service flying training school raaf service flying training school flying training school royal_australian_air_force raaf operated world war formed july command wing commander responsible intermediate advanced instruction pilots empire air training scheme eats school based near new_south_wales operated aircraft phased july school unit raaf divided personnel equipment nos service flying training schools respectively disbanded april base facilities taken aircraft depot history raaf training expanded dramatically following outbreak world war response australia participation empire air training scheme eats air_force pre war flight training facility raaf station victoria supplanted elementary flying training schools service flying training schools turned new flight instructors provided basic training prospective pilots successful instruction operational service flying course typically consisted streams intermediate advanced included techniques instrument flying night flying advanced formation flying dive bombing aerial gunnery total duration training varied war demand rose fell initially running weeks course cut weeks included hours flying time october year later raised weeks including hours flying time weeks months later continued increase peaking weeks june service flying training school formed near new_south_wales july came control service flying training school later basic flying training school neighbouring called flying training schools graduated pilots 1940s 50s unit inaugural commanding officer wing commander subsequently strict discipline german ancestry quickly earned establishment nickname concentration camp served station commander school instructors flying officer later awarded victoria_cross bombing raids new_guinea new air base roads buildings construction course flying training commenced july crashed august killing instructor student later month second flying course began school reorganised initial september collided mid air locked followed shortly injured pilot lower aircraft pilot upper found able control aircraft flaps coupled engine power underneath managed successful emergency landing near town reported having achieved nominal strength personnel including students october time flights month said taking place night instructors completing hours flying time week school underwent reorganisation february establishment successful students unit awarded wings proceeding advanced squadron new unit formed march point phased single engined multi engined aircraft training split orders end july operation numbers eventually reaching crashed instrument training flight august killing pilots october posted raaf station darwin group captain turn assumed command like served station commander following outbreak pacific war december school classified second line reserve aircraft defence australia base fortified trenches gun pits january squadron established forest hill aircraft personnel equipped unit formed expansion australian military response rapid japanese advance month pacific war contingent began arriving forest hill january subsequently eats facilities southern new_south_wales dividing staff aircraft nos service flying training schools nearby respectively remained command school shortly disbandment april suffered total accidents resulting deaths instructors students pilots graduated school later australia leading fighter ace war future prime minister squadron disbanded april brief career activities limited training exercises base facilities taken aircraft depot responsible maintenance raaf engines equipment
No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF