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[[File:OS2Us at RAAF depot Lake Boga 1942.jpg|300px|thumb|Seaplane Training Flight Kingfishers in August 1942]]
The '''Seaplane Training Flight''' was a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] unit responsible for providing seaplane conversion training to RAAF air and ground crew.

The Seaplane Training Flight was established on 1 March 1940 at [[RAAF Base Rathmines]] in [[New South Wales]]. Initially equipped with two [[Supermarine Seagull (1921)|Supermarine Seagull]] aircraft the Flight received [[Consolidated Catalina]] aircraft in the second half of 1940 and a small number of [[OS2U Kingfisher|Vought Kingfisher]] aircraft in early 1942.

As part of the expansion of the RAAF's seaplane units the Seaplane Training Flight was expanded to form [[No. 3 Operational Training Unit RAAF|No. 3 Operational Training Unit]] on 28 December 1942.

==References==
* RAAF Historical Section (1995), ''Units of the Royal Australian Air Force. A Concise History''. Volume 4 Maritime and Transport Units. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

{{Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Air Force}}

[[Category:RAAF training units]]
[[Category:RAAF independent flights]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1940]]


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