 Mumakore ekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, 20 Squadron yakaenderera mberi nebasa rayo rekudzora mhepo kuNorthwest Frontier. Mushure mekupinda kweItari muhondo, kudzivirirwa kwechiteshi cheIndia kwakapihwa hukuru hwakanyanya; musi wa14 Kukadzi 1941 A neB Flights vakatamira kuBombay neMadras zvichiteerana kuti vape ruzivo nekurwisa kudzivirira kwemahombekombe. Ndege idzi dzakabatanazve nedzimwe dzeSquadron kumuzinda wayo mutsva kuRAF Secunderabad musi wa10 Chikumi 1941. Yakagadziridzwazve neWestland Lysanders muna Zvita 1941, ichiramba iri mubasa rekushandira pamwe nemauto. Mushure mekupinda kweJapan muhondo musi wa7 Zvita 1941, Japan yakarwisa Burma kutanga kwa1942, achimanikidza mauto eBritain kuti adzokere kuIndia. 20 Squadron yakaendeswa padyo neBurmese kumberi paRAF Jamshedpur musi wa 1 Chivabvu 1942 kuburikidza nekugara kwenguva pfupi kumba kwayo kwekare kuRAF Peshawar. 