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Technical Training Command - March 1947


[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

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Shropshire  
No 7 Recruits Centre RAF Bridgnorth  
RAF Station Cardington
No 2 Reception Unit RAF Cardington  
No 2 Recruits Centre RAF Cardington  
No 1 General Service Training School RAF Cardington  
RAF Station Catterick
No 1 RAF Regiment Depot RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
No 15 Recruits Centre RAF Compton Bassett Station in No 27 Group
RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Cosford Station in No 24 Group
No 1 RAF School of Physical Training RAF Cosford Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Debach
RAF Station Digby
The Officers Advanced Training School RAF Digby  
WAAF School of Administration RAF Digby
RAF Station Folkingham
RAF Station Grantham
RAF Station Great Sampford
RAF Station Andrews Field Satellite, Great Sampford
RAF Station Hereford
Equipment Officers' School RAF Hereford  
Secretarial Branch Training Establishment RAF Hereford  
Aviation Candidates Selection Board RAF Hornchurch  
RAF Central Depository RAF Hornchurch  
No 6 Recruits Centre RAF Innsworth Station in No 28 Group
School of Administrative Trades RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
Air Crew General Service Training School RAF Locking Station in No 24 Group
No 22 Recruits Centre RAF Long Kesh Station in Coastal Command
RAF Station Nethertown
RAF Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School RAF Nethertown Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
RAF Station Padgate   Station in No 28 Group
No 1 Reception Unit RAF Padgate  
No 3 Recruits Centre RAF Padgate  
Recruit Instructors' Unit RAF Padgate  
RAF Station Staverton
RAF Police HQ RAF Staverton  
RAF Police School RAF Staverton
RAF Police Dog Training School RAF Staverton
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 Repair Unit RAF Warrington
RAF Station Watchet
RAF Station West Kirby
No 5 Recruits Centre RAF West Kirby  
RAF Station Wilmslow
No 31 (WAAF) Recruits Centre RAF Wilmslow
No 4 Recruits Centre RAF Wilmslow
No 11 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) RAF Wilmslow
RAF Station Wombleton
RAF Regiment Battle School RAF Wombleton  
No 3 RAF Regiment Sub Depot RAF Wombleton  
No 1 Recruits Centre RAF Yatesbury Station in No 27 Group

No 24 (Training) Group

HQ - Aston Clinton, Aylesbury

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Chigwell    
Central Trade Test Board RAF Chigwell  
RAF Station Corsewell    
No 1 Marine Craft Training School RAF Corsewell  
RAF Station Cosford Cosford, nr Wolverhampton, Staffordshire  
No 2 School of Technical Training RAF Cosford  
No 106 Personnel Reception Centre RAF Cosford  
School of Training Organisation and Method RAF Cosford  
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford
No 1 School of Photography RAF Farnborough Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Halton Halton, nr Wendover, Aylesbury, Bucks  
No 1 School of Technical Training RAF Halton  
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton  
Nos 1 School of Cookery RAF Halton  
Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton  
School of Hygiene RAF Halton  
Air Training Corps Flight RAF Halton  
RAF Station Hednesford Hednesford, Staffordshire  
No 6 School of Technical Training RAF Hednesford  
School of Aeronautical Engineering (Officers) RAF Henlow Station in Maintenance Command
No 14 School of Technical Training RAF Henlow Station in Maintenance Command
No 11 School of Technical Training RAF Hereford Station in No 22 Group
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  
RAF Station Marsworth    
Medical Training Establishment & Depot RAF Marsworth  
RAF Station Melksham Melksham, Wiltshire  
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
RAF Station St Athan St Athan, Glamorganshire  
No 4 School of Technical Training RAF St Athan  
RAF Hospital RAF St Athan  
Aeronautical Inspection Services School RAF St Athan  
RAF Station Sunninghill Park    
No 115 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) Sunninghill Park
RAF Selection Board Sunninghill Park
RAF Station Weeton Weeton, Preston, Lancashire  
No 8 School of Technical Training RAF Weeton

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - Southrop

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 5 Radio School RAF Bawdsey Station in No 90 Group
RAF Station Cammeringham    
No 5500 (Polish) MSU RAF Cammeringham  
No 1 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Cammeringham  
RAF Station Castle Combe    
No 2 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Castle Combe  
RAF Station Compton Bassett Compton Bassett, Calne, Wiltshire  
No 3 Radio School RAF Compton Bassett  
No 1 Radio School RAF Cranwell Station in FTC
RAF Station Wellingore   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Debden    
Empire Radio School RAF Debden  
RAF Station Wethersfield   Satellite airfield (Debden)
RAF Station Dunholme Lodge
No 3 Demobilisation Centre (Polish) RAF Dunholme Lodge  
No 3 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Dunholme Lodge  
RAF Station East Wretham
No 4 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF East Wretham  
No 27 Group Communication Flight RAF Fairford Station in Transport Command
RAF Station Framlingham
No 5 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Framlingham  
No 663 (Polish) Sqn RAF Framlingham  
Polish Meteorological Unit RAF Framlingham  
RAF Station Hucknall
HQ Polish Resettlement Corps (RAF) RAF Hucknall  
No 6 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Hucknall  
RAF Station Madley Madley, Hertfordshire  
RAF Station Melton Mowbrey    
No 9 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Melton Mowbrey  
RAF (Polish) Record Office RAF Melton Mowbrey  
RAF Station Portreath    
No 7 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Portreath  
RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale    
No 8 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Skipton-on-Swale  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
RAF Station Wendling   Satellite airfield (Swanton Morley)
RAF Station Yatesbury    
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  

 

No 28 (Training) Group

HQ - 17/19 Queens Square, London WC2

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Blackpool    
RAF Staff College RAF Bracknell  
RAF Delegation Brussels  
RAF Staff College RAF Bulstrode Park  
No 3 Reception Unit RAF Burtonwood Station in Maintenance Command
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Burtonwood Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) Cheltenham  
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
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
Air Ministry Unit RAF Harrogate  
C & M Party RAF Heaton Park  
No 1 German (POW) Holding Unit RAF Kingscliffe  
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Deenethorpe   Satellite (Kirkham)
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 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Mongewell Park
C & M Party RAF Nocton Hall  
RAF General Hospital Northallerton, North Yorkshire  
No 9 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF North Weald  
No 12 (RNZAF) Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre RAF North Weald  
RAF Station Hunsdon Satellite (North Weald)
RAF Delegation Paris
Police Detachment Paris
No 108 Repair and Salvage Unit Paris
No 428 Repair and Salvage Unit Paris
MATS Paris
No 429 Equipment Park Paris
RAF Delegation (France) Communication Flt Paris
No 1 Officers' Rest Centre Paris
Airmen's Transit Centre Paris
Air Mail Centre Paris
RAF General Hospital Rauceby  

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Regent's Park  
Record Office Ruislip, Middlesex  
RAF Station Uxbridge
Closing Down Party, No 100 PDC RAF Uxbridge
RAF Central Band RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS)
No 9 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Uxbridge
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
Pay Ledger Search Unit RAF Worcester  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
Closing Down Party, No 105 PDC (WAAF) RAF Wythall
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

Source - SD161 (78th Edition) - March 1947

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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