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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying Training Command - May 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 | |
| Mobile Survival and Rescue Instructional Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Station in Fighter Command |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Brize Norton | Mosquito, station in No 23 Group |
| 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 | |
| Link Trainer School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC, satellite - Finningley |
| 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 and Control School | RAF Shawbury | |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Wellington T 10 |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
| RAF Station Fairford | Satellite, Brize Norton | |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Cottesmore |
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| RAF Station Wittering | Satellite of Cottesmore | |
| 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 | |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Methwold | Satellite, Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Jurby | Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Jurby | |
| 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 Watchfield | 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 (116th Edition) - May 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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