List of Reserve flying schools explained

This is a List of Reserve flying schools of the Royal Air Force

Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools

Unit Formed on Formed at Disbanded on Disbanded at Notes
No. 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 4 August 1935 Hatfield 3 September 1939 Hatfield
No. 2 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1935 Filton 3 September 1939 Filton
No. 3 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1935 Hamble 3 September 1939 Hamble
No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1935 Brough 3 September 1939 Brough
No. 5 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1935 Hanworth 3 September 1939 Hanworth
No. 6 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 10 June 1935 Sywell 3 September 1939 Sywell
No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 25 November 1935 Desford 3 September 1939 Unknown
No. 8 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 25 November 1935 Woodley 3 September 1939 Woodley
No. 9 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 6 January 1936 Ansty 3 September 1939 Ansty
No. 10 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 January 1936 Filton 3 September 1939 Filton
No. 11 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 27 January 1936 Scone 3 September 1939 Scone
No. 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 17 February 1936 Prestwick 3 September 1939 Prestwick
No. 13 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 18 November 1935 White Waltham 3 September 1939 White Waltham
No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 July 1937 Castle Bromwich 3 September 1939 Castle Bromwich
No. 15 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 July 1937 Redhill 3 September 1939 Redhill
No. 16 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 3 July 1937 Shoreham 3 September 1939 Shoreham
No. 17 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 October 1937 Barton 2 September 1939 Barton
No. 18 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 October 1937 Fairoaks 3 September 1939 Fairoaks
No. 19 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 October 1937 Gatwick 3 September 1939 Gatwick
No. 20 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 October 1937 Gravesend 3 September 1939 Gravesend
No. 21 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 January 1938 Stapleford Abbotts 3 September 1939 Stapleford Abbotts
No. 22 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 February 1938 Cambridge 3 September 1939 Cambridge
No. 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 April 1938 Rochester 3 September 1939 Sydenham
No. 24 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 January 1939 Sydenham 3 September 1939 Sydenham
No. 25 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 24 June 1938 Waltham 3 September 1939 Waltham
No. 26 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 24 June 1938 Kidlington 2 September 1939 Kidlington
No. 27 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 24 June 1938 Tollerton 3 September 1939 Tollerton
No. 28 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 August 1938 Meir 3 September 1939 Meir
No. 29 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 August 1938 Luton 3 September 1939 Luton
No. 30 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 29 September 1938 Burnaston 3 September 1939 Burnaston
No. 31 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 29 September 1938 Cheltenham 3 September 1939 Cheltenham
No. 32 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 15 April 1939 Greatham 3 September 1939 Greatham
No. 33 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 3 December 1938 Whitchurch 2 September 1939 Whitchurch
No. 34 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 January 1939 Rochford 3 September 1939 Rochford
No. 35 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 May 1939 Grangemouth 3 September 1939 Grangemouth
No. 37 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 3 July 1939 Exeter 3 September 1939 Exeter
No. 38 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 July 1939 Kingstown 3 September 1939 Kingstown
No. 39 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 3 July 1939 Weston-super-Mare 3 September 1939 Weston-super-Mare
No. 40 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 15 August 1939 Mousehold 2 September 1939 Mousehold
No. 42 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 August 1939 Blackpool 2 September 1939 Blackpool
No. 43 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 June 1939 Woolsington 2 September 1939 Woolsington
No. 44 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 May 1939 Elmdon 2 September 1939 Elmdon
No. 45 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 3 July 1939 Ipswich 2 September 1939 Ipswich
No. 46 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 1 August 1939 Roborough 2 September 1939 Portsmouth
No. 47 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 15 July 1939 Doncaster 2 September 1939 Doncaster
No. 50 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School June 1939 Booker 2 September 1939 Booker
No. 56 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School 24 August 1939 Kenley 2 September 1939 Kenley

Elementary Flying Training Schools

Unit Formed on Formed at Disbanded on Disbanded at Notes
Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) 21 August 1940 Eastleigh 11 November 1940 Eastleigh
No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Hatfield 5 May 1947 Panshanger
No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School (India) 1940 Begumpet 10 July 1945 Begumpet
No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Filton 30 September 1947 Yatesbury
No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Hamble 31 March 1948 Shellingford
No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Brough 10 March 1947 Brough
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Hanworth 23 December 1941 Meir
No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Sywell 12 May 1947 Sywell
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Desford 9 May 1947 Desford
No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Woodley 3 March 1947 Woodley
No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Ansty 31 March 1944 Ansty
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Filton 21 July 1942 Stoke Orchard
No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Scone 18 March 1947 Scone
No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Prestwick 22 March 1941 Prestwick
No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 White Waltham 1 June 1941 Peterborough
No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Castle Bromwich 1 February 1946 Elmdon
No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Redhill 31 December 1947 Kingstown
No. 16 Elementary Flying Training School 10 April 1940 Burnaston 27 March 1947 Burnaston
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School 18 January 1941 North Luffenham 1 June 1942 Peterborough
No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Fairoaks 14 May 1947 Fairoaks
No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School 21 January 1941 Sealand 31 December 1942 Sealand
No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School 1 March 1941 Yeadon 9 January 1942 Yeadon
No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School 1 June 1941 Booker 28 February 1950 Booker
No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Cambridge 1 May 1947 Cambridge
No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Sydenham 7 May 1947 Rochester
No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School 1 June 1941 Peterborough 1 November 1945 Hucknall
No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) 25 May 1940 Belvedere 3 November 1944 Belvedere
No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School 14 August 1941 Theale 9 July 1945 Theale
No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) 8 August 1940 Guinea Fowl 14 August 1945 Guinea Fowl
No. 27 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) 2 February 1941 Induna 21 September 1945 Induna
No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School 15 September 1941 Wolverhampton 26 June 1947 Wolverhampton
No. 28 Elementary Flying Training School (Southern Rhodesia) 1 April 1941 Mount Hampden 30 October 1945 Mount Hampden
No. 29 Elementary Flying Training School 13 September 1941 Clyffe Pypard 5 November 1947 Clyffe Pypard
No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School 3 September 1939 Burnaston 10 April 1940 Burnaston
No. 30 Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) 11 November 1940 Eastleigh 13 March 1941 Eastleigh
No. 31 Elementary Flying Training School 10 May 1941 Calgary 25 September 1944 De Winton
No. 32 Elementary Flying Training School 2 June 1941 Swift Current 8 September 1944 Bowden
No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School 7 December 1941 Caron 14 January 1944 Caron
No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) 2 February 1942 Assiniboia 30 January 1944 Assiniboia
No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) 24 February 1942 Nespawa 30 January 1944 Nespawa
No. 36 Elementary Flying Training School (Canada) 17 March 1942 Pearce 14 August 1942 Pearce
Elementary Flying Training Squadron 1 June 1987 Swinderby 1 April 1993 Swinderby

Reserve Flying Schools

Unit Formed on Formed at Disbanded on Disbanded at Notes
Reserve Flying School, Brough 21 May 1924 Brough 1935 Brough
Reserve Flying School, Coventry 31 July 1923 Coventry 1 April 1931 Hamble
Reserve Flying School, Filton 28 May 1923 Filton 1935 Filton
Reserve Flying School, Hamble 1 April 1931 Hamble 1935 Hamble
Reserve Flying School, Renfrew 24 July 1924 Renfrew 3 November 1928 Renfrew
Reserve Flying School, Stag Lane 1 May 1923 Stag Lane 4 August 1935 Hatfield
No. 1 Reserve Flying School 5 May 1947 Panshanger 31 March 1953 Panshanger
No. 2 Reserve Flying School 1 October 1948 Barton 31 March 1953 Barton
No. 3 Reserve Flying School 15 August 1948 Cardiff 31 July 1953 Cardiff
No. 4 Reserve Flying School 10 March 1947 Brough 31 March 1948 Brough
No. 5 Reserve Flying School 1 November 1947 Castle Bromwich 20 June 1954 Castle Bromwich
No. 6 Reserve Flying School 12 May 1947 Sywell 31 March 1953 Sywell
No. 7 Reserve Flying School 9 May 1947 Desford 31 July 1953 Desford
No. 8 Reserve Flying School 3 March 1947 Woodley 31 March 1953 Woodley
No. 9 Reserve Flying School 1 November 1947 Doncaster 20 June 1954 Doncaster
No. 10 Reserve Flying School 16 May 1949 Exeter 20 June 1954 Exeter
No. 11 Reserve Flying School 18 March 1947 Scone 20 June 1954 Perth
No. 12 Reserve Flying School 1 April 1948 Filton 31 March 1953 Filton
No. 13 Reserve Flying School 1 April 1948 Grangemouth 19 April 1949 Grangemouth
No. 14 Reserve Flying School 15 August 1947 Hamble 15 August 1953 Hamble
No. 15 Reserve Flying School 1 April 1948 Redhill 20 June 1954 Redhill
No. 16 Reserve Flying School 27 March 1947 Burnaston 30 June 1953 Burnaston
No. 17 Reserve Flying School 1 July 1948 Hornchurch 31 July 1953 Hornchurch
No. 18 Reserve Flying School 14 May 1947 Fairoaks 31 July 1953 Fairoaks
No. 19 Reserve Flying School 10 July 1950 Hooton Park 20 June 1954 Woodvale
No. 22 Reserve Flying School 1 May 1947 Cambridge 20 June 1954 Cambridge
No. 23 Reserve Flying School 1 February 1949 Usworth 31 July 1953 Usworth
No. 24 Reserve Flying School 7 May 1947 Rochester 31 March 1953 Rochester
No. 25 Reserve Flying School 26 June 1947 Wolverhampton 31 March 1953 Wolverhampton
Reserve Training Squadron 15 October 1952 Scampton 1 May 1953 Scampton

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