Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical
Training Command - January 1948
[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Synthetic Training Development Unit | Brampton Grange, Huntingdon |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 4 Reception Unit | RAF Aldergrove | Station in Coastal Command |
| Personnel Selection Training School | RAF Biggin Hill | Station in Reserve Command |
| RAF Station Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Shropshire | |
| No 7 Recruits Centre | RAF Bridgnorth | |
| RAF Station Cardington | ||
| No 2 Reception Unit | RAF Cardington | |
| No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | |
| RAF Station Catterick | ||
| RAF Regiment Central School | RAF Catterick | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG) |
| RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit | RAF Cosford | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 1 RAF School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Station Debach | ||
| RAF Station Digby | ||
| WAAF School of Administration | RAF Digby | |
| RAF Station Grantham | ||
| RAF Station Great Sampford | ||
| RAF Station Andrews Field | Satellite, Great Sampford | |
| RAF Station Halton | ||
| No 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) | RAF Halton | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DDST2) |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | ||
| WAAF Depot | RAF Hawkinge | |
| RAF Station Hereford | ||
| Equipment Officers' School | RAF Hereford | |
| No 1 General Service Training School | RAF Hereford | |
| Secretarial Branch Training Establishment | RAF Hereford | |
| No 2 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Hereford | |
| RAF Central Depository | RAF Hornchurch | Station in No 24 Group |
| The Officers Advance Training School | RAF Hornchurch | Station in No 24 Group |
| Recruits Advance Drill Unit | RAF Hornchurch | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 6 Recruits Centre | RAF Innsworth | Station in No 28 Group |
| No 22 Recruits Centre | RAF Long Kesh | Station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Station Nethertown | ||
| RAF Station Padgate | ||
| No 1 Reception Unit | RAF Padgate | |
| No 3 Recruits Centre | RAF Padgate | |
| Recruit Instructors' Unit | RAF Padgate | |
| RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull | ||
| RAF School of Fire Fighting & Anti-Gas | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| RAF Station Warrington | ||
| RCAF MT Repair Unit | RAF Warrington | |
| RAF Station Watchet | ||
| RAF Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School | RAF Watchet | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG) |
| RAF Station West Kirby | ||
| No 5 Recruits Centre | RAF West Kirby | |
| RAF Station Wilmslow | ||
| No 31 (WAAF) Recruits Centre | RAF Wilmslow | |
| No 4 Recruits Centre | RAF Wilmslow | |
| No 11 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) | RAF Wilmslow | |
| No 1 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Wythall | Station in No 28 Group |
HQ - Aston Clinton, Aylesbury
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Chigwell | ||
| Central Trade Test Board | RAF Chigwell | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| No 106 Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Cosford | |
| School of Training Organisation and Method | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Cosford | |
| No 1 School of Photography | RAF Farnborough | |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | Station in Maintenance Command | |
| No 1 Marine Craft Training School | RAF Felixstowe | |
| RAF Station Halton | Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Bucks | |
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Halton | |
| Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| Nos 1 School of Cookery | RAF Halton | |
| Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
| School of Hygiene | RAF Halton | |
| School of Radiography | RAF Halton | |
| Air Training Corps Flight | RAF Halton | |
| RAF Station Hednesford | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford | |
| RAF Station Henlow | ||
| RAF Technical College | RAF Henlow | |
| No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow | |
| RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
| RAF Station Barton Hall | Preston, Lancashire | Satellite, Kirkham |
| RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
| RAF Station Marsworth | ||
| Medical Training Establishment & Depot | RAF Marsworth | |
| RAF Station Melksham | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | RAF Melksham | |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
| Aeronautical Inspection Services School | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Station Weeton | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton | |
| RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford |
HQ - Southrop
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 5 Radio School | RAF Bawdsey | Station in No 90 Group |
| RAF Station Cammeringham | ||
| RAF Station Castle Combe | ||
| No 2 Resettlement Unit (Polish) | RAF Castle Combe | |
| RAF Station Compton Bassett | Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| No 3 Radio School | RAF Compton Bassett | |
| No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | Station in FTC |
| RAF Station Wellingore | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Debden | ||
| Empire Radio School | RAF Debden | |
| RAF Station Wethersfield | Satellite airfield (Debden) | |
| Command Major Servicing Flight | RAF Wethersfield | |
| RAF Station Dunholme Lodge | ||
| No 3 Demobilisation Centre (Polish) | RAF Dunholme Lodge | |
| No 3 Resettlement Unit (Polish) | RAF Dunholme Lodge | |
| RAF Station East Wretham | ||
| RAF Station Framlingham | ||
| No 5 Resettlement Unit (Polish) | RAF Framlingham | |
| HQ Polish Resettlement Corps (RAF) | RAF Hucknall | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
| RAF Station Melton Mowbrey | ||
| No 9 Resettlement Unit (Polish) | RAF Melton Mowbrey | |
| RAF (Polish) Record Office | RAF Melton Mowbrey | |
| RAF Station Portreath | ||
| RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale | ||
| RAF Station Swanton Morley | ||
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| RAF Station Watnall | ||
| RAF Station Yatesbury | ||
| No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury |
HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Andover | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Station Blackpool | ||
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | |
| RAF Delegation | Brussels | |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bulstrode Park | |
| No 3 Reception Unit | RAF Burtonwood | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Burtonwood | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Cheltenham | |
| No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Chessington | |
| No 15 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) | RAF Chessington | |
| No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Collaton Cross | |
| No 20 PTC (Airmen's Families) | RAF Cranage | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
| Record Office | Gloucester | |
| RAF Station Innsworth | Satellite (Gloucester) | |
| No 1 Personnel Holding Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| Base Accounts Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| Book Distributing Centre | RAF Innsworth | |
| Air Ministry Unit | RAF Harrogate | |
| C & M Party | RAF Heaton Park | |
| No 19 PTC (Officers' Families) | RAF Hethal | |
| RAF Station Kingscliffe | ||
| No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) | RAF Kirkham | Station in No 24 Group |
| British Bombing Survey Unit | London | |
| Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
| AMMRU (O & M) | London | |
| RAF (French) Records Office | London | |
| Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | |
| Central Medical Establishment | London | |
| No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
| Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
| Inspectorate General of the Polish Resettlement Corps | London | |
| Polish Air Force Liquidation Unit | London | |
| No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Mongewell Park | |
| C & M Party | RAF Nocton Hall | |
| RAF General Hospital | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
| Combined Selection Board | RAF North Weald | |
| RAF General Hospital | Rauceby | |
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Regent's Park | |
| Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS) |
| RAF Station Warrington | ||
| No 22 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Warrington | |
| No 101 RAF Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 21 PTC (Airmen's Families) | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| Pay Ledger Search Unit | RAF Worcester | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| Command Communication Flight | RAF Wyton | Station in Bomber Command |
Source - SD161 (88th Edition) - January 1948
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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