Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
Command HQ - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Rerading Berkshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Synthetic Training Development Unit | Reading |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 8 Recruits Centre | 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus | |
No 8 Receiving and Disposal Unit (Edinbugh) | Arbroath, Angus | |
RAF Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | |
No 10 Recruits Centre | Imperial Annexe, Dickson Road, Blackpool | |
No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | Station in Balloon Command |
RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | Station in No 24 Group |
No 2 School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | |
RAF Officers School | RAF Cosford | |
Care & Maintenance Party | Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
No 30 WAAF Recruits' Centre | RAF Innsworth | |
No 22 Recruits Centre | RAF Newtownards | |
No 3 Recruits Centre | Padgate, nr Warrington, Lancashire | |
No 1 School of Physical Training | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
Ground Observers' School | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
No 11 Recruits Centre | Seacroft Hotel, Skegness, Lincolnshire | |
RAF Station Weston-super-Mare | Warwick Hotel, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
No 31 WAAF Recruits' Centre | Wilmslow |
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 2 School of Photography | Ripon Road, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
No 3 School of Technical Training | Stanley Road, South Shore, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
No 1 MT School | 21 Raikes Parade, Blackpool | Station in 20 Group |
Marine Craft Training School | RAF Corsewell | |
No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
No 1 School of Photography | RAF Farnborough | Station in Army Co-op Command |
RAF Station Halton | Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
No 1 School of Technical Training | RAF Halton | |
Polish Technical Training School | RAF Halton | |
No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
Oxygen Producing Training Unit | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command. |
No 11 School of Technical Training | RAF Credenhill, Hereford | |
RAF Station Innsworth | Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | |
No 7 School of Technical Training | RAF Innsworth | Station in 20 Group |
No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | Station in Maintenance Command. |
No 1 Works School | RAF Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | Station in Maintenance Command. |
No 12 School of Technical Training | RAF Melksham, Wiltshire | |
No 4 MT School | Clarendon Hotel, Morecombe, Lancashire | Station in No 28 Group |
No 3 MT School | Pwllheli | |
RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
RAF Czechoslovak Depot | RAF St Athan | |
RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
Safety Equipment Workers' School | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in Balloon Command |
No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 2 MT School | RAF Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
Central Trade Test Board | RAF West Drayton, Middlesex | Station in No 26 Group |
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 6 Radio School | Bolton Technical College, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire | |
No 10 Radio School | RAF Carew Cheriton | |
RAF Station Compton Bassett | Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire | |
No 3 Radio School | RAF Compton Bassett | |
RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | |
No 8 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
No 11 Radio School | RAF Hooton Park | |
No 7 Radio School | Albert Court, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 | |
RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
No 4 Radio School | RAF Madley | |
No 5 Radio School | Oxford | |
RAF Station Yatesbury | Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire | |
No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
No 9 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Technical Colleges | |
Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics and Wireless and Telephone Operators training at GPOs | |
Various Centres | Radio and Wireless Mechanics training at Manufacturers' works |
HQ - 17-19 Queen's Square, London WC2
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Officers' Hospital | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
Polish Deputy Inspectorate General | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
RAF Polish Records Office | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
No 1 Airmen's Convalescent Depot | Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
RAF Overseas Pay Accounts, Clearing Unit | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 20 Group |
RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | |
RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
RAF General Hospital | Church Village | |
RAF Central Depository | Colnbrook | |
Equipment Training School | RAF Eastbourne | |
Polish Air Force Staff College | Eddleston | |
RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
RAF General Hospital | Hampton Road, Evesham, Worcestershire | |
No 10 Personnel Transit Centre | Glasgow | |
Record Office | Gloucester | |
Equipment Officers School | Grand Hotel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | |
School of Hygiene | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
No 1 School of Cookery | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
Air Training Corps Flight | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
Medical Training Establishment Depot | Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | Manning Office only |
Czechoslovak Depository and Rest House | Holmwood | |
RAF Station Harrow | Harrow, Middlesex | |
RCAF 'R' Depot | Houghton Green | |
No 2 Airmen's Convalescent Depot | The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire | |
RAF Film Production Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
RAF Film Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
No 4 Personnel Transit Centre | School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool | |
RAF General Hospital | Lochnaw | |
Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | |
Central Medical Establishment | London | |
No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
Polish Inspectorate General | London | |
RAF Station Loughborough | Curzon Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire | |
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Loughborough | |
RAF Neurological Hospital | Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire | |
Central Interpretation Unit | RAF Medmenham | Administration only |
No 2 School of Cookery | RAF Melksham | Station in No 24 Group |
WAAF NCO Administration School | RAF Melksham | Station in No 24 Group |
No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre | Morecombe | |
RAF General Hospital | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
School of Clerks, Accounting | Penarth, Glamorganshire | |
RAF Hospital | Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
Record Office | Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading | |
RAF Station Redcar | Redcar, North Yorkshire | |
Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
Medical Training Depot | RAF Sidmouth | Station in Flying Training Command |
Central School of Aircraft Recognition | Southport | |
School of Administration | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
Accountant Officers School | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Dungavel, Strathaven, Lanarkshire | |
RAF Station Uxbridge | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | |
RAF Service Police School | RAF Uxbridge | |
War Casualties Non-Effective Accounts Depot | RAF Uxbridge | |
No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire | |
WAAF Officers School | Windermere | |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
WAAF Cooks' Training and Domestic Science Colleges | Various Centres |
Source - June 1943 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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