No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF was a flying school of the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

which was disbanded in 1954 at

RAF Finningley Royal Air Force Finningley or more simply RAF Finningley is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station at Finningley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The station straddled the historic county bo ...

Previous identities

* No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1935-39) * No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF (1939-42) * No. 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942-45) (Disbanded) * No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943-47) (Formed from a nucleus from 11 (P)AFU) - merged with No. 1 Refresher School RAF (1946-47) * No. 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF (1947-49) absorbed No. 2 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF on 1 April 1948. * Flying Refresher School RAF (1949-51) * No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951-52) * No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952-54) No. 1 Refresher School RAF formed from Refresher Flight of No. 17 SFTS.

11 FTS

* No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF (1940-47) * No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947-54) * No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1954-7/6/55) * Into No. 2 Air Navigation School (1947-70) * No. 6 Flying Training School RAF (1970-96)

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