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Air Defence of Great Britain - July 1930

Wessex Bombing Area

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Station HQ	RAF Andover, Oxfordshire	Wg Cdr W B Hargrave
No 12 Sqn	RAF Andover	Sqn Ldr F H M Maynard
No 101 Sqn	RAF Andover	Sqn Ldr F H Coleman
RAF Staff College	Andover	AVM E R Ludlow-Hewitt
Station Flt	RAF Andover	Flt Lt J Harston
No 100 Sqn	RAF Bicester	Sqn Ldr W B Farrington
Station HQ	RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk	Wg Cdr R Leckie
No 35 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Sqn Ldr B E Harrison
No 207 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Sqn Ldr E A Beaulah
No 33 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Sqn Ldr J J Breen
No 9 Sqn	RAF Manston	Wg Cdr W V Strugnell
Station HQ	RAF Upper Heyford	Gp Capt C E H Rathborne
No 10 Sqn	RAF Upper Heyford	Wg Cdr A T Whitelock
No 99 Sqn	RAF Upper Heyford	Wg Cdr H G Smart
Station Flt	RAF Upper Heyford	Flt Lt F J W Mellersh
Station HQ	RAF Worthy Down	Gp Capt C H K Edmonds
No 7 Sqn	RAF Worthy Down	Wg Cdr C W H Pulford
No 58 Sqn	RAF Worthy Down	Wg Cdr E W Norton
Oxford University Air Sqn	Oxford	Wg Cdr A G R Garrod

Fighting Area

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Night Flying Flt	RAF Biggin Hill	Sqn Ldr C B Cooke
Station HQ	RAF Duxford	Wg Cdr F L Robinson
No 19 Sqn	RAF Duxford	Sqn Ldr C R Keary
Station Flt	RAF Duxford	Flt Lt T H French
No 25 Sqn	RAF Hawkinge	Sqn Ldr R S Aitken
Station HQ	RAF Hornchurch	Wg Cdr E R Manning
No 54 Sqn	RAF Hornchurch	Sqn Ldr W E G Bryant
No 111 Sqn	RAF Hornchurch	Sqn Ldr L H Slatter
Station HQ	RAF Kenley	Wg Cdr R Graham
No 23 Sqn	RAF Kenley	Sqn Ldr H W Woollett
No 32 Sqn	RAF Kenley	Sqn Ldr B E Baker
Station HQ	RAF Northolt	Wg Cdr J S T Bradley
No 24 Sqn	RAF Northolt	Sqn Ldr D S Don
No 41 Sqn	RAF Northolt	Sqn Ldr P Huskinson
Station HQ	RAF North Weald	Vacant
No 29 Sqn	RAF North Weald	Sqn Ldr E J D Routh
No 56 Sqn	RAF North Weald	Sqn Ldr A Lees
Station HQ	RAF Tangmere	Wg Cdr J B Graham
No 1 Sqn	RAF Tangmere	Sqn Ldr E O Grenfell
No 43 Sqn	RAF Tangmere	Sqn Ldr C N Lowe
Station HQ	RAF Upavon	Wg Cdr W R Read
No 3 Sqn	RAF Upavon	Sqn Ldr E D Johnson
No 17 Sqn	RAF Upavon	Sqn Ldr R Harrison
Cambridge University Air Sqn	Cambridge	Wg Cdr V S Brown

No 1 Air Defence Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 501 (City of Bristol) Sqn	Filton	Sqn Ldr R S Sugden
No 502 (Ulster) Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Wg Cdr F P Don
No 503 (City of Lincoln) Sqn	RAF Waddington	Wg Cdr H P Lale
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn	Hucknall	Sqn Ldr H I Nanmer
No 600 (City of London) Sqn AAF	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr The Rt Hon F E Guest AAF
No 601 (County of London) Sqn AAF	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr The Rt Hon Sir Philip Sassoon AAF
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn AAF	Renfrew	Sqn Ldr J Fullerton AAF
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn AAF	RAF Turnhouse	Sqn Ldr J McKelvie AAF
No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn AAF	Bromwich	Sqn Ldr J A C Wright AAF
Station HQ	RAF Hendon	Wg Cdt W J Y Guilfoyle
Superintendent, RAF Reserve	RAF Hendon	Wg Cdt W J Y Guilfoyle

The following units were in the process of forming and had not yet been allocated to No 1 Air Defence Group

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn AAF (forming)	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr (Hon Wg Cdr) A S W Dore AAF
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn	Usworth	Flt Lt M Wiblin
No 608 (North Riding) Sqn	Thornaby	Flt Lt C L Falconer

Directly Administered by ADGB HQ

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Inspection of Explosives		Flt A D McDowall RAFO

Source - July 1930 Air Force List

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