22 Elementary Flying Training School (22 EFTS) was based at Cambridge Airfield and trained a huge number of RAF pilots and instructors during WW2 using Tiger Moths, hence the reference to 22 in the name of the Private Flying Group. The group’s name changed to the Cambridge Flying Group to better reflect that it was open to all, but it still retains 22 in its badge as an homage to 22 EFTS.
The Early Years
Bill Ison, our first Chief Flying Instructor, continued instructing with the group until 2010, when he was 89. Den Cash, another of the original three instructors, flew on a regular basis with other members of the group until 2020.