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Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Transport Command was a Royal Air Force command that controlled all transport aircraft of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming
RAF_Transport_Command
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Ferry Command was the secretive Royal Air Force command formed on 20 July 1941 to ferry urgently needed aircraft from their place of manufacture in
RAF_Ferry_Command
Former RAF station in Wiltshire, England
THIS AIRFIELD IN 1944-5 DOUGLAS DAKOTAS FROM 48 AND 271 SQUADRONS RAF TRANSPORT COMMAND CARRIED THE 1ST AND 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISIONS UNITS OF THE AIR DESPATCH
RAF_Down_Ampney
Former Royal Air Force station
Oxfordshire, and within 2 miles of RAF Brize Norton. It opened on 15 November 1943, operating under RAF Transport Command, and closed on 31 March 1947. It
RAF_Broadwell
Royal Air Force main operating base in Oxfordshire, England
in the photographic reconnaissance role. Benson operated under RAF Transport Command throughout the 1950s and 1960s. During the 1970s, various communications
RAF_Benson
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was founded in 1936, when the RAF was restructured into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal
RAF_Coastal_Command
Group command element of the Royal Air Force
No. 46 Group RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force. No. 46 Group was formed on 17 January 1944 within RAF Transport Command. The Headquarters was at
No._46_Group_RAF
Former Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England
Flying Corps. Transport Command was renamed Air Support Command on 1 August 1967. With the contraction of the RAF, Air Support Command only lasted a short
RAF_Upavon
Royal Air Force group, originally formed in the First World War
up to the Second World War, mostly part of RAF Bomber Command, but ending its days in RAF Transport Command. No. 4 Group was originally formed in October
No._4_Group_RAF
Royal Air Force station in England
and that Brize Norton would be returned to the RAF. With RAF Lyneham, the home of RAF Transport Command's Bristol Britannia and De Havilland Comet fleets
RAF_Brize_Norton
Royal Air Force air combat support station in Suffolk, England
Ministry. RAF Honington was then used by RAF Transport Command. The station provided support the Berlin Airlift and was transferred to RAF Bomber Command in
RAF_Honington
Former Royal Air Force station in Pembrokeshire, Wales
the community of Solva. It opened in the late summer of 1943, for RAF Coastal Command. The station was put into a care and maintenance status in November
RAF_St_Davids
Former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England
War RAF Abingdon became part of RAF Transport Command, and also became the home of No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF which is now stationed at RAF Brize
RAF_Abingdon
Former military airbase in Cambridgeshire, England
2 Group, RAF Bomber Command. The outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 saw the two squadrons transfer to 6 Group and move to RAF Bicester
RAF_Bassingbourn
Former Royal Air Force station in the Maldives
Middle East and Far East fell to RAF Gan. It was extensively used as a staging post by bombers, fighters, and transports, on their way to Singapore and
RAF_Gan
Royal Air Force station in Greater London, England
airspace in support of bomber operations. On 25 March, RAF Ferry Command became RAF Transport Command and thereafter used Northolt as a London base for the
RAF_Northolt
Former RAF airfield in Wiltshire, England
in 1944 and was home for transport aircraft of No. 46 Group RAF Transport Command. In 1948 the airfield was a satellite of RAF South Cerney, and was used
RAF_Blakehill_Farm
Military unit
unit in RAF Coastal Command; and from June 1945 as a transport unit in RAF Transport Command. 304 Squadron was created on 23 August 1940 at RAF Bramcote
No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron
No._304_Polish_Bomber_Squadron
Former command of the Royal Air Force
Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations: No. 1 Group RAF and No. 2 Group RAF. The last Commander-in-Chief
RAF_Strike_Command
Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) would be based in the UK. Bases had already been established in East Anglia, at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, but they
RAF_Fairford
Former command of the Royal Air Force
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It operated
RAF_Fighter_Command
Former Royal Air Force station in Leicestershire, England
the main role was training: bomber pilots until 1944, then, with RAF Transport Command, Douglas Dakota pilots. It also operated Hampdens in the training
RAF_Wymeswold
Former Royal Air Force station in England
No. 107 (Transport) Operational Training Unit RAF No. 216 Maintenance Unit RAF (MU) No. 255 MU No. 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit RAF On 10 August
RAF_Leicester_East
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1902–1988)
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command from 1955 to 1959. McKee joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1927. He served in pilot roles in
Andrew_McKee_(RAF_officer)
Former Royal Air Force station in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Coastal Command, Transport Command and Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force. RAF Talbenny opened as a No. 19 Group RAF, RAF Coastal Command station
RAF_Talbenny
British multi-purpose twin-engined military aircraft of the Second World War
Force (RAF). Barely a dozen aircraft were built as bombers. The type was used by RAF Transport Command as a transport, and by RAF Coastal Command as an
Vickers_Warwick
Consolidated Liberator II aircraft variant
RAF (Senior Air Staff Officer) RAF Transport Command. Commando was the second of 139 VLR (Very Long Range) Liberator II aircraft delivered to the RAF
Commando_(aircraft)
British troop-carrier and freight transport aircraft
a transport derivative of the famed Avro Lancaster bomber. RAF Transport Command operated the Hastings as the RAF's standard long-range transport; as
Handley_Page_Hastings
sense meant units of light transport/liaison aircraft, very frequently supporting a command headquarters. To allow rapid transport of air officers, staff
List of Royal Air Force Communication units
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Communication_units
Airport in South London, England, 1920–1959
airport was named RAF Croydon as its role changed to that of a fighter airfield during the Battle of Britain; and in 1943 RAF Transport Command was founded
Croydon_Airport
Former Royal Air Force airfield in Cumbria, England
flying. Transport Command In August 1944 the station came under the command of RAF Transport Command with Douglas Dakotas of No. 109 (Transport) Operational
RAF_Crosby-on-Eden
Former Royal Air Force station in England
Consolidated Liberators and Douglas Dakotas from RAF Transport Command flew from RAF Waterbeach. RAF Fighter Command took over the base on 1 March 1950 and used
RAF_Waterbeach
Former Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England
when they were disbanded. Like many stations, RAF Ossington was transferred to RAF Transport Command where pilots were trained to fly Avro Lancasters
RAF_Ossington
with RAF units. * = RAAF/RCAF unit that was not under RAF operational control. Transport Command RAF applied the following three letter call-signs to its
List_of_RAF_squadron_codes
Former RAF base in Leicestershire, England
originally intended for aircraft maintenance but was taken over by RAF Transport Command. Many types of aircraft were flown from the airfield, including
RAF_Melton_Mowbray
Former Royal Air Force station in Somerset, England
numbers than when the 441st TCG was in residence. No. 238 Squadron of RAF Transport Command re-formed there with the type during the winter of 1944–45 and,
RAF_Merryfield
Former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England
station was renamed to RAF Blackbushe on 18 November 1944 and it became an airfield for the Douglas Dakotas of RAF Transport Command during the 1948 airlift
RAF_Blackbushe
Squadron RAF (Transport Command) No. 233 Squadron RAF (Coastal Command) No. 243 Squadron RAF (Far East) No. 246 Squadron RAF (Transport Command) No. 321
List of Consolidated B-24 Liberator operators
List_of_Consolidated_B-24_Liberator_operators
Royal Air Force bomber aircraft of WWII
1939, and entered service with the RAF on 13 November 1940. It quickly became a major component of Bomber Command, performing strategic bombing missions
Handley_Page_Halifax
Former Royal Air Force station in South Ayrshire, Scotland (1936–2013)
airfield. RAF Ferry Command was formed on 20 July 1941 to take control of North Atlantic ferry flights but became part RAF Transport Command on 25 March
RAF_Prestwick
British flying ace (1919–2001)
liaison officer to the 70th Fighter Wing. In October 1944 he joined RAF Transport Command in the Far East. At the end of the war Bartley's combat total included
Tony_Bartley
Former command of the Royal Air Force
Bomber Command, Royal Air Force controlled the Royal Air Force's (RAF) bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it
RAF_Bomber_Command
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
transferred to RAF Transport Command and 575 Squadron moved in with the Douglas Dakota. The squadron only stayed for a few months operating transport flight to
RAF_Melbourne
Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England
100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). During the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command used the station for operational combat missions until 1945. Placed
RAF_Mildenhall
Military unit
Royal Air Force Far East Air Force, more simply known as RAF Far East Air Force, was the Command that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the east
Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)
Far_East_Air_Force_(Royal_Air_Force)
Royal Air Force station in England
under the command of the 420th Munitions Squadron, and comes under the command of the 501st Combat Support Wing, with headquarters at RAF Fairford, which
RAF_Welford
Former command of the Royal Air Force
change of emphasis of the Command from solely transporting materials and manpower around the world to providing general support to RAF operations around the
RAF_Air_Support_Command
Former Royal Air Force station in Warwickshire, England
Unit RAF (February 1941) No. 17 Air Crew Holding Unit No. 42 Gliding School RAF (January 1947 - November 1949) No. 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF (August
RAF_Bramcote
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1900–1977)
Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command from 1952 to 1954. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham
Charles_Guest
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
transferred to 301 Wing, RAF Transport Command. It too flew transport flights to Ruzyně Airport, the first being on 30 July from RAF Manston in Kent, where
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
No._311_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
MoD Defence School of Transport Leconfield or DST Leconfield. Leconfield opened on 3 December 1936 as part of RAF Bomber Command with Handley Page Heyford
RAF_Leconfield
Former command of the Royal Air Force
formed from RAF Inland Area on 1 May 1936 and absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977. From 27 May 1940 to 1 June 1968, Training Command did not
RAF_Training_Command
Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England
increase in air transport operations in the RAF, as opposed to ferrying, Transport Command was formed in March 1943. Lyneham, in No. 46 Group RAF, was its main
RAF_Lyneham
Reconnaissance RAF Brize Norton — Air Transport RAF Benson and RAF Odiham — Support Helicopter Force, operating under Joint Aviation Command Operations are
List of Royal Air Force stations
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations
Heavy lift turboprop freighter
the formation of RAF Strike Command and a reorganisation of transport assets, the RAF decided to retire all of its Belfast transports by the end of 1976
Short_Belfast
Former RAF and later civilian airfield
departed from Bovingdon. During the 1960s, RAF Transport Command (Southern Communication Squadron RAF) operated Anson, Devon, Pembroke and latterly Basset
RAF_Bovingdon
Former Royal Air Force operations group
No. 232 (Transport) Group RAF (232 Gp) was a group of the Royal Air Force, active between 1945 and 1946. No. 232 Group was formed 24 February 1945, in
No._232_Group_RAF
1940 agreement between the US and UK
served as a staging point for trans-Atlantic flights by RAF Transport Command and RAF Ferry Command, BOAC, and Pan-Am and hosted the Bermuda Flying School
Destroyers-for-bases_deal
Military/civilian aerodrome in Kent, England
RAF flew in equipped with Hawker Hurricanes and Manston was put under the command of No. 11 Group Fighter Command. No. 235 and No. 253 Squadron RAF both
RAF_Manston
VIII Bomber Command (VIII BC) was established in England during February 1942. VIII BC was established at RAF Bomber Command Headquarters at RAF Daws Hill
United States Air Force in the United Kingdom
United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom
Royal Air Force station in England, 1944–1946
intended to be a training airfield for 91 Group, a training group of RAF Bomber Command. During construction, the East side of the earthworks of the Iron
RAF_Membury
Former RAF base in Leicestershire, England
Battles and Vickers Wellingtons but the airfield was transferred to RAF Transport Command on 25 June 1943 and was home to No. 105 Operational Training Unit
RAF_Lindley
Former Royal Air Force operations group
Group was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II established on 21 May 1942. The group was renamed No. 216 (Air Transport and Ferry)
No._216_Group_RAF
as a merger of Strike Command, and Personnel and Training Command to administer the majority of operational units within the RAF. Its last commander stepped
Structure of the Royal Air Force
Structure_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
1942 and 1943. The squadron was transferred to the newly formed RAF Transport Command in March 1943, and was re-equipped with Douglas Dakotas from August
No._271_Squadron_RAF
1942 transport aircraft family by Avro
March 1943, RAF Transport Command had been formed, which soon established a clear requirement for the strengthening of Britain's air transport forces; the
Avro_York
English stationer (1913–2008)
The Kennel Club. During World War II, he served as a pilot for RAF Transport Command. He was also a dog show judge and judged several times at Crufts
Leonard_Pagliero
Former RAF station in Moray, Scotland
from RAF Predennack and RAF Tain, carrying out the anti-submarine operations, however it had recently been transferred to RAF Transport Command and whilst
RAF_Milltown
Topics referred to by the same term
armed forces founded 2010 RAF Transport Command, Royal Air Force Military Air Transport Command, French Air Force Military Transport Aviation, Soviet Air Forces
Air Transport Command (disambiguation)
Air_Transport_Command_(disambiguation)
Former Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
again to RAF Transport Command, and continued with its training role. In November 1945, No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit arrived from RAF Riccall
RAF_Dishforth
Group command element of the Royal Air Force
and the HQ moved to RAF Upavon. 295 and 297 Squadrons merged and moved to Fairford. 38 Group became part of RAF Transport Command on 1 June 1945. In 1972
No._38_Group_RAF
Royal Air Force operations group
RAF's front line combat force. Assets under command includes the Strategic and Tactical Air Transport aircraft (including VIP/Communication), the RAF
No._2_Group_RAF
Home Command Examining Unit RAF (1951-59) Transport Command Aircrew Examining Unit RAF (1945-46) became Transport Command Examining Unit RAF Transport Command
List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_&_establishments
was RAF Ferry Command (before mid-1941 known as RAF Atlantic Ferry Service and after March 1943 No. 45 (North Atlantic) Group within RAF Transport Command)
North Atlantic air ferry route in World War II
North_Atlantic_air_ferry_route_in_World_War_II
United Kingdom principal VIP aircraft, operated by the Royal Air Force
It is the primary transport aeroplane for the British royal family, the Prime Minister, and British government ministers. The RAF operates a number of
Royal Air Force Voyager Vespina
Royal_Air_Force_Voyager_Vespina
in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made
List of Royal Air Force commands
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands
Royal Air Force flying squadron
Envoy IV CC1 in the Command Support Air Transport role, transporting VIPs and carrying out general air transport roles. It is based at RAF Northolt in Greater
No._32_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force operations group
Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay
No._1_Group_RAF
with RAF Transport Command and the RCAF, respectively. An officer of the BVE, Richard Gorham, transferred to the Royal Artillery, attaching to the RAF as
Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–1945)
Royal_Air_Force,_Bermuda_(1939–1945)
Former airfield in Wiltshire, England
C-130 Hercules to the RAF Air Support Command, the front-line transport role was relinquished. The Hercules were based at RAF Lyneham, also in Wiltshire
RAF_Colerne
aircraft ordered specifically for transport of the royal family, two Westland Wapitis, were delivered to No. 24 Squadron at RAF Northolt in April 1928. Although
Air transport of the British royal family and government
Air_transport_of_the_British_royal_family_and_government
Royal Air Force Air-Vice Marshal (1910-1987)
officer commanding, RAF Kirmington from October 1943. After the war he became Head of Flying Control, Headquarters RAF Transport Command in July 1945, Director
Henry_Graham_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1897-1988)
Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Transport Command in 1952. Blucke was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion the Dorsetshire
Robert_Blucke
Airport near London, England
Biggin Hill was also used by RAF Balloon Command. After the war, Biggin Hill was briefly used by RAF Transport Command, and then became a base for both
London_Biggin_Hill_Airport
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1892–1944)
replaced Dowding as head of RAF Fighter Command. In 1942, Leigh-Mallory became Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of Fighter Command before being selected in 1943
Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1880-1960)
Commanding Ferry Command, then Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Transport Command in 1943 before retiring in 1945. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation
Frederick_Bowhill
Airfield in Devon, England
the RAF used the airfield from August 1945 to April 1946 for ferrying aircraft to the Middle East by No. 16 Ferry Unit RAF, RAF Transport Command. After
Dunkeswell_Aerodrome
British Army officer (1896–1965)
Commander-in-Chief RAF Bomber Command, in particular, felt that the 1st Airborne Division was not worth the drain on Bomber Command's resources. In July
Frederick_Browning
Royal Air Force base in Yorkshire, England
to RAF Broadwell on at the end of August 1945. RAF Full Sutton was switched to RAF Transport Command being used by a flight of No. 231 Squadron RAF between
RAF_Full_Sutton
Patrol bomber in the US Navy
the Coronados supplied to the RAF under Lend-Lease were outfitted purely as transports, serving with RAF Transport Command. These ten flying boats were
Consolidated_PB2Y_Coronado
Airport in Leicestershire, England
Training Unit, later renamed 1382 Transport Conversion Unit, training RAF Transport Command crews on the Douglas Dakota. The airfield closed and the air force
East_Midlands_Airport
Transport Elements of the Royal Army Pay Corps 18 Panavia Tornado F.3s No. 5 Squadron RAF No. 11 Squadron RAF No. 23 Squadron RAF No. 25 Squadron RAF
Operation Granby order of battle
Operation_Granby_order_of_battle
Crash that killed General Władysław Sikorski
was purchased and converted by the RAF for use as a transport and operated by No. 511 Squadron of RAF Transport Command on long-range flights between the
1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash
1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash
Airport in White Waltham, Berkshire, England
Fairey and Westland aircraft companies. In the mid-1950s it was HQ of RAF Home Command. It is now privately owned and is the home of the West London Aero
White_Waltham_Airfield
Military unit
RAF India, later called Air Forces in India (1938–47) was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active from 1918 until Indian independence and
RAF_India
Airport in Ontario, Canada
December 1944 with the closure of No. 4 Air Observer School. The RAF Transport Command, No. 45 Group established the Mosquito Preparation and Despatching
London_International_Airport
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
observation, bombing, transport and aerial refuelling. It currently flies the Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3 in the transport/tanker role from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
No._10_Squadron_RAF
Flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
airfield to operate as land planes, and RAF Transport Command moved its operations there, leaving RAF Ferry Command at Darrell's Island. The time it was
Transatlantic_flight
British coachbuilder and bus manufacturer
special coach bodies for British Overseas Airways Corporation and the RAF Transport Command. Park Royal Vehicles Limited was incorporated as a public limited
Park_Royal_Vehicles
Former Royal Air Force flying station in Nottinghamshire, England
1945, Winthorpe was under the control of the RAF Transport Command, and soon became a satellite station of RAF Syerston of No. 4 Group where they operated
RAF_Winthorpe
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