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Hainault Farm as a night fighter unit on 12 June 1918 by taking
a flight from Nos 44, 78 and 112 Squadrons. The first flight
moved to France on 16 June and ten days later the rest of the
squadron was also in France. It operated Camels in defence of
British bases in the area and by the end of the war had
destroyed 26 enemy aircraft. It also introduced the principle of
night intrusion, when it made attacks against German bombers
returning to their airfields. Having returned to Britain in
February 1919, it disbanded at Drem on 10 September. The
squadron reformed on 4 August 1936 at North Weald, equipped with
Gauntlets from a detachment of No 56 Squadron. Hurricanes began
to arrive in December 1938 and con