No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF

No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF
Three twin-engined military monoplanes parked on a landing field, with other aircraft in the background
No. 2 SFTS, c. September 1940: three Ansons (foreground) with a Wirraway (middle right) and three Tiger Moths (rear)
Active1940–42
AllegianceAustralia
BranchRoyal Australian Air Force
RoleIntermediate/advanced flying training
Part ofNo. 2 Training Group
Garrison/HQRAAF Station Forest Hill
Nickname(s)"Scherger's Concentration Camp"
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Frederick Scherger (1940–41)
Charles Eaton (1941–42)

No. 2 Service Flying Training School (No. 2 SFTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) that operated during World War II. It was formed in July 1940, under the command of Wing Commander Frederick Scherger. Responsible for intermediate and advanced instruction of pilots under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), the school was based at RAAF Station Forest Hill near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and operated CAC Wirraway and Avro Anson aircraft. The Ansons were phased out in July 1941, and the school became an all-Wirraway unit. In 1942 the RAAF divided the personnel and equipment of No. 2 SFTS between Nos. 5 and 7 Service Flying Training Schools at Uranquinty and Deniliquin, respectively. No. 2 SFTS was disbanded that April, and the base facilities taken over by No. 5 Aircraft Depot.


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