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Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

glider units.

Gliding Schools

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Volunteer Gliding Schools

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Other Glider units

+data * 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 *

Glider Exercise Unit RAF No. 296 Squadron RAF was an transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. With sister squadrons 295 and 297 it formed 38 Wing, which later expanded to create No. 38 Group RAF. History With the Airborne Forces No. 29 ...

Glider Exercise Squadron RAF No. 296 Squadron RAF was an transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. With sister squadrons 295 and 297 it formed 38 Wing, which later expanded to create No. 38 Group RAF. History With the Airborne Forces No. 29 ...

-> No. 296 Squadron RAF *

Central Gliding School The Central Gliding School (CGS) is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of gliding instructors for the instruction of Royal Air Force and Air Cadet personnel. It is administered under No. 2 Flying Training School and is ...

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 R ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* No. 101 (Glider) Operational Training Unit RAF * No. 102 (Glider) Operational Training Unit RAF * No. 668 Squadron RAF * No. 669 Squadron RAF *

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 ...

* No. 671 Squadron RAF * No. 672 Squadron RAF * No. 673 Squadron RAF

List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights This is a list of Royal Air Force independent Flights. An independent Flight is a military administrative structure which is used to command flying units where the number of aircraft is not large enough to warrant a fully fledged squadron. RAF C ...

List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force 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 Roy ...

*List of Royal Air Force Glider units *

List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (OTUs) were training units that prepared aircrew for operations on a particular type or types of aircraft or roles. OTUs ;No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (1 OTU): The Unit was formed in 1 ...

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 ...

List of Royal Air Force units & establishments There have been many Units with various tasks in the Royal Air Force and they are listed here. A unit is an administrative body, which can be larger or smaller than a Flight or Squadron, is given a specific mission, but does not warrant the statu ...

* List of RAF squadron codes * List of RAF Regiment units *

List of Battle of Britain squadrons This is a list of the officially accredited Battle of Britain units with their aircraft types, code letters, call signs and casualties. On 9 November 1960, the Air Ministry published Air Ministry Order N850 which officially defined the qualif ...

* List of wings of the Royal Air Force * Royal Air Force roundels Army Air Corps * List of Army Air Corps aircraft units Fleet Air Arm *

List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons This is a list of Fleet Air Arm squadrons. Squadrons in bold are currently active. 700 series squadrons 700-series squadrons are generally experimental or training squadrons, which produce trained aircrew for the operational 800-series squ ...

List of Fleet Air Arm groups This is a list of all the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm groups that were formed. There were Carrier Air Groups which administered squadrons which operated on carriers and Training Air Groups which administered squadrons that operated from land base ...

List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy This is a List of aircraft units of the Royal Navy. Communications flights Ferry flights Ferry pools Ferry squadrons Other flights * RN Night Fighter Flight -> RN Fighter Flight * Test Flight, Trincomalee Station flights * RNAS Abb ...

List of aircraft wings of the Royal Navy This is a list of Royal Navy aircraft wings. Naval Aircraft Wings Aircraft Carrier Groups * 1st Carrier Air Group * 2nd Carrier Air Group * 3rd Carrier Air Group * 6th Carrier Air Group - Never formed * 7th Carrier Air Group * 8th Car ...

Others *

List of Air Training Corps squadrons The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. The ATC is largely composed of individual units known as squadrons. These squadr ...

* University Air Squadron *

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 ...

* Volunteer Gliding Squadron *

United Kingdom military aircraft serial numbers United Kingdom military aircraft serial numbers are aircraft registration numbers used to identify individual military aircraft in the United Kingdom (UK). All UK military aircraft are allocated and display a unique registration number. A uni ...

United Kingdom aircraft test serials United Kingdom aircraft test serials are used to externally identify aircraft flown within the United Kingdom without a full Certificate of Airworthiness. They can be used for testing experimental and prototype aircraft or modifications, pre-deli ...

British military aircraft designation systems British military aircraft designations are used to refer to aircraft types and variants operated by the armed forces of the United Kingdom. Since the end of the First World War, aircraft types in British military service have generally been kn ...

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