Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - November 1950
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Command Communication Flight | Woodley | Station in Home 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 |
RAF Station Finningley | ||
Flying Refresher School | RAF Finningley | |
RAF Station Lindholme |
Satellite (Finningley) | |
RAF Station Hullavington | ||
No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Hullavington | |
Link Trainer School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Leconfield | Beverley, East Yorkshire | |
Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
RAF Station Shawbury | ||
Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | |
RAF Station Swanton Morley | ||
No 4 Radio School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
RAF Station Swinderby | ||
No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | |
No 204 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | |
RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
RAF Station Thorney Island | ||
No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Thorney Island | |
Mobile Survival and Rescue Instructional Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Functionally controlled by Command HQ |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Cottesmore |
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RAF Station Wittering | Satellite of Cottesmore | |
RAF Station Cranfield | ||
Group Communication Flight | RAF Cranfield | |
No 2 Initial Training School | RAF Digby | Station - satellite of Cranwell |
RAF Station Driffield | ||
No 203 Advance Flying School | RAF Driffield | |
Air Crew Transit Unit | RAF Driffield | |
RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby) | Satellite of Driffield | |
No 20 GCA Unit | RAF Bridlington (Carnaby) | |
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 | |
Western Union Examining Sqn | RAF Little Rissington | Policy Control by Western Union Air Advisory Committee |
RAF Station Morton-in-Marsh | Satellite, Little Rissington | |
RAF Station Middleton St George | ||
No 205 Advance Flying School | RAF Middleton St George | Meteor |
RAF Station Thornaby | Satellite, Middleton St George | |
RAF Station South Cerney | ||
No 2 Flying Training School | RAF South Cerney | |
RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite, South Cerney | |
RAF Station Kemble | Satellite, South Cerney | |
RAF Station Syerston | ||
No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | |
RAF Station Newton | Satellite, Syerston | |
RAF Station Ternhill | Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | |
RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Bibury | South Cerney | S |
Castle Combe | Hullavington | S |
Catfoss | Driffield | R |
Enstone | Little Rissington | R |
Folkingham | Cottesmore | R |
Foulsham | Swanton Morley | S |
Full Sutton | Driffield | R |
Ossington | Swinderby | S |
Oulton | Swanton Morley | S |
Pocklington | Driffield | S |
Ramsey | Jurby | R |
Rednal | Shawbury | S |
Seighford | Ternhill | S |
Sleap | Shawbury | R |
Spanhoe | Cottesmore | S |
Wendling | Swanton Morley | S |
Wheaton Aston | Ternhill | S |
Winthorpe | Swinderby | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (122nd Edition) - November 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | Inactive Stations]
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