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Technical Training Command - June 1950


[RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

 

RAF Technical College, Henlow

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

 

No 22 (Training) Group

HQ - Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Selection Board RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
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 Chaplains' School (C of E) Cheltenham  
No 1 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
No 2 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
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
No 2 School of Administrative Trades RAF Hereford  
No 6 School of Recruit Training RAF Hereford  
RAF Central Depository RAF Hornchurch  
Combined Selection Board RAF Hornchurch  
Personnel Selection Training School RAF Hornchurch  
Air Crew Allocation Unit RAF Innsworth
No 5 RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit Mongewell Park
RAF Station Padgate    
No 1 Reception Unit RAF Padgate  
No 3 School of Recruit Training RAF Padgate  
Administrative Apprentices Training School RAF St Athan Station in No 24 Group
RAF Station Spitalgate
RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Spitalgate  
Mess Staff School RAF Spitalgate  
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey   Satellite, Spitalgate
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
Advanced Training School RAF Wellesbourne Mountford  
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
C & M Party 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, Staffordshire  
No 2 School of Technical Training RAF Cosford  
School of Training Organisation and Method RAF Cosford  
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford  
RAF Hospital Ely, Cambridgeshire  
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  
No 9 Personnel Holding Unit (WRAF) RAF Halton  
Nos 2 School of Cookery RAF Innsworth Satellite of Gloucester (Reserve Command)
RAF Station Kirkham    
No 10 School of Technical Training RAF Kirkham  
Central Medical Establishment London  
Institute of Aviation Medicine Farnborough (M of S) Satellite of CME
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 Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
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  
RAF Hospital Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire  

No 27 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Colerne (Station in Maintenance Command)

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 5 Radio School RAF Bawdsey Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Compton Bassett    
No 3 Radio School RAF Compton Bassett  
No 1 Radio School RAF Cranwell Station in FTC
Command Major Servicing Unit RAF Debden Station under RAF Technical College
RAF Station Locking    
No 1 Radio School (Detachment) RAF Locking  
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
RAF Station Yatesbury    
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  

 

Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Alconbury HQ (U) TTC R
Blyton Kirton-in-Lindsey R
Edgehill Moreton-in-Marsh S
Foulsham Swanton Morley S
Gosfirld Debden S
Hibaldstow Kirton-in-Lindsey R
Keevil Melksham R
Marsworth Halton S
Membury Yatesbury R
Milton Ernest Hall Cardington S
North Creake Bircham Newton S
Oulton Swanton Morley S
Ramsbury Yatesbury S
St Vincent's Spitalgate S
Saltby Spitalgate S
Sandtoft Lindholme R
Stratford Wellesbourne Mountford S
Tempsford Henlow S
Wendling Swanton Morley S
Wethersfield Debden R
Wing Halton S

S = Surplus to long-term requirements

R = Retention is currently required

Source - SD161 (117th Edition) - June 1950

County names used are those in use at the time

[RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | No 27 Group | Inactive Stations]

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