Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar]
Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex
Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HM Air Force Vessel 'Adastral' | ||
| RAF Technical Mission | Azores |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
| No 202 (Met) Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Halifax VI |
| RAF Station Amble | ||
| No 1108 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Amble | |
| RAF Station Ballykelly | ||
| Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3, Sunderland GR5, Anson C12/C19 |
| Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3 |
| RAF Station Boston | ||
| No 1109 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Boston | |
| RAF Station Bridlington | ||
| No 1104 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Bridlington | |
| RAF Station Castle Archdale | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Castle Archdale | |
| RAF Station Immingham | ||
| No 1110 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Immingham | |
| RAF Station Invergordon | ||
| No 1100 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Invergordon | |
| HMAFV 'Bridlington' | RAF Invergordon | |
| RAF Station Kinloss | ||
| No 236 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Kinloss | Lancaster GR 3, Oxford |
| RAF Station Leuchars | Leuchars, Fife | |
| No 120/220 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Lancaster GR 3 |
| No 237 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leuchars | Various |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | |
| RAF Station Woodhaven | Satellite, Leuchars | |
| RAF Station Londonderry | ||
| Joint Anti-Submarine School | RAF Londonderry |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
| No 235 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Calshot | Sunderland |
| No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Calshot | |
| No 1103 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Fowey | Felixstowe, Suffolk | |
| No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Fowey | |
| RAF Station Lyme Regis | ||
| No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Lyme Regis | |
| RAF Station Newhaven | ||
| No 1107 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Newhaven | |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | ||
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 230/240 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| HMAFV 'Bridport' | Plymouth | |
| RAF Station Porthcawl | ||
| No 1105 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Porthcawl | |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 203/26 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Lancaster GR 3 |
| No 210/217 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Lancaster GR 3 |
| No 19 Group Communication Flt | RAF St Eval | Anson/Sea Otter |
| No 7 GCA Unit | RAF St Eval |
HQ - Gibraltar
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front) | ||
| No 301 AMES | RAF Gibraltar | |
| No 224/269 Sqn | RAF Gibraltar | Halifax Met 6 |
Source - SD161 (116th Edition) - May 1950
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar]
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