On 3 July the squadron began Aerodrome Dummy Deck Landings (ADDLs) utilising the nearby US Naval Auxiliary Airfield at Bar Harbor, Maine.

[6] On completion of working up in late August, the squadron prepared to embark in the Ruler-class escort carrier, HMS Puncher for passage to the United Kingdom.

[4] Upon arriving at Australia, the squadron disembarked and spent a couple of weeks at RNAS Schofields (HMS Nabthorpe), (Mobile Naval Air Base No.

3), which was situated at RAAF Station Schofields, New South Wales, around the end of February to the beginning of March 1945,[10] before reembarking in HMS Slinger.

The squadron moved again on 14 July, to RNAS Nowra (HMS Nabbington) (Mobile Naval Air Base No.