No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF
{{short description|Former Royal Air Force flying training school}}
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| dates = As 215 AFS: 1952 - 1954
Previous designations: 1935-1952
| disbanded = 1954
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| allegiance = Royal Air Force
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| garrison = RAF Finningley
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No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF was a flying school of the Royal Air Force which was disbanded in 1954 at RAF Finningley.
Previous identities
- No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1935-39){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=1}}
- No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF (1939-42){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=137}}
- No. 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1942-45) (Disbanded){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=34}}
- No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (1943-47) (Formed from a nucleus from 11 (P)AFU){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=34}} - merged with No. 1 Refresher School RAF (1946-47){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=218}}
- No. 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF (1947-49){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=212}} absorbed No. 2 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit RAF on 1 April 1948.
- Flying Refresher School RAF (1949-51){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=133}}
- No. 101 Flying Refresher School RAF (1951-52){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=133}}
- No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF (1952-54){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=33}}
No. 1 Refresher School RAF formed from Refresher Flight of No. 17 SFTS.{{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=137}}
11 FTS
- No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF (1940-47){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=201}}
- No. 201 Advanced Flying School RAF (1947-54){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=33}}
- No. 11 Flying Training School RAF (1954-7/6/55){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=137}}
- Into No. 2 Air Navigation School (1947-70){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=49}}
- No. 6 Flying Training School RAF (1970-96){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|2007|p=136}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=Ray|last2=Hamlin|first2=John|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912 |year=2007 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location=Tonbridge, UK|isbn=978-0851-3036-59}}
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