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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other Home Commands - May 1920
| Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Repatriation Records (D of E Department) | Flt Lt N Robertson |
| Unit | Location | (Air) Officer Commanding |
| RAF (Cadet) College | Cranwell | A/Cdre Charles A H Longcroft CMG, DSO, AFC; later AVM |
| Flying Wing | Cranwell | |
| Hospital | Cranwell | Sqn Ldr G Cranstoun BA |
| Meteorological Station | Cranwell | |
| No 2 School of Technical Training (Boys) | Cranwell | Wg Cdr C F Kilner |
| Airship Maintenance Party | Cranwell | |
| Aeroplane Storage Station | Cranwell | |
| Wireless Station | Cranwell | |
| RAF (Cadet) College Band | Cranwell |
| Unit | Location | (Air) Officer Commanding |
| No 1 School of Technical Training (Boys) | Halton | A/Cdre Francis R Scarlett CB, DSO; later AVM |
| RAF Hospital | Halton | Sqn Ldr J MacGregor MC, MD |
| Halton Hospital Orderlies Training Depot | Halton | Sqn Ldr F C Cowton |
| School of Cookery | Halton |
| Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
| Medical HQ, Ireland | Baldonell | |
| No 100 Sqn | Baldonell | Sqn Ldr The Hon L J E Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |
| HQ, No 2 Sqn | Oranmore | Sqn Ldr Frederick W Stent |
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| Wireless Station | Fermoy | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Tallaght | |
| Meteorological Station | Baldonell | |
| Wireless Station | Baldonell | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Rathmullan | |
| Irish Stores Centre | Baldonell | Fg Off B C Akehurst |
| Wireless Station | Castlebar | |
| Wireless Station | Oranmore | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Berehaven |
Medical Units (not listed elsewhere)
| Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
| Aviation Candidates Medical Board and Central Medical Board | 22 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead NW3 | Wg Cdr A P Bowdler MB, MA |
| Old Sarum Hospital | Salisbury | Sqn Ldr W W Shorten |
| Research Laboratories and Medical Officers School of Instruction | 22 Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead NW3 | Wg Cdr M W Flack CBE, MA, MB, BA |
Home units in the course of disbandment and amalgamation
| Unit | Location/Controlled by | Officer Commanding |
| HQ, No 7 Wing | Inland Area | Wg Cdr Henry Le M Brock DSO; later A/Cdre |
| HQ, No 8 Wing | Inland Area | |
| Coventry Storage Park | Coventry | Flt Lt A Hunter OBE |
| No 1 Aircraft Repair Depot | South Farnborough | |
| No 2 (Northern) Aircraft Repair Depot | Coal Aston | |
| No 3 (Western) Aircraft Repair Depot | Yate | |
| E & P Depot | Chingford | |
| No 5 Stores Distributing Park | Edgbaston | Flt Lt William B Cushion; later AVM |
| No 7 Stores Distributing Park | Westbury | Flt Lt G Stevens MBE |
| No 11 Stores Distributing Park | Dublin | Fg Off J Lundon |
| Details late Northern Area | Inland Area | Flt Lt R C Fowler |
| No 14 Aircraft Acceptance Park | Castle Bromwich | Flt Lt J C M Hay |
| Airship Construction Station, Barrow | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| Airship Construction Station, Bedford | Cardington, Bedford | Fg Off C Dollery |
| Airship Station, East Fortune | East Fortune | Sqn Ldr W C Hicks AFC |
| Airship Construction Station, Wormwood Scrubbs (Cadre) | Wormwood Scrubbs | Fg Off B Scovell AFC |
| Aircraft in Fighting Ships | Coastal Area | Sqn Ldr Richard E C Pierse DSO, AFC; later ACM |
| Air Ministry (Non-Standard) MT Storage Pool | Gosport | Plt Off A M Webster |
| No 1 Salvage Section | Southampton | |
| RAF Officers' Repatriation Camp | Inland Area | |
| Seaplane Station and Storage, Dundee | Dundee | Sqn Ldr L Tomkinson DSO, AFC |
| Storage Station, Brockworth | Brockworth | Sqn Ldr Charles H K Edmonds DSO, OBE; later AVM |
| No 3 Group Mobile Disposal Sqn 'B' | Thetford | Sqn Ldr A J Butler MC AFC |
| No 8 Wing Mobile Disposal Sqn | Marske | Flt Lt F C Lander |
| Tadcaster Mobile Disposal Sqn | Tadcaster | Sqn Ldr V Gaskell-Blackburn |
| Care & Maintenance Party, | Ely | Flt Lt E Rivers-Smith MBE |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Feltwell | Flt Lt Alexander Gray MC, later AVM |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Fowlmere | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Frieston | Fg Off T F N Gerard DSC |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Crail | Flt Lt J M Burd MC |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Lincoln | Flt Lt P D Robertson |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Scopwick | Sqn Ldr Arthur T Harris AFC; later MRAF |
| Care & Maintenance Party | South Carlton | Fg Off L Smith |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Duxford | Fg Off B Holding |
Source - May 1920 Air Force List
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