Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical Training Command - December 1949
[RAF Technical College | RAF Record Office | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Debden | ||
RAF Technical College, Signals Division | RAF Debden | |
RAF Station Henlow | ||
RAF Technical College, Engineering Division | RAF Henlow |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Gloucester | ||
Record Office | RAF Gloucester | |
RAF Station Innsworth | Satellite, Gloucester | |
RAF Station Ruislip | ||
Record Office | RAF Ruislip |
HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Bircham Newton | ||
The Officers Advanced Training School | RAF Bircham Newton | |
Equipment Officers' School | RAF Bircham Newton | |
Secretarial Branch Training Establishment | 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 | |
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Cheltenham | |
RAF School of Physical Training | RAF Cosford | Station in No 24 Group |
RAF Station Hawkinge | ||
WRAF Depot | RAF Hawkinge | |
No 1 School of Recruit Training | RAF Henlow | |
RAF Station Hereford | ||
Advanced Training School | RAF Hereford | |
No 2 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Hereford | |
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 | |
Mess Staff School | 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 WRAF Recruit Training | RAF Wilmslow | |
No 4 School of Recruit Training | RAF Wilmslow | |
RAF Station Wythall | ||
No 1 School of Administrative Trades | RAF Wythall |
HQ - Aston Clinton, Aylesbury
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 1 Marine Craft Training School | RAF Calshot | Station in Coastal Command |
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 | |
Nos 2 School of Cookery | RAF Innsworth | Station in No 28 Group |
RAF Station Kirkham | Guild Farm, Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire | |
No 10 School of Technical Training | RAF Kirkham | |
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey | ||
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) |
RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | |
No 4 School of Technical Training | RAF St Athan | |
Aeronautical Inspection Services School | RAF St Athan | |
Aircrew Educational 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 |
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 |
Command Major Servicing Flight | RAF Debden | |
RAF Station Swanton Morley | ||
No 4 Radio School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
RAF Station Yatesbury | ||
No 2 Radio School | RAF Yatesbury |
HQ - RAF Uxbridge
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Selection Board | RAF Andover | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | |
RAF Delegation | Brussels | |
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 | |
Institute of Aviation Medicine | Farnborough (M of S) | |
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 Antarctic Flight | RAF Hendon | Station in Transport Command |
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 | |
Educational Book Depot | RAF Innsworth | |
No 4 MT Company | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Movements) |
Air Publication and Forms Store | RAF Kidbrooke | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ADSD (AP)) |
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre (Detachment) | RAF Kirkham | Station in No 24 Group |
British Bombing Survey Unit | London | |
AMMRU (O & M) | London | |
Central Medical Establishment | London | |
No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | Mongewell Park | |
RAF Hospital | RAF Nocton Hall | |
RAF Delegation France | Paris | |
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 | |
WRAF Band | RAF West Drayton | |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | |
Command Communication Flight | RAF Wyton | Station in Bomber Command |
Source - SD161 (111th Edition) - December 1949
County names used are those in use at the time
[RAF Technical College | RAF Record Office | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]
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