List of Royal Air Force schools

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This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, as well as gliding schools.

Schools[]

The Royal Air Force operated many schools to train aircrew in the many and various skills required to operate an air force.

Air Gunners School
  • (1941-45) [1]
  • (1941-45) [1]
  • (1942-45) [1]
  • (1942-44) [1]
  • (1942) [1]
  • (1941-44) [1]
  • (1941-44) [1]
  • (1941-42) [1]
  • No. 10 Air Gunners School RAF (1941-46, 1946-47) [1]
  • No. 11 Air Gunners School RAF (1943-47) [1]
  • (1943-45) [1]
  • (1943-45) [2]
Air Navigation School
  • (1947-54, 1957-70) [3]
  • (1947-70) [3]
  • (1948-51, 1952-54) [3]
  • (1952) became No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF [3]
  • No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF (1945-47, 1951-52, 1952-53) [3]
  • (1952-53) [3]
  • (1947) beame [3]
  • (1945-48) [3]
  • No. 31 Air Navigation School RAF (1940-45) [4]
  • No. 32 Air Navigation School RAF (1941-42) [4]
  • (1941-44) [4]
Air Observers School
  • No. 1 Air Observers School RAF (1938-39, 1941-42) became [5]
  • (1938-39, 1941-42) became [5]
  • (1939, 1941-42) became [5]
  • No. 4 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941-43) became [5]
  • No. 5 Air Observers School RAF (1939, 1941-44) became [5]
  • (1942-43) became [5]
  • (1939, 1943-44) became [5]
  • No. 8 Air Observers School RAF (1939) became [5]
  • (1939, 1941-42) became [5]
  • (1939-40, 1941-42) became [5]
  • (1941-43) became [6]
Air Observers Navigation School
  • (1939-41) [4]
  • (1939-40) [4]
  • (1939-40, 1941) became [4]
  • (1939-41) [4]
  • No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF (1939-40, 1940) became [4]
  • (1939-40) became [4]
  • (1939-40) [4]
  • (1939) [4]
  • (1939-40) [4]
  • (1939) [4]
  • (1939-41) [4]
Bombing and Gunnery School
  • (1939-41) became [7]
  • (1941) became [7]
  • (1939-40) [7]
  • (1939-41) became No. 4 Air Observers School RAF [7]
  • No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (1939-41) became No. 5 Air Observers School RAF [7]
  • (1939-41) became [8]
  • (1939-41) became [8]
  • (1939-41) became [8]
  • (1940-41) became [8]
  • (1941-44) [8]
Civil Air Navigation School
  • (1938-39) became [9]
  • (1938-39) became [9]
  • (1938-39) became [9]
  • (1938-39) became [9]
  • (1939) became No. 5 Air Observers Navigation School RAF [10]
  • (1939) became [10]
  • (1939) became [10]
  • (1939) became [10]
  • (1939) became [10]
  • (1939) became [10]
Fighting School
Lancaster Finishing School
  • No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF (1943-44) [12]
  • (1943-45) [12]
  • (1943-45) [12]
  • (1945 became No. 1384 (Heavy Transport) Conversion Unit RAF) [12]
Middle East Training School
Radio School
  • No. 1 Radio School RAF (1941-43, 1943-97) [14]
  • No. 2 Radio School RAF (1940-42, 1943-65) [15]
  • No. 3 Radio School RAF (1940-42, 1943-64) [15]
  • No. 4 Radio School RAF (1943-51) became [15]
  • No. 6 Radio School RAF (1943-45, 1950-52) [15]
  • No. 10 Radio School RAF (1943-45) [15]
  • No. 11 Radio School RAF (1942-44) [15]
  • No. 12 Radio School RAF (1943-46) [15]
  • No. 14 Radio School RAF (1944-46) became Empire Radio School RAF [15]
Signals School
  • No. 1 Signals School RAF (1940-43) became No. 1 Radio School RAF [16]
  • No. 2 Signals School RAF (1940-43) became No. 2 Radio School RAF [16]
  • No. 3 Signals School (India) RAF (1943-44) [16]
  • No. 3 Signals School RAF (1940-43) became No. 3 Radio School RAF [16]
  • No. 4 Signals School RAF (1941-43) became No. 4 Radio School RAF [16]
Technical Training schools
  • No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF[citation needed]
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Aerial Fighting and Gunnery schools
Navigation and Bomb Dropping schools
Recruit Training schools
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  • No. 4 School of Recruit Training RAF[citation needed]
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Various Schools

Flying training schools[]

To train pilots for the Royal Air Force, there have been many flying training schools, which are listed here.

Numbered schools[]

British Flying Training School
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Central Flying School
  • No. 2 Central Flying School RAF (1940-42) became [53]
Advanced Flying School
Basic Flying Training School
(Basic) Flying Training School
  • 2 (Basic), 3 (Basic)
(Advanced) Flying Training School
  • 4 (Advanced), 5 (Advanced), 6 (Advanced), 8 (Advanced), 9 (Advanced), 10 (Advanced), 14 (Advanced)
Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
Elementary Flying Training School
  • , 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25 (Southern Rhodesia), 26, 26 (Southern Rhodesia), 27, 27 (Southern Rhodesia), 28, 28 (Southern Rhodesia), 29, 30, 30 (Kenya), 31, 32, 33, 34 (Canada), 35 (Canada), 36 (Canada)
Flying Instructors School
  • (1942) became (1942) became No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF
  • 2 (1940, 1942) became 2 (Advanced) (1942-45)
  • (1942-45)
  • (1940-42) became (1942) became (1942-43)
  • (1941-42) became (1942) became (1942)
  • (1941-42) became (1942) became (1942) became No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
  • (1942) became (1942-46) became Central Flying School
  • (1942-46) became Central Flying School
  • (1944-47)
  • (1944-45) became
  • (1942-44) became
Flying Refresher School
Flying Training School
Refresher School
  • No. 1 Refresher School RAF (1946-47) became No. 1 (Pilots) Refresher Flying Unit RAF [72]
  • (1942) became [72]
  • (1942) [72]
Reserve Flying School
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
School of Special Flying
Service Flying Training School
  • 1 (Indian), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Polish), 17, 20, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Other Schools[]

  • (1946-47) [42]
  • (1944-45) [53]
  • (1944-45) [62]
  • Defence Helicopter Flying School (1997-) [74]
  • (1940) became No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School RAF [75]
  • Empire Flying School (1946-49) became [39]
  • (1918-19) [76]
  • Flying Instructors School (India) (1944) became [76]
  • (1918-19) [76]
  • (1919-20) became Central Flying School [76]
  • (1943-44) became [71]
  • (1949-51) became No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF [71]
  • Joint Elementary Flying Training School (1993-) [77]
  • (1918-19) [61]
  • (1918) became [61]
  • Netheravon Flying School (1919) became No. 1 Flying Training School RAF [61]
  • (1918-19) [78]
  • (1919-20) [78]
  • (1918-19) [78]
  • (1942) became [72]
  • Reserve Flying School, Brough (1924-35) became No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF [79]
  • Reserve Flying School, Coventry (1923-31) became Reserve Flying School, Hamble [79]
  • Reserve Flying School, Filton (1923-35) became No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF [79]
  • Reserve Flying School, Hamble (1931-35) became No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF [79]
  • Reserve Flying School, Renfrew (1924-28) [79]
  • Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane (1923-35) became No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF [79]
  • Royal Air Force College Service Flying Training School (1939-44) became No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF [63]
  • (1943-46) [59]
  • (1973-93) became Joint Elementary Flying Training School [65]
  • (1962-77) became [34]
  • (1918) [73]
  • (1917) became [73]
  • (1918-19) [80]
  • (1918-19) [80]

Gliding schools[]

As well as powered aircraft, the Royal Air Force has operated a large number of gliders both for military tasks and for Cadet training.

Regular Gliding Schools[]

Volunteer Gliding Schools[]

  • Air Cadet Central Gliding School

See also[]

References[]

Citations[]

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