Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
USAF Units in the UK - March 1957
Location | Unit | Notes |
RAF Abingdon | Detachment 2, 7501st Support Sqn (Southern Installation District) | Station in Transport Command |
RAF Alconbury | 7560th Air Base Group 7560th Air Base Sqn 7560th Materiel Sqn 86th Bomb Sqn (T) |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Barford St John | Detachment 2, 7562nd Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Bentwaters | 81st Fighter Bomber Wing 512th Fighter Interception Sqn 91st Fighter Bomber Sqn 81st Air Base Sqn 81st Field Maintenance Sqn 81st Tactical Hospital |
Station in Fighter Command |
Bourne End | Detachment 1, 7th Air Division | |
RAF Bovingdon | 7531st Air Base Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Brize Norton | 3920th Air Base Group 3920th Operations Sqn 2nd Aviation Field Depot Sqn 92nd AAA Battalion 1970th AACS Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Burderop Park | 7505th USAF Hospital | Station in Home Command |
RAF Burtonwood | Northern Air Materiel Area 53rd Strategic Reconnaissance Sqn 3110th Maintenance Group 3110th Supply Group 3113th Air Base Wing 3113th Air Base Sqn 3114th Air Depot Group 7559th USAF Hospital |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Bushey Hall (War Office) | 32nd AAA Brigade HQ 6th Chemical Battalion HQ 32nd Army Unit 1 32nd Army Unit 2 |
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RAF Bushey Park (Ministry of Works) | 7533rd Air Base Sqn 9th Air Rescue Group 28th Weather Sqn |
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RAF Chelveston | 3914th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Maintenance Group |
Chicksands Priory | 6950th Radio Sqn (Mobile) 6951st Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7534th Air Base Sqn |
Station in No 90 Group |
Colliers End Camp (War Office) | 928th Engineer Aviation Group | |
RAF Cranage | 7523rd Support Sqn 1st Motor Transport Maintenance Sqn 620th Engineer Field Maintenance Company 916th Engineer Supply Point Company |
Station in Home Group |
RAF Croft | Detachment 4, 7551st Personnel Processing Sqn 7802nd Port Detachment Army |
Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Croughton | 7562nd Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Dengie Flats Range | Detachment 1, 20th Air Base Sqn | |
Denham | 7500th Air Base Group 7532nd Materiel Sqn |
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Eastcote | 1821st AACS Group | |
RAF East Kirkby | 3917th Air Base Sqn 3917th Maintenance Support Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Elvington | Detachment 2, 47th Support Group | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Fairford | 3919th Air Base Sqn 39th AAA Battalion HQ |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Full Sutton | 3930th Air Base Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Greenham Common | 3909th Air Base Group 3909th Operations Sqn 3909th Supply Sqn 804th Engineer Battalion HQ 4th Aviation Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF High Wycombe | 485th Communication Sqn 3929th Air Base Sqn 14th Air Rescue Group Detachment 2, 7th Air Division |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | 7536th Materiel Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
Homewood Park | 3915th Air Base Sqn Detachment 7, 12th Radar Bomb Sqn |
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Kingston Blount | 1230th AACS Sqn (OL) | |
RAF Kirknewton | 6952nd Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7535th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Lakenheath | 3910th Air Base Group 3910th Operations Sqn 60th AAA Battalion HQ 8th Aviation Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Langham Camp (War Office) | 50th Radio Detachment 32nd Army Unit 3 |
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RAF Lindholme | 3916th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
London | Base Service Sqn Technical Service Sqn 7520th Medical Clinic Laboratory Detachment 9, 7501st Support Sqn |
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RAF Manston | 92nd Fighter Bomber Sqn 406th Fighter Interception Wing 406th Support Group 406th Air Base Sqn 406th Field Maintenance Sqn 513th Fighter Interception Sqn 514th Fighter Interception Sqn 406th Tactical Hospital 66th Air Rescue Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Mepal | Detachment 2, 7560th Materiel Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Middleton Stoney | Detachment 3, 7562nd Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Mildenhall |
3912th Air Base Sqn 3913th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Molesworth | 42nd Troop Carrier Sqn (M) 7582nd Support Sqn 801st Engineer Battalion HQ |
Station in Bomber Command |
Newmarket | Detachment 3, 7501st Support Sqn (Eastern Installation District) | |
Northolt | Detachment 5, 7501st Support Sqn Detachment 13, 7501st Support Sqn Detachment 1, 3918th Field Maintenance Sqn |
Station in Transport Command |
RAF North Pickenham | 3114th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Prestwick | 1631st Air Base Group 1631st Air Base Sqn 1631st Materiel Sqn 67th Air Rescue Sqn |
MTCA Airfield |
Retford | Detachment 1, 7501st Support Sqn (Northern Installation District) | |
RAF St Mawgan | 1970th AACS Sqn (OL) | Station in Coastal Command |
RAF Sculthorpe | 47th Bombardment Wing (Tactical) 47th Support Group 47th Air Base Sqn 84th Bomb Sqn (T) 85th Bomb Sqn (T) 47th Field Maintenance Sqn 78th Fighter Bomber Sqn 1st Tactical Depot Sqn 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn 47th Tactical Hospital 420th Air Refuelling Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Sealand | 3116th Air Depot Group 3116th Supply Sqn 3rd Motor Transport Sqn |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Shaftesbury | 7551st Personnel Processing Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Shellingford | 7568th Materiel Sqn | Station in Transport Command |
RAF Shepherds Grove |
7519th Support Group 7519th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Shobden | 1970th AACS Sqn (OL) | Station in TTC |
Southampton | 7802nd Port Detachment Aviation | |
RAF South Ruislip | HQ, 3rd Air Force HQ, 7th Air Division 7520th USAF Hospital 11th Communication Sqn 603rd Communications Sqn 7500th Air Base Sqn 7501st Support Sqn |
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Spilsby | Detachment 1, 7536th Materiel Sqn | |
Stanstead Mountfitchet | 803rd Engineer Battalion
HQ Detachment 2, 7523rd Support Sqn |
MTCA |
RAF Sturgate | 3928th Air Base Group 3928th Supply Sqn 3928th Operations Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Tibenham | Detachment 2, 7536th Materiel Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Tuddenham | Detachment 1, 3114th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Ullenwood Camp | 32nd Army Unit 4 34th AAA Operations HQ |
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RAF Upper Heyford | 3918th Air Base Group 3918h Supply Sqn 3918h Operations Sqn 1st Aviation Depot Sqn 4th AAA Battalion HQ 6th Signal Detachment |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Uxbridge | 1280th ACCS Sqn Detachment 1, 7370th Flight Service Sqn |
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RAF Waddington | Station in Bomber Command | |
RAF Welford | 3115th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF West Drayton | 3911th Air Base Group 3911th Supply Sqn 3911th Operations Sqn 3921st Reconnaissance Technical Sqn |
Station in Home Command |
RAF Wethersfield | 20th Fighter Bomber Wing 20th Support Sqn 20th Air Base Sqn 55th Fighter Bomber Sqn 77th Fighter Bomber Sqn 20th Field Maintenance Sqn 20th Supply Sqn 20th Tactical Hospital |
Station in Fighter Command |
Wimpole Park | 7510th USAF Hospital | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Woodbridge | 79th Fighter Bomber Sqn 7546th Support Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
Source - SD161 (198th Edition) - March 1957
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