Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Mayu 1942, an nada Bellinger Kwamandan, Jirgin Sama na Jirgin Sama, Pacific Fleet karkashin Admiral Chester Nimitz. Ya taimaka wajen tsara shirin a
Midway da Nimitz sun aike shi zuwa Washington, DC a watan Yulin 1942 don isar da shirinsa na sake fasalin jirgin sama na Naval a cikin Pacific zuwa Admiral Ernest J. King, Shugaban Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa. Yayin da yake can, Bellinger ya gudanar da bincike na yau da kullun a asibitin Bethesda Naval, wanda ya gano cewa yana da yanayin zuciya mai sauƙi. Aikinsa na yaƙi ya ƙare kuma an umurce shi da aikin da ba shi da damuwa.