 They took over No.130 Squadron's de Havilland Vampire F.1s, making no haste to remove that units 'AP' code.The Vampire soldiered on for three versions until it gave way to the Gloster Meteor F.8 in 1952, and when the squadron was given a night-fighter role in February 1956 these were replaced with Meteor NF.12s and Meteor NF.14s.