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Flying Training Command - June 1946


[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 Wantage Hall, Reading
RAF Station Cranwell    
No 19 Service Flying Training School RAF Cranwell
RAF Station Papplewick Moor   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
C & M Party RAF Papplewick Moor  
RAF Station Wellingore   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Akeman Street RAF Little Sutton Air Crew Disposal Unit
RAF Atcham RAF Millom No 3 Air Crew Holding Unit
RAF Bray RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet No 5 Air Crew Holding Unit
RAF Castle Combe RAF Sibson No 26 Air Crew Holding Unit
RAF Chetwynd RAF Sutton Bridge No 10 Air Gunners' School
RAF Husbands Bosworth RAF Warwick No 1537 (BAT) Flight
RAF Kiddington RAF Worcester No 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit
RAF Kirknewton Air Crew Disposal Centre  

 

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Calveley    
C & M Party RAF Calveley  
RAF Station Condover    
C & M Party RAF Condover  
RAF Station Bratton   Satellite airfield (Condover)
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsay
No 7 Service Flying Training School RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay  
RAF Station Hibaldstow Satellite airfield (Kirton-in-Lindsay)
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 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 Wheaton Aston
No 21 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit 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 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 Cranfield    
Empire Test Pilots' School RAF Cranfield  
RAF Station Croughton    
C & M Party RAF Croughton  
RAF Station Elsham Wold    
No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit RAF Elsham Wold
RAF Station Feltwell    
No 3 Service Flying Training School RAF Feltwell  
RAF Station Hullavington Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire  
Empire Central Flying School RAF Hullavington  
ECFS Handling Sqn RAF Hullavington  
RAF Station Little Rissington Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.  
Central Flying School RAF Little Rissington  
RAF Station South Cerney South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Satellite airfield (Little Rissington)
RAF Station Charmy Down   Satellite airfield (Little Rissington)
C & M Party RAF Charmy Down
RAF Station Ternhill Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire
No 6 Service Flying Training School RAF Ternhill  
RAF Station Sleap   Satellite airfield (Ternhill)
RAF Station Upavon Upavon, Marlborough, Wiltshire
C & M Party RAF Upavon
RAF Station Overton Heath   Satellite airfield (Upavon)
C & M Party RAF Overton Heath
RAF Station Ramsbury   Satellite airfield (Upavon)
C & M Party RAF Ramsbury
RAF Station Lulsgate Bottom   Satellite airfield (Upavon)
C & M Party 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    
C & M Party RAF Barrow  
RAF Station Bishops Court    
No 7 Air Navigation School RAF Bishops Court
RAF Station Cark Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire  
C and M Party RAF Cark  
RAF Station Catterick    
Air Crew Allocation Centre RAF Catterick
RAF Station Driffield    
C and M Party RAF Driffield  
RAF Station Jurby Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man  
No 5 Air Navigation School RAF Jurby
Initial Air Navigation School RAF Jurby
RAF Station Leconfield    
Central Gunnery School RAF Leconfield  
RAF Station Manby Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire  
Empire Air Armament School RAF Manby  
RAF Station Mona    
C and M Party RAF Mona  
RAF Station Shawbury    
Empire Air Navigation School RAF Shawbury  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 10 Air Navigation School RAF Swanton Morley
RAF Station Wattisham    

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 Brough Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire  
No 4 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Brough  
RAF Station Bellasize   Satellite airfield (Brough)
C & M Party RAF Bellasize  
RAF Station Cambridge    
No 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Cambridge  
RAF Station Caxton Gibbet   Satellite airfield (Cambridge)
C & M Party RAF Caxton Gibbet  
RAF Station Carlisle Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland  
No 15 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Carlisle  
RAF Station Burnfoot   Satellite airfield (Carlisle)
C & M Party RAF Burnfoot  
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)
C & M Party RAF Alton Barnes  
RAF Station Derby Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby  
No 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Derby  
RAF Station Battlestead Hill   Satellite airfield (Derby)
C & M Party RAF Battlestead Hill  
RAF Station Desford Desford Aerodrome, Leicester
No 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Desford  
RAF Station Braunstone   Satellite airfield (Desford)
C & M Party RAF Braunstone  
RAF Station Elmdon Elmdon, nr Birmingham  
C & M Party 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 Panshanger    
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Panshanger  
RAF Station Perth Municipal Aerodrome, Perth.  
No 11 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Perth  
RAF Station Whitefield   Satellite airfield (Perth)
C & M Party RAF Whitefield  
Rochester (Ministry of Supply)    
No 24 Elementary Flying Training School Rochester  
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)
C & M Party RAF Denton  
RAF Station Theale    
RAF Station Watchfield    
School of Flying Control RAF Watchfield  
Airfield Controllers 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 School RAF  Wolverhampton  
RAF Station Penkridge   Satellite airfield (Wolverhampton)
C & M Party RAF Penkridge  
RAF Station Woodley    
No 8 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Woodley  
RAF Station Henley   Satellite airfield (Woodley)
RAF Station Waltham St Lawrence   Satellite airfield (Woodley)
RAF Station Yatesbury   Station in TTC
No 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Yatesbury  
RAF Station Manningford   Satellite airfield (Yatesbury)

No 54 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Sunningdale, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bircham Newton    
C & M Party RAF Bircham Newton  
RAF Station Docking   Satellite (Bircham Newton)
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 Cranage    
No 4 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Cranage  
RAF Station Eastchurch Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent  
Combined Re-selection Centre RAF Eastchurch  
RAF Station Hornchurch    
Nos 6, 11, 13, 14, 22 & 23 Aviation Candidate Selection Boards RAF Hornchurch Station in TTC
RAF Station Market Harborough    
No 7 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Market Harborough
RAF Station Moreton Valence    
C & M Party RAF Moreton Valence  
RAF Station Pembrey    
No 12 (RNZAF) Personnel Reception Centre RAF Pembrey
RAF Station Penrhos Penrhos, Pwihelli  
C & M Party RAF Penrhos  
RAF Station Hells Mouth   Satellite airfield (Penrhos)
RAF Station Llandwrog   Satellite airfield (Penrhos)
RAF Station Stormy Down    
C & M Party RAF Stormy Down  
RAF Station Witchford    
C & M Party RAF Witchford  
RAF Station Wrexham    
C & M Party RAF Wrexham  

Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - June 1946

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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