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Flying Training Command - December 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 RAF Theale

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Kingscliffe    

 

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Calveley    
No 22 Service Flying Training School RAF Calveley  
No 5 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Calveley  
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 Papplewick Moor   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
C & M Party RAF Papplewick Moor  
RAF Station Kirknewton
C & M Party RAF Kirknewton
RAF Station Newton Newton, Nottinghamshire
Air Crew Training Centre (Polish) RAF Newton
No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School RAF Newton
RAF Station Orston   Satellite airfield (Newton)
RAF Station Tollerton   Satellite airfield (Newton)
C & M Party RAF Tollerton  
RAF Station Hucknall   Satellite airfield (Newton)
No 3 (Polish) Holding Unit RAF Hucknall
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)

No 23 (Training) Group

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  
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 Cranfield    
Empire Test Pilots' School RAF Cranfield  
RAF Station Croughton   Satellite airfield (Kidlington)
No 1 Glider Training School RAF Croughton  
RAF Station Hullavington Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire  
Empire Central Flying School RAF Hullavington  
ECFS Handling Sqn RAF Hullavington  
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 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    

No 25 (Armament) Group

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 Driffield    
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 Leconfield    
RAF Station Manby Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire  
Empire Air Armament School RAF Manby  
RAF Station Mona    
RAF Station Shawbury    
Empire Air Navigation School RAF Shawbury  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
RAF Station Wigtown Wigtown Wigtownshire  

No 50 (Training) Group

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    
Air Crew Disposal Unit RAF 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  

No 54 (Training) Group

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 Cardington Bedford, Bedfordshire  
Nos 4 & 7 Aviation Candidate Selection Boards RAF Cardington  
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  
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 Market Harborough    
No 7 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Market Harborough
No 26 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Market Harborough  
RAF Station Husbands Bosworth   Satellite, Market Harborough
RAF Station Millom Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland  
RAF Station Pembrey    
No 3 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Pembrey  
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 Stormy Down    
French Air Force Depot: -
  • No 23 (French) ITW
  • No 32 Personnel Reception Centre (French)
RAF Stormy Down  
RAF Station Witchford    
No 29 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Witchford  
RAF Station Wittering    
No 109 Personnel Reception Centre (Refresher) RAF Wittering
No 110 Personnel Reception Centre (Refresher) RAF Wittering
RAF Station Wrexham    

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 (63rd Edition) - December 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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