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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport
Command - January 1948
[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]
Command HQ - Bushey Park, Middlesex
HQ - RAF Abingdon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abingdon | ||
| No 4 Group Communication Flt | RAF Abingdon | Oxford/Anson/Proctor |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
| Transport Initial Conversion Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| No 1510 (RAT) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
| RAF Station Coleby Grange | ||
| RAF Station Dishforth | ||
| No 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Dakota |
| No 1332 (Heavy) Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | York/Halifax |
| Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Manston | Station in No 46 Group, Lancastrian/Dakota |
| RAF Station Syerston | ||
| No 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit | RAF Syerston | Dakota |
| No 1331 (Heavy) Conversion Unit | RAF Syerston | Halifax |
| RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
| No 1382 (Transport) Conversion Unit | RAF Wymeswold | Dakota |
HQ - RAF Upavon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
| Transport Command Development Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
| RAF Station Fairford | ||
| No 47 Sqn | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
| No 113 Sqn | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
| No 295 Sqn | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
| No 297 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Fairford | Halifax |
| No 4297 Servicing Echelon | RAF Fairford | |
| RAF Station 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 | |
| Transport Support Practice Camp | RAF Netheravon | Horsa II |
| RAF Wing of VISTRE | RAF Netheravon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops) |
| RAF Station Upavon | ||
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RAF Station Upper Heyford |
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| No 1 Parachute and Glider 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 Bassingbourn | ||
| No 24 Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| No 4024 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| No 9 GCA Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Station in Coastal Command, Viking |
| 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 91 Staging Post | RAF Manston | |
| RAF Station Oakington | ||
| No 27 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota |
| No 30 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota |
| No 46 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota |
| No 238 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota |
| RAF Station Pershore | ||
| Transport Command Briefing School | RAF Pershore | |
| No 173 Staging Post | Schwechat | |
| RAF Station Stoney Cross | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Stoney Cross | |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 18 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Dakota |
| No 53 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Dakota |
| No 62 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Dakota |
| No 77 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Dakota |
HQ - Milton Ernest Hall, Beford
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 40 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | York, station in No 4 Group |
| No 51 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | York, station in No 4 Group |
| No 59 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | York, station in No 4 Group |
| No 242 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | York, station in No 4 Group |
| No 137 Staging Post | Bordeaux | |
| RAF Station Bourn | ||
| RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | ||
| 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 (M of S) | ||
| No 47 Group Communication Flight | RAF Little Staughton | |
| RAF Station Lyneham | Airport | |
| No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | York |
| No 206 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | York |
| No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | York |
| No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham |
Source - SD161 (88th Edition) - January 1948
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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