 Rakavandudzwa pa RAF Manston musi wa 30 Gumiguru 1939 sechikamu chekurwisa, asi chakatanga chakashongedzerwa neFairey Battle light bombers nekuda kwekudzidzira, iyo yakatsiviwa naBristol Blenheims muna Kukadzi 1940. The squadron ipapo akatamisirwa Coastal Command uye gare gare akatamira RAF Dyce muna June 1941. Muna December 1941 squadron akatanga re-kushandisa pamwe Bristol Beaufighter, uye muna May 1942 vakatamira RAF Docking. Muna Chikunguru 1942 squadron yakatamira kuRAF Chivenor, ndokuzodzokera kuRAF Leuchars, Scotland, muna Ndira 1943. Muna August 1943 chikwata chacho chakadzokera kuSouth West England, kugadzirira D-Daykumhara, gare gare kushanda Atlantic anti-submarine mapurisa kubva RAF St Angelo muNorthern Ireland. The dzechikwata re-vakashongedzerwa muna June 1944 pamwe de Havilland Mosquito uye vakatamira RAF Banff muna September 1944, kubatana Banff Strike Wing. Chikamu chakaparadzwa musi wa 10 Chikunguru 1945. 