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Technical Training Command - March 1948


[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
RAF School of Education RAF Wellesbourne Mountford  

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
No 4 Reception Unit RAF Aldergrove Station in Coastal Command
Personnel Selection Training School RAF Biggin Hill Station in Reserve Command
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  
RAF Station Catterick
RAF Regiment Central School RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
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
WAAF School of Administration RAF Digby Station in FTC
RAF Station Grantham
RAF Station Great Sampford
RAF Station Halton
No 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) RAF Halton  
RAF Station Hawkinge
WAAF Depot RAF Hawkinge Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DDST2)
RAF Station Hereford
No 1 General Service Training School RAF Hereford  
Secretarial Branch Training Establishment RAF Hereford  
No 2 School of Administrative Trades RAF Hereford  
RAF Central Depository RAF Hornchurch Station in No 24 Group
The Officers Advance Training School RAF Hornchurch Station in No 24 Group
Recruits Advanced Drill Unit RAF Hornchurch Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Nethertown
RAF Station Padgate    
No 1 Reception Unit RAF Padgate  
No 3 Recruits Centre RAF Padgate  
Recruit Instructors' Unit RAF Padgate  
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 Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School RAF Watchet Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
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
No 1 School of Administrative Trades RAF Wythall Station in No 28 Group

No 24 (Training) Group

HQ - Aston Clinton, Aylesbury

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Chigwell    
Central Trade Test Board RAF Chigwell  
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  
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  
School of Radiography RAF Halton  
Air Training Corps Flight RAF Halton  
RAF Station Hednesford Hednesford, Staffordshire  
No 6 School of Technical Training RAF Hednesford  
RAF Station Henlow
RAF Technical College RAF Henlow
No 14 School of Technical Training RAF Henlow  
RAF Station Kirkham Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire  
No 10 School of Technical Training RAF Kirkham  
RAF Station Barton Hall Preston, Lancashire Satellite, Kirkham
RAF Station Locking Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset  
No 5 School of Technical Training RAF Locking  
RAF Station Moreton-in-the-Marsh    
Medical Training Establishment & Depot RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh  
RAF Station Melksham Melksham, Wiltshire  
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
No 1 Marine Craft Training School RAF Pembroke Dock Station in Coastal Command
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 Weeton Weeton, Preston, Lancashire  
No 8 School of Technical Training RAF Weeton
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford    
No 1 School of Photography RAF Wellesbourne Mountford  

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - Southrop

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 5 Radio School RAF Bawdsey Station in No 90 Group
RAF Station 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 Debden    
Empire Radio School RAF Debden  
Command Major Servicing Flight RAF 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
RAF Station Framlingham
No 5 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Framlingham  
HQ Polish Resettlement Corps (RAF) RAF Hucknall Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Melton Mowbrey    
No 9 Resettlement Unit (Polish) RAF Melton Mowbrey  
RAF (Polish) Record Office RAF Melton Mowbrey  
RAF Station Portreath    
RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale    
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
RAF Station Watnall    
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 Selection Board RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Blackpool    
RAF Staff College RAF Bracknell  
RAF Delegation Brussels  

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 15 Personnel Centre (Resettlement) RAF Chessington  
No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
No 20 PTC (Airmen's Families) RAF Cranage  
No 22 Personnel Transit Centre RAF Croft  
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 19 PTC (Officers' Families) RAF Hethal  
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
British Bombing Survey Unit London
Air Ministry Unit 77 Hallam Street, London W1  
AMMRU (O & M) London  
RAF (French) Records Office London  
Inspector of Recruiting Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2  
Central Medical Establishment London  
Inspectorate General of the Polish Resettlement Corps London  
No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Mongewell Park
C & M Party RAF Nocton Hall  
RAF General Hospital Northallerton, North Yorkshire  
Combined Selection Board RAF North Weald  
RAF General Hospital Rauceby  

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Regent's Park  
Record Office Ruislip, Middlesex  
RAF Station Uxbridge
RAF Central Band RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS)
No 101 RAF Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
No 21 PTC (Airmen's Families) RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station West Drayton
Pay Ledger Search Unit RAF Worcester  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

Source - SD161 (90th Edition) - March 1948

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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