This is a list of
Royal Air Force glider units.
Gliding Schools
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1-100
100-200
200-700
Volunteer Gliding Schools
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Other Glider units
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* Home Command Gliding Instructors School became Home Command Gliding Centre became 1 Home Command Gliding Centre became 1 Gliding Centre became Central Gliding School
* 2 Home Command Gliding Centre became 2 Gliding Centre became Central Gliding School
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Glider Exercise Unit RAF ->
Glider Exercise Squadron RAF ->
No. 296 Squadron RAF
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Central Gliding School
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Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
History
With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
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No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
History
With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
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No. 22 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
History
With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
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No. 23 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
History
With the introduction of new heavy bombers, the four-engined Short Stirling, Avro Lancaster, and Handley Page Halifax, the Roya ...
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No. 101 (Glider) Operational Training Unit RAF
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No. 102 (Glider) Operational Training Unit RAF
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No. 668 Squadron RAF
No. 668 Squadron RAF was a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.
History
No. 668 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Calcutta, (then) British India as a glider squadron, with the intention of being ...
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No. 669 Squadron RAF
No. 669 Squadron RAF was a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.
History
No. 669 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Bikram, Patna, India as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for ...
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No. 670 Squadron RAF
No. 670 Squadron RAF was a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.
History
No. 670 Squadron was formed at Fatehjang, Punjab, (then) British India on 14 December 1944 as a glider squadron, with the intention o ...
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No. 671 Squadron RAF
No. 671 Squadron RAF was a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.
History
671 Squadron was formed at Bikram, Patna in India as a glider squadron on 1 January 1945 by renumbering No. 669 Squadron RAF, with the ...
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No. 672 Squadron RAF
No. 672 Squadron RAF was a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.
History
No. 672 Squadron was formed at Bikram, Patna in India on 16 November 1944 as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for ai ...
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No. 673 Squadron RAF
No. 673 (Apache Training) Squadron, Army Air Corps was a Military glider, glider squadron of the Royal Air Force, active during the Second World War.
History
No. 673 Squadron was formed at Bikram, Patna in (then) British India on 1 January 1945 ...
See also
Royal Air Force
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights
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List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force
*List of Royal Air Force Glider units
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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units
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List of Royal Air Force schools
This is a list of schools within the Royal Air Force, including the empire flying training scheme, civilian and service elementary training schemes, and gliding schools.
Schools
The Royal Air Force operated many schools to train aircrew in the m ...
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List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
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List of RAF squadron codes
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List of RAF Regiment units
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List of Battle of Britain squadrons
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List of wings of the Royal Air Force
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Royal Air Force roundels
Army Air Corps
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List of Army Air Corps aircraft units
Fleet Air Arm
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List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
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List of Fleet Air Arm groups
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List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy
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List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy
Others
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List of Air Training Corps squadrons
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University Air Squadron
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Air Experience Flight
An Air Experience Flight (AEF) is a training unit of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) whose main purpose is to give introductory flying experience to cadets from the Air Training Corps and the Combined Cadet Force. As of 20 ...
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Volunteer Gliding Squadron
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United Kingdom military aircraft serial numbers
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United Kingdom aircraft test serials
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British military aircraft designation systems
References
Citations
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