Flying Training Command

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Flying Training Command - March 1947

Command HQ - RAF Shinfield Park, Reading, Berkshire

Units administered directly by Command HQ

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Central Examination Board	Wantage Hall, Reading
RAF Station Cranwell
RAF College	RAF Cranwell
No 19 Service Flying Training School	RAF Cranwell
Supplies Depot	RAF Cranwell
RAF Station Wellingore		Satellite airfield (Cranwell)
Equipment and Secretarial Wing, RAF College	RAF Digby	Station in TTC

No 21 (Training) Group

HQ - St Vincent's, Grantham, Lincolnshire

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Eastchurch
C & M Party	RAF Eastchurch
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsay
No 7 Service Flying Training School	RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay
No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay
RAF Station Hibaldstow		Satellite airfield (Kirton-in-Lindsay)
RAF Station Market Harborough
C & M Party	RAF Market Harborough
RAF Station Moreton-in-the-Marsh
No 21 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit	RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh
RAF Station North Luffenham
No 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit	RAF North Luffenham
RAF Station Ouston
No 22 Service Flying Training School	RAF Ouston
RAF Station Spittlegate	Grantham, Lincolnshire
No 17 Service Flying Training School	RAF Spittlegate
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford
No 3 Glider Training School	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford
RAF Station Wheaton Aston
C & M Party	RAF Wheaton Aston
RAF Station Perton		Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston)
RAF Station Seighford		Satellite airfield (Wheaton Aston)
RAF Station Worksop
RAF Central Vision Training School	RAF Worksop

No 23 (Training) Group

HQ - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Unit Location/Address Notes

Air Crew Classification Centre RAF Bridgnorth Station in TTC

Personnel Selection Training School RAF Bridgnorth

RAF Station Church Lawford

No 20 Flying Training School RAF Church Lawford Anson/Harvard

RAF Station Bitteswell Satellite airfield (Church Lawford)

RAF Station Elsham Wold

C & M Party RAF Elsham Wold

RAF Station Feltwell

No 3 Service Flying Training School RAF Feltwell

RAF Station Methwold Satellite airfield (Feltwell)

RAF Station Hullavington Stanton St Quinton, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Empire Flying School RAF Hullavington

EFS Handling Sqn RAF Hullavington

RAF Station Little Rissington Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Central Flying School RAF Little Rissington

No 1537 (BAT) Flight RAF Little Rissington

RAF Station Enstone Satellite airfield (Little Rissington)

RAF Station North Coates

No 1 Initial Training School RAF North Coates

Air Crew Despatch Centre RAF North Coates

RAF Station South Cerney

Air Crew Allocation Unit RAF South Cerney

Command Flying Instructors' School RAF South Cerney

Central Link Trainer School RAF South Cerney

RAF Station Blakehill Farm Satellite airfield (South Cerney)

RAF Station Ternhill Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire

No 6 Service Flying Training School RAF Ternhill

RAF Station Sleap Satellite airfield (Ternhill)

RAF Station Chetwynd Satellite airfield (Ternhill)

No 25 (Armament) Group

HQ - Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Unit Location/Address Notes

RAF Station Bishops Court

No 7 Air Navigation School RAF Bishops Court

RAF Station Driffield

No 10 Air Navigation School RAF Driffield

RAF Station Jurby Jurby, Ramsey, Isle of Man

No 11 Air Navigation School RAF Jurby

Initial Air Navigation School RAF Jurby

RAF Station Leconfield

Central Gunnery School RAF Leconfield

RAF Station Manby Manby, Louth, Lincolnshire

Empire Air Armament School RAF Manby

RAF Station Shawbury

Empire Air Navigation School RAF Shawbury

RAF Station Topcliffe

No 5 Air Navigation School RAF Topcliffe

RAF Station Valley

No 10 Air Gunners' School (C & M) RAF Valley

No 50 (Training) Group

HQ - Silvesters, Berkeley Avenue, Reading

Unit Location/Address Notes

RAF Station Booker

No 21 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Booker

RAF Station Cambridge

No 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Cambridge

RAF Station Carlisle Kingstown Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland

No 15 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Carlisle

RAF Station Clyffe Pypard

No 29 Elementary Flying Training School Clyffe Pypard

RAF Station Derby Burnaston Aerodrome, Derby

No 16 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Derby

RAF Station Desford Desford Aerodrome, Leicester

No 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Desford

RAF Station Fair Oaks

No 18 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Fairoaks

RAF Station Winkfield Satellite airfield (Fair Oaks)

RAF Station Panshanger

No 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Panshanger

Rochester (Ministry of Supply)

No 24 Elementary Flying Training School Rochester

RAF Station Shellingford

No 3 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Shellingford

RAF Station Kelmscott Satellite airfield (Shellingford)

RAF Station Sywell

No 6 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Sywell

RAF Station Watchfield

School of Flying Control RAF Watchfield

Airfield Controllers School RAF Watchfield

RAF Station Wolverhampton

No 28 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Wolverhampton

Pupil Pilots School RAF Wolverhampton

Command Communication Flight RAF Woodley Station in Reserve Command

RAF Station Waltham St Lawrence Satellite airfield (Woodley)

No 2 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Yatesbury Station in TTC

RAF Station Manningford Satellite airfield (Yatesbury)

Source - SD161 (78th Edition) - March 1947

County names used are those in use at the time

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