No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School RAF explained

Unit Name:	No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School
Dates:	1940-1946
Country:	India
Allegiance:	United Kingdom
Branch:	Royal Air Force
Role:	Training
Garrison:	RAF Ambala

No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School (No. 1 (I) SFTS) was a training school that was established to train Indian pilots during the Second World War. It became part of the Indian Air Force after the war.

Unit history

The unit was previously No. 1 (Indian) Flying Training School which had formed at RAF Ambala on 1 November 1940 however on 21 July 1941 it was then renamed to No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School.

Aircraft operated

• Hawker Hart
• Hawker Audax
• North American Harvard IIB
• Hawker Hurricane IIB
• Hurricane IIC
• Hurricane IID
• Hurricane IV
• Supermarine Spitfire Vc
• Spitfire VIII
• Spitfire XIV
• Airspeed Oxford
• Avro Anson

Disbandment

The unit disbanded on 1 April 1946 at RAF Ambala.

References

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External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803171431/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803012709/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS02.html