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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying
Training Command - May 1947
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 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 | ||
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | |
| No 19 Flying Training School | RAF Cranwell | |
| Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
| RAF Station Wellingore | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | Station in TTC |
| Command Communication Flight | Woodley | Station in Reserve Command |
HQ - St Vincent's, Grantham, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | ||
| No 29 Elementary Flying Training School | Clyffe Pypard | |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Cottesmore | Mosquito |
| RAF Station Eastchurch | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Eastchurch | |
| RAF Station Elsham Wold | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Elsham Wold | |
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| No 202 Advance Flying School | RAF Finningley | Wellington X |
| RAF Station Blyton | Satellite of Finningley | |
| RAF Station Market Harborough | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Market Harborough | |
| RAF Station Moreton-in-the-Marsh | ||
| No 21 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh | |
| RAF Station Enstone | Satellite airfield (Moreton-in-the-Marsh) | |
| RAF Station North Luffenham | ||
| No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit | RAF North Luffenham | |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington X |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite of Swinderby | |
| RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford | ||
| No 3 Glider Training School | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | |
| RAF Station Wheaton Aston | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Wheaton Aston | |
| RAF Station Perton | Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston) | |
| RAF Station Seighford | Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston) | |
| RAF Station Worksop | ||
| RAF Central Vision Training School | RAF Worksop |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Booker | ||
| No 21 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Booker | |
| RAF Station Carlisle | Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| No 15 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Carlisle | |
| RAF Station Church Lawford | ||
| No 20 Flying Training School | RAF Church Lawford | Anson/Harvard |
| RAF Station Honiley | Satellite airfield (Church Lawford) | |
| RAF Station Feltwell | ||
| No 3 Service Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Methwold | Satellite airfield (Feltwell) | |
| RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
| Empire Flying School | RAF Hullavington | |
| RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| No 7 Service Flying Training School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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| RAF Station Hibaldstow | Satellite airfield (Kirton-in-Lindsey) | |
| RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
| No 1537 (BAT) Flight | RAF Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station Enstone | Satellite airfield (Little Rissington) | |
| RAF Station North Coates | ||
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF North Coates | |
| Air Crew Despatch Centre | RAF North Coates | |
| RAF Station Shellingford | ||
| No 3 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Shellingford | |
| RAF Station Kelmscott | Satellite airfield (Shellingford) | |
| RAF Station South Cerney | ||
| Air Crew Allocation Unit | RAF South Cerney | |
| Central Link Trainer School | RAF South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite airfield (South Cerney) | |
| RAF Station Spittlegate | Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
| No 17 Service Flying Training School | RAF Spittlegate | |
| RAF Station Bottesford | Satellite airfield (Spittlegate) | |
| RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
| No 6 Service Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
| RAF Station Sleap | Satellite airfield (Ternhill) | |
| RAF Station Wolverhampton | ||
| No 28 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Wolverhampton | |
| RAF Station Yatesbury | ||
| No 2 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Yatesbury |
HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bishops Court | ||
| No 7 Air Navigation School | RAF Bishops Court | |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 10 Air Navigation School | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| No 11 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 Shawbury | ||
| Empire Air Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
| No 5 Air Navigation School | RAF Topcliffe | |
| RAF Station Valley | ||
| No 10 Air Gunners' School (C & M) | RAF Valley | |
| RAF Station Watchfield | ||
| School of Air Traffic Control | RAF Watchfield | |
| Airfield Controllers School | RAF Watchfield |
HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Desford | Desford Aerodrome, Leicester | |
| No 7 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Desford | |
| RAF Station Fair Oaks | ||
| No 18 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Fairoaks | |
| RAF Station Panshanger | ||
| No 1 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Panshanger | |
| Rochester (Ministry of Supply) | ||
| No 24 Elementary Flying Training School | Rochester | |
| RAF Station Sywell | ||
| No 6 Elementary Flying Training School | RAF Sywell |
Source - SD161 (80th Edition) - May 1947
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 Group]
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