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Technical Training Command - May 1959


[RAF Record Office | RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - Brampton, Huntingdon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Brampton    
RAF Station Newton    
RAF Central Library and Book Depot RAF Spitalgate Station in No 22 Group, functionally controlled by AM (DES)
Command Communication Flight RAF Wyton Station in Bomber Command

 

RAF Record Office

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) Cheltenham (Dowdeswell Court) Functionally controlled by AM (Chaplain-in-Chief)
RAF Record Office RAF Gloucester Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
Medical Survey Office RAF Gloucester Functionally controlled by HQ TTC (PMO)
RAF Base Accounts Office Innsworth (Elmbridge Court) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (B) - P7)
RAF Station Innsworth    
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Innsworth  
No 7632 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7645 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7646 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7647 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
HQ, No 33 Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
No 15 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
HQ, No 4 RAF Police District RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
No 7602 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))

 

RAF Technical College

Unit Location/Address Notes
Debden Division, RAF Technical College RAF Debden Varsity/Anson/Chipmunk
RAF Technical College RAF Henlow Chipmunk/Anson
No 4 RAF Regional Band RAF Henlow

 

No 22 (Training) Group

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF School of Administration RAF Bircham Newton  
Administrative Apprentices Training School RAF Bircham Newton  
No 7 School of Recruit Training RAF Bridgnorth  
No 2 Reception Unit RAF Cardington  
RAF Regiment Depot RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
Institute of Aviation Medicine Farnborough (MoS) Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
RAF Station Felixstowe    
No 16 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
No 48 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
RAF Unit RAF Harrogate  
WRAF Depot RAF Hawkinge
RAF School of Work Study Hendon (Tenterden Grove) Functionally controlled by AM (DWS)
No 3 School of Technical Training RAF Hereford  
No 2 School of Administrative Trades RAF Hereford  
RAF School of Catering RAF Hereford  
RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Jurby Chipmunk
Air Ministry Unit RAF Kenley  
RAF Station Kirton in Lindsey    
RAF Central Work Study Unit London Functionally controlled by AM (DWS)
HQ, Provost and Security Services (UK) London (Acton) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS)
HQ, No 22 Group Market Drayton  
RAF Police Depot RAF Netheravon  
C & M Party RAF Padgate  
HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
Travel Control Security (RAF) RAF Ruislip  
No 7604 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7605 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7606 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7630 Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Station Spitalgate  
HQ, No 3 RAF Police District (UK) RAF Spitalgate Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
No 7603 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Spitalgate Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 22 Group Communication Flight RAF Stoke Heath Station in FTC
RAF School of Fire Fighting and Rescue RAF Sutton-on-Hull
RAF Station Uxbridge    
RAF Hospital RAF Uxbridge  
HQ, Music Services RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by AM (DPS)
WRAF Band RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by AM (DPS)
RAF School of Education RAF Uxbridge  
No 7644 Reserve Flight RAF Uxbridge  
'D' Unit RAF West Drayton RAF West Drayton administered by USAF
No 7633 Reserve Flight RAF West Drayton  
No 4 School of Recruit Training RAF Wilmslow
No 31 School of WRAF Recruit Training RAF Wilmslow
Recruiting Centres
Inspectorate of  Recruiting London (Kingsway, WC2)  
Central Recruiting Office London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
No 1 Recruiting Centre Aberdeen
No 3 Recruiting Centre Dundee
No 4 Recruiting Centre Edinburgh
No 5 Recruiting Centre Glasgow
No 6 Recruiting Centre Inverness
No 8 Recruiting Centre Bradford
No 9 Recruiting Centre Derby
No 11 Recruiting Centre Hull
No 12 Recruiting Centre Leicester
No 13 Recruiting Centre Lincoln
No 14 Recruiting Centre Leeds
No 15 Recruiting Centre Middlesborough
No 16 Recruiting Centre Newcastle
No 17 Recruiting Centre Nottingham
No 19 Recruiting Centre Sheffield
No 21 Recruiting Centre Birmingham
No 22 Recruiting Centre Cardiff
No 23 Recruiting Centre Carlisle
No 25 Recruiting Centre Coventry
No 26 Recruiting Centre Liverpool
No 27 Recruiting Centre Manchester
No 29 Recruiting Centre Preston
No 30 Recruiting Centre Wrexham
No 32 Recruiting Centre Swansea
No 34 Recruiting Centre Wolverhampton
No 35 Recruiting Centre Worcester
No 36 Recruiting Centre Bristol
No 37 Recruiting Centre Exeter
No 39 Recruiting Centre Oxford
No 40 Recruiting Centre Plymouth
No 42 Recruiting Centre Reading
No 44 Recruiting Centre Southampton
No 45 Recruiting Centre Cambridge
No 47 Recruiting Centre Ipswich
No 49 Recruiting Centre Norwich
No 50 Recruiting Centre Ilford
No 52 Recruiting Centre Croydon
No 53 Recruiting Centre Chatham
No 55 Recruiting Centre Brighton
No 57 Recruiting Centre Ealing
No 58 Recruiting Centre Blackheath
No 59 Recruiting Centre Belfast
No 60 Recruiting Centre Surbiton

No 24 (Training) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
C & M Party RAF Box Established on RAF Rudloe Manor
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
No 3 Radio School RAF Compton Bassett  
No 2 School of Technical Training RAF Cosford  
No 1 RAF Regional Band RAF Cosford  
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford  
No 7641 Reserve Flight RAF Cosford  
Medical Training Establishment Freckleton  
No 1 School of Technical Training RAF Halton  
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton  
Dental Training Establishment RAF Halton Functionally controlled by AM (DDS)
No 7640 Reserve Flight RAF Halton  
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Headley Court
No 1 Radio School RAF Locking  
Aircraft Apprentice Training School RAF Locking  
No 5 RAF Regional Band RAF Locking  
Central Medical Establishment London Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
C & M Party RAF Merryfield Established on RAF Locking
C & M Party RAF Pembrey Established on RAF St Athan
RAF Station Rudloe Manor  
HQ, No 24 Group RAF Rudloe Manor
No 4 School of Technical Training RAF St Athan  
RAF School of Physical Training RAF St Athan  
RAF Hospital RAF St Athan  
No 7643 Reserve Flight RAF St Athan  
Transient Families Unit RAF Warton Functionally control by HQ RAF Record Office
No 8 School of Technical Training RAF Weeton  
HQ, No 2 RAF Police District RAF Weeton Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
RAF Hospital RAF Weeton  
No 7601 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Weeton Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7642 Reserve Flight RAF Weeton  
School of Photography RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Station in Maintenance Command
No 2 Radio School RAF Yatesbury  

Technical Training Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station  
Altrincham Wilmslow  
Andrews Field Debden  
Blyton Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Bowes Moor Catterick  
Castle Bromwich Cosford  
Charmy Down Rudloe Manor  
Cranage Wilmslow  
Dalby (Radar) Jurby  
Dunkeswell Locking  
Gosfield Debden  
Great Bromley (Radar) Felixstowe  
Halfpenny Green Bridgnorth  
Hednesford Cosford  
Hibaldstow Kirton-in-Lindsey  
Highbridge Locking  
Huntingdon (AFD) HQ (Unit) TTC  
Kirkham Weeton  
Little Snoring Bircham Newton  
Lympne (Radar) Hawkinge  
Madley Hereford  
Millom Kirkham  
Perton Cosford  
Podington Cardington  
Ramsey Jurby  
Rivenhall Debden  
St Vincent's Spitalgate  
Shobden Hereford  
Snaefell Jurby  
Tempsford Henlow  
Upottrey Locking  
Weston Zoyland Locking  
Wing Halton  

Source - SD161 (224th Edition) - May 1959

[RAF Record Office | RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | Inactive Stations]

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