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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Technical Training Command - March 1943
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
Command HQ - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Rerading Berkshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Synthetic Training Development Unit | Reading |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 8 Recruits Centre | 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus | |
| No 8 Receiving and Disposal Unit (Edinbugh) | Arbroath, Angus | |
| RAF Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | |
| No 10 (Signals) Recruits Centre | Imperial Annexe, Dickson Road, Blackpool | |
| No 15 Recruits Centre | 22 Derby Road, North Shore, Blackpool | |
| Suspended Air Crews' Section | RAF Blackpool | |
| No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | Station in Balloon Command |
| RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 2 School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Officers School | RAF Cosford | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| No 30 WAAF Recruits' Centre | RAF Innsworth | |
| No 3 Recruits Centre | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
| RAF Station Redcar | Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire | |
| No 1 School of Physical Training | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
| Ground Observers' School | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 11 Recruits Centre | Seacroft Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire | |
| RAF Station Weston-super-Mare | Warwick Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 31 WAAF Recruits' Centre | Wilmslow |
(b) Directly under the Air Ministry (DGMS) for technical (medical) administration
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 2 School of Photography | Ripon Road, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
| No 3 School of Technical Training | Stanley Road, South Shore, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
| No 1 MT School | 21 Raikes Parade, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
| Marine Aircraft Training School | RAF Corsewell | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| No 1 School of Photography (a) | RAF Farnborough | Station in Army Co-op Command |
| RAF Station Halton | Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |
| Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Halton | |
| Polish Technical Training School | RAF Halton | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
| School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
| No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
| Oxygen Producing Training Unit | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
| No 11 School of Technical Training | Credenhill, Hereford | |
| RAF Station Innsworth | Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | |
| No 7 School of Technical Training | RAF Innsworth | Station in 20 Group |
| No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | Station in Maintenance Command. |
| No 1 Works School | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | Station in Maintenance Command. |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| No 4 MT School | Clarendon Hotel, Morecombe, Lancashire | Station in No 28 Group |
| No 3 MT School | Tufton Hotel, West End Parade, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire | |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Czechoslovak Depot | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
| Safety Equipment Workers' School | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in Balloon Command |
| No 8 School of Technical Training | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| Central Trade Test Board (a) | West Drayton, Middlesex | Station in No 26 Group |
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 6 Radio School | Bolton Technical College, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire | |
| No 10 Radio School | RAF Carew Cheriton | |
| RAF Station Compton Bassett | Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| No 3 Radio School | RAF Compton Bassett | |
| RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | |
| No 8 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 11 Radio School | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 7 Radio School | Albert Court, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 | Station in No 28 Group |
| RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Madley | |
| No 5 Radio School | Oxford | |
| RAF Station Yatesbury | Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| No 9 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Technical Colleges | |
| Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics and Wireless and Telephone Operators training at GPOs | |
| Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Manufacturers' works | |
HQ - 17-19 Queen's Square, London WC2
| No 1 Airmens Convalescent Depot | Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
| RAF Overseas Pay Accounts, Clearing Unit | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
| RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 21 School of Technical Training | Cow Lane, Burtonwood, nr Warrington, Lancs | Station transferred to USAAF |
| RAF General Hospital | Church Village | |
| RAF Central Depository | Colnbrook | |
| Equipment Training School (Airmen) | RAF Eastbourne | |
| Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF Eastbourne | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
| RAF General Hospital | Hampton Road, Evesham, Worcestershire | |
| No 10 Personnel Transit Centre | Glasgow | |
| Record Office | Gloucester | |
| Equipment Officers School | Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | |
| School of Hygiene | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 1 School of Cookery | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| Air Training Corps Flight | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| Air Ministry Unit | Lancaster Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | |
| Medical Training Establishment Depot | Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | Manning Office only |
| RAF Station Harrow | Harrow, Middlesex | |
| RCAF 'R' Depot | Houghton Green | |
| No 2 Airmens Convalescent Depot | The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire | |
| RAF Film Production Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Film Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 4 Personnel Transit Centre | School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool | |
| Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
| Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | |
| Central Medical Establishment | London | |
| No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
| Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
| Polish Inspectorate General | London | |
| RAF Station Loughborough | Curzon Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire | |
| RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Loughborough | |
| RAF Neurological Hospital | Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire | |
| No 2 School of Cookery | RAF Melksham | Station in No 24 Group |
| WAAF NCO Administration School | RAF Melksham | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre | Morecombe | |
| RAF General Hospital | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
| School of Clerks, Accounting | Penarth, Glamorganshire | |
| RAF Hospital | Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| Record Office | Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading | |
| Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Medical Training Depot | RAF Sidmouth | Station in Army Co-operation Command |
| School of Administration | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Accountant Officers School | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| RAF General Hospital | Stranraer (Loch Naw) | |
| No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Dungavel, Strathaven, Lanarkshire | |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Service Police School | RAF Uxbridge | |
| War Casualties Non-Effective Accounts Depot | RAF Uxbridge | |
| No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| WAAF Officers School | Windermere | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| No 50 Medical Receiving Station | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| WAAF Cooks' Training and Domestic Science Colleges | Various Centres |
Source - March 1943 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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