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Other Home Commands - April 1920

RAF Cranwell

 

Unit	Location	(Air) Officer Commanding
No 2 School of Technical Training (Boys)	Cranwell	Wg Cdr Christopher L Courtney CBE, DSO; later ACM
Hospital	Cranwell	Sqn Ldr G Cranstoun BA

RAF Halton

 

Unit	Location	(Air) Officer Commanding
No 1 School of Technical Training	Halton	Wg Cdr Andrew G Board CMG, DSO; later A/Cdre
RAF Depot, Halton Camp	In the process of moving to Uxbridge
Discharge Centre, Halton Camp	In the process of moving to Uxbridge
Records Detachment Officers, Halton Camp	In the process of moving to Uxbridge
Halton Medical HQ	Halton	Wg Cdr H M S Turner
Halton Hospitals (General and Isolation)	Halton	Sqn Ldr J MacGregor MC, MD
Halton Hospital Orderlies Training Depot	Halton	Sqn Ldr F C Cowton

No 11 (Irish) Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 2 Sqn (1 Flt)	Oranmore	Sqn Ldr Barry F Moore
No 100 Sqn	Baldonell	Sqn Ldr The Hon L J E Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Irish Stores Centre	Baldonell	Fg Off B C Akehurst
Meteorological Station	Baldonell
Medical HQ, Ireland	Baldonell

Medical Units (not listed elsewhere)

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Aviation Candidates Medical Board and Central Medical Board	22 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead NW3	Wg Cdr A P Bowdler MB, MA
Central RAF Hospital	Avenue House, Finchley N3	Sqn Ldr H W Scott BA
Old Sarum Hospital	Salisbury	Sqn Ldr W W Shorten
Research Laboratories and Medical Officers School of Instruction	22 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead NW3	Wg Cdr M W Flack CBE, MA, MB, BA

Home units in the course of disbandment and amalgamation

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
HQ, No 2 Group	Uxbridge
No 8 Aircraft Acceptance Park	Lympne	Sqn Ldr J McCrae MBE
No 10 Aircraft Acceptance Park	Brooklands	Sqn Ldr Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF
No 14 Aircraft Acceptance Park	Castle Bromwich	Flt Lt J C M Hay
No 1 Aircraft Repair Depot	South Farnborough
No 2 (Northern) Aircraft Repair Depot	Coal Aston
No 3 (Western) Aircraft Repair Depot	Yate
E & P Depot	Chingford
No 2 (Newcastle) Stores Distributing Park	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
No 5 Stores Distributing Park	Edgbaston	Flt Lt William B Cushion; later AVM
No 7 Stores Distributing Park	Westbury	Flt Lt G Stevens MBE
No 11 Stores Distributing Park	Dublin	Fg Off J Lundon
Airship Construction Station, Barrow	Barrow-in-Furness
Airship Construction Station, Bedford	Cardington, Bedford
Airship Construction Station, Wormwood Scrubbs (Cadrer)	Wormwood Scrubbs
Airship Station, Anglesey (C & M)	Anglesey	Flt Lt J Hutton
Airship Station, East Fortune	East Fortune	Sqn Ldr W C Hicks AFC
Airship Station, Mullion	Mullion	Fg Off H E Davies
Airship Experimental Station	Pulham
Air Ministry (Non-Standard) MT Storage Pool	Gosport	Plt Off A M Webster
No 1 Salvage Section	Southampton
Seaplane Station and Storage, Dundee	Dundee	Sqn Ldr L Tomkinson DSO, AFC
Shotwick Mobile Disposal Sqn	Shotwick (Sealand)	Sqn L F Forbes MC
Care & Maintenance Party	Beverley	Flt Lt V H Baker MC AFC
Care & Maintenance Party	East Retford	Flt Lt E J D Routh
Care & Maintenance Party,	Ely	Flt Lt E Rivers-Smith MBE
Care & Maintenance Party	Feltwell	Flt Lt Alexander Gray MC, later AVM
Care & Maintenance Party	Fowlmere	Flt Lt A J Michell-Clarke MC
Care & Maintenance Party	Frieston	Flt Lt A R Arnold DSC, DFC
Care & Maintenance Party	Lincoln	Flt Lt F St J Woollard AFC
Care & Maintenance Party	Norwich	Flt Lt P D Robertson
Care & Maintenance Party	Scampton	Flt Lt B C H Cross DFC
Care & Maintenance Party	Scopwick	Flt Lt Edward A B Rice MC; later AVM
Care & Maintenance Party	South Shields	Plt Off A R Caldicott

Source - April 1920 Air Force List

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