Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - March 1957

[Inactive Stations]

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abingdon
No 1 Parachute Training School	RAF Abingdon	Hastings
No 47 Sqn	RAF Abingdon	Beverley
No 53 Sqn	RAF Lyneham	Beverley
RAF Station Watchfield		Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green		Satellite of Abingdon
No 187 Sqn	RAF Aston Down	Anson/Varsity, station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
Ferry Training Unit	RAF Benson	Balliol/Meteor/Mosquito
The Queen's Flight	RAF Benson	Heron/Viking
No 147 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 167 Sqn	RAF Benson	Valetta
The Balloon Unit	RAF Cardington	Station in TTC
RAF Station Colerne
No 24 Sqn	RAF Colerne	Hastings
RAF Station Dishforth
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Dishforth	Hastings/Valetta
No 30 Sqn	RAF Dishforth	Valetta
No 215 Sqn	RAF Dishforth	Pioneer
No 1325 Flight	RAF Dishforth	Dakota
Transport Command Examining Unit	RAF Dishforth
Transport Command Modification Centre	RAF Dishforth
RAF Station Rufforth		Satellite, Dishforth station in Home Command
No 173 Sqn	RAF Hawarden	Anson/Varsity, station in Home Command
RAF Station Hendon
Metropolitan Communication Sqn	RAF Hendon	Anson/Chipmunk
RAF Liaison Party	Istres, France
RAF Station Lyneham
No 99 Sqn	RAF Lyneham	Hastings
No 216 Sqn	RAF Lyneham	Comet
No 511 Sqn	RAF Lyneham	Hastings
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard		Satellite, Lyneham
RAF Station Northolt
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit	RAF Northolt	Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops 3)
RAF Station Shellingford		Administered by the USAF
HQ Transport Command	RAF Upavon
Transport Command Communication Flight	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

Source - SD161 (198th Edition) - March 1957

County names used are those in use at the time

[Inactive Stations]

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