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Flying Training Command - March 1954


[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
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College RAF Cranwell  
RAF Selection Board RAF Cranwell Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel)
RAF Station Barkston Heath   Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
RAF Station Spitalgate Station in TTC Satellite airfield (Cranwell)

RAF Manby

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Flying College RAF Manby Lincoln/Meteor
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/Varsity
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/Varsity
No 1 Initial Training School RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Central Gunnery School RAF Leconfield  
Central Navigation and Control School RAF Shawbury Anson/Lincoln
No 1 Air Signallers' School RAF Swanton Morley Prentice
No 201 Advance Flying School RAF Swinderby Varsity
No 21 Group Communication Flight RAF Swinderby  
RAF Station Wigsley   Satellite, Swinderby
No 2 Air Navigation School RAF Thorney Island Anson/Varsity

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 Station in TTC Satellite, Cottesmore
Group Communication Flight Cranfield (MCA)  
C & M Party RAF Dalcross
No 3 Flying Training School RAF Feltwell Harvard/Prentice
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
Central Flying School (Basic) RAF South Cerney Harvard/Provost
School of Instructional Technique RAF South Cerney
RAF Station Blakehill Farm   Satellite, South Cerney
RAF Station Kemble Station in Maintenance Command 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 Station in Maintenance Command Satellite, Ternhill
No 9 Advanced Flying Training School RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Harvard/Chipmunk
RAF Station Long Marston   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 Station controlled by RAF Flying College
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  
Bourn Oakington  
Canewdon (Radar) Hornchurch  
Catfoss Driffield  
Chipping Warden Wellesbourne Mountford  
Dengie (Radar) Hornchurch  
Elvington Full Sutton  
Folkingham Cottesmore  
Foulsham Swanton Morley  
Gayton-le-Marsh Manby  
Hibaldstow Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Hutton Cranswick Driffield  
Penrhos Valley  
Rednal Shawbury  
Seighford Ternhill  
Sleap Shawbury  
Spanhoe Cottesmore  
Stratford Wellesbourne Mountford  
Wylfa (Radar) Valley  
York Full Sutton  

Source - SD161 (162nd Edition) - March 1954

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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