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On 26 August 1938, the unit returned to its birthplace at RAF Netheravon, and on 1 September 1939 it was renamed No. 1 Service Flying Training School. [3] It disbanded on 7 March 1942, [3] when Netheravon was required for Army Cooperation Command use. [3]
On 31 December 1958, the Flying Training Squadron of RAAF College was disbanded, and the flight instruction component of the four-year cadet course became the responsibility of No. 1 BFTS (for basic training) and No. 1 AFTS (for advanced training).
After graduating nearly 3,000 pilots, No. 1 SFTS was disbanded in late 1944, when there was no further requirement to train Australian aircrew for service in Europe. No. 1 Flying Training School is a school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
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No.1 Flying Training School (1 FTS) is the oldest flying training school in the world. Since forming in 1919, the school has been disbanded and reformed 6 times in its history.
On 31 October 1951 the school had completely moved to RAF Moreton-in-Marsh and had been given Percival Prentice T.1s, but disbanded once again on 20 April 1955. [3] Fifth formation.
Between 1 Oct 39 and 21 oct 1940, 27 Sqn RAF had acted as a Flying school at Risalpur. On 1 Nov 1940, No. 1 (Indian) Flying Training School was formed at Ambala to take up the role. It was redesignated as No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) on 21 July 1941.
