Formed:
<= Aug 1938
Disbanded:
??
Unit was based
at:
RAF Eastchurch ::
?? - Aug 1938
RAF
Manby :: Aug 1938 - >1940
Aircraft
operated:
Hampden :: Apr 1941
- Nov 1943
1 AAS was the first
occupant of the newly-constructed RAF Manby, moving from RAF Eastchurch
and taking residence days after it opened in Aug 1938.
Includes satellite at Caistor and 2 Ground Armament School at Manby.
The role of AAS was to train Armament Officers, Air Gunners and
Air bombers in bombing and gunnery, using the coastal ranges of Lincolnshire
and Norfolk, including Theddlethorpe. |