Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutungamira No. 126 Squadron pakurwiswa muNormandy panguva yekupinda kweAllied, Plagis akatora chikamu mukurwiswa kwakawanda kwenzvimbo dzeGerman kuchamhembe kweFrance neLow Countries kwakatevera mumwedzi mishoma inotevera. Akapfurwa pamusoro peArnhem muNetherlands mukati meOperation "Market Garden"
muna September 1944, asi akakuvadzwa zvishomanana uye nokukurumidza akadzokera kunorwa. 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".