No. 354 squadron was first formed at
Drigh Road,
Karachi on 10 May 1943 as part of
Coastal Command, and was posted to RAF Station
Cuttack on 17 August 1943, where it received
Liberator Mk.V bombers. Detachments of the squadron were located at
Sigiriya and
St Thomas Mount. The squadron redeployed to
Minneriya in Ceylon on 12 October 1944, with detachments at
Kankesanturai and Cuttack, and returned to Cuttack whilst maintaining a detachment at Kankesanterai in January 1945, where they received the Liberator Mk.VI. The squadron was disbanded on 18 May 1945 at RAF Cuttack. ==Aircraft operated==