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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Technical Training Command - July 1945
[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 Arbroath | ||
| RAF Station Cardington | ||
| No 2 Recruits Centre | RAF Cardington | |
| No 1 General Service Training School | RAF Cardington | |
| RAF Station Cosford | Station in No 24 Group | |
| RAF Officers' School | RAF Cosford | |
| RAF Station Grantham | Londonthorpe Road, Grantham | |
| RAF Regiment Depot | RAF Grantham | |
| RAF Station Hereford | ||
| No 1 Air Crew Officers' School | RAF Hereford | |
| School of Administration & Accountancy | 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 | |
| RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | Station in No 24 Group |
| Air Crew NCOs School | RAF Locking | |
| RAF Station Long Kesh | Station in RAFNI | |
| No 22 Recruits Centre | RAF Long Kesh | |
| RAF Station Melksham | Melksham, Wiltshire | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 1 Recruits Centre | RAF Melksham | |
| Rollestone Camp | Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Anti-Gas School | Rollestone Camp | |
| RAF Station Stoke Orchard | ||
| RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull | ||
| RAF School of Fire Fighting | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | |
| RAF Station Towyn | ||
| No 4 RAF Regiment AA Practice Camp | RAF Towyn | |
| RAF Station Warrington | ||
| RCAF MT Unit | RAF Warrington | |
| RAF Station Wilmslow | ||
| No 31 WAAF Recruits Centre | RAF Wilmslow |
HQ - Hindlip Hall, Nr Worcester, Worcestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| 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 106 Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Cosford | |
| No 4 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Cosford | |
| School of Training Organisation and Method | 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 | Not shown in this edition? |
| Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | |
| Bomber Command Communication Flight | RAF Halton | |
| Air Training Corps Flight | RAF Halton | |
| RAF Station Hednesford | Hednesford, Staffordshire | Station in No 28 Group |
| No 6 School of Technical Training | RAF Hednesford | |
| RAF Station Henlow | Station in Maintenance Command | |
| School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) | RAF Henlow | |
| No 14 School of Technical Training | RAF Henlow | |
| RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
| No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
| RAF Station Locking | Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset | |
| No 5 School of Technical Training | RAF Locking | |
| Polish Technical Training School | 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 | |
| No 19 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Weeton | |
| No 6 Instructors' School (EVT) | RAF Weeton |
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 | |
| No 5 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 | |
| RAF Station Wellingore | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Madley | Madley, Hertfordshire | |
| No 4 Radio School | RAF Madley | |
| 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 Station Blackpool | Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs | |
| RAF Officers' Hospital | RAF Blackpool | |
| Polish Air Force Depot | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF (Polish) Records Office | RAF Blackpool | |
| No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre | RAF Blackpool | |
| No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Blackpool | |
| RAF Staff College | Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire | Directly controlled by the Air Ministry |
| RAF Police HQ | Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 102 Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Cardington | |
| RAF General Hospital | Church Village | |
| RAF Central Depository | Colnbrook | |
| RAF School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | Station in 24 Group |
| No 1 Officers Advanced Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely, Cambridgeshire | |
| RAF General Hospital | Evesham | |
| No 8 Embarkation Unit | Glasgow | |
| No 10 Personnel Transit Centre | Glasgow | |
| Record Office | Gloucester | |
| Nos 1 School of Cookery | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| School of Hygiene | 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 | RAF Halton | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 104 Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Hednesford | |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | ||
| RAF Station Fairlop | Satellite (Hornchurch) | |
| RAF Station Hunsdon | Satellite (Hornchurch) | |
| No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | The Lease School, Meols Drive, Hoylake, Cheshire | |
| RAF Station Innsworth | ||
| No 1 Personnel Holding Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| Base Accounts Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit | RAF Innsworth | |
| No 1 RAF Film Production Unit | Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire | |
| School of Administrative Trades | RAF Kirkham | Station in No 24 Group |
| No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre | 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 | |
| British Bombing Survey Unit | London | |
| Air Ministry Unit | 77 Hallam Street, London W1 | |
| 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 | |
| Czechoslovak Inspectorate General | London | |
| Polish Air Force HQ | London | |
| Inspectorate General of the Belgian Air Force | London | |
| No 103 Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Long Kesh | |
| No 3 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Loughborough | |
| No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Mongewell Park | |
| No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre | Morecombe | |
| No 114 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) | Newbold Revell | |
| RAF General Hospital | Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
| Recruit Instructors' Unit | RAF Padgate | |
| RAF Hospital | Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | |
| No 9 Personnel Despatch Centre | Regent's Park | |
| Record Office | Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| No 113 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) | Scarborough | |
| RAF (Belgian) Training School | Snailwell | |
| RAF Bottisham | Satellite (Snailwell) | |
| WAAF Officers School | Stratford-on-Avon | |
| No 2 WAAF Convalescent Depot | Studley Priory | |
| No 115 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) | Sunninghill Park (North Camp) | |
| RCAF 'R' Depot | Torquay | |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
| No 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Uxbridge | |
| RAF Central Band | RAF Uxbridge | |
| No 20 Personnel Transit Centre | Warrington (RN Station) | |
| 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 Cadet Training Unit | RAF Windermere | |
| RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| No 105 Personnel Dispersal Centre (WAAF) | Wythall |
Source - SD161 (58th Edition) - July 1945
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
This page was last updated on 22/10/22©
