No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit
Active1940-1945
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleTraining
Last homeRAF Church Lawford

No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit was formed on 27 October 1942 at RAF Church Lawford. The unit was previously 2 Central Flying School[1] which was founded on 15 June 1941 which then turned into 1 Flying Instructors School (FIS) on 13 January 1942[2] and then finally No. 18 (P)AFU.[3][4]

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Aircraft operated

The majority of the flying training took place using an Airspeed Oxford, which was good, as most of the students had come from overseas training programs where they were mainly using single-engined airplanes.[6] However Boulton Paul Defiants[4] and Miles Magisters [7] were also used.

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Lake 1999, p. 46.
  2. ^ Lake 1999, p. 102.
  3. ^ Lake 1999, p. 157.
  4. ^ a b Aviation Archaeology - Flying Units
  5. ^ RAF WEB - RAF Snitterfield
  6. ^ RAF Museum - Aircraft History
  7. ^ Aviation Archaeology - Crashes within the south-west midlands during 1944

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