Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical Training Command - July 1941
[No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 26 Group | No 27 Group]
Command HQ - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading Berkshire
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Arbroath | 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus | |
No 8 Recruits Centre | RAF Arbroath | |
RAF Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | |
Airmen's Convalescent Depot | Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool | |
RAF Polish Depot | Goodwood Hotel, Park Road, Blackpool | |
No 9 Recruits Centre | Brighton Hydro, South Shore, Blackpool | |
No 3 School of Technical Training | Stanley Road, South Shore, Blackpool | |
RAF Station Bridlington | Southcliffe Hotel, Marine Drive, Bridlington, East Yorkshire | |
No 17 Recruits Centre | RAF Bridlington | |
School of Equipment Training (Airmen) | Alexandra Hotel, Bridlington | |
RAF Station Burtonwood | Burtonwood, Warrington, Lancashire | |
No 21 School of Technical Training | RAF Burtonwood | |
RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
Engineering Course (Officers) | RAF Cosford | |
No 2 School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | |
No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Cosford | |
RAF Station Filey | Filey, East Yorkshire | |
No 20 Recruits Centre | Crescent Hotel, Filey, East Yorkshire | |
RAF Station Grange-over-Sands | Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | |
Equipment & Accountant Officers' School | RAF Grange-over-Sands | |
RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | Station in Flying Training Command |
No 2 (Ground) Armament School | RAF Manby | |
RAF Station Matlock | ||
RAF Neurological Hospital | Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire | |
RAF Station Morecombe | ||
No 7 Recruits Centre | RAF Morecombe | |
No 9 School of Technical Training | RAF Morecombe | |
RAF Station Padgate | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
No 3 Recruits Centre | RAF Padgate | |
RAF Station Redcar | Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire | |
No 18 Recruits Centre | RAF Redcar | |
RAF Station Weeton | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton | |
RAF Station West Kirby | West Kirby, Liverpool, Lancashire | |
No 5 Recruits Centre | RAF West Kirby | |
RAF Station Wilmslow | Wilmslow, Cheshire | |
No 6 Recruits Centre | RAF Wilmslow | |
No 15 Recruits Centre | 22 Derby Road, North Shore, Blackpool |
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Shropshire | |
No 4 Recruits Centre | RAF Bridgnorth | |
No 1 WAAF Depot | RAF Bridgnorth | |
RAF Station Great Yarmouth | ||
No 14 Recruits Centre | RAF Great Yarmouth | |
RAF Station Halton | Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
Central Medical Establishment | RAF Halton | |
Service Security School | RAF Halton | |
No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Halton | |
Nos 1 & 2 Schools of Cookery | RAF Halton | |
RAF Station Harrogate | ||
Medical Training Establishment & Depot | RAF Harrogate | |
RAF Station Hednesford | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford | |
RAF Station Henlow | Henlow, Buckinghamshire | Station in Maintenance Command |
No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow | |
School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow | |
RAF Station Hereford | Credenhill, Hereford | |
No 11 School of Technical Training | RAF Hereford | |
RAF Station Innsworth | Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | |
No 2 WAAF Depot | RAF Innsworth | |
No 7 School of Technical Training | RAF Innsworth | |
RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
RAF Station Loughborough | ||
School of Administration | RAF Loughborough | |
No 3 School of Physical Training | RAF Loughborough | |
The Officers' School | RAF Loughborough | |
RAF Station Melksham | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
No 12 School of Technical Training | RAF Melksham | |
RAF Station Penarth | Penarth, Glamorganshire | |
No 1 Recruits Centre | 31 Victoria Road, Penarth, Glamorganshire. | |
School of Clerks, Accounting | RAF Penarth | |
RAF Station Rauceby | ||
RAF Hospital | RAF Rauceby | |
RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
No 1 School of Physical Training | RAF St Athan | |
No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
RAF Station Stormy Down | ||
No 3 (Ground) Armament School | RAF Stormy Down | Station in Flying Training Command |
RAF Station West Drayton | West Drayton, Middlesex | Station in No 26 Group |
Central Trade Test Board | RAF West Drayton | |
RAF Station Weston-super-Mare | ||
No 14 Recruits Centre | Warwick Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset |
HQ -
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station West Drayton | West Drayton, Middlesex | |
No 1 Signals Depot, comprising: - Operational Development Party (Signals) Central W/T Installation Section Signals Depot Pool Emergency Fitting Parties |
RAF West Drayton RAF West Drayton RAF West Drayton RAF White Waltham RAF White Waltham |
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RAF W/T Station (under the control of Group HQ) | Cardington | |
RAF W/T Station (under the control of Group HQ) | Dagnall | |
RAF W/T Station (under the control of Group HQ) | Dunstable | |
RAF W/T Station (under the control of Group HQ) | Greenford | |
Air Ministry (Harrogate) Unit | Harrogate | |
RAF Station Harrow | Harrow | |
RAF Despatch Rider Letter Service | RAF Hendon | |
RAF Central Teleprinter Exchange | RAF Leighton Buzzard | |
L/T Fitting Party | RAF Leighton Buzzard | |
Air Ministry Unit, London | London | |
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HQ No 80 (Signals) Wing, comprising: - | Radlett | |
No 109 Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | |
RAF W/T Station | Addington | |
RAF W/T Station | Alcester | |
RAF W/T Station | Ashmansworth | |
RAF W/T Station | Beacon Hill | |
RAF W/T Station | Braintree | |
RAF W/T Station | Brentwood | |
RAF W/T Station | Coalville | |
RAF W/T Station | Drayton | |
RAF W/T Station | Eastleigh | |
RAF W/T Station | Epsom | |
RAF W/T Station | Fairmile | |
RAF W/T Station | Flimwell | |
RAF W/T Station | Frodsham | |
RAF W/T Station | Hagley | |
RAF W/T Station | Harpenden | |
RAF W/T Station | Havant | |
RAF W/T Station | Henfield | |
RAF W/T Station | Heston | |
RAF W/T Station | Highbridge | |
RAF W/T Station | High Flats | |
RAF W/T Station | Highgate | |
RAF W/T Station | Hindhead | |
RAF W/T Station | Holton-le-Moor | |
RAF W/T Station | Hounslow | |
RAF W/T Station | Ide Hill | |
RAF W/T Station | Ivybridge | |
RAF W/T Station | Kenilworth | |
RAF W/T Station | Kidsgrove | |
RAF W/T Station | Louth | |
RAF W/T Station | Market Weighton | |
RAF W/T Station | Marske | |
RAF W/T Station | Mintlaw | |
RAF W/T Station | North Walsham | |
RAF W/T Station | Oakley | |
RAF W/T Station | Porlock | |
RAF W/T Station | Potters Bar | |
RAF W/T Station | Reston | |
RAF W/T Station | Ringway | |
RAF W/T Station | Rogate | |
RAF W/T Station | Scole | |
RAF W/T Station | Shipham | |
RAF W/T Station | Stockbridge | |
RAF W/T Station | Templecombe | |
RAF W/T Station | Windlesham | |
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HQ No 81 (Signals) Wing, comprising: - | Worcester | |
RAF W/T Station | Birdlip | |
RAF W/T Station | Bodmin | |
RAF W/T Station | Hartlebury | |
RAF W/T Station | Winstone | |
RAF Signals Centre | Chatbury | |
RAF Signals Centre | Gloucester | |
RAF Signals Centre | Stonehouse | |
RAF Signals Centre | Stroud | |
RAF Signals Centre | Tetbury | |
RAF Signals Centre | Worcester | |
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RAF W/T Station possibly controlling: - | Bracebridge Heath | |
RAF W/T Station | Cheadle | |
RAF W/T Station | Ingoldmells | |
RAF W/T Station | Kinnabar | |
RAF W/T Station | Lydford | |
RAF W/T Station | Pendeen | |
RAF W/T Station | Shefford | |
RAF W/T Station | Sutton Valence | |
RAF W/T Station | Symington | |
RAF W/T Station | Tean | |
RAF W/T Station | Wick | |
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RAF W/T Unit HQ controlling: - | West Kingsdown | |
RAF W/T Station | Gorleston | |
RAF W/T Station | Hawkinge | |
RAF W/T Station | Strete | |
RAF W/T Station | Scarborough |
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Location | Unit | Notes |
Birmingham - Viceroy Close, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, | Nos 26, 27 & 28 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
Blackpool - Deacons Bank Chambers, Talbot Square, | Nos 17 & 18 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Station in No 20 Group |
Blackpool - Imperial Annexe, Dickson Road, | No 10 (Signals) Recruits Centre | Station in No 20 Group |
Blackpool - Ripon Road, | No 2 School of Photography | Station in No 20 Group |
Bournemouth | No 12 Recruits' Centre | |
Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | WAAF Officers School | Administered by RAF Uxbridge |
RAF Cardington | Nos 4, 7, 9, 19 & 20 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Station in Balloon Command |
RAF Cardington | No 2 Recruits Centre | |
Colnbrook | RAF Depository | |
RAF Compton Bassett | No 3 Signals School | |
RAF Cranwell | No 1 Signals School | |
RAF Cranwell | Supplies Depot | |
RAF Cranwell | No 1 Radio School | |
RAF Staff College | ||
Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | RAF Station Cranwell | |
Denham | No 1 PAC Establishment | |
Edinburgh - Savings Bank Buildings, Hanover Street, | Nos 16, 24 & 25 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
Ely, Cambridgeshire | RAF Hospital | |
Euston House, Eversholt Street, London NW1 | Nos 11, 13, 14, 15 & 23 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
RAF Farnborough | No 1 School of Photography | Station in Army Co-operation Command |
Gloucester | Record Office | |
Great Yarmouth - Royal Hotel | No 16 Recruits Centre | |
London WC2 - Victory House, Kingsway, | Inspector of Recruiting | |
London | Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | |
London | Polish Inspectorate General | |
London | London Radio School, Chiswick | Civil operated training of WAAFs |
Oxford - Harberton House, Harberton Mead, Headlington, | RAF Code and Cypher School | |
Oxford - Old Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, | Nos 2, 12, 21 & 22 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | Nos 5, 6, 10 & 30 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
RAF Prestwick | No 3 Radio School | Station in Flying Training Command |
Reading - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road | Record Office | |
Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | Anti-Gas School | |
Ruislip, Middlesex | Hospital Base Accounts Office | |
Ruislip, Middlesex | Record Office | |
Ruislip, Middlesex | Medical Statistical Bureau | |
Skegness - Seacroft Hotel | No 11 Recruits Centre | |
Torquay - Thurlow Hotel | No 1 WAAF Convalescent Depot | |
Torquay | RAF Officers' Hospital | |
RAF Uxbridge | No 3 Personnel Reception Centre | |
RAF Uxbridge | No 1 RAF Depot | |
RAF Uxbridge | RAF Service Police School | |
RAF Uxbridge | RAF Central Band | |
Weston-super-Mare - Cabot Hotel | Nos 1, 3 & 8 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | |
Worcester | RAF Unit (Worcester) | |
Worcester | WAAF Signals School | |
RAF Yatesbury | No 2 Radio School | |
RAF Yatesbury | No 2 Signals School | |
14 Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Technical Colleges | |
Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at GPOs | |
Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Manufacturers' Works | |
Uxbridge, Middlesex | No 1 Officers School | |
Dungavel, Strathaven, Lanarkshire | No 1 WAAF Convalescent Depot |
Source - July 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
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