 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwemwedzi 18 yokutanga yeHondo Yenyika II, No. 31 Squadron yakaramba yakamira paNorth-West Frontier. Muna Kubvumbi 1941, Squadron yakatanga kuve yakagadzirirwa neDouglas DC-2s uye yakatanga kubhururuka mabasa ekutsigira kuRAF Habbaniya panguva ye1941 Iraqi coup détatuye Hondo yeAnglo-Iraqi yakatevera. Achidzokera kuIndia chikwata chacho chakashongedzerwazve neDouglas Dakota Mk.I. Pashure pokupinda kweJapan muBurma, yakabhururuka mishoni pakati peCalcutta neRangoon ichidonhedza zvinhu zveuto rechiXIV. Pashure peHondo Yenyika II boka racho rakatamira kuJava. Muna 1946, Squadron rakaparadzwa muJava uye rakagadziridzwa paPAF Base Masroor, Mauripur Karachi, panguva iyoyo muBritish India. 