Although the first air cadet unit was raised in Bournmouth in 1928, the first squadrons to be formed in a privately funded national organisation were part of the Air Defence Cadet Corps in 1938Horizons: The History Of The Air Cadets available on April 10 2016 from VitalSource for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">23.5