The squadron was first formed in 1942 as a heavy bomber unit and saw combat in this role in the Mediterranean area until it was disbanded in March 1944.

II heavy bombers and flew its first operation on the night of 8–9 September 1942 against ground targets at Tobruk.

Furthermore, most of the Australian ground staff assigned to the squadron in 1942 had no experience with Halifaxes, which caused aircraft availability to decrease for a period.

[7] In January 1943, the Australian Air Board agreed to a proposal by Air Marshal Richard Williams, the Commanding Officer of the RAAF Overseas Headquarters, to concentrate eight RAAF bomber squadrons into a single group in RAF Bomber Command in the UK; this would have included re-numbering the squadron, in order to formally designate it a RAF unit, and forming a new No.

These raids were initially made from Cyrenaica until the squadron moved to Gardabia Main in Tunisia on 14 February.

Following the end of the Tunisian Campaign the squadron moved to Hosc Raui in Libya from where it attacked targets in Sicily and southern Italy.

[10] On 1 October, the squadron moved again to Terria in Libya and conducted raids against German targets in Greece, Crete, Rhodes and other islands in the Dodecanese.

The squadron moved to RAF El Adem, Libya, on 1 January 1944 and continued operations over Greece, mainly attacks on ports and dropping propaganda leaflets.

[15][16] Until the end of the war the squadron used its special equipment and mounted small diversionary attacks to deceive the Germans as to the location of the raids conducted by Bomber Command.

While the squadron maintained a high rate of operations at times, its losses were relatively light as the countermeasures carried by the aircraft also protected them from attack.

[18] As a result, the squadron continued to fly training and ferry flights and also conducted armed patrols over Germany.

462 Squadron attends to the requests of multiple customers seeking expert advice, accreditation of Air Force's standalone mission systems and networks and an incident response capability.

It also supports exercises and operations across the world, receiving widespread recognition for its effectiveness and cutting-edge approach as Air Force's emerging cyber capability.

[20] RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia Squadron disbanded 3 March 1944 at Celone airfield, Italy.Squadron reformed 12 August 1944 at RAF Driffield, UK Squadron disbanded 24 September 1945 at RAF Foulsham, UK.Squadron reformed 11 April 2005 in Canberra, Australia