No. 10 Flying Training School RAF

No. 10 Flying Training School RAF
Active	1 Jan 1936 - 1 Nov 1940 15 Jan 1952 - 14 Apr 1954 1 Jun 1954 – 1 Jul 1954
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Pilot training

No. 10 Flying Training School (10 FTS) is a former Royal Air Force flying training school that operated between 1936 and 1954.

History

First formation

• 1 Jan 1936 - 1 Nov 1940

Formed at RAF Ternhill and redesignated as 10 Service Flying Training School on 3 September 1939 (just after the outbreak of the Second World War). It was disbanded at Ternhill and transferred to Canada to become 32 Service Flying Training School.

Second formation

• 15 Jan 1952 - 14 Apr 1954

Reformed at RAF Pershore as 10 (Advanced) Flying Training School. The school disbanded still at Pershore over two years later.

Third formation

• 1 Jun 1954 – 1 Jul 1954

Reformed at RAF Merryfield as 10 FTS by redesignating 208 Advanced Flying School but disbanded one month later to become No. 9 Flying Training School RAF.

References

Bibliography

• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

Air of Authority - RAF Flying Training Schools at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 November 2012)