Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - March 1948
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group]
Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Examination Board | Wantage Hall, Reading | |
| RAF Station Cranwell | ||
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Various |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
| RAF Station Digby | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| Command Communication Flight | Woodley | Station in Reserve Command |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Cottesmore | Mosquito |
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| No 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit | RAF Finningley | |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington X |
| RAF Station Valley | ||
| No 2 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit | RAF Valley | |
| RAF Station Worksop | ||
| RAF Central Vision Training School | RAF Worksop |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Booker | ||
| No 21 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Booker | |
| Joint Services Staff College Flight | RAF Booker | |
| RAF Station Church Lawford | ||
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Church Lawford | Anson/Harvard |
| RAF Station Feltwell | ||
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
| Empire Flying School | RAF Hullavington | |
| RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| No 7 Service Flying Training School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station Shellingford | ||
| No 3 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Shellingford | |
| RAF Station Kelmscott | Satellite airfield (Shellingford) | |
| RAF Station South Cerney | ||
| Air Crew Allocation Unit | RAF South Cerney | |
| Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF South Cerney | |
| Central Link Trainer School | RAF South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Spittlegate | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Spittlegate | |
| RAF Station Bottesford | Satellite airfield (Spittlegate) | |
| RAF Station Syerston | ||
| No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | |
| RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
| RAF Station Wittering | ||
| Combined Initial Training School | RAF Wittering |
HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 10 Air Navigation School | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| No 11 Air Gunners' School (C & M) | RAF Jurby | |
| RAF Station Leconfield | ||
| Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
| RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
| Empire Air Armament School | RAF Manby | |
| RAF Station Middle St George | ||
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Middle St George | |
| RAF Station Shawbury | ||
| Empire Air Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
| RAF Station Sleap | Satellite airfield (Shawbury) | |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Topcliffe | |
| RAF Station Watchfield | ||
| School of Air Traffic Control | RAF Watchfield | |
| Airfield Controllers School | RAF Watchfield |
Source - SD161 (90th Edition) - March 1948
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group]
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