List of Reserve flying schools
(Redirected from No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF)
This is a List of Reserve flying schools of the Royal Air Force
Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools
editUnit | Formed on | Formed at | Disbanded on | Disbanded at | Operated by | Fate |
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No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 4 August 1935 | Hatfield | 3 September 1939 | Hatfield | de Havilland Aircraft Co | No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1935 | Filton | 3 September 1939 | Filton | Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd | No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1935 | Hamble | 3 September 1939 | Hamble | Air Service Training Ltd | No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1935 | Brough | 3 September 1939 | Brough | North Sea Aerial & General Transport Co Ltd | No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 5 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1935 | Hanworth | 3 September 1939 | Hanworth | Flying Training Ltd then Blackburn Aircraft Ltd |
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 6 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 10 June 1935 | Sywell | 3 September 1939 | Sywell | Brooklands Aviation Ltd | No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 25 November 1935 | Desford | 3 September 1939 | Unknown | Reid & Sigrist Ltd | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 8 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 25 November 1935 | Woodley | 3 September 1939 | Woodley | Phillips & Powis Ltd | No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 9 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 6 January 1936 | Ansty | 3 September 1939 | Ansty | Air Service Training Ltd | No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 10 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 January 1936 | Filton | 3 September 1939 | Filton | Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd | No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 11 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 27 January 1936 | Scone | 3 September 1939 | Scone | Airwork Ltd | No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 17 February 1936 | Prestwick | 3 September 1939 | Prestwick | Scottish Aviation Ltd | No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 13 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 18 November 1935 | White Waltham | 3 September 1939 | White Waltham | de Havilland Co Ltd | No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 July 1937 | Castle Bromwich | 3 September 1939 | Castle Bromwich | Airwork Ltd | No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 15 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 July 1937 | Redhill | 3 September 1939 | Redhill | British Air Transport Ltd | No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 16 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 3 July 1937 | Shoreham | 3 September 1939 | Shoreham | Martin School of Air Navigation then Brooklands Aviation Ltd |
Disbanded[1] |
No. 17 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 October 1937 | Barton | 2 September 1939 | Barton | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[1] |
No. 18 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 October 1937 | Fairoaks | 3 September 1939 | Fairoaks | Universal Flying Services Ltd | No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 19 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 October 1937 | Gatwick | 3 September 1939 | Gatwick | Airports Ltd | No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 October 1937 | Gravesend | 3 September 1939 | Gravesend | Airports Ltd | No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 21 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 January 1938 | Stapleford Abbotts | 3 September 1939 | Stapleford Abbotts | Reid & Sigrist Ltd | Disbanded[1] |
No. 22 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 February 1938 | Cambridge | 3 September 1939 | Cambridge | Marshalls Ltd | No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 April 1938 | Rochester | 3 September 1939 | Sydenham | Short Bros Ltd | No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 January 1939 | Sydenham | 3 September 1939 | Sydenham | Short Bros (Rochester & Bedford) Ltd | No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School[1] |
No. 25 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 24 June 1938 | Waltham | 3 September 1939 | Waltham | Herts & Essex Aero Club Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 26 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 24 June 1938 | Kidlington | 2 September 1939 | Kidlington | Marshalls Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 27 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 24 June 1938 | Tollerton | 3 September 1939 | Tollerton | Nottingham Airport Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 August 1938 | Meir | 3 September 1939 | Meir | Reid & Sigrist Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 29 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 August 1938 | Luton | 3 September 1939 | Luton | Birkett Air Services Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 30 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 29 September 1938 | Burnaston | 3 September 1939 | Burnaston | Air Schools Ltd | No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School[2] |
No. 31 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 29 September 1938 | Cheltenham | 3 September 1939 | Cheltenham | Surrey Flying Services Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 32 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 15 April 1939 | Greatham | 3 September 1939 | Greatham | Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 33 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 3 December 1938 | Whitchurch | 2 September 1939 | Whitchurch | Chamier, Gilbert Lodge & Co Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 34 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 January 1939 | Rochford | 3 September 1939 | Rochford | Air Hire Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 35 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 May 1939 | Grangemouth | 3 September 1939 | Grangemouth | Scottish Aviation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 37 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 3 July 1939 | Exeter | 3 September 1939 | Exeter | Straight Corporation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 38 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 July 1939 | Kingstown | 3 September 1939 | Kingstown | Border Flying Club | Disbanded[2] |
No. 39 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 3 July 1939 | Weston-super-Mare | 3 September 1939 | Weston-super-Mare | Straight Corporation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 40 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 15 August 1939 | Mousehold | 2 September 1939 | Mousehold | Air Contractors Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 42 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 August 1939 | Blackpool | 2 September 1939 | Blackpool | Reid & Sigrist Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 43 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 June 1939 | Woolsington | 2 September 1939 | Woolsington | Newcastle Flying Club | Disbanded[2] |
No. 44 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 May 1939 | Elmdon | 2 September 1939 | Elmdon | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 45 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 3 July 1939 | Ipswich | 2 September 1939 | Ipswich | Straight Corporation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 46 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 1 August 1939 | Roborough | 2 September 1939 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 47 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 15 July 1939 | Doncaster | 2 September 1939 | Doncaster | Nottingham Airport Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 50 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | June 1939 | Ringway | 2 September 1939 | Ringway | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
No. 56 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | 24 August 1939 | Kenley | 2 September 1939 | Kenley | British Air Transport Ltd | Disbanded[2] |
Elementary Flying Training Schools
editUnit | Formed on | Formed at | Disbanded on | Disbanded at | Fate |
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No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Hatfield | 5 May 1947 | Panshanger | No. 1 Reserve Flying School RAF[3] |
No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 11 July 2003 | Barkston Heath | [3] | ||
No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Filton | 1 November 1941 | Filton | No. 6 (Supplementary) Flying Instructors School RAF[3] |
No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 22 July 1942 | Worcester | 30 September 1947 | Yatesbury | Disbanded[3] |
No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Hamble | 31 March 1948 | Shellingford | Disbanded[3] |
No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Brough | 10 March 1947 | Brough | No. 4 Reserve Flying School RAF[3] |
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Hanworth | 23 December 1941 | Meir | Disbanded[3] |
No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Sywell | 12 May 1947 | Sywell | No. 6 Reserve Flying School RAF[3] |
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Desford | 9 May 1947 | Desford | No. 7 Reserve Flying School RAF[3] |
No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Woodley | 15 October 1942 | Woodley | Disbanded[3] |
No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 7 May 1946 | Woodley | 3 March 1947 | Woodley | No. 8 Reserve Flying School RAF[3] |
No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Ansty | 31 March 1944 | Ansty | Disbanded[4] |
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Filton | 21 July 1942 | Stoke Orchard | Disbanded[4] |
No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Scone | 18 March 1947 | Scone | No. 11 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Prestwick | 22 March 1941 | Prestwick | Disbanded[4] |
No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | White Waltham | 1 June 1941 | Peterborough | Disbanded[4] |
No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Castle Bromwich | 1 February 1946 | Elmdon | Disbanded[4] |
No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Redhill | 31 December 1947 | Kingstown | Disbanded[4] |
No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 10 April 1940 | Burnaston | 27 March 1947 | Burnaston | No. 16 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 18 January 1941 | North Luffenham | 1 June 1942 | Peterborough | Disbanded[4] |
No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Fairoaks | 14 May 1947 | Fairoaks | No. 18 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 21 January 1941 | Sealand | 31 December 1942 | Sealand | Disbanded[4] |
No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 1 March 1941 | Yeadon | 9 January 1942 | Yeadon | Disbanded[4] |
No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 1 June 1941 | Booker | 28 February 1950 | Booker | Disbanded[4] |
No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Cambridge | 1 May 1947 | Cambridge | No. 22 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Sydenham | 7 May 1947 | Rochester | No. 24 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 1 June 1941 | Peterborough | 1 November 1945 | Hucknall | Disbanded into No. 6 (Polish) Flying Training School [4] |
No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 14 August 1941 | Theale | 9 July 1945 | Theale | Disbanded[4] |
No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 15 September 1941 | Wolverhampton | 26 June 1947 | Wolverhampton | No. 25 Reserve Flying School RAF[4] |
No. 29 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 13 September 1941 | Clyffe Pypard | 5 November 1947 | Clyffe Pypard | Disbanded into No. 21 EFTS[4] |
No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School RAF | 3 September 1939 | Burnaston | 10 April 1940 | Burnaston | Became No. 16 EFTS[4] |
Elementary Flying Training Squadron RAF | 1 June 1987 | Swinderby | 1 April 1993 | Swinderby | Disbanded[1] |
- Overseas
Unit | Formed on | Formed at | Disbanded on | Disbanded at | Fate |
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Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) RAF | 21 August 1940 | Eastleigh | 11 November 1940 | Eastleigh | No. 30 EFTS (Kenya) RAF[1] |
No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School (India) RAF | 1940 | Begumpet | 10 July 1945 | Begumpet | Disbanded[1] |
No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (India) RAF | 1 May 1942 | Jodhpur | 1 June 1947 | Jodhpur | EFTS (RIAF)[1] |
No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF | 25 May 1940 | Belvedere | 3 November 1944 | Belvedere | Disbanded[1] |
No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF | 8 August 1940 | Guinea Fowl | 14 August 1945 | Guinea Fowl | Disbanded[1] |
No. 27 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF | 2 February 1941 | Induna | 21 September 1945 | Induna | Disbanded[1] |
No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) RAF | 1 April 1941 | Mount Hampden | 30 October 1945 | Mount Hampden | Disbanded[1] |
No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) RAF | 11 November 1940 | Eastleigh | 13 March 1941 | Eastleigh | Disbanded[1] |
No. 31 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 10 May 1941 | Calgary | 25 September 1944 | De Winton | Disbanded[4] |
No. 32 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 2 June 1941 | Swift Current | 8 September 1944 | Bowden | Disbanded[4] |
No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 7 December 1941 | Caron | 14 January 1944 | Caron | No. 18 EFTS RCAF[4] |
No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 2 February 1942 | Assiniboia | 30 January 1944 | Assiniboia | No. 25 EFTS RCAF[4] |
No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 24 February 1942 | Nespawa | 30 January 1944 | Nespawa | No. 26 EFTS RCAF[1] |
No. 36 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) RAF | 17 March 1942 | Pearce | 14 August 1942 | Pearce | Disbanded[1] |
Reserve Flying Schools
editUnit | Formed on | Formed at | Disbanded on | Disbanded at | Operated by | Fate |
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Reserve Flying School, Brough | 21 May 1924 | Brough | 1935 | Brough | North Sea Aerial & General Transport Co Ltd | No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School[1] |
Reserve Flying School, Coventry | 31 July 1923 | Coventry | 1 April 1931 | Hamble | Disbanded[1] | |
Reserve Flying School, Filton | 28 May 1923 | Filton | 1935 | Filton | Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd | No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School[1] |
Reserve Flying School, Hamble | 1 April 1931 | Hamble | 1935 | Hamble | Air Service Training Ltd | No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School[1] |
Reserve Flying School, Renfrew | 24 July 1924 | Renfrew | 3 November 1928 | Renfrew | Disbanded[1] | |
Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane | 1 May 1923 | Stag Lane | 4 August 1935 | Hatfield | de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd | No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School[1] |
No. 1 Reserve Flying School | 5 May 1947 | Panshanger | 31 March 1953 | Panshanger | de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 2 Reserve Flying School | 1 October 1948 | Barton | 31 March 1953 | Barton | Reid & Sigrist Ltd then Short Bros & Harland Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 3 Reserve Flying School | 15 August 1948 | Cardiff | 31 July 1953 | Cardiff | British Aviation Services then Cambrian Air Services Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 4 Reserve Flying School | 10 March 1947 | Brough | 31 March 1948 | Brough | Blackburn Aircraft Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 5 Reserve Flying School | 1 November 1947 | Castle Bromwich | 20 June 1954 | Castle Bromwich | Birketts Air Services Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 6 Reserve Flying School | 12 May 1947 | Sywell | 31 March 1953 | Sywell | Brooklands Aviation Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 7 Reserve Flying School | 9 May 1947 | Desford | 31 July 1953 | Desford | Reid & Sigrist Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 8 Reserve Flying School | 3 March 1947 | Woodley | 31 March 1953 | Woodley | Handley Page (Reading) Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 9 Reserve Flying School | 1 November 1947 | Doncaster | 20 June 1954 | Doncaster | C.L.Air Surveys Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 10 Reserve Flying School | 16 May 1949 | Exeter | 20 June 1954 | Exeter | Exeter Airport Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 11 Reserve Flying School | 18 March 1947 | Scone | 20 June 1954 | Perth | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 12 Reserve Flying School | 1 April 1948 | Filton | 31 March 1953 | Filton | Bristol Aeroplane Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 13 Reserve Flying School | 1 April 1948 | Grangemouth | 19 April 1949 | Grangemouth | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 14 Reserve Flying School | 15 August 1947 | Hamble | 15 August 1953 | Hamble | Air Service Training Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 15 Reserve Flying School | 1 April 1948 | Redhill | 20 June 1954 | Redhill | British Air Transport Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 16 Reserve Flying School | 27 March 1947 | Burnaston | 30 June 1953 | Burnaston | Air Schools Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 17 Reserve Flying School | 1 July 1948 | Hornchurch | 31 July 1953 | Hornchurch | Short Bros & Harland Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 18 Reserve Flying School | 14 May 1947 | Fairoaks | 31 July 1953 | Fairoaks | Universal Flying Services Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 19 Reserve Flying School | 10 July 1950 | Hooton Park | 20 June 1954 | Woodvale | Short Bros & Harland Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 22 Reserve Flying School | 1 May 1947 | Cambridge | 20 June 1954 | Cambridge | Marshalls Flying School Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 23 Reserve Flying School | 1 February 1949 | Usworth | 31 July 1953 | Usworth | Airwork Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 24 Reserve Flying School | 7 May 1947 | Rochester | 31 March 1953 | Rochester | Short Bros & Harland Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
No. 25 Reserve Flying School | 26 June 1947 | Wolverhampton | 31 March 1953 | Wolverhampton | Air Schools Ltd | Disbanded[5] |
Reserve Training Squadron | 15 October 1952 | Scampton | 1 May 1953 | Scampton | Formed from 230 OCU | Disbanded[5] |
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 105.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 106.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 102.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 103.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 224.
Bibliography
edit- Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.