Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Flying Training Command - July 1964
[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 | Functionally controlled by DGM (RAF) |
No 7506 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Biggin Hill | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | Functional control by DCST (RAF) |
HQ Flying Training Command | Reading | |
RAF Station West Malling | Administered by USAF |
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 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 |
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 |
Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | RAF Barkston Heath | |
Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | RAF Fulbeck |
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 | |
Satellite, Manby | RAF Strubby |
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 |
Satellite, Oakington | RAF Graveley | |
Satellite, Oakington | RAF Waterbeach | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Ouston | ||
No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Jet Provost |
Satellite, Syerston | RAF Wymeswold | |
No 4 Flying Training School | RAF Valley | Gnat |
Satellite, Valley | RAF Mona |
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 No 23 Group |
Glasgow UAS | Perth (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
University of Wales Air Sqn | RAF St Athan | Chipmunk, station in TTC |
Central Air Traffic Control School | RAF Shawbury | Provost/Vampire |
Birmingham UAS | RAF Shawbury | Chipmunk |
Satellite, Shawbury | RAF Sleap | |
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 |
No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Woodvale |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Blakehill Farm | South Cerney | |
Breighton | Church Fenton | |
Camp Hill North | Ternhill | |
Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
Cold Heseldon | Ouston | |
Seaton Snook | Ouston | Satellite, Cold Heseldon |
Colliers Law | Ouston | |
Duxford | Stradishall | |
High Ercall | Shawbury | |
Llanberis | Valley | |
Morpeth | Ouston | |
Peplow | Ternhill | |
Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
Skendleby | Manby |
Source - SD161/1964(3) - July 1964
[Command HQ | HQ Air Cadets | CFS | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations]
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