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A number of flying and aircrew training schools were set up across the British Empire where pilots could be trained without risk of enemy interference. The British Flying Training Schools (BFTS) were set up in the United States of America from 1941 as a result of the Lend Lease Bill. [1]
No. 4 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–41) [5] No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40, 1940) became No. 45 Air School, SAAF [5] No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40) became No. 6 Air Observers School RAF [5] No. 7 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939–40) [5] No. 8 Air Observers Navigation School ...
The Arnold Scheme was established to train British RAF pilots in the United States of America during World War II.Its name derived from US General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Forces, the instigator of the scheme, which ran from June 1941 to March 1943.
Because of lack of accommodation at Halton, the school was originally located at RAF Cranwell in 1920. In 1922 the school moved permanently to RAF Halton and was fully operational by 1926. The Aircraft Apprentice School at RAF Cranwell (Nos. 1 and 6 Radio Schools) continued to train apprentices exclusively for the ground and air radio trades.
The Royal Air Force Educational Service was a civilian-manned service within the British Royal Air Force which provided instruction for aircraft apprentices and airmen, mainly in engineering, but also in other subjects.
The school was disbanded on 24 November 1994, when it merged into No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. [3] The school was reformed in July 2023, by renaming the Aerosystems Engineer and Management Training School at RAF Cosford during the same parade that saw the 85th anniversary of the RAF Cosford base. [16] The Line Training ...
0–9. No. 1 Flying Training School RAF; No. 1 Service Flying Training School RAF; No. 2 Flying Training School RAF; No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAF
Air Experience Flights provide basic flying experience, and aerobatics to eligible members of Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC), otherwise known as the Air Training Corps (ATC), along with the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF-RAF), and other air-minded youth groups such as Air Scouts and the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets (GVC-AC).