Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - April 1952
Command HQ - RAF Upavon
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 1 Parachute School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Valetta |
Overseas Ferry Unit | RAF Abingdon | |
Transport Command Development Flight | RAF Abingdon | |
RAF Station Shellingford | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Valetta/Viking, station in Bomber Command |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Dakota |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Dishforth | |
RAF Station Hendon | ||
No 31 Sqn | RAF Hendon | Various |
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (S)) |
RAF Liaison Party | Istres, France | |
RAF Station Lyneham | ||
No 53 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
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 |
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No 24 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings/York |
No 47 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Hastings |
HQ Transport Command | 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 |
Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | S |
Stanton Harcourt | Abingdon | S |
Wombleton | Topcliffe | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (139th Edition) - April 1952
County names used are those in use at the time
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