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This is a website for RAF personnel who were stationed at HQFTC, RAF Shinfield Park (SP), at any time.

Andre Francis originally set the site up, currently maintains it and acts as Webmaster.

If you were stationed at Shinfield Park at any time in your RAF career and would like to contribute anything (no matter how small), please contact the Webmaster. Anything you send, or any information you give, will not be posted without your express permission.

RAF Shinfield Park and HQFTC as they originally existed were part of a significant period in the history of the RAF and this site will be kept as a permanent memorial to those who served there. The Webmaster will endeavour to have the site hosted in perpetuity.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the camp’s closure in 1968, there was an initial reunion held in 2008 organised with a lot of effort by Jan Dallard. This proved to be successful and further (consecutive) reunions have followed annually. Ex RAF personnel attending were originally stationed at SP in the 40s, 50s and 60s.

The reunion which marked the 50-year anniversary of the camp closure was held on Saturday, April 14th, 2018 at the Black Boy (RG2 9BP) at 12.00pm with accommodation and dinner at the Holiday Inn, South Reading. All reunion details are here.

Reunions were on hold for 2020-2022 due to the Covid pandemic and we have not been able to organise another as yet. Possibly try again in April 2024.

The information held on this site has been specifically uploaded by permission of the ex HQFTC RAF Shinfield Park personnel themselves and others involved.

However, if you need further information on anyone that may have served at SP or family members that have a service history generally, click the link below to websites with a variety of sources available that give access to official military records.

RAF and other official military records and support websites