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No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School RAF

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Active
  
1940-1946

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Role
  
Training

Country
  
India

Branch
  
Royal Air Force

Garrison/HQ
  
RAF Ambala

No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School (No. 1 (I) SFTS) was a training school that was established to train Indian pilots during the Second World War. It became part of the Indian Air Force after the war.

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Unit history

The unit was previously No. 1 (Indian) Flying Training School which had formed at RAF Ambala on 1 November 1940 however on 21 July 1941 it was then renamed to No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School.

Aircraft operated

  • Hawker Hart
  • Hawker Audax
  • North American Harvard IIB
  • Hawker Hurricane IIB
  • Hurricane IIC
  • Hurricane IID
  • Hurricane IV
  • Supermarine Spitfire Vc
  • Spitfire VIII
  • Spitfire XIV
  • Airspeed Oxford
  • Avro Anson

    • Disbandment

    The unit disbanded on 1 April 1946 at RAF Ambala.

    References

    No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School RAF Wikipedia
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