira magetsi nezvimwe zvivako". Mashoko acho ainyanya kutaura nezvokurwisana kwakanga kwaitwa neboka duku revarwi veAllied raitungamirirwa naPlagis rakanga rakatarisana neuto revavengi rakanga rakanyanya kukura uye rakapfura ndege shanu dzaro pasi, Plagis pachake achirova mbiri. Plagis akarondedzerwa so"mutungamiriri akashinga uye ane unyanzvi ane muenzaniso wakaratidza kuva manyuko anoshamisa okufuridzirwa".