Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Flying Training Command - July 1942

[No 21 Group | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | No 50 Group | No 51 Group | No 54 Group]

Command HQ - Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

(a) Station under the control of No 27 Group, Technical Training Command

No 23 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Boscombe Down	Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment	RAF Boscombe Down
RAF Station Brize Norton	Carterton, Oxfordshire
No 2 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Brize Norton
No 1525 (BAT) Flt	RAF Brize Norton
RAF Station Hullavington	Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire
No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Hullavington
Empire Central Flying School	RAF Hullavington
RAF Station Kidlington	nr Kidlington Station, Kidlington, Oxfordshire
RAF Station Little Rissington	Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
No 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Little Rissington
No 1523 (BAT) Flt	RAF Little Rissington
RAF Station Lulsgate Bottom	nr Bristol, Somerset
RAF Station South Cerney	South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF South Cerney
RAF Station Upavon	Upavon, Marlborough, Wiltshire
No 7 (A) Flying Instructors' School	RAF Upavon
No 1 (A) Flying Instructors' School	Church Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire
No 1 Glider Training School	Thame, Oxfordshire
No 2 Glider Training School	Weston-on-the-Green, nr Bicester, Oxfordshire
Refresher Flying Training School	Moreton Valance, Haresfield, Gloucestershire

No 25 (Armament) Group

HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Bobbington	Nr Stourbridge, Worcester
No 3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Bobbington
RAF Station Cark	Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire
Staff Pilot Training Unit	RAF Cark
RAF Station Castle Kennedy	Stranraer, Wigtownshire
No 3 Air Gunners School	RAF Castle Kennedy
RAF Station Cranage	Cranage, Byley, Cheshire
No 2 School of Air Navigation	RAF Cranage
RAF Station Dumfries	Tinwald Downs, Dumfries
No 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Dumfries
RAF Station Evanton	Evanton, Ross-shire
No 8 Air Gunners School	RAF Evanton
RAF Station Jurby	Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man
No 5 Air Observers School	RAF Jurby
RAF Station Manby	Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire
No 1 Air Armament School	RAF Manby
RAF Station Millom	Haverigg, Millom, Cumberland
No 2 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Millom
RAF Station Morpeth	Morpeth, Northumberland
No 4 Air Gunners School	RAF Morpeth
RAF Station Penrhos	Penrhos, Pwihelli
No 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Penrhos
RAF Station Pembrey	Burry Point, Carmarthenshire
No 1 Air Gunners School	RAF Pembrey
RAF Station Stormy Down	Bridgend, Glamorganshire
No 7 Air Gunners School	RAF Stormy Down
RAF Station Sutton Bridge	Sutton Bridge, Holbeach, Lincolnshire
Central Gunnery School	RAF Sutton Bridge
RAF Station West Freugh	West Freugh, Stranraer, Wigtownshire
No 4 Air Observers School	RAF West Freugh
RAF Station Wigtown	Wigtown Wigtownshire
No 1 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Wigtown
Gunnery Research Unit	RAF Exeter (a)	Controlled directly by Group HQ
Detachment from Royal Aircraft Establishment	RAF Exeter (a)	Controlled directly by Group HQ
No 2 Air Gunners School	Dalcross, Inverness-shire	Controlled directly by Group HQ
No 10 Air Gunners School	Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness	Controlled directly by Group HQ

(a) Station under the control of No 10 Group, Fighter Command.

No 50 (Training) Group

HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Booker	Booker, nr Marlow, Bucks
No 21 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Booker
RAF Station Cambridge	Cambridge
No 22 Elementary Flying Training School	The Aerodrome, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
No 4 (E) Flying Instructors School	The Aerodrome, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
RAF Station Fairoaks	Chobham, nr Woking, Surrey
No 18 Elementary Flying Training School	Fairoaks Aerodrome
RAF Station Hatfield	Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Hatfield
RAF Station Staverton	Staverton Aerodrome, Cheltenham Road, Gloucester,
No 6 Air Observers School	RAF Staverton
RAF Station Sywell	Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton
No 6 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Sywell
RAF Station Watchfield	Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire
Beam Approach School	RAF Watchfield
School of Flying Control	RAF Watchfield
No 3 Elementary Flying Training School	Shellingford, nr Faringdon, Berkshire
No 8 Elementary Flying Training School	Reading Aerodrome, Woodley, nr Reading, Surrey
No 10 Elementary Flying Training School	Stoke Orchard, Bishop's Cleeve, nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
No 26 Elementary Flying Training School	Sheffield Farm, Theale, Berkshire
No 29 Elementary Flying Training School	Clyffe Pypard, Swindon, Wiltshire
No 2 Pupil Pilots Pool
Central Link Trainer School	RAF Unit 14, Warwick Road, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire
No 6 (E) Flying Instructors School	'Perdiswell Hall', Worcester

No 51 (Training) Group

HQ - Moorfield House, Alma Road, Otley Road, Leeds 6

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Ansty	Ansty Aerodrome, Walgrave0on-Sowe, Coventry
No 9 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Ansty
RAF Station Brough	Brough Aerodrome, Brough, East Yorkshire
No 4 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Brough
RAF Station Carlisle	Carlisle, Cumberland
No 15 Elementary Flying Training School	Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland
RAF Station Derby	Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby
No 16 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Derby
Reserve Flying School	RAF Derby
RAF Station Desford	Desford Aerodrome, Leicester
No 7 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Desford
RAF Station Elmdon	Elmdon, nr Birmingham
No 14 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Elmdon
RAF Station Perth	Municipal Aerodrome, Perth.
No 11 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Perth
No 5 (E) Flying Instructors School	RAF Perth
No 24 Elementary Flying Training School	RAF Sealand
No 28 Elementary Flying Training School	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
No 3 Pilots Pool	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

No 54 (Training) Group

HQ - RAF Sunningdale, Berkshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Torquay	Torre Abby, Torquay, Devon
No 1 Initial Training Wing	Northcliffe Hotel, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon
No 2 Initial Training Wing	Jesus College, Cambridge
No 3 Initial Training Wing	St James Hotel, Victoria Parade, Torquay, Devon
No 4 Initial Training Wing	Esplanade Hotel, Paignton, Devon
No 5 Initial Training Wing	The Metropole Hotel, Belgrave Road, Torquay, Devon
No 6 Initial Training Wing	Queen's Hotel, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire
No 7 Initial Training Wing	Bellavista Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall
No 8 Initial Training Wing	Trebarwith Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall
No 9 Initial Training Wing	Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
No 10 Initial Training Wing	Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
No 11 Initial Training Wing	Prince of Wales Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
No 12 Initial Training Wing	The New Golf Club, St Andrews, Fife
No 13 Initial Training Wing	Grand Hotel, Torquay, Devon
No 14 Initial Training Wing	RAF Bridlington
No 17 Initial Training Wing	Belvedere House, Esplanade, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Air Crew Disposal Wing	Abbots Hotel, Regency Square, Brighton
Air Crew Receiving Centre	Abbey Lodge, Hanover Gate, Regents Park, London NW8
Air Crew Despatch Centre	Heaton Park, Manchester
No 1 Elementary Air Navigation School	Sandhurst Hotel, Eastbourne, Sussex
No 3 Personnel Reception Centre	Somerset House, Bath Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire
No 7 Personnel Reception Centre	Spa Hotel, Harrogate, West Yorkshire

Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List

County names used are those in use at the time

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