Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - October 1945
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 Group | No 54 Group]
Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Central Examination Board | Twyford |
Units and stations not yet allocated: -
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Driffield | ||
RAF Leconfield | ||
No 26 Air Crew Holding Unit |
HQ - RAF Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Castle Combe | ||
C & M Party | RAF Castle Combe | |
RAF Station Condover | ||
C & M Party | RAF Condover | |
RAF Station Bratton | Satellite airfield (Condover) | |
RAF Station Cranwell | Station in Technical Training Command | |
No 19 Service Flying Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
RAF Station Wellingore | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
RAF Station Hucknall | ||
No 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Hucknall | |
Air Crew Training Centre (Polish) | RAF Hucknall | |
RAF Station Papplewick Moor | Satellite airfield (Hucknall) | |
RAF Station Kirknewton | ||
C & M Party | RAF Kirknewton | |
RAF Station Kinnell | Satellite airfield (Kirknewton) | |
RAF Station Newton | Newton, Nottinghamshire | |
No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School | RAF Newton | |
RAF Station Orston | Satellite airfield (Newton) | |
RAF Station Tollerton | Satellite airfield (Newton) | |
RAF Station Peterborough | Westwood, Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |
No 7 Service Flying Training School | RAF Peterborough | |
RAF Station Sibson | Satellite airfield (Peterborough) | |
RAF Station Sutton Bridge | Satellite airfield (Peterborough) | |
RAF Station Sherburn in Elmet | ||
C & M Party | RAF Sherburn in Elmet | |
RAF Station Spittlegate | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
No 17 Service Flying Training School | RAF Spittlegate | |
RAF Station Harlaxton | Satellite airfield (Spittlegate) | |
RAF Station Coleby Grange | Satellite airfield (Spittlegate) | |
RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Ternhill | |
RAF Station Atcham | Satellite airfield (Ternhill) | |
RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite airfield (Ternhill) | |
RAF Station Wheaton Aston | ||
No 21 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Wheaton Aston | |
No 1517 (BAT) Flt | RAF Wheaton Aston | |
RAF Station Perton | Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston) | |
RAF Station Poulton | Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston) |
HQ - RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Beaulieu | ||
Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment | RAF Beaulieu | |
RAF Station Boscombe Down | Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment | RAF Boscombe Down | |
Intensive Flying (Development) Flt | RAF Boscombe Down | |
Aircraft Gun Mounting Establishment | RAF Boscombe Down | |
Empire Test Pilots' School | RAF Boscombe Down | |
RAF Station Brize Norton | Carterton, Oxfordshire | |
Flying Training Command Instructors' School | RAF Brize Norton | |
No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
RAF Station Chipping Warden | ||
No 10 Air Navigation School | RAF Chipping Warden | |
RAF Station Church Lawford | ||
No 5 Instructors' School (EVT) | RAF Church Lawford | |
No 20 Flying Training School | RAF Church Lawford | |
No 21 Flying Training School | RAF Church Lawford | |
RAF Station Snitterfield | Satellite airfield (Church Lawford) | |
RAF Station Warwick | Satellite airfield (Church Lawford) | |
RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
Empire Central Flying School | RAF Hullavington | |
ECFS Handling Sqn | RAF Hullavington | |
RAF Station Kidlington | nr Kidlington Station, Kidlington, Oxfordshire | |
No 1 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Kidlington | |
Polish Initial Training Wing | RAF Kidlington | |
RAF Station Croughton | Satellite airfield (Kidlington) | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green | Satellite airfield (Kidlington) | |
C & M Party | RAF Weston-on-the-Green | |
RAF Station Kiddington | Satellite airfield (Kidlington) | |
RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | |
No 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Little Rissington | |
No 1523 (BAT) Flt | RAF Little Rissington | |
RAF Station Windrush | Satellite airfield (Little Rissington) | |
RAF Station Akeman Street | Satellite airfield (Little Rissington) | |
RAF Station South Cerney | South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire | |
No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF South Cerney | |
RAF Station Charmy Down | Satellite airfield (South Cerney) | |
C & M Party | RAF Charmy Down | |
RAF Station Upavon | Upavon, Marlborough, Wiltshire | |
No 7 (A) Flying Instructors' School | RAF Upavon | |
No 1537 (BAT) Flt | RAF Upavon | |
RAF Station Overton Heath | Satellite airfield (Upavon) | |
RAF Station Lulsgate Bottom | Satellite airfield (Upavon) | |
No 1540 (BAT) Flt | RAF Lulsgate Bottom | |
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford | ||
No 3 Glider Training School | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | |
RAF Station Gaydon | Satellite airfield (Wellesbourne Mountford) | |
RAF Station Winkleigh | ||
Norwegian Training Base | RAF Winkleigh |
HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Andreas | ||
No 11 Air Gunners School | RAF Andreas | |
RAF Station Barrow | ||
No 10 Air Gunners School | RAF Barrow | |
RAF Station Bishops Court | ||
No 7 Air Navigation School | RAF Bishops Court | |
RAF Station Cark | Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire | |
Staff Pilot Training Unit | RAF Cark | |
RAF Station Catfoss | Catfoss, nr Hull, East Yorkshire | |
Central Gunnery School | RAF Catfoss | |
RAF Station Catterick | ||
Air Crew Allocation Centre | RAF Catterick | |
RAF Station Dalcross | ||
No 2 Air Gunners School | RAF Dalcross | |
RAF Station Halfpenny Green | ||
No 3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Halfpenny Green | |
No 1545 (BAT) Flt | RAF Halfpenny Green | |
RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
No 5 Air Navigation School | RAF Jurby | |
Initial Air Navigation School | RAF Jurby | |
RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
Empire Air Armament School | RAF Manby | |
RAF Station Mona | ||
RAF Station Penrhos | Penrhos, Pwihelli | |
No 2 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Penrhos | |
RAF Station Hells Mouth | Satellite airfield (Penrhos) | |
RAF Station Llandwrog | Satellite airfield (Penrhos) | |
RAF Station Shawbury | ||
Empire Air Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
RAF Station Wigtown | Wigtown Wigtownshire | |
No 1 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Wigtown |
HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Booker | ||
No 21 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Booker | |
RAF Station Denham | Satellite airfield (Booker) | |
RAF Station Brough | Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire | |
No 4 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Brough | |
RAF Station Bellasize | Satellite airfield (Brough) | |
RAF Station Cambridge | ||
No 22 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Cambridge | |
RAF Station Caxton Gibbet | Satellite airfield (Cambridge) | |
RAF Station Carlisle | Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
No 15 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Carlisle | |
RAF Station Burnfoot | Satellite airfield (Carlisle) | |
RAF Station Kirkpatrick | Satellite airfield (Carlisle) | |
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | ||
No 29 Elementary Flying Training School | Clyffe Pypard | |
RAF Station Alton Barnes | Satellite airfield (Clyffe Pypard) | |
RAF Station Derby | Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby | |
No 16 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Derby | |
RAF Station Battlestead Hill | Satellite airfield (Derby) | |
RAF Station Desford | Desford Aerodrome, Leicester | |
No 7 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Desford | |
RAF Station Braunstone | Satellite airfield (Desford) | |
RAF Station Elmdon | Elmdon, nr Birmingham | |
No 14 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Elmdon | |
RAF Station Hockley Heath | Satellite airfield (Elmdon) | |
RAF Station Elstree | ||
Central Link Trainer School | RAF Elstree | |
RAF Station Fair Oaks | ||
No 18 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Fairoaks | |
RAF Station Winkfield | Satellite airfield (Fair Oaks) | |
RAF Station Bray | Satellite airfield (Fair Oaks) | |
RAF Station Panshanger | ||
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Panshanger | |
RAF Station Hatfield | Satellite airfield (Panshanger) | |
RAF Station Perth | Municipal Aerodrome, Perth. | |
No 11 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Perth | |
RAF Station Whitefield | Satellite airfield (Perth) | |
RAF Station Sealand | Station in Maintenance Command | |
No 24 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Sealand | |
RAF Station Little Sutton | Satellite airfield (Sealand) | |
RAF Station Shellingford | ||
No 3 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Shellingford | |
RAF Station Sywell | ||
No 6 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Sywell | |
RAF Station Denton | Satellite airfield (Sywell) | |
RAF Station Theale | ||
RAF Station Watchfield | ||
School of Flying Control | RAF Watchfield | |
Airfield Controllers School | RAF Watchfield | |
No 1547 (BAT) Flt | RAF Watchfield | |
No 1 Beam Approach School | RAF Watchfield | |
RAF Station Kelmscott | Satellite airfield (Watchfield) | |
RAF Station Wanborough | Satellite airfield (Watchfield) | |
RAF Station Wolverhampton | ||
No 28 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Wolverhampton | |
Pupil Pilots Pool | RAF Wolverhampton | |
RAF Station Penkridge | Satellite airfield (Wolverhampton) | |
RAF Station Woodley | ||
No 10 (E) Flying Instructors School | RAF Woodley | |
RAF Station Henley | Satellite airfield (Woodley) | |
RAF Station Waltham St Lawrence | Satellite airfield (Woodley) | |
RAF Station Worcester | ||
C & M Party | RAF Worcester | |
RAF Station Yatesbury | Station in TTC | |
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Yatesbury |
HQ - RAF Sunningdale, Berkshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
No 27 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
RAF Station Bournemouth | ||
No 3 RCAF Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Bournemouth | |
RCAF Band | RAF Bournemouth | |
RAF Station Bridgnorth | Bridgnorth Shropshire | |
No 7 Air Crew Reception Centre | RAF Bridgnorth | |
No 30 Reception and Classification Wing | RAF Bridgnorth | |
No 34 Reception and Classification Wing | RAF Bridgnorth | |
Personnel Selection, WAAF Training School | RAF Bridgnorth | |
RAF Station Brighton | ||
No 11 RAAF Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre | RAF Brighton | |
No 12 RNZAF Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre | RAF Brighton | |
RAF Station Calveley | ||
RAF Station Wrexham | Satellite airfield (Calveley) | |
RAF Station Cardington | Bedford, Bedfordshire | |
Nos 4 & 7 Aviation Candidate Selection Boards | RAF Cardington | |
RAF Station Coventry | ||
Air Crew Disposal Unit | RAF Coventry | |
RAF Station Cranage | ||
No 4 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Cranage | |
RAF Station Eastchurch | Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent | |
Combined Re-selection Centre | RAF Eastchurch | |
RAF Station Harrogate | Spa Hotel, Harrogate, North Yorkshire | |
No 7 Personnel Reception Centre | RAF Harrogate | |
RAF Station Heaton Park | ||
Air Crew Despatch Centre | RAF Heaton Park | |
RAF Station Innsworth | Innsworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | Station in TTC |
Book Distribution Centre | RAF Innsworth | |
RAF Station London (Euston) | Euston House, Eversholt Street, London NW1 | |
Nos 6, 11, 13, 14, 22 & 23 Aviation Candidate Selection Boards | RAF London | |
RAF Station Millom | Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland | |
No 14 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Millom | |
RAF Station Morecombe | Station in TTC | |
Air Crew Training Wing (Polish) | RAF Morecombe | |
RAF Station Oxford | ||
Nos 15 Aviation Candidate Selection Board | RAF Oxford | |
RAF Station Pembrey | ||
No 3 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Pembrey | |
RAF Station Stormy Down | ||
French Air Force Depot: -
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RAF Stormy Down | |
RAF Station Wittering | ||
No 109 Personnel Reception Centre (Refresher) | RAF Wittering | |
No 110 Personnel Reception Centre (Refresher) | RAF Wittering |
RAF Units in Southern Rhodesia
Administered by the Rhodesian Air Training Group
School | Location | Notes |
Initial Training Wing | Kumalo, Bulawayo | |
No 20 Service Flying Training School | Cranborne, Salisbury | |
No 31 Aircraft Repair Depot | Cranborne, Salisbury | |
No 32 Aircraft Repair Depot | Heany, Bulawayo | |
Central Maintenance Unit | Bulawayo |
Source - SD161 (61st Edition) - October 1945
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 Group | No 54 Group]
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