 In his time between dangerous flying "ops", Cordell was in constant demand entertaining his squadron with popular piano music in the mess.On completing his 33 ops he was transferred to flying stealth De Havilland Mosquito bombers on the run between Britain and the Middle East.While in RAF Middle East he was later assigned as bandleader with his own group of musicians and a small convoy of lorries to entertain the British troops in the Western Desert Campaign.