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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Coastal Command Communication Flight | Bovingdon (MTCA) | |
| No 7301 Reserve Flight | RAF Northwood |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
| No 120 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Shackleton |
| No 202 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Hastings |
| No 7312 Reserve Flight | RAF Aldergrove | |
| No 1100 Marine Craft Unit | Alness | |
| RAF Station Ballykelly | ||
| No 204 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Shackleton |
| No 240 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Shackleton |
| No 269 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Shackleton |
| No 7313 Reserve Flight | RAF Ballykelly | |
| C & M Party | RAF Bishop's Court | |
| No 1108 Marine Craft Unit | Blyth | |
| No 1104 Marine Craft Unit | Bridlington | |
| C & M Party | RAF Castle Archdale | Establishment includes Command General Service Training School |
| No 1106 Marine Craft Unit | Drummore | |
| No 1113 Marine Craft Unit | Holyhead | |
| No 1110 Marine Craft Unit | Immingham | |
| RAF Station Kinloss | ||
| No 236 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Kinloss | Shackleton/Neptune |
| No 217 Sqn | RAF Kinloss | Neptune |
| Coastal Command Gunnery School | RAF Leconfield | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Woodhaven | Satellite, Leuchars | |
| RAF Element, Joint Anti-Submarine School | Londonderry | Shackleton |
| HMAFV 'Bridlington' | Londonderry | |
| No 7311 Reserve Flight | RAF Pitreavie Castle | |
| No 1112 Marine Craft Unit | Tayport |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1102 Marine Craft Unit | Falmouth | |
| No 1103 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Felixstowe | Station in TTC |
| No 1101 Marine Craft Unit | Fowey | |
| No 1111 Marine Craft Unit | Lyme Regis | |
| RAF Station Mount Batten | ||
| Marine Craft Training School | RAF Mount Batten | |
| No 7351 Reserve Flight | RAF Mount Batten | |
| No 1107 Marine Craft Unit | Newhaven | |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | ||
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 230 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| Flying Boat Training Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 7354 Reserve Flight | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| HMAFV 'Bridport' | Plymouth | |
| No 1105 Marine Craft Unit | Porthcawl | |
| No 19 Group Communication Flt | Roborough (MTCA) | Anson/Sea Otter |
| RAF Station St Eval | ||
| No 42 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
| No 206 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
| No 220 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
| No 228 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
| No 7353 Reserve Flight | RAF St Eval | |
| RAF Station St Mawgan | ||
| Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit | RAF St Mawgan | Shackleton/Sycamore |
| School of Maritime Reconnaissance | RAF St Mawgan | Lancaster |
| Coastal Command Modification Centre | RAF St Mawgan | |
| No 22 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Whirlwind, station in FTC |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
| No 36 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
| No 203 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
| No 7352 Reserve Flight | RAF Topcliffe |
HQ - RAF North Front
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station North Front | ||
| No 224 Sqn | RAF North Front | Shackleton |
| No 8 Mobile Oxygen Unit | RAF North Front | |
| HQ, No 8 RAF Police District (Gibraltar) | RAF North Front | Functionally controlled by HQ, P & SS (UK) |
| HQ Gibraltar | RAF North Front |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Element, Maritime HQ | Chatham |
Coastal Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Alness | Kinloss | |
| Ballyhalbert | Aldergrove | |
| Bolt Tail (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
| Carew Cheriton | Pembroke Dock | |
| Dallachy | Kinloss | |
| Downderry (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
| Drummossie | Kinloss | |
| Greencastle | Aldergrove | |
| Greystones (Radar) | Aldergrove | |
| Kete (Radar) | Pembroke Dock | |
| Kilkeel (Radar) | Aldergrove | |
| Kirkistown | Aldergrove | |
| Langford Lodge | Aldergrove | |
| Maghaberry | Aldergrove | |
| Maydown | Ballykelly | |
| Mullaghmore | Ballykelly | |
| Newford (Radar) | St Eval | |
| Nutts Corner | Aldergrove | |
| Pen Olver (Radar) | St Eval | |
| Perranporth | St Eval | |
| Predannock | St Eval | |
| St Angelo | Castle Archdale | |
| Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | |
| Skitten | Kinloss | |
| Tain | Kinloss | |
| Talbenny | Pembroke Dock | |
| Templeton | Pembroke Dock | |
| Wombleton | Topcliffe |
Source - SD161 (174th Edition) - March 1955
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]
This page was last updated on 31/08/23©
