No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF

No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit
No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit
Active	1940-1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Training
Last home	RAF 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]

Bases used

RAF Church Lawford from 27 October 1942
RAF Snitterfield firstly as a relief landing ground (RLG) from 7 May 1944 until 3 April 1945 then permanently until the unit disbanded on 29 May 1945.^[5]
RAF Warwick
RAF Southam
RAF Hockley Heath.

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.

References

Citations

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

Bibliography

Lake, A. "Flying Units of the RAF". Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

[FOOTNOTELake199946-1] Lake 1999, p. 46.

[FOOTNOTELake1999102-2] Lake 1999, p. 102.

[FOOTNOTELake1999157-3] Lake 1999, p. 157.

[AA_Flying_Units-4] 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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