Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - January 1947

[No 1 Group | No 3 Group | No 91 Group]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

No 1 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Binbrook
No 9 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Binbrook	Lincoln II
No 12 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Binbrook	Lincoln II
No 101 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Binbrook	Lincoln II
No 617 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Binbrook	Lincoln II
RAF Station Kelstern		Satellite of Binbrook
RAF Station Coningsby,	RAF Coningsby
No 109 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Mosquito B XVI/PR XVI
No 139 (Jamaica) Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Mosquito B XVI
RAF Station Spilsby		Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station Faldingworth
No 1 Group Communications Flight	RAF Finningley	Station in No 91 Group
RAF Station Hemswell
No 83 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hemswell	Lincoln II
No 97 (Straits Settlement) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hemswell	Lincoln II
No 100 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hemswell	Lincoln II
RAF Station Sturgate		Satellite of Hemswell
RAF Station Scampton
No 1 Group Major Servicing Unit	RAF Scampton
RAF Station Waddington
No 50 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Waddington	Lincoln II
No 57 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Waddington	Lincoln II
No 61 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Waddington	Lincoln II
RAF Station Metheringham		Satellite of Waddington

No 3 Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Marham
Central Bomber Establishment	RAF Marham	Various
RAF Station Downham Market		Satellite of Marham
RAF Station Little Snoring		Satellite of Marham
RAF Station Mildenhall
No 3 Group Communications Flight	RAF Mildenhall
No 3 Group Major Servicing Unit	RAF Mildenhall
RAF Station Stradishall
No 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Stradishall	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 115 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Stradishall	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 149 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Stradishall	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 207 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Stradishall	Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Tuddenham
RAF Station Upwood
No 7 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Upwood	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 49 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Upwood	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 148 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Upwood	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 214 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Upwood	Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Woodbridge
Emergency Runway	RAF Woodbridge
RAF Station Eye
RAF Station Wyton
No 15 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Wyton	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn	RAF Wyton	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 90 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Wyton	Lancaster B I (FE)
No 138 Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Wyton	Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Glatton
Care and Maintenance Party	RAF Glatton
RAF Station Gransdon Lodge
RAF Station Meoldsworth

No 91 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Abingdon, Berkshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abingdon	Abingdon, Berkshire	Station in Transport Command
No 91 Group Communication Flt	RAF Abingdon	Various
RAF Station Stanton Harcourt		Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe
Care & Maintenance Party	RAF Bruntingthorpe
Power Jets Unit (MoS)	RAF Bruntingthorpe
RAF Station Cottesmore
No 16 OTU (Cadre)	RAF Cottesmore	Mosquito/Oxford
RAF Station Langer		Satellite of Cottesmore
RAF Station Finningley
Bomber Command Instructors' School	RAF Finningley
No 21 OTU	RAF Finningley	Wellington III/X
RAF Station Gamston		Satellite of Finningley
RAF Station Lindholme
No 1653 Conversion Unit	RAF Lindholme	Lancaster I/III, Mosquito XIX
RAF Station Swinderby
No 17 OTU	RAF Swinderby	Wellington III/X
RAF Station Wigsley		Satellite of Swinderby
RAF Station Wing
Care & Maintenance Party	RAF Wing

Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947

County names used are those in use at the time

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