Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakakapihia nga Mohawks e Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIcs me Mk.IIds i te Pipiri 1943 i te wa e noho ana te roopu i RAF Kharagpur. I te marama o Hepetema 1944, i hurihia te No. 5 Squadron ki te Republic Thunderbolt Mk.I me Mk.II. I te marama o Mei 1945, No. I tangohia te V Squadron mai i te raina o mua hei whakarite mo te whakaoranga o Malaya mai i te mahi a te Hapanihi, heoi kaore i mahia na te mea o te
Ka tukua te Emepaea o Hapanihi i te 15 o Akuhata 1945.