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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Technical Training Command - December 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 Unit | Reading |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Acklington | Station in Fighter Command | |
| No 6 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Acklington | |
| RAF Station Arbroath | ||
| No 8 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Arbroath | |
| No 8 Recruits Centre | RAF Arbroath | |
| RAF Station Cardington | Station in Balloon Command | |
| No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Station in No 24 Group | |
| RAF Officers School | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | Station in Coastal Command | |
| No 3 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Felixstowe | |
| RAF Station Grantham | Londonthorpe Road, Grantham | |
| RAF Regiment Depot | RAF Grantham | |
| RAF Station Hereford | ||
| No 1 Air Crew Officers' School | RAF Hereford | |
| RAF Station Hunmanby Moor | Hunmanby, East Yorkshire | |
| RAF Regiment School | RAF Hunmanby Moor | |
| No 5 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Hunmanby Moor | |
| No 1 Recruits Centre | RAF Hunmanby Moor | |
| RAF Station Langham | Station in Coastal Command | |
| No 2 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Langham | |
| RAF Station Long Kesh | Station in RAFNI | |
| No 22 Recruits Centre | RAF Long Kesh | |
| Rollestone Camp | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp | |
| RAF Station Skegness | C & M Party | |
| RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull | Station in Balloon Command? | |
| RAF School of Fire Fighting | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| RAF Station Towyn | Station in Fighter Command | |
| No 4 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Towyn | |
| RAF Station Whitley Bay | ||
| Air Crew NCOs School | RAF Whitley Bay | |
| RAF Station Wilmslow | ||
| No 31 WAAF Recruits Centre | RAF Wilmslow |
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | Station in this Group but units in No 28 Group |
| RAF Station Burtonwood | ||
| No 21 School of Technical Training | RAF Burtonwood | |
| RAF Station Corsewall | ||
| No 1 Marine Training School | RAF Corsewall | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training | RAF Cosford | |
| No 1 Instructors' School (EVT) | RAF Cosford | |
| No 6 Instructors' School (EVT) | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Czechoslovak Depot | 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 | |
| Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| Air Training Corps Flt | RAF Halton | |
| RAF Station Hednesford | Hednesford, Staffordshire | |
| No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford | |
| Italian Labour Holding Unit | RAF Hednesford | |
| RAF Station Henlow | Station in No Maintenance Command | |
| School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow | |
| RAF Station Hereford | Station in No 22 Group | |
| 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 Hospital | RAF Kirkham | |
| RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
| Polish School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
| Weston-super-Mare airfield | Satellite airfield (Locking) | |
| RAF Station Melksham | Melksham, Wiltshire | |
| No 12 School of Technical Training | RAF Melksham | |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
| No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Hospital | RAF St Athan | |
| RCAF Flight Engineers' Training Unit | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Station Weeton | Weeton, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 8 School of Technical Training | RAF Weeton | |
| Oxygen Producing Training School | RAF Weeton |
HQ - The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| 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 Cosford | Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 15 Radio School | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Station Cranwell | Cranwell, Stamford, Lincolnshire | |
| No 1 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | Caistor? |
| No 8 Radio School | RAF Cranwell | |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | Wellingore? |
| RAF Station Caistor | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Coleby Grange | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Wellingore | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Madley | |
| No 5 Radio School | Oxford | |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 14 Radio School | RAF St Athan | |
| RAF Station Yatesbury | Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire | |
| No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| No 9 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury | |
| Radio and Wireless Mechanics were trained at various Technical Training Colleges | ||
| Radio and Wireless Mechanics and Wireless and Telephone Operators were trained at various GPOs | ||
| Mechanics training was undertaken at various manufacturers' facilities | ||
HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Officers' Hospital | RAF Blackpool | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF Polish Depot | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF (Polish) Records Office | RAF Blackpool | |
| No 1 Airmens Convalescent Depot | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | Directly controlled by the Air Ministry |
| RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
| RAF General Hospital | Church Village | |
| RAF Depository | Colnbrook | |
| No 1 Officers Advanced Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | annexe at Littleport |
| RAF General Hospital | Evesham | |
| No 8 Embarkation Unit | Glasgow | |
| No 10 Personnel Transit Centre | Glasgow | |
| Record Office | Gloucester | |
| RAF (Belgian) Depot | Goring-on-Sea | |
| Nos 1 School of Cookery | RAF Halton | |
| School of Hygiene | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
| Medical Training Establishment & Depot | Harrogate | Manning Officer only, station in FTC |
| 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 | Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| School of Administrative Trades | RAF Kirkham | Station in No 24 Group |
| 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 Despatch Centre | London | |
| RAF French Records Office | London | |
| Inspector of Recruiting | Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2 | Directly under the Air Ministry for technical administration |
| Central Medical Establishment | London | |
| No 6 Personnel Transit Centre | London | |
| Polish Air Force HQ | London | |
| No 107 Personnel Dispersal Centre | London | |
| Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
| Belgian Inspectorate General | London | |
| Control Commission School (Air) | London | |
| RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Loughborough | |
| RAF Neurological Hospital | Rockside Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire | |
| RAF Station Morecombe | ||
| No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Morecombe | |
| No 1 Personnel Holding Unit | RAF Morecombe | |
| RAF General Hospital | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
| RAF Hospital | Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| Record Office | Wantage Hall, Upper Redlands Road, Reading | |
| Medical Training Depot | Sidmouth | |
| RAF (Belgian) Training School | Snailwell | |
| RAF Westley | Satellite (Snailwell) | |
| Central School of Aircraft Recognition | Southport | |
| RAF Station Stannington | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| Accountant Officers School | RAF Stannington | |
| Equipment Officers School | RAF Stannington | |
| School of Administration | Stannington, nr Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| WAAF Officers School | Stratford-on-Avon | |
| No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Strathaven, Lanarkshire | |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
| No 9 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Uxbridge | |
| No 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Station Hospital | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Service Police School | RAF Weeton | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| Polish Air Force Staff College | Weston-super-Mare | |
| WAAF NCOs Administrative School | RAF Wilmslow | Station in No 22 Group |
| WAAF Officers School | RAF Windermere | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| WAAF Cooks were also trained at a various Training and Domestic Science Colleges | ||
Source - SD161 (51st Edition) - December 1944
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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