Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical Training Command - February 1950
[RAF Technical College | RAF Record Office | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Debden | ||
| RAF Technical College, Signals Division | RAF Debden | |
| RAF Station Henlow | ||
| RAF Technical College, Engineering Division | RAF Henlow | |
| RAF Station Lindholme | ||
| RAF Technical College, Armament Division | RAF Lindholme |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Gloucester | ||
| Record Office | RAF Gloucester | |
| RAF Station Innsworth | Satellite, Gloucester | |
| RAF Station Ruislip | ||
| Record Office | RAF Ruislip |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
| The Officers Advanced Training School | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| Equipment Officers' School | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| Secretarial Branch Training Establishment | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| RAF Station Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Shropshire | |
| No 7 School of Recruit Training | RAF Bridgnorth | |
| RAF Station Cardington | ||
| No 2 Reception Unit | RAF Cardington | |
| No 2 School of Recruit Training | RAF Cardington | |
| RAF Station Catterick | ||
| RAF Regiment Central School | RAF Catterick | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG) |
| RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale | Satellite, Catterick | |
| C & M Party | RAF Skipton-on-Swale | |
| RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Cheltenham | |
| RAF School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | ||
| WRAF Depot | RAF Hawkinge | |
| No 1 School of Recruit Training | RAF Henlow | |
| RAF Station Hereford | ||
| Advanced Training School | RAF Hereford | |
| No 2 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Hereford | |
| RAF Station Padgate | ||
| No 1 Reception Unit | RAF Padgate | |
| No 3 School of Recruit Training | RAF Padgate | |
| Recruit Instructors' Unit | RAF Padgate | |
| Administrative Apprentices Training School | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Station Spittlegate | ||
| RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit | RAF Spittlegate | |
| Mess Staff School | RAF Spittlegate | |
| RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey | Satellite Spittlegate | |
| RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull | ||
| RAF School of Fire Fighting | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| Group Communication Flight | RAF Ternhill | Station in FTC |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
| Recruits Advanced Drill Unit | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS) |
| RAF School of Education | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Station West Kirby | ||
| No 5 School of Recruit Training | RAF West Kirby | |
| RAF Station Wilmslow | ||
| No 31 School of WRAF Recruit Training | RAF Wilmslow | |
| No 4 School of Recruit Training | RAF Wilmslow | |
| RAF Station Wythall | ||
| No 1 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Wythall |
HQ - Aston Clinton, Aylesbury
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1 Marine Craft Training School | RAF Calshot | Station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Station Chigwell | ||
| Central Trade Test Board | RAF Chigwell | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| School of Training Organisation and Method | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Cosford | |
| 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 Radiography | RAF Halton | |
| Dental Training School | RAF Halton | |
| Nos 2 School of Cookery | RAF Innsworth | Station in No 28 Group |
| RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
| RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
| RAF Station Melksham | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | RAF Melksham | |
| RAF Station Moreton-in-Marsh | ||
| Medical Training Establishment & Depot | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh | |
| School of Hygiene | RAF Moreton-in-Marsh | |
| RAF Station North Coates | ||
| No 15 School of Technical Training | RAF North Coates | |
| Bomb Disposal Wing | RAF North Coates | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (Arm BD) |
| Bomb Disposal School | RAF North Coates | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (Arm BD) |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| Aircrew Educational School | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Station Weeton | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton | |
| RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford | ||
| School of Photography | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford |
HQ - Southrop
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 5 Radio School | RAF Bawdsey | Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Compton Bassett | Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| No 3 Radio School | RAF Compton Bassett | |
| No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | Station in FTC |
| Command Major Servicing Flight | RAF Debden | |
| RAF Station Swanton Morley | ||
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| RAF Station Yatesbury | ||
| No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury |
HQ - RAF Uxbridge
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Andover | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | |
| RAF Delegation | Brussels | |
| No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Chessington | |
| No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Collaton Cross | |
| No 20 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Cranage | |
| No 22 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Croft | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
| Institute of Aviation Medicine | Farnborough (M of S) | |
| No 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Unit | RAF Harrogate | |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Hednesford | |
| RAF Antarctic Flight | RAF Hendon | Station in Transport Command |
| RAF Central Depository | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Combined Selection Board | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Personnel Selection Training School | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Air Crew Allocation Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| No 1 Personnel Holding Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| Base Accounts Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| Educational Book Depot | RAF Innsworth | |
| No 4 MT Company | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Movements) |
| Air Publication and Forms Store | RAF Kidbrooke | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ADSD (AP)) |
| No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) | RAF Kirkham | Station in No 24 Group |
| British Bombing Survey Unit | London | |
| AMMRU (O & M) | London | |
| Central Medical Establishment | London | |
| No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Mongewell Park | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Nocton Hall | |
| RAF Delegation France | Paris | |
| No 101 RAF Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 21 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| Air Ministry Unit | RAF West Drayton | |
| WRAF Band | RAF West Drayton | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| Command Communication Flight | RAF Wyton | Station in Bomber Command |
Source - SD161 (113th Edition) - February 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[RAF Technical College | RAF Record Office | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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