It was a tactical Dakota squadron and started training glider towing and parachute dropping.

On D-day itself, 512 Squadron can claim that they were the first planes over Normandy, as 3 Dakotas piloted by Fl Lt Hyde, W.O.

James Proctor and a C Flight Flying Officer dropped a specialist team at 00.02 on 6 June to try and disrupt the Merville Gun Battery before the main assault.

The airfield continued to be a terminus for long-range transport operations to Europe, the Middle East and India.

The following units were here at some point:[1] The site has returned to farmland and has a large solar farm covering it.