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Technical Training Command - March 1950


[RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

RAF Technical College, Henlow

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Debden    
RAF Technical College, Signals Division RAF Debden  
RAF Station Henlow    
RAF Technical College, Engineering Division RAF Henlow
RAF Station Lindholme    
RAF Technical College, Armament Division RAF Lindholme

 

No 22 (Training) Group

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
C & M Party RAF Skipton-on-Swale
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 Kirton-in-Lindsey Satellite, 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
WRAF Band RAF Uxbridge  
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  

No 24 (Training) Group

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 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  
Aircrew Educational School RAF St Athan  
RAF Station Weeton Weeton, Preston, Lancashire  
No 8 School of Technical Training RAF Weeton
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford    
School of Photography RAF Wellesbourne Mountford  

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - Southrop

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 5 Radio School RAF Bawdsey Station in Fighter Command
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 Unit RAF Debden  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
RAF Station Yatesbury    
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  

 

No 28 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Uxbridge

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Selection Board RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
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 Central Depository RAF Hornchurch  
Combined Selection Board RAF Hornchurch  
Personnel Selection Training School RAF Hornchurch  
Air Crew Allocation Unit RAF Innsworth
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
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

Source - SD161 (114th Edition) - March 1950

County names used are those in use at the time

[RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | No 28 Group]

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