Under the command of No.1 Group RAF, Swinderby came under the auspices of RAF Bomber Command and housed several RAF Bomber Squadrons, among others No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron and No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron, initially flying the Fairey Battle, then Vickers Wellington.
In the 1950s it was the home of No. 8 FTS, converting trainee pilots to de Havilland Vampires.