RAF Flying Training Command

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Flying Training Command
Founded	27 May 1940
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Flying training
Headquarters	Shinfield Park, Reading
Motto	Per Laborem ad Summa
Engagements	World War II

Flying Training Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force which controlled units responsible for delivering flying training. The command's headquarters were at Shinfield Park, Reading in Berkshire.

Flying Training Command was formed from the elements of Training Command which were responsible for flying training on 27 May 1940. Reserve Command, formed 1 February 1939, was absorbed into Flying Training Command on the same date.^[1] The remainder of Training Command became Technical Training Command on the same date. No. 21 Group was transferred to Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940, responsible for the RAF College and the Service Flight Training Schools from the Midlands northwards. Nos 50, 51, and 54 Groups were flying training organisations transferred from Reserve Command to Flying Training Command when it was formed. Flying Training Command was eventually re-absorbed into the newly re-established Training Command on 1 June 1968.