1340 Flt was first formed c1945 at the Royal Indian Air Force base at Sulur, Kerala State, India.

[4] The flight was nominally under the control of 225 Group in Bangalore, part of Air Headquarters, RAF India,[5] but flew under the direction of CDRD.

[6] The flight transferred to from Sulur to Cannonore (Kannur), Kerala State on 11 October 1945, where an airstrip was created on the maidan, a large public area overlooking the sea.

Winston Churchill's cabinet endorsed the move on 10 March, and by the end of the month the establishment of 1340 Flight was formally approved.

[10] The flight arrived at RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, on 27 March 1953, commanded by Squadron Leader Charles G. St. David Jefferies,[10][14] equipped with 12 Noorduyn Harvard IIBs, eight operational and four in reserve, with two being serviced any one time.

[10] The RAF was assisted by five Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer aircraft belonging to the Kenya Police Reserve Air Wing (KPRW).

[citation needed] The Tri-Pacers weren't originally armed, although they were later fitted with a single rack for four 20 lb (9.1 kg) bombs behind the rear of cabin.

[19][20] 1340 Flight, along with the KPRW Tri-Pacers deployed forward from Eastleigh to Nyeri airfield, which lay between Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range, and a basic Operations Centre was set up in the nearby town of Mweiga.

From November 1953 various detachments of Avro Lincoln bombers were also stationed at RAF Eastleigh, armed with fourteen 500 lb (230 kg) bombs: No.

There was a lack of coordination between the various armed services until May 1954 when Air Commodore Walter Beisiegel[21] was appointed as Senior RAF Officer (SRAFO).