Complex sentence: During the Second World War the squadron operated as a night fighter unit, at first with the Boulton Paul Defiant and later the Bristol Beaufighter, it served in the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1942 when it moved to operate in North Africa and then Italy.
Split into simpler sentences: During the Second World War the squadron operated as a night fighter unit, at first with the Boulton Paul Defiant and later the Bristol Beaufighter. It served in the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1942 when it moved to operate in North Africa and then Italy.