 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Chikwata ichi chakaumbwa muCape Town muna Kubvumbi 1939 uye chakanga chakashongedzerwa neWestland Wapiti IIIs. Basa rekutanga pakatanga hondo raive rekurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura kubva kuYoungsfield sechikamu cheCoastal Command SAAF. Muna February 1940, boka racho rakatamisirwa kuWaterkloof uye rakatumidzwa zita rokuti 1 Squadron. On 26 February 1942 zvakanga re-kuumbwa zvakare pana Swartkop pamwe Curtiss Mohawk IV uye vakatamira Stanger pamusoro kumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo uye ipapo kuna Eerste River muna Cape, kubhururuka Wapitis, Fairey hondo uye Hawker Hartbees. Chikwata ichi chakaparadzwa zvakare musi wa 31 Chikunguru 1943 apo kutyisidzira kwekupinda kweJapan kweMadagascar kwakange kwadzivirirwa nekupinda kweAlliedyechitsuwa chacho. 