Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - May 1948
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 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 | Various |
Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | |
RAF Station Digby | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | |
RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
School of Air Traffic Control | RAF Watchfield | |
Command Communication Flight | Woodley | Station in Reserve Command |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Cottesmore | Mosquito |
RAF Station Finningley | ||
No 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit | RAF Finningley | |
RAF Station Swinderby | ||
No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington X |
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 | |
Joint Services Staff College Flight | RAF Booker | |
RAF Station Feltwell | ||
No 3 Flying Training School | RAF 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 Flying Training School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey |
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RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | |
Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
RAF Station Shellingford | ||
RAF Station Kelmscott | Satellite airfield (Shellingford) | |
RAF Station South Cerney | ||
No 2 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF South Cerney | |
Central Link Trainer School | RAF South Cerney | |
RAF Station Syerston | ||
No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | |
RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
RAF Station Wittering | ||
No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Wittering |
HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Driffield | ||
RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
No 11 Air Gunners' School (C & M) | RAF Jurby | |
RAF Station Leconfield | ||
Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
Empire Air Armament School | RAF Manby | |
RAF Station Middle St George | ||
No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Middle St George | |
RAF Station Shawbury | ||
Empire Air Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
RAF Station Sleap | Satellite airfield (Shawbury) | |
RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Topcliffe | |
RAF Station Watchfield | ||
Airfield Controllers School | RAF Watchfield |
Source - SD161 (92nd Edition) - May 1948
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group]
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