No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAAF | |
---|---|
Active | 1941–46 |
Allegiance | Australia |
Branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
Role | Intermediate/advanced flight training |
Part of | No. 2 Training Group |
Garrison/HQ | RAAF Station Uranquinty |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Leon Lachal (May–August 1942)[1] Allan Walters (June–July 1943)[1] |
No. 5 Service Flying Training School (No. 5 SFTS) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flight training unit that operated during World War II. It was one of eight Service Flying Training Schools established by the RAAF to provide intermediate and advanced flying instruction to new pilots as part of Australia's contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme. No. 5 SFTS was formed at RAAF Station Uranquinty, New South Wales, in October 1941, and disbanded in February 1946. Its staff and equipment were employed to re-establish No. 1 Flying Training School, which transferred to RAAF Station Point Cook, Victoria, the following year. Care and Maintenance Unit Uranquinty was also formed from No. 5 SFTS's facilities, to look after surplus aircraft at the base prior to their disposal, and disbanded in December 1948.