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List of schools within the Royal Air Force
This is a list of schools within the
Royal Air Force , including the empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, and 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
Air Navigation School
Air Observers School
Air Observers Navigation School
Bombing and Gunnery School
Civil Air Navigation School
Fighting School
Lancaster Finishing School
Middle East Training School
Radio School
Signals School
Technical Training schools
Aerial Fighting and Gunnery schools
Navigation and Bomb Dropping schools
Recruit Training schools
Various schools
No. 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1917–18) became
No. 1 (Observer) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF (1943–44) became
Engine Control Instruction Flight RAF
No. 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF (1943) became
Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School RAF
No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1918–19, 1919)
No. 1 (Training) Wireless School RAF (1917–19) became
Electrical and Wireless School RAF
No. 1 Air Armament School RAF (1937–44)
No. 1 Air Electronics School RAF (1957–60) became
Air Electronics School RAF
No. 1 Air Gunnery School (India) RAF (1943–45)
No. 1 Air Signallers School RAF (1951–57) became
No. 1 Air Electronics School RAF
No. 1 Basic Air Navigation School RAF (1951–53)
No. 1 Beam Approach School RAF (1941–46)
No. 1 Blind Approach School RAF (1941) became
No. 1 Beam Approach School RAF
No. 1 Coastal Defence Training Unit RAF (1933–35) became
Coastal Defence Development Unit RAF
No. 1 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1938–40) became
No. 1 Signals School RAF
No. 1 Grading School RAF (1951–52) became
Airwork Grading Unit RAF
No. 1 Ground Defense Gunners School RAF (1939–42) became
No. 3 RAF Regiment School
No. 1 Initial Training School RAF (??-1947, 1948–53, 1953–66) became
Aircrew Officers Training School RAF
No. 1 Marine Observers School RAF (1919)
No. 1 Observers School RAF (1918) became
No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF
No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1944–46) became
Officers Advanced Training School RAF
No. 1 Parachute and Glider Training School RAF (1947–50) became
No. 1 Parachute School RAF
No. 1 Parachute School RAF (1950–53) became
No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF
No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–47, 1953–)
No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting (1917–18) became
No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
No. 1 School of Air Navigation RAF (1940) became
No. 31 Air Navigation School RAF
No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF (1939–41) became
No. 41 OTU
No. 1 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940) became
No. 61 Air School SAAF
No. 1 School of Photography RAF (1942–45) became
School of Photography
No. 1 Torpedo Refresher School RAF (1943–44)
No. 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery (1917–18) became
No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
No. 2 Air Armament School RAF (1937–38, 1938–40) became
No. 3 Ground Armament School RAF
No. 2 Air Signallers School RAF (1952–53)
No. 2 Aircrew Grading School RAF (1951–52)
No. 2 Basic Air Navigation School RAF (1951–53)
No. 2 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1938–40) became
No. 2 Signals School RAF
No. 2 Grading School RAF (1951–52) became
Airwork Grading Unit RAF
No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF (1918–19)
No. 2 Observers School RAF (1918–19) became
No. 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF
No. 2 Officers Advanced Training School RAF (??-1946)
No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting (1917–18) became
No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
No. 2 School of Air Navigation RAF (1940–42) became
Central Navigation School RAF . Advance air party proceeded from St Athan to
RAF Cranage in October 1940; courses commenced within a few days; disbanded by redesignation in 1942.
No. 2 School of Army Co-operation RAF (1939–41) became
No. 6 OTU
No. 2 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940)
No. 2 Torpedo Refresher School RAF (1943)
No. 2 Wireless School RAF (1917–19)
No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Air Navigation School RAF (1943–45)
No. 29 Elementary Navigation and Air Gunnery School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF (1941–45)
No. 3 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery (1917–18) became
No. 1 (Observer) School of Aerial Gunnery
No. 3 Electrical and Wireless School RAF (1940) became
No. 3 Signals School RAF
No. 3 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–47) passed to Indian Control
No. 3 Radio Direction Finding School RAF (1942) became
No. 11 Radio School RAF
No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance RAF (1940–46) became
School of General Reconnaissance RAF
No. 4 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery RAF (1917–18) became
No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
No. 4 Parachute Training School RAF (1944–45)
No. 93 Group Screened Pilots School RAF (1943–44)
Advanced Air Firing School (1917–18)
Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School (Middle East) RAF (1943–45)
Aerial Erector School RAF [
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Aerial Fighting and Gunnery School (1918–19)
Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis (1917–18) became
No. 5 Fighting School RAF
Air Armament School (1932–37) became
No. 1 Air Armament School RAF
Air Electronics and Air Engineers School (1967–76)
Air Electronics School (1960–67) became
Air Electronics and Air Engineers School
Air Electronics, Engineer and Loadmaster School (1983–97) became
Navigator and Airmen Aircrew School
Air Fighting School (Middle East) (1941–42)
Air Landing School (1941–44)
Air Navigation and Bombing School (1944–45) became
No. 5 Air Navigation School RAF
Air Navigation School, India (1942) became
General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School RAF
Air Navigation School (1935–36) became
School of Air Navigation
Air Observation Post School (1950–53) became
Light Aircraft School
Air Observers School, North Coates (1936–37) became
No. 2 Air Armament School RAF
Air Pilotage School (1919–23, 1931–32, 1933–35) became
Air Navigation School
Airborne Interception School (1952) became
No. 238 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
Airborne Interception/Air-to-Surface Vessel School (1940) became
No. 3 Radio School RAF
Aircrew Officers Training School (1967–67)
Airfield Controllers School (1942–48)
All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (1950–58) became
All-Weather Fighter Combat School
Armament and Gunnery School (1922–32) became
Air Armament School
Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School (1917–18) became
Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF
Artillery Observation School, Egypt (1918–19)
Artillery Observation School (1917–18) became
Artillery Observation School, Egypt
Blind Approach School (1940–??) became
No. 1 Blind Approach School RAF
Bomber Command Bombing School (1952–68) became
Strike Command Bombing School
Central Air Traffic Control School RAF (1963–)
Central Gunnery School (1939–54) became
Fighter Weapons School RAF and the
Coastal Command Gunnery School RAF
Central Landing School (1940) became
Central Landing Establishment
Central Navigation and Control School RAF (1950–63) became
Central Air Traffic Control School RAF
Central Navigation School RAF (1942–44, 1949–50) became
Central Navigation and Control School RAF
Central Squadron and Flight Commanders School (1945–46)
Coastal Command Anti U-Boat Devices School RAF (1945)
Coastal Command Flying Instructors School RAF (1945) became
Coastal Command Instructors School RAF
Coastal Command Gunnery School RAF (1955)
Coastal Command Instructors School RAF (1945–46)
Coastal Command Landplane Pilots Pool RAF (1939–40) became
No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
Coastal Command Tactical Development Unit RAF (1940) became
Coastal Command Development Unit RAF
Coastal Defence Development Unit (1935–36)
Electrical and Wireless School (1919–38) became
No. 1 Electrical and Wireless School RAF
Empire Air Armament School (1944–49)
Empire Air Navigation School (1944–49) became
Central Navigation School RAF
Empire Central Flying School (1954–46) became
Empire Flying School
Empire Flying School (1946–49)
Empire Radio School (1946–49) became
Royal Air Force Technical College , Signals Division
Empire Test Pilots' School (1944–)
Fighter Command Control and Reporting School (1945–53) became
School of Control and Reporting RAF
Fighter Leaders School (1943–44)
Fighter Weapons School (1955–1958)
Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery (1918–20) became RAF Base, Leuchars
Franco-Belgium Air Training School (1940–41)
General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School (India) (1942–44)
General Reconnaissance School (1942) became
General Reconnaissance and Air Navigation School (India)
Grand Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery (1918–??) became
Fleet School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery
Ground Defence Gunners School (1939) between
No. 1 Ground Defence Gunners School RAF
India Detachment, Chinese Air Force Cadet School (??-1946)
Light Aircraft School RAF (1953–57) Control Passed to the Army Air Corps
Machine Gun School (1915–16) became
School of Aerial Gunnery
Marine Observers School RAF, Aldeburgh (1918–19) became
No. 1 Marine Observers School RAF
Marine Observers School RAF, Leysdown (??-1918)
Navigation School (1926–36) became
School of Air Navigation RAF
Navigation Training School RAF (1939–40)
Observers School of Reconnaissance and Aerial Photography RAF (1918–19)
Officers Advanced Training School (1944) became
No. 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF
Parachute Training Centre (1940) became
Central Landing School RAF
Parachute Training School (India) (1941–42)
Rhodesian Central Flying School (1941–42) became
No. 33 Flying Instructors School RAF
Royal Air Force (Belgian) Training School (1944–46) transferred to Belgian Air Force control
Royal Air Force (Middle East) Central Gunnery School (1943–45)
Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF (1918–19) became
School of Army Co-operation RAF
Royal Air Force and Navy Co-operation School (1919) became
Royal Air Force Seaplane Establishment
Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation (1943–44) became
School of Air Support RAF
Royal Air Force School, India (1921–22)
School for Anti-Submarine Inshore Patrol Observers RAF (1918) became
Marine Observers School RAF
School for Marine Operational Pilots RAF (1918–19)
School for Wireless Operators (1916–17) became
Wireless School
School of Aerial Co-operation with Coastal Artillery RAF (1918–19) became
Coastal Battery Co-operation School RAF
School of Aerial Fighting (Canada) (1918)
School of Aerial Fighting and Bomb Dropping RAF (1918) became
No. 4 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery RAF
School of Aerial Gunnery and Bombing (1921–22) became
Armament and Gunnery School RAF
School of Aerial Gunnery, (Canada) (1917–18) became
School of Aerial Fighting (Canada)
School of Aerial Gunnery, Aboukir (1917–18) became
No. 5 Fighting School RAF
School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe (1916–17) became
No. 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery
School of Aerial Gunnery, Loch Doon (1917–18)
School of Aerial Navigation RAF (1920) became
School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation RAF
School of Air Navigation (1936–40) became
No. 1 School of Air Navigation RAF
School of Air Pilotage (1919) became
Air Pilotage School RAF
School of Air Sea Rescue (1943–45) became
Survival and Rescue Training Unit RAF
School of Air Support (1944–47) became
School of Land/Air Warfare RAF
School of Air Traffic Control (1946–50) became
Central Navigation and Control School RAF
School of Air Transport (1944–46)
School of Army Co-operation (1919–20, 1920–39) became
No. 1 School of Army Co-operation RAF
School of Artillery Co-operation (Canada) (1918)
School of Aviation Medicine RAF (1945–50) became
RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine
School of Control and Reporting RAF (1953–57) became
School of Fighter Plotting RAF
School of Fighter Control RAF (1957–61)
School of General Reconnaissance (1938–40, 1946–47)
School of Land/Air Warfare (1947–63) became
Joint Warfare Establishment
School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation (1920–28)
School of Naval Co-operation (1919–20, 1923–39)
School of Photography, Maps and Reconnaissance (1917–19) became
Photographic Park, Farnborough RAF
School of Photography RAF (1919–41, 1945–72)
Specialised Low Attack Instructors School (India) RAF (1943–45) became
Ground Attack Training School RAF
Specialised Low Attack Instructors School RAF (1942–44) became
Fighter Leaders School RAF
Staff Navigators School (Middle East) RAF (1944–45)
Strike Command Bombing School RAF (1968–74)
Temporary Air Observer's School RAF (1938)
Test Pilots School RAF (1944) became
Empire Test Pilots' School
The Officers Advanced Training School RAF (1946–62) became
Junior Command and Staff School
Torpedo Aeroplane School RAF (1918) became
No. 201 Training Depot Station RAF
Torpedo Bombing School (1942) became
No. 5 Middle East Training School RAF
Torpedo Training School (1919–20)
Wireless and Observers School, Brooklands (1916–17) became
Artillery and Infantry Co-operation School
Wireless and Observers School, Eqypt (1919)
Wireless School, Brooklands (1916) became
Wireless and Observers School, Brooklands
Wireless School, Egypt (1918–19) became
Wireless and Observers School, Eqypt
Wireless Telephony School (1918)
Flying training schools
To train pilots for the Royal Air Force, there have been many flying training schools, which are listed here.
Numbered schools
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Central Flying School
Advanced Flying School
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(Basic) Flying Training School
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Other schools
Advanced Flying School (India) (1946–47)
Central Flying School (India) (1944–45)
Central Flying School (Southern Rhodesia) (1944–45)
Defence Helicopter Flying School (1997–)
Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, Kenya (1940) became
No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School RAF
Empire Flying School (1946–49) became
Royal Air Force Flying College
Flying Instructors School, El Khanka (1918–19)
Flying Instructors School (India) (1944) became
Central Flying School (India) RAF
Flying Instructors School, The Curragh (1918–19)
Flying Instructors School, Upavon (1919–20) became
Central Flying School
Flying Instructors Training School (1943–44) became
No. 11 Flying Instructors School RAF
Flying Refresher School (1949–51) became
No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF
Joint Elementary Flying Training School (1993–)
Midland Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
Midland Area School of Special Flying (1918) became
Midland Area Flying Instructors School
Netheravon Flying School (1919) became
No. 1 Flying Training School RAF
Northeastern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
Northern Area Flying Instructors School (1919–20)
Northwestern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
Refresher Flying Training School (1942) became
No. 1 Refresher Flying Training School RAF
Reserve Flying School, Brough (1924–35) became
No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
Reserve Flying School, Coventry (1923–31) became
Reserve Flying School, Hamble
Reserve Flying School, Filton (1923–35) became
No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
Reserve Flying School, Hamble (1931–35) became
No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
Reserve Flying School, Renfrew (1924–28)
Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane (1923–35) became
No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF
Royal Air Force College Service Flying Training School (1939–44) became
No. 17 Service Flying Training School RAF
Royal Air Force Liaison Office, Chinese Elementary Flying Training School (1943–46)
Royal Navy Elementary Flying Training School (1973–93) became
Joint Elementary Flying Training School
School of Refresher Flying (1962–77) became
Refresher Flying Squadron RAF
School of Special Flying (Canada) (1918)
School of Special Flying, Gosport (1917) became
No. 1 School of Special Flying
Southeastern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School (1918–19)
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
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See also
Royal Air Force
Fleet Air Arm
Others
References
Citations
Bibliography
Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988 . Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988.
ISBN
0-85130-164-9 .
Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 . Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001).
ISBN
1-85310-053-6 .
Lake, Alan (1999). Flying Units of the RAF . Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing.
ISBN
1-84037-086-6 .
Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J; Halley, J (1997). Royal Air Force flying training and support units . UK: Air-Britain (Historians).
ISBN
0-85130-252-1 .
formations and units
branches and components reserve forces equipment personnel appointments symbols and uniform associated civil organisations
Royal Air Force Training Establishments
Flying schools and units
Advanced Flying Schools Basic Flying Training Schools (Basic) Flying Training Schools (Advanced) Flying Training Schools British Flying Training Schools Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools Elementary Flying Training Schools Gliding schools Instructor schools Flying Refresher Schools Flying Training Schools Reserve Flying Schools Service Flying Schools Special Flying Schools
Operational and Conversion Units Officer training establishments
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