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Technical Training Command - Jun 1946


[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit Location/Address Notes
Synthetic Training Development Unit Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Wombleton RAF Cheddington RAF School of Explosives
RAF Chigwell No 14 Wing, Brussels RAF (Belgian) Training School
RAF Andrew's Field Central Trade Test Board  

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Barkston Heath Station in Maintenance Command
No 2 RAF Regiment Sub Depot RAF Barkston Heath  
RAF Station Bicester Station in Maintenance Command
Equipment Officers' School RAF Bicester  
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 Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Cosford  
RAF Station Debach
RAF Station Deenethorpe
RAF Station Digby
No 1 Officers Advanced Training School RAF Digby  
RAF Station Folkingham    
No 3 RAF Regiment Sub Depot RAF Folkingham  
RAF Station Grantham Londonthorpe Road, Grantham
No 1 RAF Regiment Depot RAF Grantham  
RAF Station Great Sampford
RAF Police School RAF Great Sampford
RAF Station Hereford
No 1 Officers' School RAF Hereford  
School of Administration & Accountancy RAF Hereford  
RAF Station Kimbolton
RAF Station Leiston
RAF Station Locking Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Station in No 24 Group
Air Crew General Service Training 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 Melton Mowbrey
No 14 Recruits Centre RAF Melton Mowbrey
RAF Station Metfield
RAF Station Nethertown
RAF Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School RAF Nethertown
RAF Station North Witham    
RAF Station Padgate   Station in No 28 Group
No 3 Recruits Centre RAF Padgate  
RAF Station Rattlesden
Rollestone Camp Rollestone Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire
RAF Station St Athan   Station in No 24 Group
No 2 RAF School of Physical Training RAF St Athan  
RAF Station Staverton
RAF Police Dog Training School RAF Staverton
RAF Station Stoke Orchard
WAAF School of Administration RAF Stoke Orchard
RAF Station Sudbury
RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull    
RAF School of Fire Fighting & Anti-Gas RAF Sutton-on-Hull
Central School of Aircraft Recognition RAF Sutton-on-Hull
RAF Station Warrington    
RCAF MT Unit RAF Warrington
RAF Station Wilmslow
No 31 (WAAF) Recruits Centre RAF Wilmslow
No 4 Recruits Centre RAF Wilmslow
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command
RAF Station Youlbury
RAF Regiment Battle School RAF Youlbury  

No 24 (Training) Group

HQ - Green Park Hotel, Aston Clinton

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Cammeringham   Station in No 28 Group
No 16 (Polish) School of Technical Training RAF Cammeringham  
RAF Station Corsewall    
No 1 Marine Craft Training School RAF Corsewall  
RAF Station Cosford Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire  
No 2 School of Technical Training RAF Cosford  
No 106 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Cosford  
No 4 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Cosford  
No 5 Personnel Holding Unit (Overseas) 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  
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 Hereford   Station in No 22 Group
No 11 School of Technical Training RAF Hereford
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 Preston Preston, Lancashire  
No 116 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) RAF Preston  
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 27 (Training) Group

HQ - Southrop

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Compton Bassett Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire  
No 3 Radio School RAF Compton Bassett  
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 Debden    
Empire Radio School RAF Debden  
RAF Station Madley Madley, Hertfordshire  
No 4 Radio School RAF Madley  
RAF Station Yatesbury Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire  
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  

 

No 28 (Training) Group

HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

Flying Control Unit (Norway)    

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Blackpool Lansdowne Hotel, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancs  
RAF Staff College RAF Bracknell  
Record Office RAF Brampton  
RAF Staff College Bulstrode Park,  
RAF Police HQ Hitcham House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire  
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Burtonwood
No 4 (Polish) Holding Unit RAF Cammeringham  
Polish Air Force Film Unit RAF Cammeringham  
No 102 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Cardington  
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
RAF Central Depository Colnbrook  
No 1 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  
Record Office Gloucester  
RAF Station Innsworth   Satellite (Gloucester)
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth
Base Accounts Unit RAF Innsworth  
RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit RAF Innsworth
Book Distributing Centre RAF Innsworth
School of Hygiene RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
Nos 1 School of Cookery RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
Medical Training Establishment & Depot RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
Air Ministry Unit RAF Harrogate  
No 2 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Heaton Park  
No 104 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Hednesford  
No 33 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Hornchurch  
No 1 German (POW) Holding Unit RAF Kingscliffe  
School of Administrative Trades RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
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 3 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Loughborough
No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Mongewell Park
No 114 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) Newbold Revell
RAF General Hospital Northallerton, North Yorkshire  
No 9 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF North Weald  
RAF Station Hunsdon   Satellite (North Weald)
Recruit Instructors' Unit RAF Padgate  
RAF General Hospital Rauceby  

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Regent's Park
Record Office Ruislip, Middlesex  
RAF Selection Board (Framewood Manor) Stoke Poges  
No 115 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) Sunninghill Park (North Camp)
RAF Station Uxbridge
No 100 Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Uxbridge
RAF Central Band RAF Uxbridge
RAF Service Police School RAF Weeton Station in No 24 Group
No 1 Personnel Despatch Centre West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
No 105 Personnel Dispersal Centre (WAAF) Wythall

Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - Jun 1946

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

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