Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - May 1953

[Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Upavon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abingdon
No 1 Parachute School	RAF Abingdon	Hastings
No 24 Sqn	RAF Abingdon	Hastings/York
No 47 Sqn	RAF Abingdon	Hastings
Transport Command Development Flight	RAF Abingdon
RAF Station Shellingford		Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Watchfield		Satellite of Abingdon
No 187 Sqn	RAF Aston Down	Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
Ferry Control Wing	RAF Benson	On establishment of RAF Benson
Ferry Training Unit	RAF Benson
The King's Flight	RAF Benson	Valetta/Viking
No 30 Sqn	RAF Benson	Valetta
No 147 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 167 Sqn	RAF Benson
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
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
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
Chalgrove	Benson	S
Stanton Harcourt	Abingdon	S

S = Surplus to long-term requirements

R = Retention is currently required

Source - SD161 (152nd Edition) - May 1953

County names used are those in use at the time

[Inactive Stations]

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