Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - November 1953
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 | Anson/York |
RAF Station Shellingford | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green | 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 | Mosquito |
The King's Flight | RAF Benson | Viking |
No 147 Sqn | RAF Benson | |
No 167 Sqn | RAF Benson | Valetta |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Dakota |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Valetta |
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 | |
HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
Transport Command Communication Flight | 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 |
Source - SD161 (158th Edition) - November 1953
County names used are those in use at the time
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