Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - July 1941
[No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 Group | No 51 Group | No 54 Group]
Command HQ -
Units directly controlled by Command HQ
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Central Examination Board | Cedar House, Shurlock Row, nr Twyford, Berkshire |
HQ - RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Cranage | Cranage, Byley, Cheshire | |
No 2 School of Air Navigation | RAF Cranage | |
RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | Station in Technical Training Command |
RAF College Flying Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
No 2 Central Flying School | RAF Cranwell | |
RAF Station Grantham | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
No 12 Service Flying Training School | RAF Grantham | |
RAF Station Hucknall | Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | |
No 16 (Polish) Flying Training School | RAF Hucknall | |
RAF Station Montrose | Montrose, Angus. | |
RAF Station Shawbury | Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
No 11 Service Flying Training School | RAF Shawbury | |
RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
No 5 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill |
HQ - RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Boscombe Down | Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment | RAF Boscombe Down | |
Handling Flight, CFS | RAF Boscombe Down | |
RAF Station Brize Norton | Carterton, Oxfordshire | |
No 2 Service Flying Training School | RAF Brize Norton | |
RAF Station Cranfield | Cranfield, Bedfordshire | |
No 14 Service Flying Training School | RAF Cranfield | |
RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
No 9 Service Flying Training School | RAF Hullavington | |
RAF Station Kidlington | nr Kidlington Station, Kidlington, Oxfordshire | |
No 15 Service Flying Training School | RAF Kidlington | |
RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | |
No 6 Service Flying Training School | RAF Little Rissington | |
RAF Station Netheravon | Netheravon, Wiltshire | |
No 1 Service Flying Training School | RAF Netheravon | |
RAF Station South Cerney | South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire | |
No 3 Service Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
RAF Station Upavon | Upavon, Marlborough, Wiltshire | |
Central Flying School | RAF Upavon | |
CFS Handling Sqn | RAF Upavon |
HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Castle Kennedy | Stranraer, Wigtownshire | |
Central Gunnery School | RAF Castle Kennedy | |
RAF Station Dumfries | Tinwald Downs, Dumfries | |
No 10 Bombing & Gunnery School | RAF Dumfries | |
RAF Station Evanton | Evanton, Ross-shire | |
No 8 Air Gunners School | RAF Evanton | |
RAF Station Exeter | Exeter, Devon | Station in Fighter Command |
Gunnery Research Unit | RAF Exeter | |
Detachment from RAE | RAF Exeter | |
RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
No 5 Bombing & Gunnery School | RAF Jurby | |
RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
No 1 Air Armament School | RAF Manby | |
RAF Station Millom | Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland | |
No 2 Bombing & Gunnery School | RAF Millom | |
RAF Station Penrhos | Penrhos, Pwihelli | |
No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School | RAF Penrhos | |
RAF Station Pembrey | Burry Point, Carmarthenshire | |
No 1 Air Gunners School | RAF Pembrey | |
RAF Station Ronaldsway | Ronaldsway, Isle of Man | |
No 1 Ground Defence Gunners' School | RAF Ronaldsway | |
RAF Station Stormy Down | Bridgend, Glamorganshire | |
No 7 Air Gunners School | RAF Stormy Down | |
RAF Station West Freugh | West Freugh, Stranraer, Wigtownshire | |
No 4 Bombing & Gunnery School | RAF West Freugh |
HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Cambridge | The Aerodrome, Newmarket Road, Cambridge | |
No 22 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Cambridge | |
No 4 (Supplementary) Flying Instructors School | RAF Cambridge | |
RAF Station Elstree | Unit 14, Warwick Road, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire | |
Central Link Trainer School | RAF Elstree | |
RAF Station Fairoaks | Chobham, nr Woking, Surrey | |
No 18 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Fairoaks | |
RAF Station Hatfield | Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield, Hertfordshire | |
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Hatfield | |
RAF Station Luton | Luton Aerodrome, Luton, Bedfordshire | |
No 24 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Luton | |
RAF Station Peterborough | ||
No 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Peterborough | |
RAF Station Reading | Reading Aerodrome, Woodley, nr Reading, Surrey | |
No 8 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Reading | |
RAF Station Staverton | Staverton Aerodrome, Cheltenham Road, Gloucester, | |
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Staverton | |
No 6 Air Observers' Naigation School | RAF Staverton | |
RAF Station Sywell | Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton | |
No 6 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Sywell | |
RAF Station Watchfield | Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire | |
No 3 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Watchfield | |
No 11 Air Observers' Navigation School | RAF Watchfield | |
Blind Approach School | RAF Watchfield | |
RAF Station Weston-super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
No 10 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Weston-super-Mare |
HQ - Moorfield House, Alma Road, Otley Road, Leeds 6
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Ansty | Ansty Aerodrome, Walgrave0on-Sowe, Coventry | |
No 9 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Ansty | |
No 4 Air Observers' Navigation School | RAF Ansty | |
RAF Station Bobbington | Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire | |
No 3 Air Observers' Navigation School | RAF Bobbington | |
RAF Station Booker | Booker, nr Marlow, Bucks | |
No 21 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Booker | |
RAF Station Brough | Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire | |
No 4 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Brough | |
RAF Station Carlisle | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
No 15 Elementary Flying Training School | Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
RAF Station Derby | Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby | |
No 16 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Derby | |
RAF Station Desford | Desford Aerodrome, Leicester | |
No 7 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Desford | |
RAF Station Elmdon | Elmdon, nr Birmingham | |
No 14 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Elmdon | |
RAF Station Meir | Meir, Staffordshire | |
No 5 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Meir | |
RAF Station North Luffenham | Edith Weston, Rutland, | |
No 17 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF North Luffenham | |
RAF Station Perth | Municipal Aerodrome, Perth. | |
No 11 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Perth | |
No 5 (Elementary) Flying Instructors School | RAF Perth | |
RAF Station Prestwick | Prestwick, Ayrshire | |
No 1 Air Observers' Navigation School | RAF Prestwick | |
RAF Station Sealand | Sealand, Cheshire | |
No 19 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Sealand | |
RAF Station Yeadon | Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
No 20 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Yeadon |
HQ - RAF Sunningdale, Berkshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Aberdeen University Air Sqn | Marischal College, Aberdeen | |
Aberystwyth University Air Sqn | Queen's Hotel, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire | |
Birmingham University Air Sqn | The University, Edmund Street, Birmingham 3 | |
Bristol University Air Sqn | 1 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol 2 | |
Cambridge University Air Sqn | 'Showells', Chaucer Road, Cambridge | |
Cardiff University Air Sqn | University College, Cathays Park, Cardiff | |
Durham and Newcastle University Air Sqn | 22 Eldon Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
Edinburgh University Air Sqn | 46 The Pleasance, Edinburgh | |
Glasgow University Air Sqn | 4 University Gardens, Glasgow | |
Hull University Air Sqn | Holme Lodge, 197 Cottingham Road, Hull | |
Leeds University Air Sqn | 34 University Road, Leeds 2 | |
Liverpool University Air Sqn | 10 Abercrombie Square, Liverpool 7 | |
London University Air Sqn | Imperial College, Exhibition Road, SW7 | |
Manchester University Air Sqn | 12 Lime Grove, Manchester University | |
Nottingham University Air Sqn | 72/74 Broadgate, Beeston, Nottingham | |
Oxford University Air Sqn | Manor Road, Oxford | |
Queen's University Air Sqn | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
Reading University Air Sqn | University of Reading, Surrey | |
St Andrews University Air Sqn | University College, Swansea | |
Sheffield University Air Sqn | 280-282 Western Bank, Sheffield | |
Southampton University Air Sqn | University College of Southampton | |
Swansea University Air Sqn | 83 North Street, St Andrews | |
RAF Station Torquay | Torre Abby, Torquay, Devon | |
No 3 Initial Training Wing | St James Hotel, Victoria Parade, Torquay, Devon | |
No 5 Initial Training Wing | The Metropole Hotel, Belgrave Road, Torquay, Devon | |
No 13 Initial Training Wing | Grand Hotel, Torquay, Devon | |
No 1 Initial Training Wing | Northcliffe Hotel, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon | |
No 2 Initial Training Wing | Jesus College, Cambridge | |
No 4 Initial Training Wing | Esplanade Hotel, Paignton, Devon | |
No 6 Initial Training Wing | Queen's Hotel, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire | |
No 7 Initial Training Wing | Bellavista Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall | |
No 8 Initial Training Wing | Trebarwith Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall | |
No 9 Initial Training Wing | Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire | |
No 10 Initial Training Wing | Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire | |
No 11 Initial Training Wing | Prince of Wales Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire | |
No 12 Initial Training Wing | The New Golf Club, St Andrews, Fife |
Source - July 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
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