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Flying Training Command - September 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)

RAF Cranwell

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF College RAF Cranwell Various
RAF Selection Board RAF Cranwell Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel)
Aircrew Transit Unit RAF Cranwell
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College RAF Digby Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Barkston Heath   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Spitalgate   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)

RAF Manby

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Flying College RAF Manby  
RAF Station Strubby   Satellite, Manby

No 21 Group

HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
No 3 Air Navigation School RAF Bishop's Court Anson/Valetta
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

No 23 Group

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

 

No 25 Group

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
RAF Element, Joint Guided Weapons Trials Unit Ty Croes Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR))
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  
Ballyhalbert Bishops Court  
Canewdon (Radar) Hornchurch  
Catfoss Driffield  
Church Broughton Lichfield  
Dalby (Radar) Jurby  
Dengie (Radar) Hornchurch  
Donna Nook Manby  
Elvington Full Sutton  
Folkingham Cottesmore  
Greencastle Bishops Court  
Hibaldstow Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Hutton Cranswick Driffield  
Kilkeel (Radar) Bishops Court  
Kirkistown Bishops Court  
Penrhos Valley  
Ramsey Jurby  
Rednal Shawbury  
Seighford Ternhill  
Sleap Shawbury  
Spanhoe Cottesmore  
Stratford Wellesbourne Mountford  
Wendling Swanton Morley  
Wheaton Aston Ternhill  
Wylfa (Radar) Valley  
York Full Sutton  

Source - SD161 (156th Edition) - September 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]

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