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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Transport Command - November 1959
| 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, functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops)) |
| Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Benson | |
| The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
| No 1325 Flight | RAF Changi | Dakota, station in FEAF |
| RAF Station Christmas Island | ||
| 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 |
| No 114 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
| RAF Station Dishforth | ||
| No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Dishforth | Hastings/Valetta/Beverley |
| No 30 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Beverley |
| 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 | 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 | Britannia |
| No 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
| No 7410 Reserve Flight | RAF Lyneham | |
| RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
| Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit | Middle Wallop (Army) | Functionally controlled by the War Office |
| RAF Station Northolt | ||
| HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
| No 7412 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
| 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 Liaison Party | Orange, France | |
| RAF Station Upavon | ||
| HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
| Transport Command Communication Flight | RAF Upavon | |
| No 13 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Upavon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS) |
| No 14 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Upavon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 230 Sqn | RAF Upavon | Pioneer |
| 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 | |
| Filton | Colerne | |
| Grove | Abingdon | |
| Shellingford | Abingdon | |
| Woodcote | Benson |
Source - SD161 (230th Edition) - November 1959
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