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unusual facts about Flying Training School



Maurice Brown

Following the Battle of Britain, Brown was a flying instructor at No. 61 OTU Operational Training Unit and Cranwell Flying Training School.


see also

3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School

3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS) is located at the Southport Aerospace Centre just south of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

Avro 652

E&RFTS (Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School) as navigational trainers, at Hamble airfield.

John Beech Austin

Austin was made a sergeant at Cambridge and was then posted to RAF Filton just north of Bristol, along with the other soldiers whose surnames began with A, B, or C to Training Wing Number 2 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School) – a grass aerodrome that was – like much of the airforce at that time – short of aircraft.

Pete Tunstall

He also served at the Advanced Flying Training School (No. 5 FTS) at Oakington in Cambridgeshire as a chief flying instructor.

Pilot Training School

By the outbreak of World War II the more modest of these types had been formed into 1 Flying Training School (FTS) at Wigram, while advanced training on types such as the Oxford had been separated.

RAF Babdown Farm

Babdown was built in 1940 as a relief landing ground (RLG) with two grass runways and a flare path for No. 9 Service Flying Training School initially flying Hawker Audaxes before changing to Miles Masters and Hawker Hurricanes.

RCAF Station Hamilton

Schools located here were No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School (No. 10 EFTS), which flew De Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch aircraft, and No. 33 Air Navigation School (No. 33 ANS), which flew the Avro Anson.