Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Abingdon | ||
No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 24 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 47 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
No 1312 (Transport Support) Flight | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
Transport Command Development Flight | RAF Abingdon | Anson/York/Hastings |
RAF Station Watchfield | Satellite of Abingdon | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green | Satellite of Abingdon | |
No 187 Sqn | RAF Aston Down | Anson/Varsity, station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
Ferry Training Unit | RAF Benson | Balliol/Meteor/Mosquito |
The Queen's Flight | RAF Benson | Heron/Viking |
No 147 Sqn | RAF Benson | |
No 167 Sqn | RAF Benson | Valetta |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Dishforth | ||
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Valetta |
No 30 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Valetta |
No 215 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Pioneer |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Dishforth | |
Transport Command Modification Centre | RAF Dishforth | |
RAF Station Rufforth | Satellite, Dishforth station in Home Command | |
No 173 Sqn | RAF Hawarden | Anson/Varsity, station in Home Command |
RAF Station Hendon | ||
Metropolitan Communication Sqn | RAF Hendon | Anson/Chipmunk |
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 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Hastings |
No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
Transport Command Staging Post | Northolt (MTCA) | |
RAF Station Shellingford | Administered by the USAF | |
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 |
Brafferton | Dishforth | |
Chalgrove | Benson |
Source - SD161 (188th Edition) - May 1956
County names used are those in use at the time
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