It was re-equipped with fighter-bombers in the later half of the Second World War and in the post-war period was reformed four times; first as a photo-reconnaissance unit, then anti-aircraft co-operation, then as a jet fighter squadron through the 1950s.

[8] The squadron re-equipped with Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8s in January 1917, specialising in low-level operations as the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line.

[9] The squadron was deployed to the north of the frontline in support of the British Fourth Army in preparation for the Battle of Passchendaele,[10] where it was heavily engaged.

[15] The squadron remained in Italy after the end of the war, returning to Britain in April 1919 and disbanding at Old Sarum Airfield on 25 September 1919.

[16][17] The squadron moved to RAF Abbotsinch (now Glasgow airport) on 30 July 1936, and joined the recently established 2 Group on 1 August.

[21] In August 1939, the squadron set out from Watton to reinforce British forces in the Far East, arriving at Singapore on 10 September, soon after the Second World War broke out in Europe.

The squadron flew its first combat operation of the Second World War that day, attacking Japanese landings at Kota Bharu.

From September until April 1943, the squadron carried out bombing raids against Japanese targets in Burma.

The squadron converted to the light ground attack role from November 1943, when it began to receive single-seat Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers.

34 was then reformed yet again on 1 October 1960 at RAF Seletar, Singapore, in the transport role with Blackburn Beverleys.