List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in South Africa

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 (STFS). 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. In South Africa, the Elementary Flying Training School and Service Flying Training School were renamed Air Schools.

Training aircraft
The JATS used the following types of aircraft for training:


 * Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I & II
 * Avro 621 Tutor
 * Avro 652a Anson
 * Curtiss P.40E/N Kittyhawk I, III & IV
 * DH 82a Tiger Moth
 * DH.89a Dominie
 * Fairey Battle
 * Hawker Hart (variants)
 * Hawker Hurricane IIb & IIc
 * Lockheed L.37 Ventura I and II
 * Miles M.19 Master II
 * North American Harvard I, IIa and III
 * Northrop 8-A5 Nomad I

Minor aircraft types used in any significant numbers included the Curtiss H-75A-4 Mohawk IV, Hawker Hartbees, Hawker Fury, Martin167F Maryland and Westland Wapiti.

Glossary

 * AFB — Air Force Base
 * CFS — Central Flying School
 * EFTS – Elementary Flying Training School
 * SAAF — South African Air Force
 * SFTS – Service Flying Training School
 * WAAF —Women's Auxiliary Air Force