Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - July 1949
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group]
Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Examination Board | Reading | |
| Command Communication Flight | Woodley | Station in Reserve Command |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| 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 |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
| RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | |
| Empire Air Armament School | RAF Manby |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Driffield | Mosquito |
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| Flying Refresher School | RAF Finningley | |
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Finningley | |
| RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
| Empire Flying School | RAF Hullavington | |
| RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| No 11 Air Gunners' School (C & M) | RAF Jurby | |
| RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| Central Synthetic Training Establishment | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| Air Crew Educational School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| RAF Station Leconfield | Beverley, East Yorkshire | |
| Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
| RAF Station Middle St George | ||
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Middle St George | |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington T 10 |
| RAF Station Shawbury | ||
| Empire Air Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
| RAF Station Watchfield | ||
| School of Air Traffic Control | RAF Watchfield |
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 Cottesmore | ||
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Cottesmore |
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| RAF Station Feltwell | ||
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Gloucestershire. | |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station South Cerney | ||
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
| 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 | ||
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Wittering | |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Wittering |
Source - SD161 (106th Edition) - July 1949
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group]
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