It was opened as the Central Scotland Airport in May 1939[2] and operated as a Civilian Air Navigation School (CANS) until early September 1939.

In an attempt to reduce the number of crashes caused by over-shooting, the east–west runway was extended by about 300 yards in the summer of 1942.

This was changed in early December when it actually formed as a day fighter pilot training unit, using Spitfires and Masters.

12 Group, as half an Operational Training Unit equipped with Spitfires from the day fighter element of No.

Codes used: - Commanding Officer Squadron Leader Eric Valentine Hulbert appointed 16 April 1943.

Today the site is now part of Inchyra Park, a light industrial area, the Charlotte Dundas Shopping Centre, and a housing estate.

[19] In 2008, a memorial garden was unveiled, to commemorate those who died, planted on ground granted for the purpose and located on the perimeter of the original airfield.

[20] The memorial remembers the contribution of hundreds of Polish and other international pilots who developed their skills at the airfield as members of No.

The many British and Polish pilots dying of wounds on return are buried to the south in Grandsable Cemetery.