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

8 Elementary Flying Training School was formed at Narrandera, New South Wales, on 19 September 1940, and came under the control of Central Area Command.

[4] Recent newspaper reports had suggested that the Narrandera base would be closed owing to "unsuitable ground" and "the direction of the prevailing wind ... allied with the surrounding terrain".

[7][8] A cyclone hit the airfield on 6 December, destroying twenty-two de Havilland Tiger Moth trainers in a matter of minutes and damaging others.

[4] The RAAF resolved to replace the wrecked aircraft as soon as possible and, the next day, the Minister for Air denied the earlier reports that the base was unsuitable and would be closed.

[11] An instructor was killed and three other men were injured when a Tiger Moth crashed while flying at low level over one of Narrandera's satellite airfields on 4 January 1941.

[12][13] Two of the school's Tiger Moths collided at 3,000 feet (910 m) on 8 March; the instructor and student of one plane bailed out, while the other two pilots crash-landed their aircraft, and there were no injuries.

[18] By 30 April 1942, the figures had risen to fifty-eight instructors, 211 students, and over seventy aircraft; strength remained at a similar level for the remainder of the year.

[4] Flying training was suspended in December 1944; the school was among several to be reduced to "nucleus" and continue to function primarily for the upkeep of base infrastructure and equipment under a reorganisation of EATS establishments in Australia.

[25][26] CMU Narrandera was one of many such units that the RAAF raised for the storage and maintenance of surplus aircraft prior to their disposal after the war.

8 EFTS Tiger Moth Memorial was dedicated at Narrandera by retired Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara on 2 October 1988.