This is a list of Royal Air Force glider units.

Gliding Schools

1-100

More information Name, Formed ...
data [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] [8][9]
NameFormedFormed atAircraftAirfields also usedDisbanded atDisbandedFate
1 Gliding SchoolDecember 1942RAF StrathavenSlingsby Cadet TX.1
Slingsby Sedbergh TX.1
RAF DungavelRAF Dumfries1 September 1955Reformed as 661 Gliding School
2 Gliding School25 October 1942RAF East FortuneUnknownRAF ConnelRAF DumfriesJanuary 1946Reformed as 2 Gliding School
2 Gliding School1 November 1947RAF GrangemouthFalcon IV
Grunau Baby
Cadet TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.3
n/aRAF Grangemouth1 September 1955Disbanded
3 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944RAF MacmerryCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Drem1 September 1947Disbanded
4 Gliding SchoolDecember 1943RAF PaisleyCadet TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF AbbotsinchRAF Grangemouth1952
5 Gliding SchoolOctober 1944RAF FordounCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF DyceRAF Edzell1 September 1955662 Gliding School
6 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1945RAF GrangemouthCadet TX.1/TX.2
Grunau Baby IIB
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF TurnhouseRAF GrangemouthLate 1955
7 Gliding SchoolMarch 1946RAF DalcrossCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Dalcross1 September 1955Disbanded
8 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF AyrCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Creetown1947Disbanded
9 Gliding SchoolJune 1945RAF ErrolKite
Cadet TX.1
n/aRAF SconeDecember 1946Disbanded
10 Gliding School25 May 1945RAF TurnberryCadet TX.1UnknownUnknownUnknownDisbanded
21 Gliding SchoolJuly 1943RAF Lambton ParkCadet TX.1n/aRAF Lambton Park1946Disbanded
22 Gliding SchoolJune 1942RAF KirbymoorsideCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Det: RAF WalthamRAF Church Fenton15 May 1950Reformed as 22 Gliding School
22 Gliding School1950RAF WalthamSedbergh TX.1n/aRAF Kirton-in-Lindsey1 September 1955643 Gliding School
23 Gliding SchoolMay 1943RAF YeadonCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Rufforth1 September 1955642 Gliding School
24 Gliding SchoolSeptember 1943RAF NetherthorpeCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Firbeck
RAF Doncaster
RAF Lindholme1 September 1955Disbanded
25 Gliding SchoolSeptember 1943RAF HedonCadet TX.1n/aRAF LeconfieldLate 1947Disbanded
26 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF GreathamCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF DurhamRAF Middleton St GeorgeUnknownReformed as 26 Gliding School
26 Gliding School1 June 1948RAF Middleton St GeorgeSedbergh TX.1RAF DurhamRAF Middleton St George1 September 1955Disbanded
27 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF WoolsingtonCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF OustonRAF Usworth1 September 1955Disbanded
28 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1945RAF FirbeckCadet TX.1/TX.2RAF Middleton St George
Det: RAF Sutton Bank
RAF Topcliffe
RAF Linton-on-Ouse1950Disbanded
29 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF SheffieldCadet TX.1RAF Askern
RAF Doncaster
RAF Spitalgate1 September 1955644 Gliding School
30 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF Sherburn-in-ElmetCadet TX.1n/aRAF Sherburn-in-ElmetJanuary 1946Disbanded
31 Gliding SchoolApril 1944RAF UsworthCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3n/aRAF Usworth1 September 1955Disbanded into 641 Gliding School
41 Gliding SchoolJuly 1942RAF KnowleCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Hockley HeathRAF HonileyApril 1953Disbanded
41 Gliding School1 May 1954RAF PembreyUnknownn/aRAF Pembrey1 September 1955Disbanded
42 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF LoughboroughCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Bruntingthorpe
RAF Bramcote
RAF Cosford1 September 1955633 Gliding School
43 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943Walsall AerodromeCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aWalsall AerodromeDecember 1946Reformed as 43 Gliding School
43 Gliding SchoolMay 1947RAF LichfieldCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Lichfield1 September 1955Disbanded
44 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943Rearsby AerodromeCadet TX.1RAF Bruntingthorpe
RAF Desford
RAF Desford1950Reformed as 44 Gliding School
44 Gliding School7 July 1951RAF CottesmoreCadet II/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Spitalgate1 September 1955Disbanded
45 Gliding SchoolAugust 1942RAF MeirCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Det: RAF Long MyndRAF Meir1 September 1955632 Gliding School
47 Gliding SchoolApril 1945RAF CamphillCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Hucknall31 March 1948Disbanded
48 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF Bretford (No. 46 SLG)Cadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.11
Castle Bromwich
Det: RAF Cosford
Castle BromwichNovember 1955Disbanded
49 Gliding SchoolJune 1945RAF BurnastonCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Wymeswold
RAF Castle Donington
RAF Newton1 September 1955Disbanded
50 Gliding SchoolApril 1944RAF Lugg MeadowsCadet TX.1/TX.2Hereford Racecourse
RAF Madley
RAF Pershore1 June 1948Disbanded
51 Gliding School-RAF Long MyndCadet TX.1n/a-Probably became a detachment of 45 Gliding School
61 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF AbergavennyCadet TX.1n/aRAF AbergavennyMarch 1946Disbanded
62 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF LlanishenCadet TX.1n/aRAF Pengam Moors4 August 1948Disbanded
63 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF Tal-y-cafnCadet TX.1/TX.2RAF MonaRAF Valley31 March 1948Disbanded
64 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF MerthyrCadet TX.1n/aUnknown1945Disbanded
65 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF RhooseKirby Cadetn/aCardiffMarch 1947Disbanded
66 Gliding SchoolAugust 1944UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownJune 1945
67 Gliding SchoolAugust 1944UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownJanuary 1946
68 Gliding SchoolDecember 1944RAF BridgendCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Stormy DownRAF St Athan1 September 1955634 Gliding School
69 Gliding SchoolOctober 1944UnknownCadet TX.1UnknownUnknownUnknown
70 Gliding SchoolAugust 1944RAF PennardCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Fairwood Common1947/48Disbanded
72 Gliding SchoolJune 1944RAF NewportCadet TX.1n/aUnknown1947Disbanded
80 Gliding SchoolAugust 1951Halesland AirfieldCadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
n/aRAF Halesland1 September 1955Disbanded
81 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943Yeovil AerodromeCadet TX.1n/aRNAS YeoviltonJuly 1948Disbanded
82 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943RAF RoboroughCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Det: RAF St MerrynRAF Harrowbeer1 September 1955Disbanded
83 Gliding SchoolMay 1944RAF Moreton ValenceCadet TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Aston DownSeptember 1955Disbanded
84 Gliding SchoolAugust 1944Haldon MoorCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Exeter1955624 Gliding School
86 Gliding SchoolMay 1944UnknownCadet TX.1UnknownUnknownUnknown
87 Gliding SchoolJuly 1943RAF Locking (non flying)
Used RAF Weston-super-Mare
Cadet TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Det: RAF HaleslandRAF Locking1 September 1955621 Gliding School
88 Gliding SchoolJuly 1944RAF WroughtonCadet TX.1n/aRAF HullavingtonMay 1948Disbanded
89 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944RAF ChristchurchCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Christchurch1 September 1955662 Gliding School
92 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1944RAF YateCadet TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Charmy DownRAF Colerne1 September 1955Disbanded
94 Gliding SchoolJune 1945RAF YateCadet TX.1n/aRAF Yate20 February 1948Disbanded
95 Gliding SchoolApril 1945RAF PerranporthCadet TX.1n/aRAF St Eval31 January 1950Disbanded
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100-200

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data [9][10]
NameFormedFormed atAircraftAirfields also usedDisbanded atDisbandedFate
101 Gliding School7 August 1943Great YarmouthUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
102 Gliding SchoolJune 1943HethersettCadet TX.1/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Horsham St FaithSwanton Morley1 September 1955611 Gliding School
103 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943WestleyCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Honington25 April 1948Disbanded
104 Gliding SchoolOctober 1944Ipswich AirportCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Martlesham Heath1 September 1955612 Gliding School
105 Gliding SchoolMay 1945CambridgeCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aCambridge1 September 1955Disbanded
106 Gliding SchoolJune 1944HenlowCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aHenlow1 September 1955Disbanded
107 Gliding SchoolSeptember 1942LincolnCadet TX.1/TX.2RAF Coleby Grange
Det: RAF Waltham
RAF DigbyOctober 1949Disbanded
108 Gliding SchoolJune 1945CorbyCadet TX.1n/aRAF Desborough30 June 1949Disbanded
121 Gliding SchoolAugust 1942Wembley StadiumCadet TX.1n/aHalton1945Disbanded
122 Gliding SchoolOctober 1942Northwick ParkCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
LeavesdenRAF Halton1 September 1955613 Gliding School
123 Gliding SchoolOctober 1942White WalthamCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Bray CourtRAF White Waltham1 September 1955623 Gliding School
124 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943ElstreeCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aElstreeUnknownDisbanded
125 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943DenhamCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Langley1 September 1955Disbanded
126 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943BookerCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aBooker1 September 1955Disbanded
127 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943PanshangarCadet TX.1n/aPanshangar30 May 1948Disbanded
128 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943ThealeCadet TX.1n/aTheale29 July 1948Disbanded
129 Gliding SchoolSeptember 1943Romney MarshCadet TX.1/TX.2RAF Waltham CrossRAF North Weald30 May 1948Disbanded
130 Gliding SchoolOctober 1944CowleyCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF AbingdonRAF Weston-on-the-Green1 September 1955Disbanded
141 Gliding SchoolOctober 1942RAF KidbrookeCadet TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Gravesend
Det: RAF Detling
RAF West Malling1 September 1955Disbanded
142 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943BulphanCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Stapleford Tawney
RAF North Weald
RAF Hendon
RAF Hornchurch1 September 1955Disbanded
143 Gliding SchoolOctober 1942Hamsey GreenCadet TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF CroydonRAF Kenley1 September 1955615 Gliding School
144 Gliding School1943Hounslow HeathCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aHestonMarch 1948Disbanded
145 Gliding School1944BirchCadet TX.1n/aRAF Boxted25 April 1948Disbanded
146 Gliding SchoolMay 1944ShenfieldCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1B
Prefect TX.1
RAF Fairlop
Det: Camphill
RAF Hornchurch1 September 1955614 Gliding School
147 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1945LaindonCadet TX.1n/aRAF FairlopJanuary 1946Disbanded into 146 Gliding School
148 Gliding SchoolNovember 1943RochfordCadet TX.1n/aRochford16 June 1949Disbanded into 141 Gliding School
149 Gliding SchoolNovember 1942RAF KidbrookeCadet TX.1n/aRAF Gravesend1 December 1945Disbanded into 141 Gliding School
161 Gliding SchoolAugust 1942Burgess HillCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Brighton
RAF Thorney Island
RAF Shoreham
RAF Ford
Tangmere1 September 1955Disbanded
162 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943Hamsey GreenCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Kenley
RAF Gatwick
RAF Biggin Hill31 August 1950Disbanded
163 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943PortsmouthCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF GosportMay 1948Disbanded
166 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943WestwellCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Hawkinge5 September 1955Disbanded
167 Gliding SchoolOctober 1944WokingCadet TX.1n/aRAF Fairoaks1948Disbanded
168 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1945RochesterCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Detling1 September 1955Disbanded
180 Gliding SchoolNovember 1951WartonCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Warton1 September 1955Disbanded
181 Gliding SchoolAugust 1943Stanley ParkCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF Warton1 June 1948Disbanded
182 Gliding SchoolMay 1945SalmesburyCadet TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF SalmesburyUnknownDisbanded
183 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944WimslowCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Woodford1 September 1955Disbanded
184 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944WimslowCadet TX.1n/aRAF Woodford1946Disbanded into 183 Gliding School
185 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944BartonCadet TX.1n/aBartonDecember 1947Disbanded
186 Gliding SchoolJune 1944SpekeCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Hooton Park
RAF Woodvale
RAF Hawarden1 September 1955631 Gliding School
187 Gliding SchoolMarch 1944ManchesterCadet TX.1n/aRAF StrettonNovember 1947Disbanded
188 Gliding SchoolFebruary 1944CarkCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Barrow (Walney Island)1 September 1955Disbanded
189 Gliding SchoolJune 1945KingstownCadet TX.1/TX.2n/aRAF KingstownOctober 1947Disbanded
190 Gliding SchoolMay 1945CranageCadet TX.1n/aRAF Woodvale21 March 1948Disbanded
192 Gliding SchoolJuly 1944Little SuttonCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Hooton Park
RAF Sealand
RAF Woodvale
RAF HawardenUnknownDisbanded
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200-700

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data[10][11]
NameFormedFormed atAircraftAirfields also usedDisbanded atDisbandedFate
201 Gliding SchoolJune 1943RAF LisburnCadet TX.1/TX.2RAF NewtownardsRAF Long Kesh1947Disbanded
202 Gliding SchoolOctober 1943UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownOctober 1944Disbanded
203 Gliding SchoolLate 1943UnknownCadet TX.1/TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF Newtownards
RAF Downhill
RAF Aldergrove
RAF Sydenham
RAF Toome
Long Kesh1 September 1955671 Gliding School
611 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Swanton MorleyUnknownn/aRAF Swanton Morley1984611 Volunteer Gliding School
612 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Martlesham HeathUnknownn/aRAF Martlesham Heath6 May 1963612 Gliding School
612 Gliding School1 December 1978RAF White WalthamUnknownn/aRAF Benson1984612 Volunteer Gliding School
613 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF HaltonUnknownn/aRAF Halton1984613 Volunteer Gliding School
614 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF HornchurchUnknownRAF North WealdRAF Debden8 October 1978614 Gliding School
614 Gliding SchoolJanuary 1979RAF DebdenUnknownn/aRAF Wethersfield1984614 Volunteer Gliding School
615 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF KenleyUnknownRAF DetlingRAF Kenley1984615 Volunteer Gliding School
616 Gliding School1 June 1958RAF HenlowUnknownn/aRAF Henlow1984616 Volunteer Gliding School
617 Gliding SchoolNovember 1958RAF HendonUnknownRAF BovingdonRAF Manston1984617 Volunteer Gliding School
618 Gliding School1 March 1963RAF ManstonUnknownn/aRAF West Malling1984618 Volunteer Gliding School
621 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Locking (non flying)
RAF Weston-super-Mare
UnknownDet: HaleslandRAF Locking1984621 Volunteer Gliding School
622 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF ChristchurchUnknownRAF Old SarumRAF Upavon1984622 Volunteer Gliding School
623 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF White WalthamCadet TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
n/aRAF White Waltham1 May 1963Disbanded
623 Gliding School1 July 1963RAF TangmereCadet TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF TangmereNovember 1974Disbanded
624 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF ExeterUnknownn/aRAF Chivenor1984624 Volunteer Gliding School
625 Gliding SchoolJune 1958RAF South CerneyUnknownn/aRAF South Cerney1984625 Volunteer Gliding School
626 Gliding School1 June 1958RAF St EvalUnknownRNAS CuldroseRNAS Predannack1984626 Volunteer Gliding School
631 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF HawardenUnknownn/aRAF Sealand1984631 Volunteer Gliding School
632 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF MeirUnknownn/aRAF Tern Hill1984632 Volunteer Gliding School
633 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF CosfordUnknownn/aRAF Cosford1984633 Volunteer Gliding School
634 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF St AthanUnknownRAF Fairwood CommonRAF St Athan1984634 Volunteer Gliding School
635 Gliding SchoolOctober 1959RAF BurtonwoodUnknownn/aRAF Burtonwood1984635 Volunteer Gliding School
636 Gliding School1 October 1964RAF Fairwood CommonUnknownn/aRAF Fairwood Common1984636 Volunteer Gliding School
637 Gliding School1 April 1966RAF GaydonUnknownn/aRAF Little Rissington1984637 Volunteer Gliding School
641 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF UsworthCadet TX.2/TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF OustonRAF Dishforth1975Disbanded
642 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF RufforthUnknownRAF DriffieldRAF Linton-on-Ouse1984642 Volunteer Gliding School
643 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Kirton-in-LindseyUnknownRAF Hemswell
RAF Lindholme
RAF Scampton1984643 Volunteer Gliding School
644 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF SpitalgateUnknownRAF SyerstonRAF Newton1984644 Volunteer Gliding School
645 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Middleton St GeorgeUnknownRAF LeemingRAF Catterick1984645 Volunteer Gliding School
661 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF DumfriesUnknownn/aRAF Turnhouse9 January 1964Absorbed by 663 Gliding School
661 Gliding School2 April 1967RAF KirknewtonUnknownn/aRAF Kirknewton1984661 Volunteer Gliding School
662 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF EdzellUnknownRAF Dyce
RAF Dalcross
RAF Arbroath1984662 Volunteer Gliding School
663 Gliding SchoolNovember 1959RAF AbbotsinchUnknownn/aRAF AbbotsinchMarch 1965Disbanded
663 Gliding School7 July 1967RAF DyceUnknownRAF Dalcross
RAF Milltown
RAF Kinloss1984663 Volunteer Gliding School
671 Gliding School1 September 1955RAF Long KeshCadet TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
RAF AldergroveRAF Bishops CourtOctober 1962Disbanded
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Volunteer Gliding Schools

More information Name, Formed ...
data [5][6][7][10][11]
NameFormedLocationAircraftAirfields also usedRenamed atRenamedUnit became
611 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF Swanton MorleySedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Regal TX.1
Swallow TX.1
Venture T.1 & T.2
VikingTX.1
Vigilant T.1
RAF Wethersfield
RAF Marham
RAF Watton2005611 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
612 Volunteer Gliding SchoolOctober 1978RAF BensonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
RAF HaltonRAF Abingdon2005612 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
613 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF HaltonSedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Swallow TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Halton2005613 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
614 Volunteer Gliding SchoolJanuary 1979MDP WethersfieldSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Wethersfield2005614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
615 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF KenleySedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Kenley2005615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
616 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF HenlowSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Henlow2005616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
617 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF ManstonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aUnknown2005617 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
618 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF West MallingSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Vanguard TX.1
Valiant TX.1
Viking TX.1
ChallockRAF Odiham2005618 Volunteer Gliding Squadron?
621 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF LockingSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Grasshopper TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Hullavington2005621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
622 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF UpavonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Swallow
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Hullavington2005622 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
624 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF ChivenorSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Chivenor2005624 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
625 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF HullavingtonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Venture T.2
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Hullavington2005625 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
626 Volunteer Gliding School1984RNAS PredannackSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRNAS Predannack2005626 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
631 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF SealandSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Sealand2005631 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
632 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF TernhillSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Ternhill2005632 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
633 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF CosfordSedbbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Cosford2005633 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
634 Volunteer Gliding School1984MoD St AthanSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aMoD St Athan2005634 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
635 Volunteer Gliding School1984Samlesbury AerodromeSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aSamlesbury Aerodrome2005635 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
636 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF Fairwood CommonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Viking TX.1
RAE AberportSwansea Airport2005636 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
637 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF Little RissingtonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Grasshopper TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Little Rissington2005637 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
642 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF Linton-on-OuseSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Venture T.2
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Linton-on-Ouse2005642 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
643 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF ScamptonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Viking TX.1
RAF BinbrookRAF Syerston2005643 Volunteer Gliding Squadron?
644 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF NewtonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Venture T.1 & T.2
RAF SyerstonRAF Newton2005644 Volunteer Gliding Squadron?
645 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF CatterickSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Vanguard TX.1
Valiant TX.1
Viking TX.1
RAF SyerstonRAF Topcliffe2005645 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
661 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF KirknewtonSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Swallow TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Kirknewton2005661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
662 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF ArbroathSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Swallow TX.1
Grasshopper TX.1
Viking TX.1
n/aRAF Arbroath2005662 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
663 Volunteer Gliding School1984RAF KinlossSedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Swallow TX.1
Vigilant T.1
n/aRAF Kinloss2005663 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
664 Volunteer Gliding SchoolAugust 1986RAF Bishops CourtVenture T.1n/aRAF Bishops Court31 October 1990664 Volunteer Gliding School
664 Volunteer Gliding School1 November 1995Belfast City Airport
Newtownards Airport
Vigilant T.1n/aBelfast City Airport
Newtownards Airport
2005664 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
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Other Glider units

More information Name, Formed ...
data [12][1]
NameFormedFormed atAircraftAirfields also usedDisbanded atDisbandedFate
Glider Flight, CranwellRAF CranwellCadet TX.1/TX.2
Prefect TX.1
Sedbergh TX.1
Kranich II
Viking TX.1
RAF CranwellActive as of 1993
Glider Flight, Halton17 March 1945RAF HaltonCader TX.1/TX.2
Sedbergh TX.1
Venture T.2
Viking TX.1
RAF HaltonActive as of 1993
Glider Instructors Flight1 February 1943RAF ShobdonMaster II
Hotspur
Albemarle VI
RAF Hockley HeathRAF Culmhead1945[13]
Glider Instructors School25 August 1942RAF ThameHind
Hector
Master II
Hotspur II
Oxford I
n/aRAF Thame31 January 1943Replaced by the Glider Instructors
Flight within 5 Glider Training School[13]
Glider Pick-up Training Flight8 January 1945RAF ZealsDakota III/IV
Hadrian
RAF IbsleyRAF Ramsbury15 November 1945[13]
Glider Pilot Exercise Unit12 August 1942RAF NetheravonHart
Hind
Hector
Tiger Moth
Master
Hotspur
Hengist
Horsa
Satt: RAF Shrewton
Satt: RAF Chilbolton
RAF Thruxton1 December 1943Operational and Refresher Training Unit[13]
Glider Test and Ferry
Flight, Cosford
14 October 1942RAF CosfordWhitley Vn/aRAF CosfordAugust 1945[14]
Glider Test and Ferry
Flight, Kemble
1943RAF KembleWhitley Vn/aRAF Kemble15 April 1944[14]
Glider Test and Ferry
Flight, Wroughton
March 1943RAF WroughtonWhitley V
Albemarle
Hudson
n/aRAF WroughtonAugust 1945[14]
1 Glider Training School1 December 1941RAF ThameHector I
Hotspur I & II
Master II
Oxford I
Tiger Moth II
RLG: RAF Slade FarmRAF Croughton23 March 1943[14]
1 Glider Training School1 November 1944RAF CroughtonMaster II
Hotspur II
Tiger Moth II
Satt: RAF GaydonRAF Croughton19 June 1946[14]
2 Glider Training School1 December 1941RAF ThameHector I
Master II
Hotspur I, II & III
Det: RAF Cheddington
RLG: RAF Slade Farm
RAF Weston-on-the-Green23 March 1943[14]
3 Glider Training School21 July 1942RAF Stoke OrchardMaster II
Hotspur I & II
Horsa I
Albemarle IV & V
RAF Culmhead
Det: RAF Northleach
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford3 December 1947[14]
4 Glider Training School13 July 1942RAF KidlingtonHector I
Audax I
Hind
Hotspur II
Master II
Satt: RAF Kingston BagpuizeRAF Kidlington23 March 1943[14]
5 Glider Training School30 June 1942RAF KidlingtonLysander IIA
Master II
Hotspur II & III
Satt: RAF Hockley HeathRAF Shobdon15 November 1945[14]
Glider Training Squadron22 September 1940RAF RingwayHector I
Tiger Moth II
Hotspur
Hind
504N
Det: Side HillRAF Thame1 December 1940[14]
Glider Training Unit1 June 1942Abu Sueirn/an/aAbu Sueir9 November 1942[14]
1 Gliding Centre31 March 1959RAF HawkingeCadet TX.3
Sedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Swallow
Grasshopper TX.1
n/aRAF Swanton Morley9 August 1971Central Gliding School[14]
2 Gliding Centre31 March 1959RAF NewtonSedbergh TX.1
Prefect TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Venture I
Swallow
RAF Kirton-in-LindseyRAF Spitalgate9 August 1971Central Gliding School[14]
Home Command Gliding
Instructors School
1 August 1950RAF DetlingCadet TX.3
Prefect TX.1
Sedbergh TX.1
n/aRAF Detling1 September 1955Home Command Gliding Centre[15]
Home Command
Gliding Centre
1 August 1955RAF DetlingCadet TX.3n/aRAF Hawkinge27 June 19581 Home Command Gliding Centre[15]
1 Home Command
Gliding Centre
27 June 1958RAF HawkingeCadet TX.3n/aRAF Hawkinge31 March 19591 Gliding Centre[15]
2 Home Command
Gliding Centre
1 August 1958RAF NewtonCadet TX.3n/aRAF Newton31 March 19592 Gliding Centre[15]
Glider Exercise Squadron RAFDecember 1941RAF RingwayHotspurRLG: RAF ShrewtonRAF Netheravon25 January 1942No. 296 Squadron RAF[13]
Glider Exercise Unit RAF18 July 1941RAF RingwayHectorDet: RAF Usworth
Det: RAF Kidlington
RAF RingwayDecember 1941Glider Exercise Squadron RAF[13]
Central Gliding School9 August 1971RAF SpitalgatePrefect TX.1
Sedbergh TX.1
Cadet TX.3
Grasshopper TX.1
Det: RAF Swanton MorleyRAF Newton1 October 1976Air Cadets Central Gliding School[16]
Heavy Glider
Conversion Unit
1 July 1942RAF ShrewtonWhitley V
Albemarle II & VI
Horsa
RAF North Luffenham
Det: RAF Grove
Det: RAF Woolfox Lodge
RAF Brize Norton20 October 1944No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
No. 22 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF
No. 23 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF[17]
No. 21 Heavy Glider
Conversion Unit RAF
20 October 1944RAF Brize NortonHorsa I & II
Hadrian
Whitley V
Albemarle
Halifax A.III
Hadrian I
RAF Elsham Wolds
Satt: RAF Barford St John
Satt: RAF Akeman Street
Satt: RAF Broadwell
RAF North Luffenham3 December 1947[17]
No. 22 Heavy Glider
Conversion Unit RAF
15 October 1944RAF KeevilAlbemarle
Horsa I & II
Hotspur
Hadrian
Satt: RAF FairfordRAF Blakehill Farm15 November 1945[17]
No. 23 Heavy Glider
Conversion Unit RAF
28 October 1944RAF PeplowAlbemarle II & VI
Horsa I & II
Hadrian I
Satt: RAF SeighfordRAF Peplow17 January 1945[17]
101 (Glider) OTU1 January 1942RAF KidlingtonHotspur I, II
Hector I
Hind I
Tiger Moth I, II
Audax I
RLG: Kiddington
RLG: RAF Slade Farm
RAF Kidlington13 July 1942No. 4 Glider Training School[18]
102 (Glider) OTU10 February 1942RAF KidlingtonHector I
Hind I
Hotspur I, II
Tiger Moth II
Audax I
Lysander IIIA
RLG: RAF Kiddington
RLG: RAF Slade Farm
RAF Kidlington30 June 1942No. 5 Glider Training School[18]
No. 668 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 669 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 670 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 671 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 672 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 673 Squadron RAF[19]
No. 1 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF1942No. 41 Gliding School RAF[20]
No. 2 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF1942No. 122 Gliding School RAF[20]
No. 3 Elementary Gliding Training School RAF1942No. 123 Gliding School RAF[20]
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