Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - January 1951

[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
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 240 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF North Luffenham	Dakota/Oxford/Anson

No 38 Group

HQ - RAF Upavon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abingdon
No 1 Parachute School	RAF Abingdon	Dakota
No 30 Sqn	RAF Abingdon	Valetta
RAF Station Shellingford		Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Watchfield		Satellite of Abingdon
The Balloon Unit	RAF Cardington	Station in TTC
No 241 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Dishforth	Hastings
Transport Command Examining Unit	RAF Dishforth
RAF Station Lyneham
No 24 Sqn	RAF Lyneham	Hastings/York
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 Topcliffe
No 47 Sqn	RAF Topcliffe	Hastings
No 53 Sqn	RAF Topcliffe	Hastings
No 38 Group Communication Flt	RAF Upavon
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit	RAF Upper Heyford	Station in Bomber Command

Transport Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Dalton	Dishforth	S
Desborough	North Luffenham	R
Hartland Point (Radar)	Chivenor	R
Merryfield	Chivenor	R
Skipton-on-Swale	Topcliffe	S
Stanton Harcourt	Abingdon	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 (124th Edition) - January 1951

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]

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