Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Transport Command - January 1966
[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Western Communication Sqn | RAF Andover | Anson/Devon/Pembroke, station in Maintenance Command |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Bovingdon | |
Southern Communication Sqn | RAF Bovingdon | Anson/Devon/Pembroke/Valetta |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Brize Norton | Administered by USAF |
C & M Party | RAF Burderop | |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | |
Parachute Collection and Distributing Unit | RAF Cardington | |
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 16 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Catterick | |
No 37 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Catterick | |
No 48 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Catterick | |
No 51 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Catterick | |
RAF Support Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh Field | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Hullavington | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Lyneham | |
No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Northolt | |
HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by HQ P & SS (RAF) (UK) |
Metropolitan Communication Sqn | RAF Northolt | Andover/Devon/Pembroke//Valetta/Sycamore |
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by D of Ops (M, Nav & ATC) (RAF) |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Old Sarum | |
Helicopter Development Unit (RAF Element) | RAF Old Sarum | Functionally controlled by ACAS (Ops) |
Joint Warfare Establishment | RAF Old Sarum | |
RAF Component, Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School | AD Salisbury | Functionally controlled by DGD (RAF) |
No 38 Group Support Unit | RAF Tangmere | Satellite, Thorney Island |
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Argosy/Hastings/Valetta/Beverley |
Northern Communication Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Anson/Devon/Pembroke, station in FTC |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Upavon | |
HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Hospital | RAF Wroughton |
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Abingdon | |
No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 47 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
Air Movements Training School | RAF Abingdon | |
Air Transport Development Unit | RAF Abingdon | Functionally controlled by D of Ops (AT) (RAF) |
Satellite of Abingdon | RAF Weston-on-the-Green | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Benson | |
No 114 Sqn | RAF Benson | Argosy |
No 267 Sqn | RAF Benson | Argosy |
The Queen's Flight | RAF Benson | Andover/Heron/Whirlwind, functionally controlled by ACAS (Ops) |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Benson | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Colerne | |
No 24 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
No 36 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
No 2 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Colerne | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Odiham | |
HQ No 38 Group | RAF Odiham | |
No 72 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Wessex |
No 230 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Whirlwind |
No 1310 Transport Flight | RAF Odiham | Detached to British Guiana |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF West Raynham | |
No 1 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Hunter |
No 54 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Hunter |
Kestrel (P1127) Evaluation Sqn | RAF West Raynham | |
Satellite, West Raynham | Cowden Range |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Bircham Newton | West Raynham | |
Bowes Moor | Catterick | |
Compton Bassett | Lyneham | |
Filton | Colerne | |
Keevil | Colerne | |
Melksham | Colerne | |
Middle St George (G) | Catterick | |
Ruislip | Northolt | |
Sculthorpe | West Raynham | |
Seaton Snook | Catterick | |
Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
Yatesbury | Lyneham |
Married Quarters (at Detached sites)
Married Quarters | Parenting Unit |
Bircham Newton | West Raynham |
Compton Bassett | Lyneham |
Filton | Colerne |
Melksham | Colerne |
Middle St George | Catterick |
Netheravon | Upavon |
Pucklechurch | Colerne |
Ruislip | Northolt |
Seaton Carew (Snook?) | Catterick |
Titchfield | Thorney Island |
Weston-on-the-Green | Abingdon |
Source - SD161/1966(1) -January 1966
[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
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