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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Technical Training Command - July 1942
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group]
Command HQ - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Rerading Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Medical Establishment (a) | Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London W1 |
(a) Directly under the Air Ministry (Director-General of Medical Services) for technical (medical) administration
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | |
| RAF Station Bridlington | Southcliffe Hotel, Marine Drive, Bridlington, East Yorkshire | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
| RAF Station Eastchurch | Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent | |
| RAF Station Ronaldsway | Ronaldsway, Castletown, Isle of Man | |
| Air Ministry Unit | Lancaster Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | |
| Accountant Officers School | Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | |
| Engineering Course (Officers) | RAF Cosford | |
| Equipment Officers School | Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | |
| Equipment Training School (Airmen) | Alexandra Hotel, Bridlington | |
| No 1 Airmens Convalescent Depot | Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool | |
| No 2 Airmens Convalescent Depot | The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire | |
| No 3 Airmens Convalescent Depot | RAF Cosford | |
| No 3 Recruits Centre | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
| No 8 Recruits Centre | 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus | |
| No 9 Recruits Centre | Brighton Hydro, South Shore, Blackpool | |
| No 10 (Signals) Recruits Centre | Imperial Annexe, Dickson Road, Blackpool | Also shown in No 27 Group |
| No 15 Recruits Centre | 22 Derby Road, North Shore, Blackpool | |
| No 18 Recruits Centre | Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire | |
| No 20 Recruits Centre | Crescent Hotel, Filey, East Yorkshire | |
| No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre | Wilmslow Park, Manchester | |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
| No 4 Personnel Transit Centre | School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool | |
| No 2 School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| No 3 School of Technical Training | Stanley Road, South Shore, Blackpool | |
| No 8 School of Technical Training | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 10 School of Technical Training | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 21 School of Technical Training | Cow Lane, Burtonwood, nr Warrington, Lancs | |
| RAF Regiment Depot (a) | Londonthorpe Road, Grantham | |
| No 1 RAF Regiment School | Butlins Camp, Filey, East Yorkshire | |
| No 2 RAF Regiment School | Rex Hotel, Whitley Bay, Northumberland | |
| No 3 RAF Regiment School | RAF Ronaldsway | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Neurological Hospital | Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire | |
| RAF Polish Depot | Goodwood Hotel, Park Road, Blackpool | |
| No 1 MT School | 21 Raikes Parade, Blackpool | |
| No 3 MT School | Tufton Hotel, West End Parade, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire | |
| No 4 MT School | Clarendon Hotel, Morecombe, Lancashire | |
| Medical Training Establishment & Depot (b) | Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | |
| MT Instructors' School | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 3 WAAF Depot | Clarendon Hotel, Morecombe, Lancashire | |
| No 2 Officers School | RAF Cosford | |
| School of Torpedo Maintenance | Carlisle |
(a) Station under the control of No 21 Group, Flying Training Command.
(b) Directly under the Air Ministry (DGMS) for technical (medical) administration
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Shropshire | |
| RAF Station Halton | Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Station Innsworth | Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
| Central Trade Test Board (a) | West Drayton, Middlesex | |
| No 1 Recruits Centre | 31 Victoria Road, Penarth, Glamorganshire. | |
| No 4 Recruits Centre | RAF Bridgnorth | |
| No 14 Recruits Centre | Warwick Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| Nos 1 & 2 Schools of Cookery | RAF Halton | |
| No 1 School of Physical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Halton | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
| No 7 School of Technical Training | RAF Innsworth | |
| No 11 School of Technical Training | Credenhill, Hereford | |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow (b) | |
| School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow (b) | |
| School of Clerks, Accounting | Penarth, Glamorganshire | |
| Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| RAF Czechoslovak Depot | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Artillery School | RAF Eastchurch (c) | |
| RAF Hospital | Hampton Road, Evesham, Worcestershire | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| RAF Officers' Hospital | Palace Hotel, Torquay | |
| RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
| No 1 WAAF Depot | RAF Bridgnorth | |
| No 2 WAAF Depot | RAF Innsworth |
(a) Operationally controlled by Air Ministry (Director of Technical Training)
(b) Station under the control of No 43 Group, Maintenance Command.
(c) Station under the control of No 20 Group.
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Compton Bassett | Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | |
| RAF Station Harrow | Harrow, Middlesex | |
| RAF Station Loughborough | Curzon Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire | |
| RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
| RAF Station Yatesbury | Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
| Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Civilian Technical Corps (Reception Depot) | Eglan Court, 7 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth | |
| Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
| Hospital Base Accounts Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | |
| Nos 1, 3 & 8 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Cabot Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| Nos 4, 7, 9, 19 & 20 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | RAF Cardington | |
| Nos 5, 6, 10 & 30 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
| Nos 11, 13, 14, 15 & 23 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Euston House, Eversholt Street, London NW1 | |
| Nos 2, 12, 21 & 22 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Old Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford | |
| Nos 16, 24 & 25 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Savings Bank Buildings, Hanover Street, Edinburgh | |
| Nos 17 & 18 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Deacons Bank Chambers, Talbot Square, Blackpool | |
| Nos 26, 27 & 28 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Viceroy Close, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Nos 29 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | Kewstoke, Crwt-y-vil Road, Lower Penarth, Glamorganshire | |
| Polish Inspectorate General | London | |
| No 1 PAC Establishment | RAF Eastchurch | |
| Polish Air Force Film Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 1 RAF Depot | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| No 3 Radio School | RAF Prestwick | |
| No 2 Recruits Centre (a) | RAF Cardington | |
| No 11 Recruits Centre | Seacroft Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire | |
| No 16 Recruits Centre | Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| RAF Central Band | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| RAF Code and Cypher School | Harberton House, Harberton Mead, Headlington, Oxford | |
| RAF Depository | Colnbrook | |
| RAF Film Production Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | annexe at Littleport |
| RAF Hospital | Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| RAF Station Hospital | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF Service Police School | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| RAF Unit | Worcester | |
| Record Office (b) | Gloucester | |
| Record Office (b) | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Record Office (b) | Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading | |
| No 10 Signals Recruit Centre | Imperial Annexe, Dickson Road, Blackpool | Also shown in No 20 Group |
| No 1 Signals School | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 2 Signals School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| No 3 Signals School | RAF Compton Bassett | |
| No 4 Signals School | RAF Madley | |
| No 6 Signals School | Bolton Technical College, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire | |
| No 7 Signals School | Albert Court, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 | |
| No 1 School of Photography | RAF Farnborough (a) | |
| No 2 School of Photography | Ripon Road, Blackpool | |
| School of Administration | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| No 3 School of Physical Training | The Grove, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire | |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 1 Officers School | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| No 1 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Thurlow Hotel, Torquay, Devon | |
| No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Dungavel, Strathaven, Lanarkshire | |
| WAAF Officers School | Hazelrigg Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire | |
| WAAF Signals School | Worcester |
(a) For training and personnel matters only
(b) Directly under the Air Ministry (Director of Manning) for technical administration
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group]
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