Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yegipko ya umurci brigades na jirgin ruwa bayan dawowarsa zuwa Tarayyar Soviet, ciki har da lokacin
Yaƙin Soviet-Finnish, kuma bayan mamayewar Jamusanci na Tarayyar Soviet a watan Yunin 1941, ya shiga cikin kwashe Soviet na Tallinn a watan Agusta 1941. A wannan lokacin jirgin ruwansa, "S-5", ya nutse ta hanyar ma'adinai, kuma dole ne a ceci Yegipko daga ruwa bayan da aka busa shi a cikin jirgin. Daga nan sai ya zama mai kula da jiragen ruwa a Burtaniya kuma ya kasance mai sa ido a kan wasu daga cikin jiragen ruwa na Arctic, ciki har da bala'in Convoy PQ 17. Daga baya an shafe shekaru na yaƙi tare da Babban Jami'in Sojojin, bayan haka ya rike mukamai da yawa a cikin ilimin ruwa da ilimi, wanda ya ƙare a matsayin shugaban rundunar sojan ruwa. Ya yi ritaya a 1967 kuma ya rubuta litattafansa kafin mutuwarsa a 1985.