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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport Command - April 1953
Command HQ - RAF Upavon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abingdon | ||
| No 1 Parachute School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
| Ferry Training Unit | RAF Abingdon | Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing |
| No 147 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing |
| No 167 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing |
| Transport Command Development Flight | RAF Abingdon | |
| RAF Station Shellingford | Satellite of Abingdon | |
| RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
| HQ Ferry Wing | RAF Andover | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 187 Sqn | RAF Aston Down | Station in Maintenance Command Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing |
| No 1689 (Ferry Pilot Training) Flight | ||
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
| The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Valetta/Viking |
| No 30 Sqn | RAF Benson | Valetta |
| The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
| No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Dakota |
| Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Dishforth | |
| No 173 Sqn | RAF Hawarden | Station in Home Command Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing |
| RAF Station Hendon | ||
| No 31 Sqn | RAF Hendon | Various |
| AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (S)) |
| RAF Liaison Party | Istres, France | |
| RAF Station Lyneham | ||
| No 53 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
| No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
| No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
| No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
| RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
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RAF Station Topcliffe |
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| No 24 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings/York |
| No 47 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings |
| HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
| Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Chalgrove | Benson | S |
| Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | S |
| Stanton Harcourt | Abingdon | S |
| Wombleton | Topcliffe | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (151st Edition) - April 1953
County names used are those in use at the time
This page was last updated on 16/08/23©
