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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport Command - November 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 Chivenor | ||
| Overseas Ferry Unit | RAF Chivenor | |
| RAF Station Hendon | ||
| No 31 Sqn | RAF Hendon | Various |
| AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (S)) |
| Air Booking Centre | London | |
| No 91 Staging Post | RAF Manston | Station in Fighter Command |
| 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 | Dakota |
| RAF Station Shellingford | Satellite of Abingdon | |
| RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
| The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
| RAF Station Dishforth | ||
| No 241 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | 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 |
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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 |
| Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
| 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 |
| Dalton | Dishforth | S |
| Desborough | North Luffenham | R |
| Graveley | Oakington | R |
| Hartland Point (Radar) | Chivenor | R |
| Merryfield | Chivenor | R |
| Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | S |
| Stanton Harcourt | Abingdon | S |
| Steeple Morden | Bassingbourn | S |
| Wombleton | Topcliffe | S |
| Wrafton (Radar) | Chivenor | R |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
NYD = Not yet decided
Source - SD161 (122nd Edition) - November 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]
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