After the Allies withdrew from Norway, he and the rest of the squadron landed their Hawker Hurricane fighters on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.

By the end of the war, he had been awarded a Bar to his DFC and the Distinguished Service Order and was credited with destroying at least nine German aircraft.

Deciding to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) a few years later, he left New Zealand on 7 January 1936 and travelled aboard the passenger ship Aorangi to England.

He passed out as the top student of his class at the De Havilland Civil Flying School in Hatfield and in May, after an induction course at Uxbridge, went on to No.

[1][3] On the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939, Jameson flew a night interception seeking out a German raider but to no avail.

The squadron spent the early months of the war patrolling along the east coast of England, and on one occasion encountered a group of Heinkel He 115 seaplanes, shooting down three of them.

[1] Transported by HMS Glorious, it operated from Bardufoss, flying patrols over the Royal Navy anchorage in Skånland Municipality, near Harstad and providing air support to British units engaged with the enemy.

Jameson and two others, with sandbags secured under their tail planes, made a successful test landing on the carrier's flight deck, and were followed by the other pilots of the squadron.

[4][6] The Glorious, along two escort destroyers, was intercepted on the way to the United Kingdom by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on 8 June.

After three days drifting in the freezing temperatures only seven men were alive to be picked up by the Norwegian cargo vessel, Borgund.

The citation published in The London Gazette read: This officer led his flight with determination over completely strange country during operations in the Narvik area.

He discovered and set on fire, two four-engined enemy flying boats which were concealed against the almost vertical side of Rombaksfjord, in a position most difficult to attack.

During the previous seven months he has led his flight with skill and determination, both by day and by night, often in extremely bad weather conditions.

His squadron, based at Wittering, had been heavily engaged in the Battle of Britain and he was involved in the intensive training up of replacement pilots.

266 Squadron was called upon to be part of the Duxford Wing but Jameson disliked this, noting his command had more success when operating conventionally.

[9] Once the Battle of Britain ended, Jameson's squadron had a quiet spell but by early April 1941, it was involved in night fighter operations, seeking out German bombers raiding cities in the United Kingdom.

[10] On the night of 10 May, during the largest bombing raid mounted on London by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz, Jameson destroyed another He 111, one of 24 shot down that evening.

[12][13] He was awarded a Bar to his DFC in October, the citation reading: This officer has set a high standard in the performance of his duties.

His bearing in the face of the enemy has been of the highest order.By this time Jameson was married; he had known his wife Hilda née Webster since high school and she travelled to the United Kingdom earlier in the year to join him.

[12][13] In early February 1943, he narrowly avoided being shot down when, having become separated from his wingmen, he was attacked over St. Omer by a group of Fw 190s.

[18] The citation, published on 9 March, read: Since December, 1942, this officer has led the wing on 21 sorties in which 13 enemy aircraft have been destroyed.

His role later expanded to responsibility for planning fighter operations for the group, at times bringing in support from neighbouring Nos.

The role of the wing was to provide air support for the advancing Allied forces, attacking German transportation and infrastructure.

122 Wing, with Jameson still in command, moved briefly to Copenhagen before returning to Germany and being based at Flensburg, where it was disbanded in September 1945.

[27] After being treated for tuberculosis, which he had contracted earlier in the year, he served as Task Force commander of Operation Grapple at Christmas Island.