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List of Royal Air Force Glider units

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ18737012 ↗
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This is a list of Royal Air Force glider units.

Gliding Schools

1-100

100-200

200-700

Volunteer Gliding Schools

Other Glider units

See also

References

Citations

Bibliography

Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007).

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