Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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