339, 340 and 341 flights of the former Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and continued to operate their Felixstowe F.3 flying-boats on anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols.

[1] The main role was the defence of the oil ports, when fighting in Iraq ended the squadron sent detachments to Palestine and Cyprus.

Re-equipped with the Hurricane IIB the squadron moved to the Far East in early 1942 to join the campaign in Burma.

The squadron re-equipped with the P-47 Thunderbolt in 1944 and returned to action in September 1944 to join an attack on Rangoon.

[2][5] [1][2][5] The fuselage of Gladiator Faith is on display at the Malta War Museum, Fort St Elmo, Valletta.