The Company conducted operations both on its own and in co-operation with aircraft against disaffected Kurdish tribes over a wide area of southern and eastern Iraq.

The rear, which historically had always been protected by the front, would be wide open to the enemy's air and deep penetration forces on the ground unless these could be counted on equal terms.

757 Defence Squadron was formed at RAF Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland in late 1940 and on 19 December 1941 was re-numbered to No.

The Chiefs of Staff accepted the recommendations of the resultant report that the Royal Air Force should form its own Aerodrome Defence Corps.

During the Campaign in North Western Europe the Squadron was continually on the move seeing active service in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

During these final stages of the war the Squadron was mainly tasked with escort duties, protecting Air Technical Intelligence staff on reconnaissance missions to a wide variety of targets which included airfields, radar sites and their installations, V-1 flying bomb sites and storage depots.

Additionally, the Squadron regularly provided support to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and routinely deployed personnel to other parts of the Province.