Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical Training Command - July 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 |
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 |
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 Depot | RAF Catterick | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG) |
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Cheltenham | Functionally controlled by AM (Chaplain-in-Chief) |
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 | |
RAF Station Headley Court | ||
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit | RAF Headley Court | |
RAF Station Mongewell Park | Satellite, Headley Court | |
No 1 School of Recruit Training | RAF Henlow | Station under HQ Technical College |
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 | Satellite, Gloucester, station in Reserve Command |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
HQ - RAF Colerne (Station in Maintenance Command)
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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 (118th Edition) - July 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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