No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School RAF

No. 1 (Indian) Service Flying Training School
Ensign of the Royal Air Force
Active	1940-1946
Country	India
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Training
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.

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

Bibliography

• Lake, A Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803171431/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120803012709/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Trg-1SFTS02.html