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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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