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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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USAF Units in the UK - July 1961
| Location | Type of Unit | Station in/Notes |
| *RAF Alconbury | Tactical Reconnaissance Tactical Depot Special Supply Depot |
Bomber Command |
| Barkway | Microwave Relay | Bomber Command |
| *RAF Bentwaters | Tactical Fighter | Bomber Command |
| RAF Bovingdon | HQ Admin Flying Medical Air Evacuation (Admin) Radio-Radar Facility Checking |
Fighter Command, RAF Liaison through HQ, RAF Bovingdon |
| *RAF Brize Norton | Heavy Bomber/Strategic Reconnaissance Manoeuvres Medium Bomber Reflex/Rotation Aviation Depot |
Bomber Command |
| *RAF Bruntingthorpe | Tactical Reconnaissance | Bomber Command |
| Burderop | Hospital | |
| RAF Burtonwood | Subsistence and Disposal Depot | Maintenance Command |
| Bushey Park | Dependants School HQ Support Signals Service Squadron HQ (Weather) |
Ministry of Works |
| *RAF Chelveston | Tactical Reconnaissance | Bomber Command |
| *RAF Chicksands Priory | Mobile Radio DF Annex |
Signals Command |
| RAF Croughton Satellites: -
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Strategic Communications | Bomber Command |
| Denham | HQ Support Group | |
| Eastcote | Dependents School Airways and Air Communication Service |
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| *RAF Edzell | US Navy | Fighter Command |
| RAF Elvington | TACAN Annex | FTC |
| *RAF Fairford | Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres Aviation Depot Dependents School |
Bomber Command |
| *RAF Greenham Common | Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres Aviation Depot Beacon Annex |
Bomber Command |
| RAF High Wycombe | Command HQ (7th Air Division) Combat Operations Centre |
Bomber Command, RAF Liaison by OC, RAF West Drayton |
| *RAF Kirknewton | Mobile Radio | Coastal Command |
| *RAF Lakenheath | Tactical Fighter or Reconnaissance Aviation Depot Dependents School |
Bomber Command |
| Liverpool | Admin Port Facilities | Gladstone Docks and Royal Liver Building |
| London | US Navy Miscellaneous |
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| Londonderry | US Navy | Station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Menwith Hill (Harrogate) | US Army | RAF Liaison by OC, RAF Church Fenton |
| RAF Mildenhall | MATS Terminal Air Rescue Manoeuvres Weather Reconnaissance Aviation Depot |
Bomber Command, RAF Liaison through HQ, No 3 Group |
| *RAF Molesworth | Storage (Alconbury) | Bomber Command |
| RAF Northolt | HQ Admin Flying (VIP) HQ Support Units |
Transport Command |
| Prestwick | MATS Terminal Air Rescue TACAN Annex |
Ministry of Aviation, RAF Liaison through Senior RAF Control Officer |
| RAF Ruislip (West) | MT Maintenance | Maintenance Command, Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters |
| RAF Ruislip (South) | Command HQ (3rd Air Force) Hospital |
Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters |
| *RAF Sculthorpe | Tactical Bomber Air Refuelling Tactical Depot |
Bomber Command |
| RAF North Creake | Satellite, Sculthorpe | |
| *RAF Upper Heyford | Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres Aviation Depot |
Bomber Command |
| RAF Uxbridge/Hillingdon | Combat Operations Centre | TTC |
| RAF Wattisham | Communications-Electronic Navigation Aids | Fighter Command |
| *RAF Welford | Explosives Depot | Maintenance Command |
| RAF West Malling | US Navy | Fighter Command |
| *RAF Wethersfield | Tactical Fighter Radio Beacon Annex |
Fighter Command |
| RAF Woodbridge | Tactical Fighter | Fighter Command, RAF Liaison through OC, RAF Bentwaters |
*Indicates Resident RAF Commander and Senior Liaison Officer
Source - SD161/1961(3) - July 1961
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