Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin wani harin da aka kai a arewacin Italiya a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1944, abokan gaba sun harbe jirgin saman Smith kuma dole ne ya tsere a bayan layin Jamus. Wani dangin manoma mai suna Zunino ya ɓoye shi na ɗan gajeren lokaci; sannan ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar masu goyon bayan Italiyanci na Italiyanci waɗanda suka shiga cikin ayyukan lalata da sojojin Jamus na kimanin watanni uku. Lokacin da Jamusawa suka janye daga yankin a watan Oktoba na 1944, Smith ya bar don ƙoƙarin haɗuwa da sojojin Allied waɗanda suka mamaye kudancin Faransa. Tare da wasu sojoji uku, kowannensu daga wata ƙasar Turai dabam, da kuma wani mai ja-gora na yankin, Smith ya haye Maritime Alps, ya gama tafiyar yana tafiya babu ƙafa a kan kankara da dusar ƙanƙara. Sojojin Amurka sun dawo da shi a watan Nuwamba 1944. Smith ya sake ƙin tayin da aka ba shi a Rhodesia kuma ya koma aiki a watan Afrilu 1945 tare da No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron, wanda a lokacin yana zaune a yammacin Jamus. Ya yi amfani da jirgin sama a wurin, "yana ɗan jin daɗin harba abubuwa masu ban mamaki", in ji shi, har sai da yaƙin Turai ya ƙare
a ranar 7 ga Mayu 1945 tare da mika wuya na Jamus. Smith ya kasance tare da No. 130 Squadron don sauran aikinsa, yana tashi tare da naúrar zuwa Denmark da Norway, kuma an sallame shi a ƙarshen 1945 tare da matsayin mai kula da jirgin sama. Ya riƙe ƙwarewa a cikin Italiyanci har zuwa ƙarshen rayuwarsa, kodayake an bayar da rahoton cewa yana da maganganu "masu ban tsoro".