List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Australia information
Empire Air Training Scheme
Student pilot of No. 4 Service Flying Training School boarding his Avro Anson, March 1942
Active
1939–1945
Country
Australia
Branch
Royal Australian Air Force
Role
Aircrew training
Part of
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Aircraft[1]
Airspeed Oxford Avro Anson Avro Cadet CAC Wirraway De Havilland Dragon Rapide De Havilland Gypsy Moth De Havilland Tiger Moth Douglas C-47 Dakota Hawker Demon Westland Wapiti
Engagements
World War II
Military unit
This is a List of facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Australia (BCATP), a major program for training Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air crews during World War II for service with the Royal Air Force. Agreed in December 1939, the program was known in Australia as the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS).[2] The first Australian training schools were established the following year.[3] Course duration and content evolved over time but the basic structure of the scheme remained the same for the duration of the war.[4] Over 52,000 personnel enlisted in the RAAF as aircrew and some 37,000 graduated from EATS schools.[5]
^RAAF Historical Section, Units of the Royal Australian Air Force, pp. 100–101
^Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, p. 60
^Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, pp. 68–70
^Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force, p. 108
^Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, p. 72
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