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 |
Synthetic Training Development Training Unit | Reading |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 6 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Acklington | Station in ADGB |
No 8 Recruits Centre | 36 Guthrie Port, Arbroath, Angus | |
No 8 Receiving and Disposal Unit | Arbroath, Angus | |
No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | |
RAF Officers School | RAF Cosford | Station in 24 Group |
No 3 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Coastal Command |
RAF Regiment Depot | Londonthorpe Road, Grantham | |
Air Crew Officers' School | RAF Hereford | Station in 24 Group |
RAF Regiment School | RAF Hunmanby Moor | |
No 5 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Hunmanby Moor | |
No 2 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Langham | Station in Coastal Command |
No 1 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Locking | Station in 24 Group |
No 22 Recruits Centre | RAF Long Kesh | Station in RAFNI |
No 8 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Montrose | Station in Flying Training Command |
No 3 Recruits Centre | RAF Padgate | |
RAF Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
Ground Observers' School | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
No 7 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | Shoreham | Station in ADGB |
RAF Station Sidmouth | ||
No 11 Recruits Centre | RAF Skegness | |
RAF School of Fire Fighting | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in Balloon Command |
No 4 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Towyn | Station in ADGB |
Air Crew NCOs School | RAF Whitley Bay | |
No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Whitley Bay | |
No 31 WAAF Recruits Centre | Wilmslow |
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 | RAF Blackpool | |
No 2 School of Photography | Ripon Road, Blackpool | |
No 1 MT School | 21 Raikes Parade, Blackpool | |
No 21 School of Technical Training | RAF Burtonwood | Station transferred to USAAF |
RAF Station Corsewall | ||
Marine Craft Training School | RAF Corsewall | |
RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
RAF Czechoslovak Depot | 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 Technical Training School | RAF Halton | |
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
Bomber Command Communication Flight | RAF Halton | |
Air Training Corps Flight | RAF Halton | |
RAF Station Hednesford | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford | |
RAF Prisoners of War Holding Unit | RAF Hednesford | |
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 School | RAF Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Hereford | ||
No 11 School of Technical Training | RAF Hereford | |
RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
RAF Station Locking (Weston-super-Mare Airfield) | 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 Station Weeton | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton |
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 13 Radio School | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
No 6 Radio School | Bolton Technical College, Manchester Road, Bolton, Lancashire | |
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 (Caistor & Wellingore) | Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | |
No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
No 8 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
RAF Station Hooton Park | ||
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 | |
No 12 Radio School | RAF St Athan | Station in No 24 Group |
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 Queens Square, London WC2
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Officers' Hospital | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
Polish Air Force Depot | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
RAF Polish Records Office | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
No 1 Airmen's Convalescent Depot | Harrowside, South Shore, Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
RAF Overseas Pay Accounts, Clearing Unit | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | |
RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Cambridge | Station in Flying Training Command |
RAF General Hospital | Church Village | |
RAF Central Depository | Colnbrook | |
Officers Advanced Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
RAF General Hospital | Hampton Road, Evesham, Worcestershire | |
No 8 Embarkation Unit | Glasgow | |
No 10 Personnel Transit Centre | Glasgow | |
Record Office | Gloucester | |
Care & Maintenance Party | Grange-over-Sands | |
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 |
Medical Training Establishment & Depot | Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire | Manning Office only, station in Flying Training Command |
School of Discussion Method | Highgate | |
RAF Intelligence School | Highgate | |
RCAF 'R' Depot | Houghton Green | |
RCAF Despatch Wing | Houghton Green | |
RCAF MT Unit | Houghton Green | |
No 2 Airmen's Convalescent Depot | The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire | |
No 1 RAF Film Production Unit | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
No 4 Personnel Transit Centre | School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool | |
No 3 Embarkation Unit | Liverpool | |
RAF Hospital | Lochnaw | |
Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
No 18 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
RAF (French) Record Office | London | |
Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | |
Central Medical Establishment | London | |
No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
HQ Polish Air Force | London | |
Inspectorate General of the Belgian Air Force | 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 Personnel Despatch Centre | Morecombe | |
Personnel Holding Unit | 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 | |
WAAF Polish Holding Unit | RAF Redcar | |
Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
Medical Training Depot | RAF Sidmouth | Station in No 22 Group |
Central School of Aircraft Recognition | Southport | |
School of Administration | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
Equipment Officers School | 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 Weeton | Station in No 24 Group |
No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire | |
Equipment Training School | RAF Weston-super-Mare | |
Polish Air Force Staff College | RAF Weston-super-Mare | |
WAAF NCO Administration School | RAF Wilmslow | Station in No 22 Group |
WAAF Officers School | Windermere | |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
WAAF Cooks' Training and Domestic Science Colleges | Various Centres |
Source - June 1944 SD161
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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