It formed in the United States at RN Air Section Brunswick as a fighter squadron, in September 1944 and embarked on HMS Thane at the end of the year for transportation to the UK, arriving at Belfast.

Eventually reaching HMS Valluru, RNAMY Tambaram, in southern India in July, the squadron became part of the 15th Carrier Air Group, but too late to see action during the Second World War.

The squadron flew to RN Air Section Norfolk situated at USNAS Norfolk, Virginia, to enable it to undertake Deck Landing Training (DLT) with the US Navy's escort carrier the USS Charger, before returning to RN Air Section Brunswick.

[5] With working up completed the squadron left RN Air Section Brunswick and flew to RN Air Section Floyd Bennett Field, located at USNAS Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City, on 23 December and then onto RN Air Section Norfolk on 28 December, for embarkation in the Ruler-class escort carrier, HMS Thane, for transportation to the United Kingdom.

It did have an operational detachment at Royal Naval Air Station Kai Tak (HMS Nabcatcher), Hong Kong.