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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying Training Command - October 1963
[Command HQ | HQ Air Cadets | CFS | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Officers and Aircrew Selection Centre | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| No 7506 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Biggin Hill | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | Functional control by AM (DST) |
| HQ Flying Training Command | Reading | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Administered by USAF | |
| Flying Training Command Communication Sqn | RAF White Waltham | Anson/Pembroke/Chipmunk |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 2 Gliding Centre | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Station in TTC |
| No 1 Gliding Centre | RAF Swanton Morley | Station in Maintenance Command |
| HQ, Air Cadets | RAF White Waltham | Functionally controlled by AM (AMP) |
Central Flying School, Little Rissington
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | Anson/Chipmunk/Jet Provost/Gnat/Provost/Varsity/ |
| Aston Down (MoA) | Satellite, Little Rissington | |
| RAF Station Kemble | Satellite, Little Rissington, station in Maintenance Command | |
| RAF Station Ternhill | RAF Ternhill | Sycamore/Skeeter/Whirlwind |
| No 7507 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Ternhill | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| RAF Station Chetwynd | Satellite, Ternhill |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Chipmunk/Jet Provost/Valetta |
| RAF Selection Board | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DDM) |
| No 7503 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| No 7504 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| No 7505 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Cranwell | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| RAF Station Barkston Heath | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | |
| RAF Station Fulbeck | Satellite airfield (Cranwell) |
RAF College of Air Warfare, Manby
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College of Air Warfare | RAF Manby | Canberra/Meteor/Provost/Valetta/Varsity |
| School of Refresher Flying | RAF Manby | |
| RAF Station Strubby | Satellite, Manby |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Acklington | Jet Provost |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Church Fenton | Jet Provost |
| Satellite, Church Fenton | RAF Elvington | |
| RAF Station Dishforth | ||
| HQ, No 23 Group | RAF Dishforth | |
| No 23 Group Communication Flight | RAF Dishforth | Anson |
| HQ, No 2 RAF Police District | RAF Dishforth | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 7508 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Dishforth | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Leeming | Jet Provost |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Chipmunk/Jet Provost/Vampire |
| No 7502 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
| Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse | RAF Rufforth | |
| Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | |
| No 5 Flying Training School | RAF Oakington | Varsity/Vampire |
| Satellite, Oakington | RAF Graveley | |
| RAF Station Ouston | ||
| No 8 Flying Training School | RAF Swinderby | Vampire |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Jet Provost |
| Satellite, Syerston | RAF Wymeswold | |
| No 4 Flying Training School | RAF Valley | Vampire/Gnat |
| Satellite, Valley | RAF Mona | |
| No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Woodvale | Station in No 25 Group |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Oxford UAS | RAF Bicester | Chipmunk, station in Maintenance Command |
| Hull UAS | Brough (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| Cambridge UAS | Cambridge (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| Leeds UAS | RAF Dishforth | Chipmunk, station in No 23 Group |
| Aberdeen UAS | Dyce (MoA) (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Exeter (Airfield) | Chipmunk/Mosquito/Vampire |
| Bristol UAS | Filton (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| Southampton UAS | Hamble (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Hullavington | Valetta/Varsity/Vampire |
| St Andrews UAS | RAF Leuchars | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
| Nottingham UAS | RAF Newton | Chipmunk, station in TTC |
| Northumbrian Universities Air Sqn | RAF Ouston | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
| Glasgow UAS | Perth (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| University of Wales Air Sqn | RAF St Athan | Chipmunk |
| Central Navigation and Control School | RAF Shawbury | Provost/Valetta/Vampire/Varsity |
| Birmingham UAS | RAF Shawbury | Chipmunk |
| RAF Station High Ercall | Satellite, Shawbury, station in Maintenance Command | |
| RAF Station Sleap | Satellite, Shawbury | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF South Cerney | Anson/Chipmunk |
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Stradishall | Meteor/Varsity |
| Queen's UAS | RNAS Sydenham | Chipmunk |
| Air Electronics School | RAF Topcliffe | Varsity |
| Edinburgh UAS | RAF Turnhouse | Chipmunk, station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Station White Waltham | ||
| HQ, No 25 Group | RAF White Waltham | |
| University of London Air Sqn | RAF White Waltham | Chipmunk |
| University of Liverpool Air Sqn | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk |
| Manchester UAS | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Blakehill Farm | South Cerney | |
| Camp Hill North | Acklington | |
| Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
| Colliers Law | Ouston | |
| Duxford | Stradishall | |
| Gamston | Syerston | |
| Llanberis | Valley | |
| Morpeth | Ouston | |
| Norton Disney | Swinderby | |
| Peplow | Ternhill | |
| Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
| Skendleby | Manby | |
| Spalford | Swinderby | |
| Wigsley | Swinderby |
Source - SD161/1963(4) - October 1963
[Command HQ | HQ Air Cadets | CFS | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
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