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Technical Training Command - September 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 and stations not yet allocated: -

 

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Folkingham    
RAF North Witham    

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit Location/Address Notes
Synthetic Training Development Unit Reading

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
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 Deenethorpe
No 11 Recruits Centre RAF Deenethorpe
RAF Station Digby
No 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF Digby  
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 Station Kimbolton
No 12 Recruits Centre RAF Kimbolton
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  
RAF Station Nethertown
RAF Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School RAF Nethertown
RAF Station Padgate   Station in No 28 Group
No 3 Recruits Centre RAF Padgate  
Rollestone Camp Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Anti-Gas School Rollestone Camp  
RAF Station Stoke Orchard
WAAF NCOs Administrative School RAF 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
No 4 Recruits Centre RAF Wilmslow

 

No 24 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Halton, Aylesbury

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Burtonwood    
No 21 School of Technical Training RAF Burtonwood  
RAF Station Cammeringham    
No 16 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF Cammeringham  
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  
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  
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  

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - Southrop

 
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  
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

 

No 28 (Training) Group

HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Air Traffic HQ    

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aldermaston    
No 25 (RCAF) Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Aldermaston  
RAF Station Blackpool Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs  
RAF Officers' Hospital RAF Blackpool  
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Blackpool
RAF Staff College RAF Bracknell  
Bulstrode Wing Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire  
RAF Police HQ Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire  
No 102 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Cardington  
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
RAF General Hospital Church Village  
RAF Central Depository Colnbrook  
RAF School of Physical Training RAF Cosford Station in 24 Group
Polish Air Force Depot RAF Dunholme Lodge
RAF (Polish) Records Office RAF Dunholme Lodge  
RAF Hospital Ely, Cambridgeshire  
RAF General Hospital Evesham  
No 8 Embarkation Unit Glasgow  
No 10 Personnel Transit Centre Glasgow
Record Office Gloucester  
No 30 (Belgium) Rest and Leave Camp Goring-on-Thames  
School of Hygiene RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
Nos 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 RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
No 104 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Hednesford  
RAF Station Hornchurch    
No 3 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Hornchurch
RAF Station Fairlop   Satellite (Hornchurch)
RAF Station Hunsdon   Satellite (Hornchurch)
RAF Station Chipping Ongar   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  
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 2 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  
Record Office Reading  
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 Officers Cadet Training Unit RAF Windermere  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
No 105 Personnel Dispersal Centre (WAAF) Wythall

Source - SD161 (60th Edition) - September 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 09/11/22©

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