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Transport Command - March 1959


[Inactive Stations]

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon
No 1 Parachute Training School RAF Abingdon Hastings
No 47 Sqn RAF Abingdon Beverley
No 53 Sqn RAF Abingdon Beverley
Air Movements Development Unit RAF Abingdon  
RAF Station Watchfield   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
The Queen's Flight RAF Benson Heron
RAF Ferry Wing RAF Benson  
Transport Command Examining Unit RAF Benson  
The Balloon Unit RAF Cardington Station in TTC
RAF Station Christmas Island   Functionally controlled by Transport Command
No 1325 Flight RAF Christmas Island Dakota
HQ, No 11 RAF Police District RAF Christmas Island Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPS (PM))
RAF Station Colerne    
No 24 Sqn RAF Colerne Hastings
No 36 Sqn RAF Colerne Hastings
RAF Station Dishforth    
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Dishforth Hastings/Valetta/Beverley
No 30 Sqn RAF Dishforth Beverley
No 230 Sqn RAF Dishforth Pioneer
RAF Station Topcliffe   Satellite, Dishforth station in FTC
RAF Support Unit (Australia) RAAF Edinburgh  
RAF Holding Unit (Australia) RAAF Edinburgh  
No 8 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (AD))
No 12 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR))
RAF Staging Post Goose (Bay), Newfoundland  
RAF Staging Post Honolulu (Hickham AFB)  
HQ, Task Force 'Grapple' London (Whitehall Gardens) Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Station Lyneham    
No 99 Sqn RAF Lyneham Hastings
No 216 Sqn RAF Lyneham Comet
No 7410 Reserve Flight RAF Lyneham  
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard   Satellite, Lyneham
RAF Station Northolt    
Metropolitan Communication Sqn RAF Northolt Anson/Chipmunk
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit RAF Northolt Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops (M, AT & Nav))
RAF Staging Post Offut AFB, Nebraska  
RAF Liaison Party Orange, France  
RAF Staging Post Travis AFB, California  
HQ Transport Command RAF Upavon
Transport Command Communication Flight RAF Upavon
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Upper Heyford Station in Bomber Command
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit RAF White Waltham Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR))
RAF Hospital Wroughton  
No 7411 Reserve Flight RAF Wroughton  

 

Transport Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Chalgrove Benson  
Membury Abingdon  
Shellingford Abingdon  

Source - SD161 (222nd Edition) - March 1959

[Inactive Stations]

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