Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Transport Command - April 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
Transport Command Examining Unit	RAF Benson
The Balloon Unit	RAF Cardington	Station in TTC
RAF Station Christmas Island		Functionally controlled by Transport Command
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 (223rd Edition) - April 1959

[Inactive Stations]

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