Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Blakeslee ya kauce wa kasancewa wani ɓangare na 'yan sa kai na Amurka Eagle Squadrons, suna da'awar "sun yi wasa da' yar'uwa a cikin da'awar su". Amma lokacin da aka gaya masa cewa za a sanya shi a matsayin mai koyar da matukin jirgi, a ƙarshe ya ba da kansa don a tura shi zuwa No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron RAF a matsayin kwamandansa, wanda shine kawai hanyar da zai iya kasancewa a matsayin mai yaƙi. A lokacin farmakin da aka kai Dieppe, Faransa
a ranar 18 ga Agusta, 1942, Blakeslee ya harbe wani Fw 190, kuma wataƙila ya hallaka a ranar 19, don haka ya sami matsayi na ace.