RAF Training Command
RAF Training Command | |
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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) Shinfield Park, Reading (1968-1977) |
Motto(s) | Terra Caeloque Docemus (Latin: We teach on Land and in the Air)[1] |
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 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]
On initial formation or from 1936 the Command appears to have directed , 21, 23, , and .
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.
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief[]
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief included:[2]
1936 to 1940[]
- 1 May 1936 Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett
- 1 July 1939 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
1968 to 1977[]
- 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[]
References[]
- ^ 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.
Further reading[]
- Training units and formations of the Royal Air Force
- Royal Air Force commands
- Military units and formations established in 1936
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1977
- Royal Air Force stubs