Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An san da kyau ga sojojin Birtaniya cewa ciyar da watanni uku ko fiye da suka ɓace a bayan layin abokan gaba ya haifar da sake dawowa gida, wanda Smith bai so ba; saboda haka ya kasance mai hankali yayin da ya shiga ganawarsa a sansanin wucewa na Naples. Lokacin da aka ba da hanyar komawa Rhodesia ta Masar, Smith ya yi nasarar neman izini ya tafi Biritaniya maimakon, yana cewa yana da dangi da yawa a can kuma ya ɗauke shi gida na biyu. A Ingila an tura shi zuwa kwas ɗin sabuntawa na makonni shida a Shropshire, yana tashi da Spitfires. Smith ya yi aiki sosai a cikin darussan kuma, a kan bukatarsa, an sake komawa aiki bayan makonni uku a cikin hanya. An haɗa shi da No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron, wani ɓangare na No. 125 Wing, wanda Kyaftin Group (daga baya Air Vice Marshal) Johnnie Johnson ya ba da umarni, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun jirgin sama na RAF na yaƙin. Bayyanawa don aiki tare da No. 130 Squadron a Celle, a yammacin Jamus, a ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1945, ya tashi ayyukan yaƙi a can, "[yana da] ɗan nishaɗi kaɗan harbi abubuwa masu ban mamaki", in ji shi, har sai yakin Turai ya ƙare
a ranar 7 ga watan Mayu tare da mika wuya na Jamus.