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Flying Training Command - February 1951


[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

RAF Cranwell

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF College RAF Cranwell Various
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College RAF Digby Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Barkston Heath   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Spitalgate   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)

RAF Manby

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Flying College RAF Manby  
No 12 GCA Unit RAF Manby  
RAF Station Strubby   Satellite, Manby

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
Flying Refresher School RAF Finningley  
RAF Station Lindholme
  Satellite (Finningley)
No 1 Air Navigation School RAF Hullavington
Link Trainer School RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey Station in TTC
Central Gunnery School RAF Leconfield  
Central Navigation and Control School RAF Shawbury  
No 4 Radio School RAF Swanton Morley  
RAF Station Swinderby    
No 201 Advance Flying School RAF Swinderby Wellington
No 204 Advance Flying School RAF Swinderby Mosquito
RAF Station Wigsley   Satellite, Swinderby
No 2 Air Navigation School RAF Thorney Island  
Mobile Survival and Rescue Instructional Unit RAF Thorney Island Functionally controlled by Command HQ

 

No 23 (Training) Group

HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 7 Flying Training School RAF Cottesmore
 
RAF Station Wittering   Satellite of Cottesmore
Group Communication Flight RAF Cranfield  
No 3 Initial Training School RAF Cranwell
No 2 Initial Training School RAF Digby Station - satellite of Cranwell
No 2 Grading School RAF Digby Tiger Moth, satellite of Cranwell
No 203 Advanced Flying School RAF Driffield Meteor/Vampire
Air Crew Transit Unit RAF Driffield  
RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby)   Satellite of Driffield
No 20 GCA Unit RAF Bridlington (Carnaby)  
No 3 Flying Training School RAF Feltwell  
School of Instructional Technique RAF Feltwell
RAF Station Methwold   Satellite, Feltwell
No 1 Initial Training School RAF Jurby
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 Wellesbourne Mountford)   Satellite, Little Rissington
No 205 Advanced Flying School RAF Middleton St George Meteor
RAF Station Thornaby   Satellite, Middleton St George
No 1 Flying Training School RAF Oakington  
RAF Station Graveley   Satellite, Oakington
No 2 Flying Training School RAF South Cerney  
RAF Station Blakehill Farm   Satellite, South Cerney
RAF Station Kemble   Satellite, South Cerney
No 22 Flying Training School RAF Syerston  
RAF Station Newton   Satellite, Syerston
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 (125th Edition) - February 1951

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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