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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying Training Command - February 1959
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | Functionally controlled through AOC Aircrew Selection Centre, RAF Hornchurch | |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | Functional control by AM (DST) |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | ||
| Aircrew Selection Board | RAF Hornchurch | |
| Personnel Selection Training School | RAF Hornchurch |
Central Flying School, Little Rissington
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | Provost/Vampire/Hunter |
| RAF Station Kemble | Satellite, Little Rissington, station in Maintenance Command | |
| Oxford UAS | RAF Bicester | Chipmunk, station in Maintenance Command |
| Bristol UAS | Filton | Chipmunk |
| Southampton UAS | Hamble | Chipmunk |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Provost/Vampire/Varsity |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel) |
| No 2 RAF Supplies Depot | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Cat) |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Spitalgate | Station in TTC | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| RAF Station Folkingham | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Fulbeck | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Flying College | RAF Manby | Lincoln/Meteor/Canberra/Hunter |
| RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby | |
| Hull UAS | Brough | Chipmunk |
| Cambridge UAS | Cambridge | Chipmunk/Harvard |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| University of London Air Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Chipmunk |
| No 23 Group Communication Flight | Cranfield (MTCA) | Anson/Provost |
| HQ, No 23 Group | Leighton Buzzard | |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Provost/Vampire |
| RAF Station Full Sutton | Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse | |
| RAF Station Rufforth | Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse, station in Home Command | |
| Nottingham UAS | RAF Newton | Chipmunk, station in TTC |
| No 5 Flying Training School | RAF Oakington | Vampire |
| RAF Station Graveley | Satellite, Oakington | |
| No 8 Flying Training School | RAF Swinderby | Vampire |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite, Swinderby | |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Provost |
| RAF Station Wymeswold | Satellite, Syerston | |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Ternhill | Provost |
| RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill | |
| RAF Station High Ercall | Satellite, Ternhill, station in Maintenance Command | |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Valley | Vampire |
| RAF Station Mona | Satellite, Valley | |
| RAF Station Woodvale | ||
| Manchester UAS | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk/Anson |
| University of Liverpool Air Sqn | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk |
| RAF Station Yeadon | ||
| Leeds UAS | RAF Yeadon | Chipmunk |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Aberdeen UAS | Dyce (MTCA) | Chipmunk |
| Air Electronics School | RAF Hullavington | Anson |
| School of Instructional Technique | RAF Hullavington | |
| No 114 Sqn | RAF Hullavington | Functionally controlled by the Air Ministry |
| St Andrews UAS | RAF Leuchars | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
| HQ, No 25 Group | RAF Manby | Station controlled by RAF Flying College |
| No 25 Group Communication Flight | RAF Manby | Anson/Vampire |
| Durham UAS | RAF Ouston | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
| Glasgow UAS | Perth | Chipmunk |
| Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire |
| University of Birmingham Air Sqn | RAF Shawbury | Chipmunk |
| RAF Station High Ercall | Satellite, Shawbury, station in Maintenance Command | |
| RAF Station Sleap | Satellite, Shawbury | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF South Cerney | Anson/Chipmunk |
| Queen's UAS | RAF Sydenham | Chipmunk/Provost |
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Thorney Island | Valetta/Varsity/Vampire |
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Topcliffe | Valetta/Vampire/Marathon |
| Edinburgh UAS | RAF Turnhouse | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Blakehill Farm | South Cerney | |
| Canewdon (Radar) | Hornchurch | |
| Castle Donington | Syerston | |
| Chipping Norton | Little Rissington | |
| Dengie (Radar) | Hornchurch | |
| East Moor | Linton-on-Ouse | |
| Edgehill | Little Rissington | |
| Fazakerly | Woodvale | |
| Gamston | Syerston | |
| Gayton-le-Marsh | Manby | |
| Keevil | Hullavington | |
| Leicester East | Syerston | |
| Llanberis | Valley | |
| Llanwrog | Valley | |
| Norton Disney | Swinderby | |
| Orby (Radar) | Manby | |
| Ossington | Swinderby | |
| Penrhos | Valley | |
| Peplow | Ternhill | |
| Rednal | Shawbury | |
| Seighford | Ternhill | |
| Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | |
| Spalford | Shawbury | |
| Titchfield | Thorney Island | |
| Tollerton | Syerston | |
| Trewan Sands | Valley | |
| Winthorpe | Swinderby | |
| Wombleton | Topcliffe | |
| Worksop | Syerston |
Source - SD161 (221st Edition) - February 1959
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
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