2 EFTS) was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot training unit that operated during World War II.

Flying instruction in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) underwent major changes following the outbreak of World War II, in response to a vast increase in the number of aircrew volunteers and the commencement of Australia's participation in the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS).

[1][2] The EFTS provided a twelve-week introductory flying course to personnel who had graduated from one of the RAAF's initial training schools.

Those that passed this grading process then received a further eight weeks of training (including sixty-five hours of flying) at the EFTS.

Pilots who successfully completed this course were posted to an SFTS in either Australia or Canada for the next stage of their instruction as military aviators.

[5] Archerfield was home to private aviation clubs and schools including the Queensland Aero Club and Airwork Ltd, and it was the airfield's position as the hub of civilian flight instruction in the state that led to it becoming the base for the second flying school the RAAF raised during World War II.

[4][5] Its first fifteen de Havilland Tiger Moth training aircraft were delivered three days later.

[6] By the end of the month, the school's strength included 105 officers and men, one civilian instructor, and twenty-six students.

The unit log book reported the lack of a telephone system, kitchen facilities, beds, desks, hot water, blackboards, typewriters, flags, maps, charts, and "clothing other than stockings".

[13] Squadron Leader Roy Phillipps, a fighter ace with the Australian Flying Corps in World War I, assumed command of No.

2 EFTS were increased twofold in August 1941; by 30 September its strength included 202 officers and men, 1 civilian, and 91 trainees.

[5] EATS training was put on hold in January 1942, following the outbreak of war in the Pacific, but resumed the next month.