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Technical Training Command - July 1961

[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    
HQ Technical Training Command RAF Brampton  
RAF Central Library and Book Depot RAF Spitalgate Station in No 22 Group, functionally controlled by AM (DES)
Technical Training 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))
RAF Station 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 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
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  
RAF Youth Selection Centre RAF Cardington Station in Transport Command
RAF Regiment Depot RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CG)
RAF Police Depot RAF Debden  
Satellite, Debden RAF Netheravon  
Institute of Aviation Medicine Farnborough (MoA) Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
RAF Station Felixstowe    
HQ, No 33 Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
No 2 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
No 16 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
No 48 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Felixstowe  
RAF Unit RAF Harrogate  
WRAF OCTU 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  
RAF Officer Cadet Training Unit RAF Jurby Chipmunk
Air Ministry Unit RAF Kenley  
No 7605 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Kenley Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
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 7 School of Technical Training RAF Kirton in Lindsey  
Inspectorate-General of the RAF London  
RAF Central Work Study Unit London Functionally controlled by AM (DWS)
Central Medical Establishment London Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
HQ, Provost and Security Services (UK) London (Acton) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS)
Travel Control Security (RAF) London (Sloane Square) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
HQ, No 22 Group Market Drayton  
C & M Party RAF Padgate  
WRAF Depot RAF Spitalgate  
HQ, No 3 RAF Police District (UK) RAF Spitalgate Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
Secretarial Officers' School RAF Spitalgate  
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    
The Queen's Colour Sqn of the RAF RAF 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  
No 7633 Reserve Flight RAF West Drayton  
C & M Party RAF Wilmslow
Recruiting Centres
Inspectorate of  Recruiting London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
Central Recruiting Office London Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
No 1 Region - HQ Martlesham Heath Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Cambridge
  • Ealing
  • Ilford
  • Lincoln
  • Martlesham Heath
  • Norwich
No 2 Region - HQ RAF Kenley Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Blackheath
  • Brighton
  • Chatham
  • Croydon
  • Reading
  • Southampton
  • Surbiton
No 3 Region - HQ Bristol Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Bristol
  • Cardiff
  • Exeter
  • Plymouth
  • Swansea
No 4 Region - HQ Birmingham Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Birmingham
  • Coventry
  • Derby
  • Leicester
  • Nottingham
  • Oxford
  • Wolverhampton
  • Worcester
No 5 Region - HQ Sealand Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Manchester
  • Preston
  • Sealand
  • Sheffield
  • Wrexham
No 6 Region - HQ Leeds Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Bradford
  • Carlisle
  • Hull
  • Leeds
  • Middlesborough
  • Newcastle
No 7 Region - HQ Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information Centres: -
  • Aberdeen
  • Dundee
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Inverness
No 8 Region - HQ Belfast Functionally controlled by AM (DGM) through Inspectorate of Recruiting
Careers Information 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 24 Group Communication Flight RAF Colerne Station in Transport Command
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  
No 12 School of Technical Training RAF Melksham  
C & M Party RAF Merryfield Established on RAF Locking
No 9 School of Technical Training RAF 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  
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  
Bottesford Newton  
Bowes Moor Catterick  
Dunkeswell Locking  
Great Bromley (Radar) Felixstowe  
Halfpenny Green Bridgnorth  
Huntingdon (AFD) HQ (Unit) TTC  
Keevil Melksham  
Kirkham Weeton  
Little Snoring Bircham Newton  
Llandaff St Athan  
Ruislip Uxbridge  
Shobden Hereford  
Tempsford Henlow  
Weston Zoyland Locking  

Source - SD161/1961(3) - July 1961

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

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