No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF

No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF was a flying school of the Royal Air Force which was disbanded in 1954 at RAF Finningley.

No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF
Active	As 215 AFS: 1952 - 1954 Previous designations: 1935-1952
Disbanded	1954
Country	United Kingdom
Allegiance	Royal Air Force
Role	Flying training
Last Garrison	RAF Finningley

Previous identities

• No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1935-39)^[1]
• No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF (1939-42)^[2]
• No. 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942-45) (Disbanded)^[3]
• No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943-47) (Formed from a nucleus from 11 (P)AFU)^[3] - merged with No. 1 Refresher School RAF (1946-47)^[4]
• No. 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF (1947-49)^[5] absorbed No. 2 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF on 1 April 1948.
• Flying Refresher School RAF (1949-51)^[6]
• No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951-52)^[6]
• No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952-54)^[7]

No. 1 Refresher School RAF formed from Refresher Flight of No. 17 SFTS.^[2]

11 FTS

• No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF (1940-47)^[8]
• No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947-54)^[7]
• No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1954-7/6/55)^[2]
• Into No. 2 Air Navigation School (1947-70)^[9]
• No. 6 Flying Training School RAF (1970-96)^[10]

References

Citations

1. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 1.
2. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 137.
3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 34.
4. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 218.
5. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 212.
6. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 133.
7. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 33.
8. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 201.
9. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 49.
10. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 136.

Bibliography

• Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

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