3 SFTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II.

Responsible for intermediate and advanced instruction of pilots under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), the school was based at RAAF Station Amberley, Queensland, and operated CAC Wirraway and Avro Anson aircraft.

Two reserve squadrons were formed at the school in response to the outbreak of war in the Pacific, and the base fortified against air attack.

[1][2] While CFS turned out new flight instructors, the EFTS provided basic training to prospective pilots who, if successful, would go on to an SFTS for further instruction that focussed on operational (or "service") flying.

[5] Amberley had only opened that year, and when the first course of flying training commenced with CAC Wirraways on 19 November, the aircraft were operating off a grass runway.

3 SFTS instituted a 13-hour training day coupled with nightly aircraft maintenance, and the Wirraways frequently used the airfields at nearby RAAF Stations Archerfield and Maryborough, homes of No.

[2][5] The school also operated twin-engined Avro Ansons, on which training was hampered not only by the condition of the airfield but by shortages of aircraft and instructors.

[5] The same month, almost 1,000 United States Army Air Forces personnel arrived at Amberley to begin assembly of Douglas Dauntless dive bombers and Curtiss Kittyhawk fighters, under the supervision of Group Captain Leon Lachal, who had assumed command of No.

1 and 6 Service Flying Training Schools at RAAF Stations Point Cook, Victoria, and Mallala, South Australia, respectively.