Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - 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, engari kaore i mahia na te mea i tuku te Emepaea Hapanihi
i te 15 o Akuhata 1945.