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Flying Training Command - February 1944


[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 29 Group | No 50 Group | No 51 Group | No 54 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit Location/Address Notes
Central Examination Board Twyford

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Banff (Dallachy & Fraserburgh)
No 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Banff
No 1512 (BAT) Flt RAF Banff
No 1542 (BAT) Flt RAF Dallachy
Junior Commanders' Course RAF Fraserburgh
RAF Station Calveley (Wrexham & Cranage)    
No 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Calveley
RAF Cranwell (Caistor)   Station in Technical Training Command
RAF College Flying Training School RAF Cranwell  
RAF Station Errol (Findo Gask)    
No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Errol  
No 1544 (BAT) Flt RAF Errol  
RAF Station Grantham (Harlaxton)    
No 12 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Grantham
No 1536 (BAT) Flt RAF Grantham
RAF Station Hucknall (Firbeck & Papplewick Moor)    
No 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School RAF Hucknall
Air Crew Training Centre (Polish) RAF Hucknall
RAF Station Kirknewton Care & Maintenance
RAF Montrose (Stracathro, Edzell & Fordoun) Montrose, Angus.  
No 2 (A) Flying Instructors' School RAF Montrose  
No 1541 (BAT) Flt RAF Montrose  
No 1518 (BAT) Flt RAF Edzell Station in Maintenance Command, Flight controlled by RAF Banff
RAF Station Newton (Orston & Tollerton) Newton, Nottinghamshire
No 16 (Polish) Flying Training School RAF Newton
No 1524 (BAT) Flt RAF Newton  
RAF Station Peterborough (Sibson) Westwood, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
No 7 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Peterborough  
RAF Station Shawbury (Bratton)
Central Navigation School RAF Shawbury
No 1534 (BAT) Flt RAF Shawbury
RAF Station Sherburn in Elmet
Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment RAF Sherburn in Elmet
RAF Station Ternhill (Condover & Chetwynd) Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire
No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Ternhill  
RAF Station Wheaton Aston (Perton, Tatenhill & Bridleway Gate)
No 21 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Wheaton Aston  
No 1511 (BAT) Flt RAF Wheaton Aston  

 

No 23 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Babdown Farm (Long Newnton & Castle Combe)    
No 15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Babdown Farm
No 1532 (BAT) Flt RAF Babdown Farm
RAF Station Boscombe Down Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire  
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment RAF Boscombe Down  
Intensive Flying (Development) Flight RAF Boscombe Down  
Aircraft Gun Mounting Establishment RAF Boscombe Down  
Test Pilots' School RAF Boscombe Down  
RAF Station Brize Norton
Flying Training Command Instructors' School RAF Brize Norton
Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF Brize Norton
RAF Station Church Lawford (Snitterfield & Warwick)    
No 18 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Church Lawford  
RAF (Belgian) Initial Training School RAF Church Lawford  
No 1533 (BAT) Flt RAF Church Lawford  
RAF Station Hullavington Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire  
Empire Central Flying School RAF Hullavington  
Empire Central Flying School Handling Sqn RAF Hullavington  
RAF Station Kidlington (Croughton, Kiddington & Weston-on-the-Green) nr Kidlington Station, Kidlington, Oxfordshire  
No 20 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Kidlington  
No 1538 (BAT) Flt RAF Kidlington  
RAF Station Little Rissington (Chipping Norton, Windrush & Akeman Street) Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.  
No 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Little Rissington  
No 1523 (BAT) Flt RAF Little Rissington  
RAF Lulsgate Bottom    
No 3 (A) Flying Instructors' School RAF Lulsgate Bottom  
No 1540 (BAT) Flt RAF Lulsgate Bottom
RAF Station Shobden    
No 5 Glider Training School RAF Shobden  
Glider Instructors' Flight RAF Shobden  
RAF Station South Cerney (Bibury & Southrop) South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire  
No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit RAF South Cerney  
No 1539 (BAT) Flt RAF South Cerney  
RAF Stoke Orchard (North Leach)    
No 3 Glider Training School RAF Stoke Orchard  
RAF Station Upavon (Overton Heath) Upavon, Marlborough, Wiltshire
No 7 (A) Flying Instructors' School RAF Upavon  
No 1537 (BAT) Flt RAF Upavon  

No 25 (Armament) Group

HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Barrow    
No 10 Air Gunners School RAF Barrow  
RAF Blackpool   Station in Technical Training Command
School of Air Sea Rescue RAF Blackpool  
RAF Station Cark Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire  
Staff Pilot Training Unit RAF Cark  
RAF Doncaster   Station in Transport Command
HQ Bomb Disposal Wing RAF Doncaster  
Bomb Disposal School RAF Doncaster  
RAF Exeter Exeter, Devon Station in ADGB
Gunnery Research Unit RAF Exeter  
Detachment from Royal Aircraft Establishment RAF Exeter  
RAF Station Halfpenny Green    
No 3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Halfpenny Green
RAF Station Manby Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire  
No 1 Air Armament School RAF Manby  
RAF Station Millom Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland  
No 2 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Millom  
RAF Station Millom Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland  
No 2 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Millom  
RAF Station Mona Mona, Anglesey  
No 8 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Millom  
RAF Station Pembrey Burry Point, Carmarthenshire
No 1 Air Gunners School RAF Pembrey  
RAF Station Penrhos (Hells Mouth & Llanwrog) Penrhos, Pwihelli  
No 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Penrhos  
RAF Station Staverton (Moreton Vallance)    
No 6 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Staverton
RAF Station Stormy Down Bridgend, Glamorganshire  
No 7 Air Gunners School RAF Stormy Down  
RAF Station Sutton Bridge Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire  
Central Gunnery School RAF Sutton Bridge  

 

No 29 (Training) Group

HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Andreas    
No 11 Air Gunners School RAF Andreas
RAF Bishops Court
No 7 Air Observers' School RAF Bishops Court
No 12 Air Gunners School RAF Bishops Court
RAF Station Castle Kennedy    
No 3 Air Gunners School RAF Castle Kennedy
RAF Station Dalcross    
No 2 Air Gunners School RAF Dalcross
RAF Station Dumfries    
No 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Dumfries
RAF Station Evanton    
No 8 Air Gunners School RAF Evanton
RAF Station Jurby Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man  
Air Navigation and Bombing School RAF Jurby
Elementary Air Navigation School RAF Jurby
RAF Station Morpeth Morpeth, Northumberland  
No 4 Air Gunners School RAF Morpeth
RAF Station West Freugh West Freugh, Stranraer, Wigtownshire  
No 4 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF West Freugh
RAF Station Wigtown Wigtown Wigtownshire  
No 1 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Wigtown

 

No 50 (Training) Group

HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 21 Elementary Flying Training School Booker (Denham)  
No 22 Elementary Flying Training School Cambridge (Caxton Gibbet)  
No 29 Elementary Flying Training School Clyffe Pypard (Alton Barnes)  
Central Link Trainer School RAF Unit 14, Warwick Road, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire  
No 18 Elementary Flying Training School Fairoaks (Winkfield, Smith's Lawn & Bray)  
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School Panshanger (Hatfield)  
Central Link Trainer School Flight Panshanger (Hatfield)  
No 3 Elementary Flying Training School Shellingford  
No 6 Elementary Flying Training School Sywell (Denton)  
No 26 Elementary Flying Training School Theale  
Airfield Controllers School RAF Watchfield (Kelmscott & Wanborough)  
School of Flying Control RAF Watchfield (Kelmscott & Wanborough)  
No 10 (E) Flying Instructors School Woodley (Henley & Waltham St Lawrence)  
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School Worcester  

No 51 (Training) Group

HQ - Moorfield House, Alma Road, Otley Road, Leeds 6

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Ansty (Southam) Ansty Aerodrome, Walgrave-on-Sowe, Coventry  
No 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Ansty
RAF Station Brough (Bellasize) Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire  
No 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Brough  
RAF Station Carlisle (Burnfoot & Kirkpatrick) Carlisle, Cumberland  
No 15 Elementary Flying Training School Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland  
RAF Station Derby (Abbots Bromley & Battlestead Hill) Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby  
No 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Derby  
RAF Station Desford (Braunstone) Desford Aerodrome, Leicester
No 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Desford  
RAF Station Elmdon (Hockley Heath) Elmdon, nr Birmingham  
No 14 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Elmdon  
RAF Station Perth (Whitefield) Municipal Aerodrome, Perth.  
No 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Perth  
RAF Sealand (Little Sutton)   Station in Maintenance Command
No 24 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Sealand  
RAF Wolverhampton (Penkridge) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire  
No 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Wolverhampton  
Pupil Pilots Pool RAF Wolverhampton  

No 54 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Sunningdale, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Nos 26, 27 & 28 Aviation Candidate Selection Board Viceroy Close, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham  
No 3  RCAF Personnel Reception Centre Bournemouth Dominion House Station
RCAF Band Bournemouth
RAF Station Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Shropshire  
No 18 Initial Training Wing

RAF Bridgnorth

 
No 19 Initial Training Wing

RAF Bridgnorth

 
RAF Station Bridlington Southcliffe Hotel, Marine Drive, Bridlington, East Yorkshire  
No 21 Initial Training Wing RAF Bridlington  
No 14 Initial Training Wing RAF Bridlington  
No 15 Initial Training Wing RAF Bridlington  
Polish Initial Training Wing Brighton
No 11  RAAF Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre Brighton  
No 12  RNZAF Personnel Reception Centre Brighton  
No 42 Initial Training Wing (Pilots) Jesus College, Cambridge Station in No 50 Group
Nos 4, 7, 9, 19 & 20 Aviation Candidate Selection Board RAF Cardington Station in Balloon Command
Air Crew Disposal Unit Chessington Station in Maintenance Command
Nos 1, 2, 8, 17 and 18 Aviation Candidate Selection Board RAF Doncaster Station in Transport Command
RAF Station Eastchurch Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent  
Combined Re-selection Centre RAF Eastchurch  
Nos 16, 24 & 25 Aviation Candidate Selection Board Savings Bank Buildings, Hanover Street, Edinburgh  
RAF Station Filey Town Filey, East Yorkshire  
French Air Force Depot RAF Filey Town  
No 4 Air Crew Receiving Centre (French) RAF Filey Town  
No 23 (French) Initial Training Wing RAF Filey Town  
RAF Goring-on-Thames    
RAF Station Harrogate Harrogate, West Yorkshire
No 7 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Harrogate
Air Crew Despatch Centre Heaton Park
No 3 Air Crew Reception Centre Abbey Lodge, Hanover Gate, Regents Park, London NW8  
No 30 Reception and Classification Wing London  
No 31 Reception and Classification Wing London  
No 32 Reception and Classification Wing London  
No 33 Reception and Classification Wing London  
No 34 Reception and Classification Wing London  
No 35 Reception and Classification Wing London  
Nos 11, 13, 14, 22 & 23 Aviation Candidate Selection Board Euston House, Eversholt Street, London NW1  
Personnel Selection, WAAF Training School London  
Preliminary Air Crew Training Wing London  
Air Crew Training Wing (Polish) RAF Morecambe Station in Technical Training Command
No 7 Initial Training Wing Bellavista Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall
No 8 Initial Training Wing Trebarwith Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall  
No 15 Aviation Candidate Selection Board Old Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford  
Nos 5, 6, 10 & 30 Aviation Candidate Selection Board RAF Padgate Station in Technical Training Command
Nos 12 & 29 Aviation Candidate Selection Board Kewstoke, Crwt-y-vil Road, Lower Penarth, Glamorganshire Station in Technical Training Command
No 40 Initial Training Wing (Pilots) Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire  
No 41 Initial Training Wing (Pilots) Prince of Wales Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire  
No 42 Initial Training Wing (Pilots)

Scarborough, North Yorkshire

 
Air Crew Refresher School Sheffield Station in Balloon Command
RAF Belgian Depot Snitterfield Station in No 23 Group
RAF Station Torquay Torre Abby, Torquay, Devon  
No 6 Air Crew Reception Centre RAF Torquay  
No 38 Reception and Classification Wing RAF Torquay  
No 36 Reception and Classification Wing Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon Satellite of RAF Torquay
No 39 Reception and Classification Wing Paignton, Devon Satellite of RAF Torquay
No 20 Initial Training Wing RAF Usworth  

Source - February 1944 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 29 Group | No 50 Group | No 51 Group | No 54 Group]

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