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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying Training Command - August 1953
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Mobile Survival and Rescue Instructional Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Station in No 21 Group Functionally controlled by AM (DDT (Nav) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Various |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel) |
| Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College | RAF Digby | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Spitalgate | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | |
| RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby |
HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 3 Air Navigation School | RAF Bishop's Court | Anson/Valetta |
| Aircrew Transit Unit | RAF Cranwell | Station controlled by RAF College |
| No 2 Air Signallers' School | RAF Halfpenny Green | |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | ||
| Aircrew Selection Board | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Personnel Selection Training School | RAF Hornchurch | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel) |
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Hullavington | Anson/Valetta |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF Jurby | |
| No 2 Initial Training School | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | |
| C & M Party | RAF Langford Lodge | |
| Central Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | |
| No 6 Air Navigation School | RAF Lichfield | Anson/Valetta |
| Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | Anson/Lincoln |
| No 1 Air Signallers' School | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| No 201 Advance Flying School | RAF Swinderby | Varsity |
| No 21 Group Communication Flight | RAF Swinderby | Varsity |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Thorney Island | Anson/Valetta |
HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Cluntoe |
Harvard/Prentice |
| RAF Station Toome | Satellite, Cluntoe | |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Cottesmore |
Balliol/Prentice |
| RAF Station Woolfox Lodge | Satellite, Cottesmore | |
| RAF Station Spitalgate | Satellite, Cottesmore | |
| Group Communication Flight | RAF Cranfield | |
| No 8 Advanced Flying Training School | RAF Dalcross | Oxford/Chipmunk |
| RAF Station Evanton | Satellite, Dalcross | |
| RAF Station Fearn | Satellite, Dalcross | |
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Feltwell | Harvard/Prentice |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Methwold | Satellite, Feltwell | |
| Central Flying School (Advanced) | RAF Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station Enstone | Satellite, Little Rissington | |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Morton-in-Marsh | Harvard/Prentice |
| RAF Station Edgehill | Satellite, Morton-in-Marsh | |
| No 10 Advanced Flying Training School | RAF Pershore | Oxford/Chipmunk |
| RAF Station Long Marston | Satellite, Pershore | |
| Central Flying School (Basic) | RAF South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Blakehill Farm | Satellite, South Cerney | |
| RAF Station Kemble | Satellite, South Cerney | |
| No 22 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Harvard/Prentice |
| RAF Station Tollerton | Satellite, Syerston | |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | Harvard/Prentice |
| RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill | |
| RAF Station High Ercall | Satellite, Ternhill | |
| No 9 Advanced Flying Training School | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | Oxford/Chipmunk |
| RAF Station Chipping Warden | Satellite, Wellesbourne Mountford |
HQ - RAF Manby (Station controlled by RAF Flying College)
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 203 Advanced Flying School | RAF Driffield | Meteor/Vampire |
| RAF Station Carnaby | Satellite, Driffield | |
| No 215 Advanced Flying School | RAF Finningley | Meteor |
| RAF Station Blyton | Satellite, Finningley, station in Fighter Command | |
| No 207 Advanced Flying School | RAF Full Sutton | Meteor |
| RAF Station Breighton |
Satellite, Full Sutton | |
| No 25 Group Communication Flight | RAF Manby | |
| No 208 Advanced Flying School | RAF Merryfield | Vampire |
| RAF Station Dunkeswell |
Satellite, Merryfield & Weston Zoyland | |
| No 205 Advanced Flying School | RAF Middleton St George | Meteor |
| RAF Station Croft (Neasham) | Satellite, Middleton St George | |
| No 206 Advanced Flying School | RAF Oakington | Meteor |
| RAF Station Graveley | Satellite, Oakington | |
| No 210 Advanced Flying School | RAF Tarrant Rushton | Meteor |
| No 202 Advanced Flying School | RAF Valley | Vampire |
| RAF Station Mona | Satellite, Valley | |
| No 209 Advanced Flying School | RAF Weston Zoyland | Meteor |
| RAF Station Dunkeswell |
Satellite, Merryfield & Weston Zoyland | |
| No 211 Advanced Flying School | RAF Worksop | Meteor |
| RAF Station Gamston |
Satellite, Worksop |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Atcham | Shawbury | S |
| Ballyhalbert | Bishops Court | S |
| Canewdon (Radar) | Hornchurch | S |
| Catfoss | Driffield | R |
| Church Broughton | Lichfield | S |
| Dalby (Radar) | Jurby | S |
| Dengie (Radar) | Hornchurch | S |
| Donna Nook | Manby | S |
| Elvington | Full Sutton | - |
| Folkingham | Cottesmore | R |
| Greencastle | Bishops Court | S |
| Hibaldstow | Kirton-in-Lindsey | R |
| Hutton Cranswick | Driffield | R |
| Kilkeel (Radar) | Bishops Court | S |
| Kirkistown | Bishops Court | S |
| Penrhos | Valley | S |
| Ramsey | Jurby | R |
| Rednal | Shawbury | S |
| Seighford | Ternhill | S |
| Sleap | Shawbury | R |
| Spanhoe | Cottesmore | S |
| Stratford | Wellesbourne Mountford | S |
| Wendling | Swanton Morley | S |
| Wheaton Aston | Ternhill | S |
| Wylfa (Radar) | Valley | S |
| York | Full Sutton | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (155th Edition) - August 1953
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
This page was last updated on 18/08/23©
