RAF Transport Command Use
While this work was in progress. the airfield continued to be used by anti-aircraft co-operation units and the occasional Mustang squadron but in September, when the runways were ready, RAF Transport Command stepped in and formed No. 525 Squadron to operate Vickers Warwicks. No. 525 stayed for most of the winter, moving to RAF Lyneham in February 1944, where it eventually switched over to the C-47 Skytrain/DC-3 Dakota.
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