634 Volunteer Gliding Squadron

634 Volunteer Gliding Squadron 634 VGS were based at MoD St Athan, South Wales. The squadron was disbanded (Along with 636 in Swansea) in Dec 16. This page is not for the AGS.

Training would no longer be viable in Wales due to issues with the aircraft maintenance contractor SERCO. Formed originally as No 68 Gliding School at Bridgend in December 1944, moving early the following year to Stormy Down, then to RAF St Athan in 1947, the unit was re-designated No 634 Volunteer Gliding School (VGS) in 1955. The school continued to operate at St Athan until 1963 when, following

an unfortunate incident in which a radar scanner was damaged by a cable during a launch (the scanner was actually lifted out of the ground) all gliding was suspended by a rather unsympathetic OC Flying. The school was reformed at Fairwood Common, Swansea but was accepted back at St Athan in 1964. Only part of the school returned to St Athan, however, as the remainder stayed at Swansea to form 636 VGS.

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