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RAF locations
« on: Monday 14 May 12 16:39 BST (UK) »
My uncle is putting together his brother's war record.

Does anyone know the locations of the following?

7 Pilots Adv. Fly Unit

1 & 4 School of Tech Training

16 Recruitment Centre

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Re: RAF locations
« Reply #1 on: Monday 14 May 12 19:34 BST (UK) »
No 1 SOTT (School of Technical Training) was RAF Halton, Bucks

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Re: RAF locations
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 15 May 12 00:21 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that - I've passed the information along.

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Re: RAF locations
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 15 May 12 21:33 BST (UK) »
AIR 29/504 No. 16 Recruits Centre, Great Yarmouth and Sudbury 1941 Apr.-1946 May, cited on http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/GroundUnits.htm - this refers to a document at the National Archives.

On 1st June 1940, the No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (AFU) was formed. The intention of these Units was to bridge the gap between the advanced flying training undertaken overseas and the operational training courses. When the Air Ministry recognised that there was an urgent need for such refresher courses, they realised that in many cases the facilities and nuclei of the old Service Flying Training Schools still existed at the airfields; and they could now be fully utilised by these new Units. - from http://www.peterboroughhiddenheritage.org/heritage/RAF-Peterborough.html

Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
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Re: RAF locations
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 16 May 12 01:37 BST (UK) »
That's brilliant, thanks.

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