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1915
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3000 acres commandeered from the Earl
of Bristol's estate.
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1916
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RNAS Training Establishment opened on
1st April as HMS Daedalus.
The airship/balloon sheds were on
north drome, and the aeroplane hangars
were on south drome.
The RNAS Electrical and Wireless
School moved in.
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1917
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Single track railway branch line from
near Sleaford opened.
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1918
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RAF took over on 1st April, becoming
Training Depots Nos: 201, 202, 213,
which were later renumbered 56, 57,
58. These were home to: the Airship
Training Wing, the Boys' Training
Wing, the Wing Aeroplane Repair
Section, the PT School, and the
Wireless Operators' School.
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1919
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Churchill-Trenchard Memorandum
established the RAF College.
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1920
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The College opened using the old
wooden huts, on 5th February.
No.4 (Apprentices) Wing housed until
Halton was ready in 1926.
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1922
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RAF Hospital opened to serve
surrounding airfields.
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1926
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No.4 (Apprentices) Wing moved to
Halton.
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1929
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The Electrical and Wireless School
apprentice wing moved from Flowerdown
on 6th August, In November 1938 it
became No.1 Electrical and Wireless
School.
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1933
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New College building completed.
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1934
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New College opened by the Prince of
Wales on 11th October.
Old wooden hangars replaced by two "C"
type with tower and flashing
beacon.
School of Store Accounting and
Storekeeping opened in July.
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1936
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School of Storekeeping renamed
Equipment Training School in December.
A Supplies Depot opened in October.
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1938
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Became HQ No.21 Group, Training
Command, in December.
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1939
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School of Clerks Accountancy opened.
in May.
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1940
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No.1 Electrical and Wireless School
renamed No.1 Signals School, in
August.
RAF Hospital moved to former mental
hospital buildings, Rauceby.
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1941
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School of Clerks Accountancy closed on
28th January.
No.8 Radio School opened on 10th
March.
The Gloster-Whittle E28/39
jet-propelled aircraft made its maiden
flight from south drome.
Equipment Training School ended in
June.
Incendiary bomb cracked a tile on the
roof of The College. This was the only
damage due to enemy action.
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1942
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Whitley P5052, of No.3 OTU, hit
college roof in fog, and fell into
lecture room. Crew of 3 killed.
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1943
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No.1 Signals School renamed No.1 Radio
School, in January.
There were 7000 service personnel
& 3000 civilians on the Battle of
Britain parade in September.
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1944
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Ceased to be HQ No.21 Group in
December.
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1946
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No.8 Radio School closed on 26th June.
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1947
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Secretarial Branch Training
Establishment and equipment officers'
School moved in.
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1948
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Secretarial Branch Training
Establishment and equipment officers'
School moved out.
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1949
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The Supplies Depot closed in November.
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1950
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No.1 Radio School moved to Locking in
October, and the Apprentice Wing
became No.6 Radio School.
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1952
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Apprentice Wing moved to Locking on
1st December.
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1954
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Two concrete runways constructed on
south drome for benefit of jet
aircraft.
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1960
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£2 million spent replacing old wooden
huts with more substantial buildings;
officers' mess, instructional block,
aerothermodynamics & engineering
complex, and married quarters.
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1963
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New sergeants' mess opened.
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1964
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New airman's NAAFI social club opened,
and named The White Cranes Club.
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1965
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The Technical College from Henlow
amalgamated with the RAF College.
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1974
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College of Air Warfare moved in from
Manby in January.
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1976
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Central Flying School moved in from
Little Rissington in April.
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1977
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Central Flying School moved out to
Leeming on 21st November.
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1978
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College of Air Warfare moved out.
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1979
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All Initial Officer Training for
commissioned rank centralised at
Cranwell.
Basic Flying Training School created,
later renamed Flying Training School.
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1987
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Two 1914-1918 type "F" sheds on north
drome reclad with modern sheeting.
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1989
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Flying Training School became No.3
Flying Training School.
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1995
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Central Flying School HQ moved in
February from Scampton.
The CFS Bulldog Squadron became part
of No.3 FTS, operating from the south
side of the South Drome sometimes
under the location title of RAF
Rauceby.
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1997
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Red Arrows aerobatic team moved in.
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1998
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Western Band move in from Locking to
become The Band of the RAF Regiment,
alongside The Band of the RAF College.
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2000
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Red Arrows aerobatic team move to
Scampton.
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The name of the village is said to derive from the
Crane family estate. The three crane birds from
the family coat-of-arms are now incorporated in
the arms of the RAF College. Also the airman's
NAAFI is named The White Cranes Club.
