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Technical Training Command - December 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 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 Element, Government Communications HQ Cheltenham Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (S))
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 Station Bircham Newton    
No 7 School of Recruit Training RAF Bridgnorth  
No 2 Reception Unit RAF Cardington  
RAF Youth Selection Centre 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
Exhibition, Design and Display Unit RAF Hendon Functionally controlled by AM (C Pub O), station in Maintenance Command
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  
No 7606 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Kenley Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7630 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Kenley Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
No 7774 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Kenley  
RAF Station Kirton in Lindsey    
No 7 School of Technical Training RAF 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)
Travel Control Security (RAF) London (Slone Square) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
HQ, No 22 Group Market Drayton  
RAF Police Depot RAF Netheravon  
C & M Party RAF Padgate  
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 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 7605 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Uxbridge Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
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 31 School of WRAF Recruit Training RAF Wilmslow
Recruiting Centres
Inspectorate of  Recruiting London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
Central Recruiting Office London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
No 1 Region - HQ Ipswich Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -

 

 
  • Ealing
  • Ilford
  • Cambridge
  • Ipswich
  • Norwich
  • Lincoln
No 2 Region - HQ RAF Kenley Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Blackheath
  • Croydon
  • Chatham
  • Reading
  • Surbiton
  • Southampton
  • Brighton
No 3 Region - HQ Bristol Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Bristol
  • Swansea
  • Cardiff
  • Plymouth
  • Exeter
No 4 Region - HQ Birmingham Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Nottingham
  • Derby
  • Leicester
  • Birmingham
  • Coventry
  • Wolverhampton
  • Oxford
  • Worcester
No 5 Region - HQ Liverpool Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester
  • Wrexham
  • Sheffield
  • Preston
No 6 Region - HQ Leeds Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Leeds
  • Hull
  • Middlesborough
  • Newcastle
  • Carlisle
  • Bradford
No 7 Region - HQ Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Aberdeen
  • Inverness
  • Dundee
No 8 Region - HQ Belfast Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recuiting
Recruiting Centres: -
  • Belfast

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  
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  
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
RAF Station Newton    
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  
RAF Hospital RAF Weeton  
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  
Cranage Wilmslow  
Dalby (Radar) Jurby  
Dunkeswell Locking  
Great Bromley (Radar) Felixstowe  
Halfpenny Green Bridgnorth  
Halton Wood Halton  
Hednesford Cosford  
Highbridge Locking  
Huntingdon (AFD) HQ (Unit) TTC  
Keevil Melksham  
Kirkham Weeton  
Little Snoring Bircham Newton  
Llandaff St Athan  
Llandow St Athan  
Lympne (Radar) Hawkinge  
Millom Kirkham  
Podington Cardington  
Ramsey Jurby  
Riseley Cardington  
Rivenhall Debden  
Ruislip Uxbridge  
St Annes Weeton  
St Vincent's Spitalgate  
Shobden Hereford  
Snaefell Jurby  
Sutton Coldfield Cosford  
Tempsford Henlow  
Upottrey Locking  
Weston Zoyland Locking  
Wing Halton  

Source - SD161 (231st Edition) - December 1959

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

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