499 was stationed at the RAF College Manby, Lincolnshire from 1951-1955 undertaking, among other tasks, long distance flights some of which extended beyond 13 hours  

Scrapped at RAF Honington, Suffolk as late as 1985, this being the last Mk. C2 to be constructed on 11th October 1951 and was still active with the Royal Radar Establishment at Pershore, Worcestershire in 1972 and was finally retired on 30th September 1974 and used as a firedump Hastings at RAF Honington, Suffolk.