Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An saki Lee daga mukaminsa a Turkiyya a watan Maris na 1941, kuma ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya isa Misira an nada shi Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa zuwa Air Mataimakin Marshal John D'Albiac, kwamandan Sojojin Sama na Burtaniya a Girka, yana tallafawa Helenawa bayan mamayewar Italiya
Ka yi haƙuri. Duk da nasarar da aka samu na farko, sa hannun Jamusawa ba da daɗewa ba ya sanya sojojin Allied a kan tsaro, kuma a ƙarshe an kori Birtaniya, da farko zuwa Crete, sa'an nan kuma zuwa Masar. Ga sauran 1941 Lee ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in ma'aikaci (ayyukan) a hedkwatar RAF na Gabas ta Tsakiya, sannan a matsayin Mataimakin Babban Jami'in Ma'aikatan Jirgin Sama a cikin Desert Air Force.