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  1. Royal Air Force College Cranwell is probably the most famous landmark in RAF history. Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum portrays the fascinating story of this historic establishment from its early days as a Royal Naval Air Service base to the current day.

  2. 5 de fev. de 2024 · Founders Day at RAF College Cranwell. The first 52 Flight Cadets walked through the gates of the RAF Cadet College. Lord Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff, said:‘ . . . such a College was the essential foundation of a separate Air Service. This College will have the making . . . of the future of this great Service . . . built up during the ...

  3. force, the first of its kind, to include the creation of the requisite support infrastructure, including Officer training at RAF Cranwell, Apprenticeship training at RAF Halton and the RAF Staff College at Andover. Implementing his vision, the RAF assumed responsibility for Officer training at Cranwell from the Royal Navy on 1 November 1919.

  4. After the Great War and the creation of the RAF, Cranwell was chosen as the site of the Cadet College and RAF College Cranwell began to train cadets on 5 Feb 1920. This was also the year that the only Royal Air Force Hospital in the county opened at Cranwell, not being joined by RAF Nocton Hall Hospital until 1940.

  5. Dependants of RAF personnel, MoD employees and contractors employed at RAF College Cranwell can also join but will be required to pay an annual gym membership. Contact the Physical Education staff: Phone: 01400 267195

  6. Others transferred to the RAFVR. Research suggests that 145 Cranwellians (90 flight cadets, 54 SFTS trained pilots and a transferee to the RAFVR) took part in the Battle of Britain, 38 pilots sacrificing their lives in combat and forming our ‘Roll of Honour’ presented on the last page of this tribute.

  7. Foundation of the RAF College. 1. Realising Trenchard's vision for an RAF College on the lines of Sandhurst and Britannia, RAF Cranwell was officially formed on 1 November 1919 and opened for business on 5 February 1920. 2. The decision to replace the existing corrugated iron huts was made in 1922. 3. By 1929, plans had been drawn up, the final