Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - February 1950
[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 |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Cranwell | ||
RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Various |
RAF Station Digby | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | |
No 1 Initial Training School (Detachment) | RAF Digby | |
RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Manby | Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire | |
RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | |
No 12 GCA Unit | RAF Manby | |
RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Brize Norton | Mosquito |
RAF Station Fairford | Satellite, Brize Norton | |
C & M Party | RAF Fairford | |
RAF Station Finningley | ||
Flying Refresher School | RAF Finningley | |
Satellite (Finningley) |
RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Hullavington | Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Hullavington | |
RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
Link Trainer School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC |
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 | ||
Central Navigation School | RAF Shawbury | |
RAF Station Swinderby | ||
No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington T 10 |
RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
RAF Station Watchfield |
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 |
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RAF Station Wittering | Satellite of Cottesmore | |
No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Wittering | |
School of Instructional Technique | RAF Wittering | |
RAF Station Driffield | ||
No 203 Advance Flying School | RAF Driffield | |
Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF Driffield | |
RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby) | Satellite of Driffield | |
RAF Station Feltwell | ||
No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | |
RAF Station Methwold | Satellite, Feltwell | |
RAF Station Little Rissington | Little Rissington, Gloucestershire. | |
Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | |
RAF Station Morton-in-Marsh | Satellite, Little Rissington | |
RAF Station South Cerney | ||
No 2 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite, South Cerney | |
RAF Station Syerston | ||
No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | |
RAF Station Newton | Satellite, Syerston | |
RAF Station Ternhill | Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill |
Source - SD161 (113th Edition) - February 1950
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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