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Following these and other losses, in April 1945, concerns were raised in
Parliament about the experience of crews and the maintenance of aircraft within Transport Command. One frequent issue reported was that VIP passengers were said to put pressure on crews to fly in difficult conditions; the Air
246:"In the early days of the North Atlantic route, there was ..at the eastern end ..the Overseas Air Movements Control Unit (OAMCU) which in August 1941 was up-rated to become No 44 Group, thus becoming the second piece of the Transport Command jigsaw. With its Headquarters at Barnwood (near
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as well. Transport
Command was the only RAF command in to which aircrew originating in the Caribbean were not posted due to the fact that they might be required to fly to the United States where racial discrimination was legally entrenched at the time.
250:) in Gloucester, organised the receipt of all aircraft arriving from across the Atlantic, as well as the despatch of those going out to the Mediterranean and the Far East; it also co-ordinated the massive influx of USAAF aircraft and crews under
567:, to maintain contact between the UK and military bases of strategic importance. It also carried out special flights worldwide covering all the continents bar Antarctica. Many varied tasks were undertaken during the 1950s.
439:, a four-engined transport, was introduced during the Berlin Airlift and continued as a mainstay transport aircraft of the RAF for the next 15 years. In 1956, new aircraft designs became available, including the
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Controlled airfields such as
Bramcote (where 105 Operational Training Unit was located), Filton, Hendon, Hurn, Kemble, Llandow, Lyneham, Melton Mowbray, Pershore, Portreath, Prestwick, St Mawgan and Talbenny
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622:. It moved to Transport Command on 25 March 1943 and controlled non-operational aircraft moving to and from the UK to the south or west. It was disbanded on 14 August 1946 and absorbed into No. 46 Group.
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No. 47 (Transport) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1945 at The Hall, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire within
Transport Command. It reabsorbed No. 48 (Transport) Group on 1 April 1946, No. 47 moved to
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Transport Command. It was disbanded into No. 47 Group on 15 May 1946.
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Operating as it did under wartime conditions, Transport
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The 1960s saw a reduction of the RAF and a loss of independence of the former functional commands. Transport
Command was renamed
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tests. In addition, Transport
Command ran scheduled routes to military staging posts and bases in the
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on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the
Britannia on long-range trooping flights.
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No. 44 (Ferry) Group RAF was formed on 15 August 1941 at Eastern Avenue, Barnwood, Gloucester within
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827:. This unit continued the work of the previous unit until it was disbanded on 23 June 1964 at
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Strategic Force which operated the Comets, Britannias, VC-10s and Belfasts. Deliveries of the
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Operation Becher's Brook was a major operation of Transport Command – the ferrying of 400
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was established, but then disbanded on 15 May 1946; and No. 216 Group was transferred to
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Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912
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and several other senior figures in the exile government; a
804:. This unit was disbanded on 8 February 1957 at RAF Benson.
1207:(1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p.
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and was disbanded on 1 April 1964 and was absorbed by the
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1763:. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1996.
1343:"Catalogue description H.Q., 48 Group: Formation"
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1704:Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal No 22
1586:Institution of Electrical Engineers 1978, p. 89.
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485:began in December 1966 and ended in August 1968.
383:March 1945 disappearance over the North Atlantic
346:, which supervised scheduled services to India.
311:HQ at Delhi, India (formed 1943–44); controlled
397:As the Second World War ended, on 7 May 1945,
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660:No. 4 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF
656:No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF
647:No. 2 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF
643:No. 1 Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF
634:No. 1527 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF
547:, and ferried personnel and supplies out to
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295:Controlled airfields such as Blakehill Farm
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1747:. Amberley Publishing Limited, 15/06/2017
1745:RAF Transport Command: A Pictorial History
1658:Kenneth Cross, "Transport Command Today,"
1621:. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd.
1326:"Transport Command (Safety Of Passengers)"
778:Airborne Forces Tactical Development Unit
298:Units included Nos 233, 512 575 Squadrons
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871:Transport Command Communication Squadron
809:Transport Command Aircrew Examining Unit
417:disbanded by being renumbered 46 Group.
375:February 1945 crash in the Mediterranean
218:In June 1944 the Command was made up of
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1129:List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
862:Metropolitan Communication Squadron RAF
786:Air Transport Tactical Development Unit
401:was transferred into the command, from
332:Controlled airfields such as Heliopolis
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2186:Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
1721:Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007).
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222:; No. 44 Group RAF; No. 45 Group RAF;
2109:List of equipment of the RAF Regiment
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802:Transport Command Development Flight
150:A golden griffon in front of a globe
2010:Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
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851:No. 1312 (Transport Support) Flight
678:No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF
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1114:27 January 1967 – Air Marshal Sir
1108:1 December 1963 – Air Marshal Sir
1090:15 October 1955 – Air Marshal Sir
1068:1 January 1952 – Air Vice Marshal
876:Western Communication Squadron RAF
794:Transport Command Development Unit
603:British North Greenland expedition
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844:was formed on 1 February 1953 at
833:Transport Command Examining Staff
411:RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
24:Royal Air Force Transport Command
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2166:Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
1729:, UK: Air-Britain (Historians).
1139:List of Royal Air Force commands
1102:30 April 1962 – Air Marshal Sir
1062:31 March 1950 – Air Marshal Sir
859:was initially 'C' Flight of the
825:Transport Command Examining Unit
813:Aircrew Testing and Grading Unit
798:Air Transport Development Flight
503:and fixed wing aircraft such as
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985:Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
869:. At some point it became the
626:April 1942 - HQ at Gloucester
543:; moved essential supplies to
96:Controlling transport aircraft
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367:July 1943 crash at Gibraltar
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335:Units included No. 284 Wing
270:Atlantic Ferry Organization
46:25 March 1943–1 August 1967
36:RAF Transport Command badge
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1886:Operational Training units
1698:Canadian Historical Review
1619:The Source Book of the RAF
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513:Hawker Siddeley Andovers
212:Army Cooperation Command
123:("I Strike by Carrying")
2181:Air Member for Materiel
1709:Stephens, Tony (2000).
1676:Flying units of the RAF
1601:11 January 2011 at the
1423:10 October 2008 at the
1203:A dictionary of mottoes
1134:Royal Air Force station
970:Lockheed C-130 Hercules
965:Hawker Siddeley Andover
669:Ferry Training Unit RAF
466:was re-formed again at
443:(the first operational
268:in Canada, (the former
179:RAF Air Support Command
1636:Jefford, C.G. (1988).
413:. On 1 November 1949,
279:No. 113 Wing at Nassau
276:No. 112 Wing at Dorval
198:, it at first ferried
2071:RAF Volunteer Reserve
1284:, accessed June 2020.
960:Handley Page Hastings
458:was introduced, with
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291:- HQ at Harrow Weald
160:RAF Transport Command
2104:List of RAF missiles
2087:List of RAF aircraft
2005:RAF Medical Services
1990:RAF Chaplains Branch
1389:4 April 2004 at the
944:No. 216 Squadron RAF
923:No. 511 Squadron RAF
523:prior and after the
464:No. 511 Squadron RAF
349:On 17 February 1945
169:that controlled all
2265:RAF Benevolent Fund
2200:symbols and uniform
1833:Ministry of Defence
1783:"Transport Command"
1199:Pine, L.G. (1983).
1046:15 February 1945 –
1027:Commanders-in-Chief
811:was previously the
782:RAF Tarrant Rushton
687:No. 1445 Flight RAF
572:Air Support Command
483:No. 10 Squadron RAF
460:No. 99 Squadron RAF
242:- HQ at Gloucester
2245:Air Training Corps
2161:Chief of Air Staff
2025:RAF Music Services
1577:Jones 2010, p. 68.
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1010:Westland Dragonfly
950:de Havilland Devon
940:de Havilland Comet
909:Blackburn Beverley
497:Westland Whirlwind
452:Blackburn Beverley
441:de Havilland Comet
424:disbanded, now in
171:transport aircraft
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2020:RAF ground trades
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1038:Air Chief Marshal
975:Percival Pembroke
919:Bristol Britannia
914:Bristol Belvedere
887:Aircraft operated
620:RAF Ferry Command
541:Malayan Emergency
493:Bristol Belvedere
456:Bristol Britannia
422:No. 232 Group RAF
357:on 15 July 1946.
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303:No. 216 Group RAF
228:No. 216 Group RAF
175:RAF Ferry Command
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756:No. 341 Wing RAF
753:No. 284 Wing RAF
750:No. 283 Wing RAF
747:No. 282 Wing RAF
744:No. 177 Wing RAF
741:No. 118 Wing RAF
738:No. 117 Wing RAF
735:No. 116 Wing RAF
732:No. 115 Wing RAF
729:No. 111 Wing RAF
726:No. 110 Wing RAF
723:No. 109 Wing RAF
720:No. 108 Wing RAF
717:No. 107 Wing RAF
549:Christmas Island
415:No. 47 Group RAF
407:No. 48 Group RAF
379:Yalta Conference
371:General Sikorski
351:No. 87 Group RAF
340:No. 116 Wing RAF
318:No. 114 Wing RAF
288:No. 46 Group RAF
262:No. 45 Group RAF
252:Operation Bolero
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