Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
[Command HQ | No 20 Group | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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