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Technical Training Command - June 1944


[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

Command HQ - Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading Berkshire

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit Location/Address Notes
Communication Flt White Waltham

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Hunmanby Moor Hunmanby, East Yorkshire
RAF Regiment School RAF Hunmanby Moor  
RAF Station Sidmouth    
RAF Station Whitley Bay    
No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Whitley Bay
Air Crew NCOs School RAF Whitley Bay
No 1 AA Practice Camp RAF Locking
No 2 AA Practice Camp RAF Langham
No 3 AA Practice Camp RAF Felixstowe
No 4 AA Practice Camp RAF Towyn
No 5 AA Practice Camp RAF Hunmanby Moor
No 6 AA Practice Camp RAF Acklington
No 7 AA Practice Camp Shoreham
No 8 AA Practice Camp RAF Montrose
Air Crew Officers School RAF Hereford  
Anti-Gas School Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire  
No 2 Recruits Centre RAF Cardington  
No 8 Recruits Centre 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus  
No 11 Recruits Centre RAF Skegness  
No 22 Recruits Centre RAF Long Kesh
No 31 WAAF Recruits Centre Wilmslow
RAF Officers School RAF Cosford  
RAF School of Fire Fighting RAF Sutton-on-Hull
RAF Regiment Depot Londonthorpe Road, Grantham  
No 22 Group Communication Flt RAF Ternhill

 

No 24 (Training) Group

HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Blackpool Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs
No 3 School of Technical Training    
No 2 School of Photography Ripon Road, Blackpool  
No 1 MT School 21 Raikes Parade, Blackpool  
RAF Station Corsewall    
Marine Training School RAF Corsewall  
RAF Station Cosford Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire  
No 2 School of Technical Training RAF Cosford  
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford  
RAF Station Farnborough    
No 1 School of Photography RAF Farnborough  
RAF Station Halton Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire  
No 1 School of Technical Training RAF Halton  
Polish School of Technical Training RAF Halton  
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton  
RAF Station Hednesford Hednesford, Staffordshire
No 6 School of Technical Training RAF Hednesford
RAF Station Hereford    
No 11 School of Technical Training RAF Hereford  
School of Torpedo Maintenance RAF Hereford
RAF Station Kirkham Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire  
No 10 School of Technical Training RAF Kirkham  
RAF Hospital RAF Kirkham  
RAF Station Locking Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset  
No 5 School of Technical Training RAF Locking  
No 1 School of Airfield Construction RAF Locking  
RAF Station Melksham Melksham, Wiltshire  
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
RAF Station Pwllheli Tufton Hotel, West End Parade, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire  
No 3 MT School RAF Pwllheli  
RAF Station St Athan St Athan, Glamorganshire  
No 4 School of Technical Training RAF St Athan  
RAF Hospital RAF St Athan  
RAF Czechoslovak Depot RAF St Athan  
RAF Station Weeton Weeton, Preston, Lancashire  
No 8 School of Technical Training RAF Weeton
No 7 School of Technical Training RAF Innsworth  
No 14 School of Technical Training RAF Henlow  
No 21 School of Technical Training RAF Burtonwood  
School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) RAF Henlow
Oxygen Producing Training School RAF Henlow
No 2 School of Airfield Construction RAF Hatfield
No 24 Group Communication Flt Purdiswell

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Carew Cheriton    
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 1 Radio School RAF Cranwell  
Officers Advanced Training School RAF Cranwell  
Supplies Depot RAF Cranwell  
RAF Station Hooton Park    
No11 Radio School RAF Hooton Park  
RAF Station Madley Madley, Hertfordshire  
No 4 Radio School RAF Madley  
RAF Station Yatesbury Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire  
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  
No 9 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  
No 5 Radio School Oxford  
No 6 Radio School Bolton Technical College, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire  
No 7 Radio School Albert Court, Prince Consort Road, London SW7  
No 12 Radio School RAF St Athan  
No 13 Radio School RAF Blackpool  
No 27 Group Communication Flt RAF South Cerney  

 

No 28 (Training) Group

HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Morecombe    
No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Morecombe  
Personnel Holding Unit RAF Morecombe
RAF Station Stannington    
Accountant Officers School RAF Stannington
Equipment Officers School RAF Stannington  
School of Administration Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland  
RAF Station Uxbridge
RAF Station Hospital RAF Uxbridge
RAF Central Band Uxbridge, Middlesex  
RAF Station Windermere
WAAF Officers School RAF Windermere  
Air Ministry Unit 77 Hallam Street, London W1  
No 1 Airmens Convalescent Depot Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool
No 2 Airmens Convalescent Depot The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire
Belgian Inspectorate General London  
Central Medical Establishment London Directly under the Air Ministry (DGMS) for technical (medical) administration
Medical Training Establishment & Depot Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire
Czechoslovak Inspectorate General London  
Equipment Training School Weston-super-Mare  
Central School of Aircraft Recognition Southport
Inspector of Recruiting Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 Directly under the Air Ministry for technical administration
No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Blackpool
No 4 Personnel Transit Centre School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool
No 6 Personnel Transit Centre London
No 10 Personnel Transit Centre Glasgow
Polish Air Force HQ London  
RAF Polish Depot Goodwood Hotel, Park Road, Blackpool
Polish Air Force Film Unit Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire  
Polish Air Force Staff College Weston-super-Mare  
RAF Code and Cypher School Harberton House, Harberton Mead, Headlington, Oxford  
RAF Depository Colnbrook  
RAF Film Production Unit Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire  
RAF General Hospital Northallerton, North Yorkshire  
RAF General Hospital Church Village  
RAF Hospital Ely, Cambridgeshire annexe at Littleport
RAF Hospital Hampton Road, Evesham, Worcestershire  
RAF Hospital Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire  
RAF Hospital Lochnaw  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
RAF Officers' Hospital RAF Blackpool  
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton  
RAF Neurological Hospital Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire
RAF Intelligence School Highgate Directly controlled by Air Ministry (DDI (Org))
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Loughborough
RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit RAF Blackpool
RAF Physiological Laboratory RAF Farnborough Directly under Air Ministry  (DGMS) for technical (medical) administration
RAF Police HQ Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire  
RAF French Records Office London  
RAF (Polish) Records Office RAF Blackpool  
School of Discussion Method Highgate  
RAF Service Police School RAF Weeton  
RAF Staff College Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire Directly controlled by the Air Ministry
RCAF 'R' Depot Warrington
Record Office Gloucester Directly under the Air Ministry for technical administration
Record Office Ruislip, Middlesex
Record Office Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road,  Reading
School of Clerks, Accounting Penarth, Glamorganshire  
Nos 1 School of Cookery RAF Halton  
No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot Dungavel, Strathaven, Lanarkshire  
WAAF NCOs Administrative School Wilmslow
WAAF (Polish) Holding Unit Redcar

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

County names used are those in use at the time

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