List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Southern Rhodesia

This article contains a list of the facilities of the Joint Air Training Scheme which was a major programme for training South African Air Force, Royal Air Force and Allied air crews during World War II.

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a recruit 50 hours of basic aviation instruction on a simple trainer like the Tiger Moth. Pilots who showed promise went on to training at a Service Flying Training School (SFTS). The Service Flying Training School provided advanced training for pilots, including fighter and multi-engined aircraft. Other trainees went on to different specialties, such as wireless, navigation or bombing and gunnery.

Training schools
These are the training schools that formed the Rhodesia Air Training Group.

Training aircraft

 * Airspeed Oxford
 * North American Harvard
 * Tiger Moth
 * Avro Anson
 * Fairey Battle

Glossary

 * ARU &mdash; Aircraft Repair Unit
 * AFB &mdash; Air Force Base
 * BGTS &mdash; Bombing and Gunnery Training School
 * CFS &mdash; Central Flying School
 * EFTS &mdash; Elementary Flying Training School
 * SRAF &mdash; Southern Rhodesia Air Force
 * SFTS &mdash; Service Flying Training School
 * WAAF &mdash;Women's Auxiliary Air Force