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Transport Command - February 1953

[Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Upavon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon
No 1 Parachute School RAF Abingdon Hastings
Ferry Training Unit RAF Abingdon Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
No 147 Sqn RAF Abingdon Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
No 167 Sqn RAF Abingdon Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
Transport Command Development Flight RAF Abingdon  
RAF Station Shellingford   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Watchfield   Satellite of Abingdon
HQ Ferry Wing RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
No 187 Sqn RAF Aston Down Station in Maintenance Command

Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
No 1689 (Ferry Pilot Training) Flight RAF Aston Down Station in Maintenance Command

Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
The King's Flight RAF Benson Valetta/Viking, station in Bomber Command
No 30 Sqn RAF Benson Valetta
The Balloon Unit RAF Cardington Station in TTC
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Dishforth Hastings/Dakota
Transport Command Examining Unit RAF Dishforth  
No 173 Sqn RAF Hawarden Station in Home Command

Functionally controlled by HQ Ferry Wing
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
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 (149th Edition) - February 1953

County names used are those in use at the time

[Inactive Stations]

This page was last updated on 13/08/23©

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