Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Technical Training Command - June 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 |
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)) |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine | RAF Halton | |
Dental Training Establishment | RAF Halton | Functionally controlled by AM (DDS) |
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital | RAF Halton | Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) |
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 Annes | Weeton | |
St Vincent's | Spitalgate | |
Shobden | Hereford | |
Snaefell | Jurby | |
Tempsford | Henlow | |
Upottrey | Locking | |
Weston Zoyland | Locking | |
Wing | Halton |
Source - SD161 (225th Edition) - June 1959
[RAF Record Office | RAF Technical College | No 22 Group | No 24 Group | Inactive Stations]
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