One of its pilots was Raymond Collishaw, the RNAS's highest-scoring ace and later an Air Vice-Marshal.

The squadron initially operated out of Felixstowe before moving three months later to Pembroke Dock in Wales, June 1931.

One of its pilots at this time was Don Bennett, the future commanding officer of the Pathfinder Force.

In 1935 the squadron converted to the Short Rangoon, a three-engined biplane flying boat, and was posted to Gibraltar.

In 1937 the squadron was posted to Algeria as part of an Anglo-French force charged with countering submarine attacks on neutral shipping during the Spanish Civil War.

In July 1940 the squadron moved to RAF Oban and began to re-equip with the Consolidated Catalina.

[10] When the war ended 210 sqn flew a month postal runs to Norwegian ports but shortly thereafter officially disbanded on 4 June 1945 at Sullom Voe.

The squadron's history however has a flight with the RAF Film Unit along the Norwegian coast as flown as late as on 10 June 1945.

The tasks included taking part in the UN sanctions against Rhodesia, flown by two detachments from Sharjah in the Trucial States and Majunga, Madagascar.