 The unit was renamed from No.2 Home Ferry Unit and initially only flew the Avro Anson C.19 but in March 1955 the Vickers Varsity T.1 was added and in April of the same year Anson C.12's were also added but just over two years later the unit disbanded on 2 September 1957 at the airfield.More recently the airfield was used as a satellite airfield for the Central Flying School at RAF Little Rissington, with trainee flying instructors practising their circuits in BAC Jet Provosts.