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Transport Command - December 1956


[Inactive Stations]

 
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
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
Transport Command Development Flight RAF Benson Anson/York/Hastings
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
No 1325 Flight RAF Dishforth Dakota
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
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
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard   Satellite, Lyneham
RAF Station Northolt    
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 (195th Edition) - December 1956

County names used are those in use at the time

[Inactive Stations]

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