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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Maintenance Command - July 1941
[No 53 Wing | No 40 Group | No 41 Group | No 42 Group | No 43 Group]
Command HQ - Andover, Hampshire
HQ - 81 Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire
| Station | Location/Address | Notes |
| Cardiff (Station in Army Co-operation Command) | No 52 Maintenance Unit | Packing Depot |
| Dumfries (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 57 Maintenance Unit | Packing Depot |
| Glasgow | No 3 Packed Aircraft Transit Pool | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Lichfield (Station in Bomber Command) | No 82 Maintenance Unit | Packing Depot |
| Sealand (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 47 Maintenance Unit | Packing Depot |
| Southport (Accounting Station - No 30 MU, Sealand) | No 1 Packed Aircraft Transit Pool | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Wroughton | No 76 Maintenance Unit | Packing Depot |
HQ - RAF Andover. Hampshire
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Cambridge | No 2 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| RAF Carlisle | No 14 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Cuckney | No 66 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Dispersal Depot |
| Darlington | No 1 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Derby | No 99 Maintenance Unit | MT Reception Depot |
| Dumbarton. | No 62 Maintenance Unit | Marine Craft Storage |
| Dumfries (Station in Flying Training Command) | 'H' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Glasgow | No 6 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Glossop | 'R' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Hammersmith | 'B' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Handforth | No 61 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Worcestershire | No 25 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Heywood, Lancashire | No 35 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Holywood, Northern Ireland | No 55 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Hull | No 7 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Ightham | No 3 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Inverness | No 79 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Kidbrooke | 'M' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Liverpool | No 5 MT Company | Dock Clearance, Merseyside Area |
| London (St John's Wood) | No 4 MT Company | Operational Control - DDE 9 |
| Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire | No 3 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Newport - Alexandra South Dock | 'E' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Nottingham | 'S' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Norwich | 'G' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Perth | No 17 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Quedgeley, Gloucestershire | No 7 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Ruislip | 'P' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Salcey Forest | No 72 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Dispersal Depot |
| Salford | 'L' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Stafford | No 16 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Waddington (Station in Bomber Command) | 'F' Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Wembley, Middlesex | 'A' Sub Unit | Equipment Depot - Under 'B' MU for administration |
| Wembley, Middlesex | 'D' Sub Unit | Equipment Depot - Under 'B' MU for administration |
| Woodcote | No 70 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Dispersal Depot |
HQ - 81 Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| RAF Aldergrove (Station in RAFNI) | No 23 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Aston Down (Station in Fighter Command) | No 20 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Brize Norton (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 6 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| Broughton, Cheshire | No 51 Wing | |
| Burtonwood | No 37 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Colerne | No 39 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Cosford (Station in Technical Training Command) | No 9 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit and Aircraft Packing Section |
| Dowdeswell | No 52 Wing | |
| Dumfries (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 18 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit and Aircraft Packing Section under civil contract with Messrs LEP Transport |
| Dumfries (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 11 SFF | |
| Edzell | No 44 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| Gloucester | Overseas Air Movements Control | Parent Station - RAF Kemble |
| Hamble | No 15 Ferry Pilots Pool | Air Service Training Ltd |
| Hatfield (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 5 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF Hawarden (Station in Fighter Command) | No 48 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Hawarden (Station in Fighter Command) | No 3 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF High Ercall (Station in Fighter Command) | No 29 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Hullavington (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 10 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Hullavington (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 8 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF Kemble | No 5 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Kemble | HQ Service Ferry Pool | |
| Kingston Langley | No 10 SFF | |
| RAF Kinloss (Station in Bomber Command) | No 45 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| Kirkbride, Carlisle, Cumberland | No 12 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Lichfield (Station in Bomber Command) | No 51 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Little Rissington (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 8 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Llandow (Station in Fighter Command) | No 38 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Lossiemouth (Station in Bomber Command) | No 46 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Lyneham | No 33 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Prestwick (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 4 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| Ratcliffe, nr Leicester | No 6 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF Ringway (Station in Army Co-operation Command) | No 14 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF Shawbury (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 27 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Silloth (Station in Coastal Command) | No 22 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF St Athan (Station in Technical Training Command) | No 19 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| RAF Ternhill (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 24 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| Wetheral | No 50 Wing | |
| Whitchurch, nr Bristol, Somerset | No 2 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF White Waltham (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 1 Ferry Pilots Pool | |
| RAF White Waltham (Station in Flying Training Command) | Accounting Section (Equipment) | |
| RAF Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire | No 15 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
HQ - Burghfield Common, Nr Reading, Surrey
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Altrincham | No 2 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Ardrossan | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Ardrossan | Tinning Factory | |
| Avonmouth | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk | No 94 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Honington) |
| Barrow | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Barton | Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Beeston Castle | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Belfast | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Bilton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Birkenhead | Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Bowling | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Brafferton, Helperby, North Yorkshire | No 92 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Dishforth) |
| Brampton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Brixham | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Buxton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Chichester | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Chilmark | No 11 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Claydon | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Crawley Crossing | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Denton | Part of No 11 MU | Ammunition Park |
| Dovehole (Buxton) | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Eynsham | No 96 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park |
| Falmouth | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Fareham | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Fauld | No 21 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Gloucester | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Grange, nr Holywell | No 21 Sub-Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Grangemouth | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Hallen | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Harpur Hill | No 28 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Heysham | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Hoy | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Inverness | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Islip | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Llanberis | No 31 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Llandarcy | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Lords Bridge, Cambridge | No 95 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Bassingbourn) |
| Massingham | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Mawcarse, nr Milnathort, Kinross | No 98 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Leuchars) |
| Micheldever | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Milford Haven | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Mode Wheel | Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Mountnessing | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Much Wenlock | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Newland | No 59 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park |
| Norton Disney, Lincolnshire | No 93 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Waddington) |
| Peterborough | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Plymouth | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Poole | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Preston | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Pulham | No 53 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
| Redmile | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Rowfant | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Ruislip | No 64 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park |
| Saffron Walden | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Snodland | No 36 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Detling) |
| Southburn, nr Driffield, East Yorkshire | No 91 Maintenance Unit | Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Driffield) |
| Stanlow | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Stanlow | Tinning Factory | |
| Stourport | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Sullom Voe | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Sumburgh | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Thetford | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Thornaby | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Thornton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Upton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Watton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Wervin | Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot | |
| Wilton | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot | |
| Wye | Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot |
HQ - Magdalen College, Oxford
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Blaby (Parent Station - RAF Waddington) | No 65 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Bynea, (Parent Station - RAF St Athan) | No 78 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Sub-Centre |
| Calshot (Station in Coastal Command) | No 84 Maintenance Unit | Marine Craft Repair |
| Cambridge (Parent Station - RAF Henlow) | No 54 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| RAF Cardington (Station in Balloon Command) | No 26 Maintenance Unit | Balloon Repair Depot |
| Carluke (Parent Station - RAF Abbotsinch) | No 63 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Felixstowe (Station in Coastal Command) | No 85 Maintenance Unit | Marine Craft Repair |
| RAF Henlow | No 13 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| Horsham (Parent Station - No 1 MU, Kidbrooke) | No 49 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Inverness (Parent Station - HQ No 14 Group) | No 56 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Sub-Centre |
| Kidbrooke, London SE3 | No 1 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| Leicester (Parent Station - No 58 MU) (moving to Blaby) | No 65 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Sub-Centre |
| Newark (Parent Station - RAF Waddington) | No 58 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Parent Station - RAF Usworth) | No 83 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Oxford (Parent Station - RAF Abingdon) | No 50 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Ruislip, Middlesex | No 4 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| RAF Sealand (Station in Flying Training Command) | No 30 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| Shrewsbury (Parent Station - RAF Shawbury) | No 34 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Slough (Station in Coastal Command) | No 71 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| RAF St Athan (Station in Technical Training Command) | No 32 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot |
| Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent | No 86 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Taunton (Parent Station - RAF Exeter) | No 67 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
| Wilmslow, Manchester (Aircraft Station - Sealand) | No 75 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Sub-Centre |
| Wylye (Parent Station - No 50 MU Oxford) | No 90 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Sub-Centre |
| York (Parent Station - RAF Linton-on-Ouse) | No 60 Maintenance Unit | Salvage Centre |
Source - July 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 53 Wing | No 40 Group | No 41 Group | No 42 Group | No 43 Group]
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