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Transport Command - April 1952


[Inactive Stations]

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

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

[Inactive Stations]

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