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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Training Command - January 1939
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| Central Examination Board | RAF Grantham | Sqn Ldr K S Brake |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | AVM J E A Baldwin |
| No 1 Electrical and Wireless School | RAF Cranwell | Gp Capt J H Simpson |
| RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Lincolnshire | As RAF College |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Cranwell | Gp Capt A E Panter |
| Equipment Training School (Airmen) | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 2 Electrical and Wireless School | RAF Yatesbury | Vacant |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| Central Flying School | RAF Upavon | Gp Capt J M Robb |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Netheravon | Gp Capt L F Forbes |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Brize Norton | Gp Capt F L Robinson |
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | Gp Capt D Iron |
| No 5 Flying Training School | RAF Sealand | Gp Capt A N Gallehawk |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Little Rissington | Gp Capt A ap Ellis |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Peterborough | Gp Capt A Shekleton |
| No 8 Flying Training School | RAF Montrose | Gp Capt H V Champion de Crespigny |
| No 9 Flying Training School | RAF Hullavington | Gp Capt C H Elliott-Smith |
| No 10 Flying Training School | RAF Tern Hill | Gp Capt G E Livock |
| No 11 Flying Training School | RAF Shawbury | Gp Capt H P Lale |
| RAF Station Grantham | Grantham, Lincolnshire | Vacant |
| School of Air Navigation | RAF Manston | Wg Cdr P D Robertson |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Cardington | Cardington, Bedfordshire | Gp Capt G W Murlis-Green |
| Balloon Development Establishment | RAF Cardington | Sqn Ldr S Nixon (Retd) |
| No 2 RAF Depot | RAF Cardington | Wg Cdr A S Thompson |
| No 1 Balloon Training Unit (a) | RAF Cardington | Sqn Ldr R A Ford RAFO |
| No 2 School of Technical Training (Apprentices) | RAF Cosford | Gp Capt W J Y Guilfoyle |
| School of Photography | RAF Farnborough | Wg Cdr C Porri |
| Station HQ | RAF Halton | A/Cdre G B Dacre |
| No 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices) | RAF Halton | A/Cdre G B Dacre |
| School of Cookery | RAF Halton | |
| Princess Mary's Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine (b) | RAF Halton | |
| Medical Training Depot (b) | RAF Halton | |
| Home Aircraft Depot | RAF Henlow | Gp Capt J McCrae |
| RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering | RAF Henlow | Wg Cdr L M Iles |
| Equipment Training School (Officers) | RAF Kidbrooke | |
| Central Medical Establishment (b) | London | A/Cdre H E Whittingham |
| Inspector of Recruiting (c) | London | Gp Capt E R C Nanson (Retd) |
| School of Clerks, Accounting | RAF Lympne | Wg Cdr P M Brambleby (retd)? |
| Station HQ | RAF Manston | Gp Capt A D Pryor |
| No 3 School of Technical Training (Men) | RAF Manston | Gp Capt A D Pryor |
| Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment | RAF Martlesham Heath | Gp Capt H G Smart |
| No 2 Balloon Training Unit | Rollestone Camp | Sqn Ldr E G C Stokes |
| Record Office (c) | Ruislip | Gp Capt J W Cordingley |
| No 4 School of Technical Training (Men) | RAF St Athan | Gp Capt E B Rice |
| No 1 RAF Depot | RAF Uxbridge | Gp Capt W D Budgen |
| RAF Officers' Hospital | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | Sqn Ldr R P O'Donnell |
| School of Physical Training | RAF Uxbridge | Flt Lt A F Ingram RAFO |
| Service Police HQ and Training Centre | RAF Uxbridge | Flt Lt C R Richdale |
| Anti-Gas School | RAF Uxbridge | Sqn Ldr D V Ivins |
| Reception Depot | RAF West Drayton | Wg Cdr V Gaskell-Blackburn |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Debden | Sqn Ldr B M Cary |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Dishforth | Sqn Ldr W T F Wightman |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Driffield | Sqn Ldr D J Alvey |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Finningley | Sqn Ldr C Boumphrey |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Sqn Ldr R A McMurtrie |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Scampton | Sqn Ldr W P J Thomson |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF South Cerney | Sqn Ldr A N Luxmore |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Upwood | Sqn Ldr W J Millen |
| Recruits Sub-Depot | RAF Usworth | Sqn Ldr G F Whistondale |
(a) Under No 30 (Barrage Balloon) Group for training administration.
(b) Directly under Director of Medical Services for technical (medical) administration.
(c) Directly under Director of Personal Services for technical administration.
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| No 1 Air Armament School | RAF Manby | Gp Capt F W Trott |
| RAF Station Eastchurch | Eastchurch, Kent | Gp Capt C B Dalison |
| No 2 Air Armament School | RAF Eastchurch | Wg Cdr A W Franklyn |
| Station Flt | RAF Eastchurch | Fg Off J D Harris |
| No 1 Air Observers School | RAF North Coates | Sqn Ldr J B S Monypenny |
| No 1 Armament Training Station | RAF Catfoss | Wg Cdr C T Anderson |
| No 2 Armament Training Station | RAF Aldergrove | Wg Cdr N C Saward |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | Aldergrove, Northern Ireland | Wg Cdr N C Saward |
| No 3 Armament Training Station | RAF Sutton Bridge | Wg Cdr F O Soden |
| Temporary Armament Training Station | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 4 Armament Training Station | RAF West Freugh | Wg Cdr R S Sorley |
| No 5 Armament Training Station | RAF Penrhos | Wg Cdr T V Lister |
| No 6 Armament Training Station | RAF Warmwell | Wg Cdr W H Poole |
| No 7 Armament Training Station | RAF Acklington | Vacant |
| No 8 Armament Training Station | RAF Evanton | Wg Cdr C W Busk |
| Temporary Air Observers School | RAF Leconfield | |
| Wainfleet Sands Bombing Range | RAF Manby |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| No 1 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School | Hatfield | Civilian Operated |
| No 2 ERFTS | Filton | Civilian Operated |
| No 3 ERFTS | Hamble | Civilian Operated |
| No 4 ERFTS | Brough | Civilian Operated |
| No 5 ERFTS | Hamworth | Civilian Operated |
| No 6 ERFTS | Sywell | Civilian Operated |
| No 7 ERFTS | Desford | Civilian Operated |
| No 8 ERFTS | Reading | Civilian Operated |
| No 9 ERFTS | Ansty | Civilian Operated |
| No 10 ERFTS | RAF Yatesbury | Civilian Operated |
| No 11 ERFTS | Perth | Civilian Operated |
| No 12 ERFTS | Prestwick | Civilian Operated |
| No 13 ERFTS | White Waltham | Civilian Operated |
| No 14 ERFTS | Castle Bromwich | Civilian Operated |
| No 15 ERFTS | Redhill | Civilian Operated |
| No 16 ERFTS | Shoreham | Civilian Operated |
| No 17 ERFTS | Barton | Civilian Operated |
| No 18 ERFTS | Fairoaks Woking | Civilian Operated |
| No 19 ERFTS | Gatwick | Civilian Operated |
| No 20 ERFTS | Gravesend | Civilian Operated |
| No 21 ERFTS | Stapleford Tawney | Civilian Operated |
| No 22 ERFTS | Cambridge | Civilian Operated |
| No 23 ERFTS | Rochester | Civilian Operated |
| No 25 ERFTS | Grimsby | Civilian Operated |
| No 26 ERFTS | Oxford | Civilian Operated |
| No 27 ERFTS | Tollerton | Civilian Operated |
| No 28 ERFTS | Meir | Civilian Operated |
| No 29 ERFTS | Luton | Civilian Operated |
| No 30 ERFTS | Derby | Civilian Operated |
| No 31 ERFTS | Gloucester & Cheltenham | Civilian Operated |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Birmingham | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Brighton | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Bristol | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Cambridge | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Coventry | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Glasgow | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Grimsby | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Hull | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Leicester | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | London | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Manchester | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Northampton | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Nottingham | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Oxford | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Perth | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Reading | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Rochester | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Southampton | |
| RAFVR Town Centre | Stoke on Trent |
*Directly responsible to the Air Ministry for the administration and elementary training of pilots for the RAF, for the training of officers and airmen pilots of the RAF Reserve and the RAF Volunteer Reserve and for the administration of the RAFO and RAFVR
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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