Squadron Patch – Diploma Cadet Squadron 1962 – 1976

Description

Description: Squadron Patch – Diploma Cadet Squadron 1962 – 1976

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Squadron Patch – Diploma Cadet Squadron. 

A scheme which provided the RAAF with graduate engineer officers for 25 years closed on this day after a graduation parade at Frognall, in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury, reviewed by the Air Officer Commanding Support Command, Air Vice-Marshal Peter Scully. From its beginnings in February 1961 as ‘Detachment A’ of the Radio Apprentice School, then Diploma Cadet Squadron from 1962, and Engineer Cadet Squadron (ECS) from 1976, the unit administered officer cadets who were studying for engineering diplomas and degrees at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. From 1965 Frognall was also home to cadets studying Commerce at RMIT before becoming officers in the Equipment Branch, an arrangement which ended in 1973. With the closure of the ECS, future intakes of RAAF engineer students attended the new Australian Defence Force Academy. The base at Frognall closed down in March 1986 and was sold by the Commonwealth a short time later.