List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Southern Rhodesia
This article contains a list of the facilities of the Joint Air Training Scheme which was a major programme for training South African Air Force, Royal Air Force and Allied air crews during World War II.[1]
An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a recruit 50 hours of basic aviation instruction on a simple trainer like the Tiger Moth. Pilots who showed promise went on to training at a Service Flying Training School (SFTS). The Service Flying Training School provided advanced training for pilots, including fighter and multi-engined aircraft. Other trainees went on to different specialties, such as wireless, navigation or bombing and gunnery.[1]
Training schools
These are the training schools that formed the Rhodesia Air Training Group.[2]
| Air School | Base | Major types of aircraft | Training | Opened | Disbanded | Motto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 25 | Belvedere, Salisbury | Tiger Moth | EFTS | 24 May 1940 | ||
| No. 20 | Cranborne, Salisbury | Harvard 1, 2, 2a, 3 and Oxford | SFTS | 1940 | ||
| No. 27 | Induna, Bulawayo | Tiger Moth | EFTS | November 1940 | ||
| Sauerdale, Bulawayo | Tiger Moth | EFTS | ||||
| No. 23 | Heany, Bulawayo | Oxford | SFTS | August 1941 | ||
| No. 21 | Kumalo, Bulawayo | Oxford | SFTS | October 1940 | ||
| No. 26 | Guinea Fowl, Gwelo | Tiger Moth | EFTS | August 1940 | ||
| No. 22 | Thornhill, Gwelo | Harvard 1, 2, 2a, 3 and Oxford | SFTS | September 1940 | ||
| No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation | Moffat, Gwelo | Battle, Oxford and Anson | BGTS | August 1941 [3] | April 1945 [3] | |
| No. 29 Elementary Navigation[3] | Moffat, Gwelo | Battle, Oxford and Anson | BGTS | August 1941 [3] | April 1945 [3] | |
| No. 28 | Mount Hampden | Tiger Moth | EFTS | 1 April 1941 | Pana Maziñana ano Bururuka - Here Fledglings Take Wing | |
| No. 31 | Cranborne | Harvard | ARU | 1941 | ||
| No. 32 | Heany | ARU | 1941 | |||
| No. 33 | Norton | All types used in Group | CFS | 1941 |
Training aircraft
Glossary
- ARU — Aircraft Repair Unit
- AFB — Air Force Base
- BGTS — Bombing and Gunnery Training School
- CFS — Central Flying School
- EFTS — Elementary Flying Training School
- SRAF — Southern Rhodesia Air Force
- SFTS — Service Flying Training School
- WAAF —Women's Auxiliary Air Force
See also
- List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Australia
- List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada
- List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in South Africa
- Aircrew brevet
- Ernest Lucas Guest
- Charles Warburton Meredith
References
- 1 2 Becker, Dave (1989). Yellow Wings: The Story Of The Joint Air Training Scheme In World War 2. Pretoria: The SAAF Museum. p. 102.
- ↑ Bishop, C. Nepean (20 November 1953). "The Fledglings of Rhodesia: An Instructor's Recollections of a Unit in the Empire Air Training Scheme". Flight LXIV (2339): 668–670. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "The Story of Royal Air Force Station, Moffat". Our Rhodesian Heritage. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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