When the squadron was formed at Peshawar the Afghan tribals used to conduct regular fights amongst the local mountain sheep known as the Oorial; a subspecies of the Urial, with a red coat.

They have the ability to climb the steepest hillsides with remarkable ease, and are even wary and alert with significant strength and endurance.

This animal has the ability of being a ferocious fighter that continues the fight to death rather than lose face and honour by turning away.

Within a few days, the squadron moved to Kohat where it would conduct missions over rebel-held areas of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).

During 1942, the squadron also operated Lysander detachments from Miranshah, a forward base in the North-West Frontier Province, for action against insurgent Pashtuns in North Waziristan.

During this period the squadron operated its aircraft as bombers, besides carrying out its army air cooperation role, tactical reconnaissance and mail dropping missions.

[3] In June 1942, the squadron moved to the RAF station at Risalpur, near Rawalpindi, for converting onto the Hawker Hurricane fighter bombers.

On completion of armament training, the squadron moved to Sulur in November 1943 to practice for eventual operations in Burma.

6 Squadron RAF and carried out close air support, interdiction and tactical reconnaissance operations.

The objective being to capture the Maya peninsula Akyab, Ramree island and to contain the Japanese in the Arkan and prevent them from crossing the Arakan Yoma and interfering with the advance of the British Fourteenth Army.

4 Squadron operated in direct support of the land forces and bombed Japanese strongpoints at Haparabyin and Ratheduang.

In August 1945, the squadron was intimated of the possibility of the Oorials moving to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.

From here the squadron undertook various flying tasks which were mainly maritime patrol over the sea to ensure there was no subversive activity or smuggling.

There were occasional exercises carried out to display the air strength to the local populations while large formations were flown over the big cities.