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Transport Command - July 1964

[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bovingdon    
Southern Communication Sqn RAF Bovingdon Anson/Devon/Pembroke/Valetta
The Balloon Unit RAF Cardington  
Parachute Collection and Distributing 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 Regiment Depot RAF Catterick Functionally controlled by CG (RAF)
RAF Regiment Band RAF Catterick  
HQ, No 33 (Field) Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Catterick  
No 37 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Catterick  
No 48 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Catterick  
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 Devon/Pembroke//Valetta/Sycamore
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit RAF Northolt Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops (M, Nav & ATC))
RAF Station Old Sarum
Helicopter Development Unit (RAF Element) RAF Old Sarum Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
Joint Warfare Establishment RAF Old Sarum
RAF Liaison Party Orange, France FAF Station
RAF Component, Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School Salisbury Functionally controlled by DGD (RAF)
RAF Station Tangmere   Satellite, Thorney Island
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Thorney Island Argosy/Hastings/Valetta/Beverley
RAF Station Upavon
HQ Transport Command RAF Upavon
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
Air Movements Development Unit RAF Abingdon  
Air Movements Training School RAF Abingdon  
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Watchfield   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
No 114 Sqn RAF Benson Argosy
No 267 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 18 Sqn RAF Odiham Wessex
No 72 Sqn RAF Odiham Belvedere
No 225 Sqn RAF Odiham Whirlwind
Wessex Trials Unit RAF Odiham  
RAF Station West Raynham
No 1 Sqn RAF West Raynham Hunter
No 54 Sqn RAF West Raynham Hunter
Satellite, West Raynham Cowden Range

 

Transport Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Bircham Newton West Raynham  
Bowes Moor Catterick  
Clyffe Pypard Lyneham  
Filton Colerne  
Keevil Colerne  
Little Snoring West Raynham  
Tarrant Rushton Old Sarum  

Source - SD161/1964(3) - July 1964

[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]

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