Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - February 1956
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | ||
| Aircrew Selection Board | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Personnel Selection Training School | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Central Flying School (Advanced) | RAF Little Rissington | Meteor/Vampire |
| RAF Station Kemble | Station in Maintenance Command | Satellite, Little Rissington |
| Central Flying School (Basic) | RAF South Cerney | Dragonfly/Provost |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite, South Cerney |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Chipmunk/Balliol |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel) |
| No 2 RAF Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Cat) |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Spitalgate | Station in TTC | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | Lincoln/Meteor/Canberra |
| RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 23 Group Communication Flight | Cranfield (MCA) | Anson/Provost |
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | Harvard/Prentice |
| RAF Station Methwold | Satellite, Feltwell | |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Hullavington | Harvard/Prentice |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Hullavington | |
| Flying Training Command Modification Centre | RAF Hullavington | |
| RAF Station Keevil | Satellite, Hullavington | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| HQ, No 23 Group | Leighton Buzzard | |
| No 1 Air Signallers' School | RAF Swanton Morley | Prentice |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Provost |
| RAF Station Tollerton | Satellite, Syerston | |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | Provost |
| RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill | |
| RAF Station High Ercall | Station in Maintenance Command | Satellite, Ternhill |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HQ, No 25 Group | RAF Manby | Station controlled by RAF Flying College |
| No 25 Group Communication Flight | RAF Manby | Anson/Vampire |
| No 4 Flying Training School | RAF Middleton St George | Meteor |
| RAF Station Croft (Neasham) | Satellite, Middleton St George | |
| C & M Party | RAF Morton Hall | |
| No 5 Flying Training School | RAF Oakington | Vampire |
| RAF Station Graveley | Satellite, Oakington | |
| Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire |
| No 8 Flying Training School | RAF Swinderby | Vampire |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Thorney Island | Marathon/Varsity/Vampire |
| RAF Element, Joint Guided Weapons Trials Unit | Ty Croes (Army) | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Valley | Vampire |
| RAF Station Mona | Satellite, Valley | |
| No 211 Flying Training School | RAF Worksop | Meteor |
| RAF Station Gamston |
Satellite, Worksop |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Atcham | Shawbury | |
| Bourn | Oakington | |
| Canewdon (Radar) | Hornchurch | |
| Chipping Norton | Little Rissington | |
| Dengie (Radar) | Hornchurch | |
| Edgehill | Little Rissington | |
| Enstone | Little Rissington | |
| Foulsham | Swanton Morley | |
| Gayton-le-Marsh | Manby | |
| Hibaldstow | Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| Penrhos | Valley | |
| Rednal | Shawbury | |
| Seighford | Ternhill | |
| Sleap | Shawbury | |
| Wylfa (Radar) | Valley |
Source - SD161 (185th Edition) - February 1956
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
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