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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport Command - January 1947
[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]
Command HQ - Bushey Park, Middlesex
Units and stations not yet allocated: -
| RAF Great Dunmow | RAF Matching | RAF Troston |
HQ - RAF York
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Bomb Disposal School | RAF Alconbury | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
| Transport Initial Conversion Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| No 1510 (RAT) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
| RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby) | ||
| Emergency Runway | RAF Bridlington | |
| C & M Party | RAF Bridlington | |
| RAF Station Coleby Grange | ||
| RAF Station Desborough | ||
| Closing Down Party | RAF Desborough | |
| RAF Station Dishforth | ||
| No 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Dakota |
| No 1332 (Heavy) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | York/Halifax |
| RAF Station Full Sutton | ||
| Closing Down Party | RAF Full Sutton | |
| Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Manston | Station in No 46 Group, Lancastrian/Dakota |
| RAF Station Melbourne | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Melbourne | |
| No 4 Group Communication Flt | RAF Rufforth | Station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Station Syerston | ||
| No 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit | RAF Syerston | Dakota |
| RAF Station Wormingford | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Wormingford | |
| RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
| No 1382 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Wymeswold | Dakota |
| RAF Station York | ||
| Training Area Flying Control | RAF York |
HQ - RAF Upavon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
| Transport Command Development Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 297 Sqn | RAF Brize Norton | Halifax |
| No 4297 Servicing Echelon | RAF Brize Norton | |
| RAF Station Earls Colne | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Earls Colne | |
| RAF Station Fairford | ||
| No 47 Sqn | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
| RAF Station Netheravon | ||
| No 1 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | Horsa/Hamilcar |
| No 1 Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 7 Glider Servicing Echelon | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 38 Group Communication Flt | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 38 Group Parachute Maintenance and Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| RAF Station Shrewton | Emergency Landing Ground | |
| RAF Station Tarrant Rushton | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Tarrant Rushton | |
| RAF Station Upavon | ||
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RAF Station Upper Heyford |
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| No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Upper Heyford | |
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RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green |
Satellite, Upper Heyford |
HQ - Bushey Hall, Watford
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abingdon | ||
| No 46 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Dakota |
| No 4046 Servicing Echelon | RAF Abingdon | |
| No 238 Sqn (ex 525) | RAF Abingdon | Dakota |
| No 4238 Servicing Echelon | RAF Abingdon | |
| RAF Station Bassingbourn | ||
| No 24 Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| No 4024 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| No 9 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| No 1555 (RAT) Flight | RAF Bassingbourn | Oxford |
| The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Station in Coastal Command, Viking |
| RAF Station Blackbushe | ||
| RAF Unit | RAF Blackbushe | |
| Closing Down Party | RAF Blackbushe | |
| Civil Aviation Liaison Party | RAF Blackbushe | |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Blakehill Farm | |
| RAF Station Boreham | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Boreham | |
| RAF Station Broadwell | ||
| Closing Down Party | RAF Broadwell | Dakota |
| RAF Station Chedburgh | ||
| No 301 Sqn | RAF Chedburgh | Halifax C VIII |
| No 4301 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chedburgh | |
| No 304 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Chedburgh | Halifax C VIII |
| No 4304 (Polish) Servicing Echelon | RAF Chedburgh | |
| RAF Station Down Ampney | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Down Ampney | |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | ||
| RAF Station Hendon | ||
| Metropolitan Communications Sqn | RAF Hendon | |
| AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | |
| RAF Station Highgate | ||
| RAF Intelligence School | RAF Highgate | |
| Air Booking Centre | London | |
| RAF Station Manston | ||
| No 77 Sqn (ex 271) | RAF Manston | Dakota |
| No 4077 Servicing Echelon | RAF Manston | |
| No 91 Staging Post | RAF Manston | |
| No 8 GCA Unit | RAF Manston | |
| RAF Station Membury | ||
| Closing Down Party | RAF Membury | |
| No 53 Sqn (ex 187) | RAF Netheravon | Station in No 38 Group, Dakota |
| No 4053 Servicing Echelon | RAF Netheravon | |
| RAF Station Perranporth | ||
| RAF Station Pershore | ||
| RAF Station St Mawgan | ||
| Transport Command Briefing School | RAF St Mawgan | |
| Transatlantic Aircraft Terminal Unit | RAF St Mawgan | |
| No 173 Staging Post | Schwechat | |
| RAF Station Stoney Cross | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Stoney Cross |
HQ - Milton Ernest Hall, Beford
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 137 Staging Post | Bordeaux | |
| RAF Station Bourn | ||
| RAF Station Graveley | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Graveley | |
| RAF Station Holmsley South | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Holmsley South | |
| RAF Station Honington | - | - |
| Transport Command Major Servicing Unit | RAF Honington | |
| No 103 Staging Post | Istres | |
| RAF Station Little Staughton | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Little Staughton | |
| No 47 Group Communication Flight | RAF Little Staughton | |
| RAF Station Lyneham | Airport | |
| No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | York |
| No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
| RAF Station Oakington | ||
| No 242 Sqn | RAF Oakington | York |
| No 4242 Servicing Echelon | RAF Oakington | |
| No 1559 (RAT) Flight | RAF Oakington | Oxford |
| RAF Station Somersham | Emergency Landing Ground | |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 51 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | York |
| No 4051 Servicing Echelon | RAF Waterbeach |
Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]
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