Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - October 1950
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | Inactive Stations]
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 Home Command |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Cranwell | ||
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Various |
| RAF Station Digby | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
| RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | |
| No 12 GCA Unit | RAF Manby | |
| RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| Flying Refresher School | RAF Finningley | |
| RAF Station Lindholme |
Satellite (Finningley) | |
| RAF Station Hullavington | ||
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Hullavington | |
| Link Trainer School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC |
| RAF Station Leconfield | Beverley, East Yorkshire | |
| Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
| RAF Station Shawbury | ||
| Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | |
| RAF Station Swanton Morley | ||
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | |
| No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | ||
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Thorney Island | |
| Mobile Survival and Rescue Instructional Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Functionally controlled by Command HQ |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Cottesmore |
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| RAF Station Wittering | Satellite of Cottesmore | |
| RAF Station Cranfield | ||
| Group Communication Flight | RAF Cranfield | |
| No 2 Initial Training School | RAF Digby | Station - satellite of Cranwell |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 203 Advance Flying School | RAF Driffield | |
| Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby) | Satellite of Driffield | |
| No 20 GCA Unit | RAF Bridlington (Carnaby) | |
| RAF Station Feltwell | ||
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Methwold | Satellite, Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Jurby | |
| RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Gloucestershire. | |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
| Western Union Examining Sqn | RAF Little Rissington | Policy Control by Western Union Air Advisory Committee |
| RAF Station Morton-in-Marsh | Satellite, Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station Middleton St George | ||
| No 205 Advance Flying School | RAF Middleton St George | Meteor |
| RAF Station South Cerney | ||
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite, South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Kemble | Satellite, South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Syerston | ||
| No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | |
| RAF Station Newton | Satellite, Syerston | |
| RAF Station Ternhill | Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
| RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Bibury | South Cerney | S |
| Castle Combe | Hullavington | S |
| Catfoss | Driffield | R |
| Enstone | Little Rissington | R |
| Folkingham | Cottesmore | R |
| Foulsham | Swanton Morley | S |
| Full Sutton | Driffield | R |
| Ossington | Swinderby | S |
| Oulton | Swanton Morley | S |
| Pocklington | Driffield | S |
| Ramsey | Jurby | R |
| Rednal | Shawbury | S |
| Seighford | Ternhill | S |
| Sleap | Shawbury | R |
| Spanhoe | Cottesmore | S |
| Wendling | Swanton Morley | S |
| Wheaton Aston | Ternhill | S |
| Winthorpe | Swinderby | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (121st Edition) - October 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | Inactive Stations]
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