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Flying Training Command - August 1949


[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit Location/Address Notes
Central Examination Board Reading  
Command Communication Flight Woodley Station in Reserve Command

RAF Cranwell

Unit Location/Address Notes
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 Manby

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Manby Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire  
RAF Flying College RAF Manby  

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Brize Norton    
RAF Station Driffield    
No  204 Advance Flying School RAF Driffield Mosquito
RAF Station Finningley    
Flying Refresher School RAF Finningley  
RAF Station Hullavington Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire  
Empire Flying School RAF Hullavington  
No 1 Air Navigation School RAF Hullavington
RAF Station Jurby Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man  
No 11 Air Gunners' School (C & M) RAF Jurby
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey
Central Synthetic Training Establishment RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Air Crew Transit Unit RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Air Crew Educational School RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey  
RAF Station Leconfield Beverley, East Yorkshire  
Central Gunnery School RAF Leconfield  
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 Swinderby    
No 201 Advance Flying School RAF Swinderby Wellington T 10
RAF Station Watchfield    
School of Air Traffic Control RAF Watchfield  

No 23 (Training) Group

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 Cottesmore    
No 7 Flying Training School RAF Cottesmore
 
RAF Station Feltwell    
No 3 Flying Training School RAF Feltwell  
RAF Station Little Rissington Little Rissington, Gloucestershire.  
Central Flying School RAF Little Rissington  
RAF Station South Cerney    
No 2 Flying Training 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
School of Instructional Technique RAF Wittering

Source - SD161 (107th Edition) - August 1949

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group]

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