No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School RAF

No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School (No. 1 (I) SFTS) was a training school that was established to train Indian pilots during the Second World War. It became part of the Indian Air Force after the war.

No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School
Ensign of the Royal Air Force
Active	1940-1946
Country	India
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Training
Garrison/HQ	RAF Ambala

Unit history

The unit was previously No. 1 (Indian) Flying Training School which had formed at RAF Ambala on 1 November 1940 however on 21 July 1941 it was then renamed to No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School.

Aircraft operated

• Hawker Hart
• Hawker Audax
• North American Harvard IIB
• Hawker Hurricane IIB
• Hurricane IIC
• Hurricane IID
• Hurricane IV
• Supermarine Spitfire Vc
• Spitfire VIII
• Spitfire XIV
• Airspeed Oxford
• Avro Anson

Disbandment

The unit disbanded on 1 April 1946 at RAF Ambala.

References

Bibliography

• Lake, A Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803171431/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803012709/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS02.html