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Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF (1918–19) became School of Army Co-operation RAF [65] Royal Air Force and Navy Co-operation School (1919) became Royal Air Force Seaplane Establishment [66] Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation (1943–44) became School of Air Support RAF [19] Royal Air Force School, India (1921–22) [67]
Location Notes 1 Regiment: RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) [2] 2 (Training) Regiment: Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop Flying Station [3] 3 Regiment: Wattisham Flying Station [4] 4 Regiment: Wattisham Flying Station [5] 5 Regiment: 1979 [6] Middle Wallop Flying Station [7] 6 Regiment (Reserve) RHQ at Middle Wallop Flying Station [8] 7 (Training ...
On 23 December 1919, 1 FTS was officially formed by renaming the Netheravon Flying School, [3] which had been formed on 29 July 1919 [4] at Netheravon in Wiltshire, England, out of the 2nd incarnation of No. 8 Training Squadron, [5] which in its turn had been formed on 15 May 1919 out of No. 8 Training Depot Station, all at Netheravon.
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases , support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
The base was opened as RAF Middle Wallop, a training school for new pilots in 1940. [2] It was originally intended for bomber use; however, with the Battle of Britain being fought, No. 609 Squadron RAF, flying the Supermarine Spitfire Ia, and No. 238 Squadron RAF flying the Hawker Hurricane I were moved to Middle Wallop.
No. 1 Officer Cadet Training Unit was based at RAF Millom and later at RAF Jurby and RAF Feltwell; No. 2 Officer Cadet Training Unit was at RAF Kirton in Lindsey; The RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit, at RAF Henlow from 1965 to 1980, then merged with the Royal Air Force College Cranwell; Another Officer Cadet Training Unit was at RAF Spitalgate ...
The depot was responsible for training recruits undergoing their 19-week basic training before joining a regular battalion. In 1993, the barracks were re-designated the home of the Army Training Regiment, Bassingbourn, and remained as such for nearly 20 years. [2] Bassingbourn Barracks closed as an army training location in August 2012. [3]
The school was formed on 26 April 1920 at RAF Shotwick and redesignated No. 5 Service Flying Training School from 3 September 1939, part of No. 23 Group.It used a variety of aircraft including de Havilland DH.9s, Avro 504s, Sopwith Snipes, Westland Wapitis, Avro Tutors, Gloster Gauntlets, Westland Wallaces, Hawker Audaxs, Hawker Hinds, Fairey Battles, Hawker Hurricanes, North American Harvards ...