[2] During World War II it served under the Royal Air Force as a unit in exile operating in the middle east.

In November the Greek squadrons returned to liberated Greece, where they were engaged in operations against the remaining German garrisons in the Aegean islands and Crete.

From there, after the outbreak of the Greek Civil War, the squadron participated in operations against the Communist guerrillas with Spitfire Mk Vbs and a small number of captured Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6s.

), designated within the British Royal Air Force as No 335 (Greek) Squadron, on 10 October 1941 at Aqir airfield in Palestine.

[3][4] Its first commander was Squadron Leader Xenophon Varvaressos,[4][5] and the personnel was provided from a core of Greek pilots who were undergoing training in Iraq, augmented by others who had fled from Greece.

[1][8] In the aftermath of the Allied victory, the squadron returned to shipping protection duties, while being outfitted with the newer Spitfire Mk Vb and Vc aircraft from December 1943 onwards.

[9] On 15 September, the squadron was moved along with its sister unit to the Italian theatre, from where it carried out operations primarily over occupied Yugoslavia.

[10] In November the Greek squadrons returned to liberated Greece, where they were engaged in operations against the remaining German garrisons in the Aegean islands and Crete.