[3] At the beginning of March the squadron relocated to RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail), Lancashire,[2] which had day and night fighter facilities.

[2] The squadron embarked in the name ship of her class of aircraft carrier, HMS Implacable on 22 September and the following month undertook reconnaissance missions over Norway, including Tromsø, where the German battleship Tirpitz was anchored.

The squadron disembarked in May and spent two weeks at RNAS Jervis Bay (HMS Nabswick), New South Wales, Australia, the location of Mobile Naval Air Base (MONAB) No.

[3] 1771 Naval Air Squadron disembarked to RNAS Nowra (HMS Nabbington), New South Wales, Australia, on 13 September, disbanding on 16 October.

[8] Squadron personnel had moved to HMS Golden Hind, Camp Warwick, Sydney on 4 October and returned to the United Kingdom aboard MV Dominion Monarch the following month.