Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - November 1960
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 | |
No 118 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Sycamore, station in Coastal Command |
RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
The Queen's Flight | RAF Benson | Heron/Whirlwind, functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops)) |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Benson | |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Christmas Island | ||
Detachment, RAF Christmas Island | Honolulu (Hickham AFB) | |
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 |
RAF Station Topcliffe | Satellite, Dishforth, station in FTC | |
RAF Support Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh Field | |
RAF Holding Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh Field | |
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit (Australian Element) | RAAF Edinburgh Field | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
No 8 Joint Services Trials Unit | London (Whitehall) | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (AD)) |
RAF Station Lyneham | ||
No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 7410 Reserve Flight | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Clyffe Pypard | Satellite, Lyneham | |
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/Sycamore/Devon |
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops (M, Nav & ATC)) |
RAF Station Odiham | ||
HQ No 38 Group | RAF Odiham | |
Belvedere Trials Unit | RAF Odiham | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops)) |
No 225 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Whirlwind/Sycamore |
No 230 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Pioneer |
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 15 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Upavon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (AD)) |
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit (UK Element) | RAF Wilmslow | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)), station in TTC |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Chalgrove | Benson | |
Filton | Colerne | |
Grove | Abingdon | |
Lasham | Odiham | |
Pucklechurch | Colerne |
Source - SD161 (242nd Edition) - November 1960
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