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Transport Command - October 1962


[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
The Balloon Unit RAF Cardington  
No 7414 (MFC) Reserve Flight RAF Cardington Functionally controlled by The Home Office
No 7415 (MFC) Reserve Flight RAF Cardington Functionally controlled by The Home Office
RAF Station Christmas Island    
Detachment, RAF Christmas Island Honolulu (Hickham AFB)  
RAF Support Unit (Australia) RAAF Edinburgh Field  
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Field Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR))
No 15 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Field Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR))
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 Northolt    
HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) 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))
Helicopter Development Unit (RAF Element) RAF Old Sarum Station in Fighter Command, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Liaison Party Orange, France  
No 18 Joint Services Trials Unit RAF Scampton Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)), station in Bomber Command
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Thorney Island Hastings/Valetta/Beverley
RAF Station Upavon
HQ Transport Command RAF Upavon
Transport Command Communication Flight RAF Upavon
No 17 Joint Services Trials Unit RAF Upavon Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR))
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Upper Heyford Station in Bomber Command
RAF Hospital Wroughton  

 

No 38 Group

Inactive Station Parent Station Status
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 Weston-on-the-Green   Satellite of Abingdon
No 118 Sqn RAF Aldergrove Sycamore, station in Coastal Command
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
No 105 Sqn RAF Benson Argosy
No 114 Sqn RAF Benson Argosy
The Queen's Flight RAF Benson Heron/Whirlwind, functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops))
Transport Command Examining Unit RAF Benson  
RAF Station Colerne    
No 24 Sqn RAF Colerne Hastings
No 36 Sqn RAF Colerne Hastings
No 2 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Colerne  
RAF Station Odiham    
HQ No 38 Group RAF Odiham
HQ No 38 Group Support Unit RAF Odiham
No 26 Sqn RAF Odiham Belvedere
No 72 Sqn RAF Odiham Belvedere
No 225 Sqn RAF Odiham Whirlwind
No 230 Sqn RAF Odiham Pioneer/Whirlwind
RAF Station Waterbeach  
No 1 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Hunter
No 54 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Hunter

 

Transport Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Chalgrove Benson  
Clyffe Pypard Lyneham  
Cowden Range Waterbeach  
Filton Colerne  
Keevil Colerne  
Pucklechurch Colerne  

Source - SD161/1962(4) - October 1962

[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]

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