List_of_British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan_facilities_in_Southern_Rhodesia

List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Southern Rhodesia

List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Southern Rhodesia

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This article contains a list of the Southern Rhodesian facilities forming part of Joint Air Training Scheme which was a major programme for training South African Air Force, Royal Air Force and Allied air crews during World War II.[1] However, RAF Training units would still be based in this country until a decade after the war had finished

A war-time Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a recruit 50 hours of basic aviation instruction on a simple trainer like the Tiger Moth. Pilots who showed promise went on to training at a Service Flying Training School (SFTS). The Service Flying Training School provided advanced training for pilots, including fighter and multi-engined aircraft. Other trainees went on to different specialties, such as wireless, navigation or bombing and air gunnery.[1]

During WW II

These are the units that formed the Rhodesia Air Training Group.[2]

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Training aircraft

Glossary

  • ANS Air Navigation School
  • ARU Aircraft Repair Unit
  • BGTS Bombing and Gunnery Training School
  • CFS Central Flying School
  • EFTS Elementary Flying Training School
  • FIS Flying Instructors School
  • SFTS Service Flying Training School
  • SRAF Southern Rhodesia Air Force

After World War II


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For clarification; No.4 FTS & No.5 FTS initially functioned as complete Flying Training Schools with all three/four types at two different bases. After a short period, No.5 FTS was disbanded / redesignated as No.3 ANS specialising in Navigation training, sending all Tiger Moths & Harvards across to join No.4 FTS, and in return receiving No.4 FTS Ansons to add to its own. Three years later in 1951 the situation was reversed with the dissolution of No.3 ANS.

Training aircraft

Glossary

  • ANS Air Navigation School
  • FTS Flying Training School
  • MU Maintenance Unit
  • RATG Rhodesian Air Training Group

See also


References

  1. Becker, Dave (1989). Yellow Wings: The Story Of The Joint Air Training Scheme In World War 2. Pretoria: The SAAF Museum. p. 102.
  2. Bishop, C. Nepean (20 November 1953). "The Fledglings of Rhodesia: An Instructor's Recollections of a Unit in the Empire Air Training Scheme". Flight. LXIV (2339): 668–670. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. "Rhodesia & The RAF". Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. "The Story of Royal Air Force Station, Moffat". Our Rhodesian Heritage. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

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