Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - August 1950
[Command HQ | No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - Bushey Park, Middlesex
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Valetta, station in Bomber Command |
RAF Station Hendon | ||
No 31 Sqn | RAF Hendon | Various |
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | |
Air Booking Centre | London | |
RAF Station Manston | ||
No 91 Staging Post | RAF Manston | |
Overseas Ferry Unit | RAF Manston | |
RAF Station North Luffenham | ||
No 240 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF North Luffenham | Dakota/Oxford/Anson |
RAF Station Oakington | ||
No 24 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota/York |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Dakota |
HQ - RAF Upavon
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Abingdon | ||
No 1 Parachute School | RAF Abingdon | |
RAF Station Shellingford | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Bassingbourn | ||
No 51 Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | York |
No 59 Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | York |
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Bicester | Station in Maintenance Command |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Dishforth | ||
No 241 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | York/Hastings |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Dishforth | |
RAF Station Lyneham | ||
No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
RAF Station Netheravon | ||
No 38 Group Communication Flt | RAF Netheravon | |
RAF Component of VISTRE | RAF Netheravon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops) |
No 27 Sqn | RAF Netheravon | Dakota |
RAF Station Topcliffe |
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No 47 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings |
No 53 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings |
No 297 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings |
RAF Station Watchet | ||
RAF Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School | RAF Watchet | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG) |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Barford St John | Upper Heyford | S |
Dalton | Dishforth | S |
Desborough | North Luffenham | R |
Gransden Lodge | Bassingbourn | R |
Graveley | Oakington | R |
Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | S |
Stanton Harcourt | Abingdon | S |
Steeple Morden | Bassingbourn | S |
Wombleton | Topcliffe | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
NYD = Not yet decided
Source - SD161 (119th Edition) - August 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]
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