No. 2 School of Technical Training was formed in from the Boys Training Wing of the
Aircraft Apprentice Scheme at RAF Cranwell, whilst the school at
RAF Halton was named as
No. 1 School of Technical Training; the original plan had been to amalgamate the schools when accommodation at RAF Halton camp had been built for those from Cranwell. It stayed at Cranwell until the early 1930s, being disbanded there. The school was reformed at
RAF Cosford in July 1938, and all of its equipment was moved from RAF Halton camp by at least three special trains which were loaded at railway station and transported to RAF Cosford station. The school was housed in a purpose-built structure at Cosford called
Fulton Block, which could accommodate 1,000 trainees. This building is still at RAF Cosford and is now grade II listed. Blackout paint was so effectively applied to the glass windows of Fulton Block, that by November 1945, by which time the
Second World War had ended, the matter of the wasted electricity and the effect on the eyesight of those working there was raised as a matter of concern in the
UK Parliament. Throughout the Second World War, the school trained over 70,000 adult personnel in the engine, airframe and armament trades. During the 1940s and 1950s, the school was part of
RAF Technical Training Command. The last
boys entrant course passed out of the school in 1965, by which time over 13,000 personnel had been trained since the end of the Second World War; thereafter the school focussed on technical training of men. Besides the aircraft associated roles that technical schools in the RAF trained boys upon, the school also provided training for the radio, photographic and nursing trades. Some of the former No. 2 S of TT hangars on the airfield site at Cosford became the home of the
RAF Museum site at the base. By the 1980s, with the focus on the avionics, radar, and flight systems training, the school had become the largest ground training environment within the RAF. The school was disbanded on 24 November 1994, when it merged into No. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton. The
Line Training Flight (LTF) section of the school was rebadged as
No. 238 Squadron in 2007. The other units within the school are: • Engineer Management Training Flight • Weapons and Survival Equipment Training Flight • Academic Principles Organisation == Heritage ==