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Technical Training Command - January 1949


[No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
No 4 Reception Unit RAF Aldergrove Station in Coastal Command
The Officers Advanced Training School RAF Bircham Newton  
RAF Station Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Shropshire  
No 7 School of Recruit Training RAF Bridgnorth  
RAF Station Cardington
No 2 Reception Unit RAF Cardington  
No 2 School of Recruit Training RAF Cardington  
RAF Station Catterick
RAF Regiment Central School RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale Satellite, Catterick
No 1 RAF School of Physical Training RAF Cosford Station in No 24 Group
Equipment Officers' School RAF Digby Station in FTC
Secretarial Branch Training Establishment RAF Digby Station in FTC
RAF Station Hawkinge
WAAF Depot RAF Hawkinge Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DDST2)
WAAF School of Administration RAF Hawkinge
WAAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Hawkinge
RAF Station Hereford
No 1 General Service Training School RAF Hereford  
No 2 School of Administrative Trades RAF Hereford  
No 1 School of Recruit Training RAF Melksham Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Padgate    
No 1 Reception Unit RAF Padgate  
No 3 School of Recruit Training RAF Padgate  
Recruit Instructors' Unit RAF Padgate  
Administrative Apprentices Training School RAF St Athan Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Spittlegate
RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Spittlegate  
RAF Station Sutton-on-Hull    
RAF School of Fire Fighting RAF Sutton-on-Hull
Group Communication Flight RAF Ternhill Station in FTC
RAF Station Uxbridge
Recruits Advanced Drill Unit RAF Uxbridge  
RAF Central Band RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS)
RAF School of Education RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station West Kirby
No 5 School of Recruit Training RAF West Kirby  
RAF Station Wilmslow
No 31 School of WAAF Recruit Training RAF Wilmslow
No 4 School of Recruit Training RAF Wilmslow
RAF Station Worcester    
Pay Ledger Search Unit RAF Worcester  
RAF Station Wythall
No 1 School of Administrative Trades RAF Wythall  

 

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  
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 Radiography RAF Halton  
Dental Training School RAF Halton  
RAF Station Hednesford Hednesford, Staffordshire  
No 6 School of Technical Training RAF Hednesford  
RAF Station Henlow
RAF Technical College RAF Henlow
WAAF Band RAF Henlow  
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 Melksham Melksham, Wiltshire  
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
RAF Station Moreton-in-Marsh    
Medical Training Establishment & Depot RAF Moreton-in-Marsh  
School of Hygiene RAF Moreton-in-Marsh  
RAF Station North Coates    
No 15 School of Technical Training RAF North Coates  
Bomb Disposal Wing RAF North Coates Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (Arm BD)
Bomb Disposal School RAF North Coates Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (Arm BD)
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 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 Liquidation Section (PRC) RAF Dunholme Lodge  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
Radio Teleprinter School RAF Watton Station in No 90 Group
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 Staff College RAF Bracknell  
RAF Delegation Brussels  
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) Cheltenham  
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit 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  
No 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WAAF) RAF Halton Station in No 24 Group
RAF Unit RAF Harrogate  
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Hednesford  
RAF Overseas Pay Accounts Clearing Unit RAF Hednesford
RAF Central Depository RAF Hornchurch  
Combined Selection Board RAF Hornchurch  
Personnel Selection Training School RAF Hornchurch  
Air Crew Allocation Unit RAF Innsworth
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth
Base Accounts Unit RAF Innsworth  
Book Distributing Centre RAF Innsworth
Air Publication and Forms Store RAF Kidbrooke Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ADSD (AP))
No 4 MT Company RAF Kidbrooke

Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Movements)

No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) RAF Kirkham Station in No 24 Group
British Bombing Survey Unit London
AMMRU (O & M) London  
Inspector of Recruiting Victory House, Kingsway, London WC2  
Central Medical Establishment London  
RAF Intelligence School London  
No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Mongewell Park
RAF General Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
Record Office Ruislip, Middlesex  
No 101 RAF Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
No 21 PTC (Airmen's Families) RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
Air Ministry Unit RAF West Drayton  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

Source - SD161 (100th Edition) - January 1949

County names used are those in use at the time

[No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

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