List of Air Training Corps squadrons

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The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Air Cadet Organization of the Royal Air Force. The ATC is largely composed of individual units known as squadrons. These squadrons are organised into several different Wings, which in turn are organised into several different Regions. Together the Regions make up the Corps.

Contents 1 Founder Squadrons and Detached Flights 2 Central and East Region 2.1 Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire 2.2 Hertfordshire & Bucks 2.3 Norfolk & Suffolk 2.4 South & East Midlands 2.5 Trent 2.6 Warwickshire & Birmingham 3 North Region 3.1 Central & East Yorkshire 3.2 Cumbria & North Lancs 3.3 Durham & Northumberland 3.4 East Cheshire & South Manchester 3.5 East Lancashire 3.6 South & West Yorkshire 4 South West Region 4.1 Bristol & Gloucestershire 4.2 Devon & Somerset 4.3 Dorset & Wiltshire 4.4 Hampshire & Isle of Wight 4.5 Plymouth & Cornwall 4.6 Thames Valley 5 Scotland & Northern Ireland Region 5.1 Aberdeen 5.2 Dundee & Central Scotland 5.3 Edinburgh & South Scotland 5.4 Glasgow & West Scotland 5.5 Highland 6 Wales & West Region 6.1 Staffordshire 6.2 Merseyside 6.3 West Mercian 6.4 Number 1 Welsh 6.5 Number 2 Welsh 6.6 Number 3 Welsh 7 London & South East Region 7.1 Essex 7.2 Kent 7.3 London 7.4 Middlesex 7.5 Surrey 7.6 Sussex 8 External links

Founder Squadrons and Detached Flights

The first 50 squadrons formed have their squadron numbers followed by an F to show they are "founder" squadrons (eg No 42F (King's Lynn) Squadron). Only 30 are still in existence, as the other 20 have disbanded over time.

In towns not large enough to sustain a squadron of 30 cadets, or as a supplement to an existing squadron in a larger town or city, a Detached Flight may be formed. This operates much like any other unit, but is technically a component part of a nearby larger squadron. There are approximately 48 Detached Flights currently in being. They have their squadron numbers followed by the letters "DF" to show they are a detached flight.

Central and East Region

Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire

Hertfordshire & Bucks

Norfolk & Suffolk

South & East Midlands

Trent

• 384 (Mansfield)
• 1260 (Newark & District)
• 331 (Chesterfield)
• 2326 (Clay Cross)
• 47F (Grantham)

Warwickshire & Birmingham

North Region

Central & East Yorkshire

Cumbria & North Lancs

Durham & Northumberland

• 733 (Newcastle Airport)
• 111 (Sunderland)
• 473 (Hartlepool)
• 1407 (Netwon Aycliffe)
• 1932 (Blackhall)
• 1027 (Jarrow)
• 324 (South Shields)

East Cheshire & South Manchester

• 201 (Macclesfield)
• 236 (Bollington)
• 1804 (Four Heatons)
• 2137 (Lymm)
• 2517 (Buxton)

East Lancashire

South & West Yorkshire

• 23 (South Elmsall)
• 44F (City of Bradford)
• 103 (Doncaster)
• 148 (Barnsley)
• 127 (Wakefield)
• 264 (Skipton)
• 1224 (Wharfedale)
• 1325 (Dinnington)
• 2168 (Yeadon)
• 2388 (Castleford)
• 2458 (Shipley & Baildon)

South West Region

Bristol & Gloucestershire

Devon & Somerset

Dorset & Wiltshire

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Plymouth & Cornwall

Thames Valley

Scotland & Northern Ireland Region

Aberdeen

Dundee & Central Scotland

Edinburgh & South Scotland

Glasgow & West Scotland

Highland

Wales & West Region

Staffordshire

Merseyside

West Mercian

• 216 (Redditch)
• 1119 (Shrewsbury)
• 1 Overseas (Akrotiri)

Number 1 Welsh

Number 2 Welsh

Number 3 Welsh

London & South East Region

Essex

Kent

London

Middlesex

Surrey

Sussex

External links

• ATC Squadron Finder - a searchable list of all ATC Squadrons by location and postcode providing Squadron and Wing contact details.
• Air Training Corps at the Open Directory Project