It was re-formed in 1941, and operated maritime patrol aircraft firstly from the United Kingdom, and then west Africa until early 1944 when it moved to India.

[4] In March 1944, the squadron redeployed to Madras in India as part of South East Asia Command.

It only carried out a few missions from Madras before moving to Bengal for special duties, mainly supplying and delivering guerrilla parties into Burma and Malaya.

[2][4] In August 1943, Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded the Victoria Cross for an action in which his aircraft sank U-468, a German submarine.

Flying out of Banjul, the Liberator V he piloted depth-charged the submarine, taking heavy anti-aircraft fire in the process and crashing into the ocean with the loss of all crew.