RAF Technical Training Command
The RAF Technical Training Command was the command for technical training of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1940 and 1968 and was therefore particularly responsible for aircraft maintenance training and other non-aviation training units.
history
The RAF Technical Training Command was formed on May 27, 1940 from the parts of the RAF Training Command that were responsible for aircraft maintenance training and other non-aviation training. The other parts of the RAF Training Command then formed the RAF Flying Training Command .
Initially, the headquarters of the command was at the RAF Shinfield Park military airfield , before it was moved to the RAF Brampton Air Force Base in 1945. In the mid-1950s, the command consisted on the one hand of educational institutions such as the RAF Technical College on the air force bases RAF Henlow and RAF Debden, the No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF on RAF Halton, the No. 2 School of Technical Training RAF , the No. 1 School of Radio on RAF Locking, on the other hand from the flying units No. 22 Group RAF , No. 24 Group RAF and No. 27 Group RAF .
On May 1, 1968, the RAF Technical Training Command and the RAF Flying Training Command were reunited to form the RAF Training Command .
Commander
The RAF Technical Training Command was subordinate to a Lieutenant General ( Air Marshal ) as Commanding General AOC-in-C ( Air Officer Commander-in-Chief ) according to today's NATO rank code OF-8 .
| Start of term of office | Rank | Official |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1940 | Air Marshal | William Lawrie Welsh |
| July 7, 1941 | Air Marshal | John Tremayne Babington |
| June 1, 1943 | Air Marshal | Arthur Barratt |
| October 29, 1945 | Air Marshal | Ralph Sorley |
| July 12, 1948 | Air Marshal | John Whitworth-Jones |
| July 1, 1952 | Air Marshal | Victor Groom |
| September 15, 1955 | Air Marshal | George Beamish |
| January 10, 1958 | Air Marshal | Arthur McDonald |
| September 29, 1959 | Air Marshal | Wallace Kyle |
| February 12, 1962 | Air Marshal | Alfred Earle |
| January 15, 1964 | Air Marshal | Donald Randell Evans |
| May 18, 1966 | Air Marshal | William Coles |
| May 1, 1968 | Resolution of the command |
Web links
- RAF Home Commands formed between 1958 - 2002 on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization
Individual evidence
- ↑ THE WORLD'S AIR FORCES… . In: Flight International, May 13, 1955