Summary
Training Command was the Royal Air Force's command responsible for flying and ground training from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1968 to 1977. Training Command was formed from RAF Inland Area on 1 May 1936 and absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977.[2] From 27 May 1940 to 1 June 1968, Training Command did not exist as its functions were split into Flying Training Command and Technical Training Command.[2]
| RAF Training Command | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 1936–1940 1968–1977 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
| Type | Command |
| Role | Air Training |
| Garrison/HQ | Buntingsdale Hall, Market Drayton (1936-1940) RAF Shinfield Park, Reading (1968-1977) |
| Motto(s) | Terra Caeloque Docemus (Latin: We teach on Land and in the Air)[1] |
On initial formation or from 1936 the Command appears to have directed Nos 20, 21, 23, 24, and No. 26 Group RAF.
No. 23 Group was transferred to Training Command on 1 May 1936. It was then transferred again to Flying Training Command on 27 May 1940. It was reabsorbed into Training Command in 1968.[3] After 1 January 1957, No. 23 Group was responsible for Nos 1 - 5, No. 6 (1957-68), No. 7 (from 1957-60) and No. 8 Flying Training School RAF (from 1957-64); it disbanded at RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 2 May 1975.
Orders of Battle edit
April 1972 edit
- RAF Wyton
- RAF Little Rissington
- RAF Cranwell
- RAF Abbotsinch
- RAF Bicester
- Cambridge Airport
- RAF Church Fenton
- RAF Dyce
- RAF Filton
- RAF Hamble
- RAF Newton
- RAF Ouston
- RAF St Athan
- RAF Shawbury
- RAF Sydenham
- Queens University Air Squadron
- RAF Turnhouse
- RAF White Waltham
- RAF Woodvale
- RAF Manby
No. 38 (Special Tactical Transport) Group - April 1972 edit
- RAF Coningsby
- No. 6 Squadron RAF - Phantom
- No. 54 Squadron RAF - Phantom
- RAF Lyneham
- No. 24 Squadron RAF - Hercules
- No. 30 Squadron RAF - Hercules
- No. 36 Squadron RAF - Hercules
- No. 47 Squadron RAF - Hercules
- No. 48 Squadron RAF - Hercules
- RAF Odiham
- No. 33 Squadron RAF - Puma
- No. 230 Squadron RAF - Puma
- No. 72 Squadron RAF - Wessex
- RAF Thorney Island
- No. 46 Squadron RAF - Andover
- RAF Wittering
- No. 1 Squadron RAF - Harrier
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief edit
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief included:[2]
1936 to 1940 edit
- 1 May 1936 Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett
- 1 July 1939 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
1968 to 1977 edit
- 1 June 1968 Air Marshal Sir John Davis
- 1 April 1969 Air Marshal Sir Leslie Mavor
- 21 December 1972 Air Marshal Sir Neville Stack
- 31 January 1976 Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 230. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
- ^ a b c Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - RAF Home Commands formed between 1936 - 1938 Archived 9 January 2002 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rafweb.org, Groups nos 20 - 29, accessed June 2020.
- ^ a b Delve 1994, p. 90.
- ^ Delve 1994, p. 127.
- Delve, K. (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Further reading edit
- Keith Wilson (15 January 2020). RAF Training Command: A Pictorial History. Chalford: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 1445666006. 96 pages. [1]
- il Flight Magazine 63: 688-689 My 29 '53