Wilson, Keith RAF Training Command. A Pictorial History

This book will tell the story - in words and pictures - of RAF Training Command from 1 May 1936 until it was separated into Flying Training Command and Technical Training Command on 27 May 1940. Both commands were then transferred into the newly re-established RAF Training Command on 1 June 1968, until it was then absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977.
When the expansion of the RAF began in 1934, Air Commodore Tedder observed that the established order of school training not only failed to produce operational competence, but left so much to be done by the operational squadrons that they could only attain passable military efficiency after an uphill struggle. He proposed to raise the standards of school instruction so that pilots would leave the facility as operationally competent pilots, although it would mean lengthening the period of instruction as well as revising the syllabus.
It was against this somewhat sorry background of training and logistical problems, as well as having the clouds of war firmly visible on the horizon, that the decision was taken to form a new RAF Training Command on 1 May 1936; an organisation derived from the ashes of the former RAF Inland Area.

When the expansion of the RAF began in 1934, Air Commodore Tedder realised that the established order of school training not only failed to produce operational skills, but left so much work to the operational squadrons that they could only achieve passable military efficiency after a hard struggle. He suggested raising the standards of school training so that pilots would leave the institution as operational pilots, although this would mean extending the training period as well as revising the curriculum.
Against this somewhat sad background of training and logistical problems, and with war looming, the decision was taken on 1 May 1936 to form a new RAF Training Command, rising from the ashes of the former RAF Inland Area.