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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  

 

 

No 38 Group

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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