The Air Defence Cadet Corps was a volunteer youth organisation in the United Kingdom, preparing young people for military aviation.

He planned to set up squadrons of young cadets in as many towns and cities as possible, and ask local people to organise and run them.

Cadets were used to carry messages, they helped with clerical duties, in providing extra muscle in handling aircraft and in the movement of stores and equipment.

Throughout the early stages of war, the government received good reports as to the quality of cadets entering the RAF and Fleet Air Arm.

The ADCC willingly took on this task and in a very short space of time produced thousands of well qualified individuals who went on to pass quickly through basic training.