Basa raYeager rakatanga muHondo yeNyika II semurwi muUnited States Army, akapiwa basa muArmy Air Forces muna 1941. Pashure pokushumira somunhu ndege makanika, muna September 1942, iye akapinda akanyoresa mutyairi kudzidziswa uye apedza kudzidza akasimudzirwa kuti chinzvimbo ndege mukuru (World War II Army Air Force shanduro Army wacho warrant mukuru), gare gare kuwana vakawanda ake mhepo kukunda somunhu P-51 Mustang murwi mutyairi wendege pamusoro Western Front
, kwaakaverengerwa nekupfura ndege dzevavengi 11.5 (hafu yekurumbidzwa inobva kune wechipiri mutyairi anomubatsira mukudonha kumwe chete). Musi waOctober 12, 1944, akawana chinzvimbo che"ace muzuva rimwe", achiparadza ndege shanu dzomuvengi mubasa rimwe chete.