Later in the year, after his squadron had converted to the Seafire (the naval derivative of the Spitfire), he was in action in support of the Operation Torch landings in Morocco and Algeria, flying from the carrier Furious. These operations brought the award of a Bar to his DSC. In March 1943 he returned to Britain and transferred to night fighters before joining the RAF's Fighter Interception Unit at Ford on the south coast. From here he flew Mosquitoes on intruder sorties over France and in the period after D-Day shot down two Junker 88 bombers.