RAF South Cerney
3 Flying Training School was the initial tenant and was equipped with a variety of biplane aircraft which were replaced by Airspeed Oxfords in mid-1938.23 Group RAF, responsible for advanced flying training, was transferred to South Cerney with its communications flight.By the late summer of 1940, the Oxfords had replaced all of the Harts and the school was dedicated to multi-engine training.Soon afterwards, the syllabus of 3 SFTS changed to intermediate flying training and it continued in this role until 14 March 1942 when it was converted into No.[4] Parts of "Piece of Cake", a 1988 British six-part television serial depicting the fictional life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron during the first year of the Second World War, were filmed here.