Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Fighter Command - April 1962

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Bovingdon
Fighter Command Communication Sqn	RAF Bovingdon	Anson/Meteor
No 165 Wing	London (Whitehall Gardens)
HQ Fighter Command	RAF Stanmore
Air Defence Operations Centre	RAF Stanmore
HQ, Royal Observer Corps	RAF Stanmore
HQ (Unit)	RAF Stanmore Park
No 7132 Reserve Flight	RAF Stanmore Park
No 7133 Reserve Flight	RAF Stanmore Park
No 7204 Reserve Flight	RAF Stanmore Park
Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Training School	RAF Watton	Station in Signals Command

No 11 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Guided Weapons Range Unit	Aberporth
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig)	Aird Uig
Holding Party	RAF Binbrook
RAF Station Boulmer		Group Control Centre
No 7229 Reserve Flight	RAF Boulmer
RAF Station Buchan		Master Radar Station
No 7238 Reserve Flight	RAF Buchan
No 7254 Reserve Flight	RAF Buchan
No 7282 Reserve Flight	RAF Buchan
Satellite, Buchan	Inverbervie
No 229 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Chivenor	Hunter/Vampire
RAF Station Edzell
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point)	Hartland Point
RAF Station Leconfield
HQ, No 11 Group	RAF Leconfield
No 19 Sqn	RAF Leconfield	Hunter
No 92 Sqn	RAF Leconfield	Hunter
No 11 Group Communication Flight	RAF Leconfield
No 7106 Reserve Flight	RAF Leconfield
No 7137 Reserve Flight	RAF Leconfield
RAF Station Leuchars
No 25 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Javelin
No 29 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Javelin
No 7101 Reserve Flight	RAF Leuchars
No 21 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing Main	RAF Lindholme	Station in Bomber Command
No 21 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing Rear	RAF Church Fenton	Station in FTC
No 94 Sqn	RAF Misson	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme
No 112 Sqn	RAF Breighton	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme
No 247 Sqn	RAF Carnaby	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme
C & M Party	Longley Lane
Satellite, Longley Lane	Brass Pan Lane
Satellite, Longley Lane	Whittingham Lane
RAF Station Middle St George
No 33 Sqn	RAF Middle St George	Javelin
No 7281 Reserve Flight	RAF Middle St George
No 148 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing	RAF North Coates
No 264 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Bloodhound (SAM)
No 141 Sqn	RAF Dunholme Lodge	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates
No 222 Sqn	RAF Woodhall Spa	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates
RAF Station Patrington		Master Radar Station
No 7227 Reserve Flight	RAF Patrington
Satellite, Patrington	RAF Bempton
No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord)	Saxa Vord

No 12 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
C & M Party	RAF Bawburgh
RAF Station Bawdsey		Group Control Centre
No 7205 Reserve Flight	RAF Bawdsey
RAF Station Coltishall
No 23 Sqn	RAF Coltishall	Javelin
No 74 Sqn	RAF Coltishall	Lightning
Air Fighting Development Sqn	RAF Coltishall
No 7109 Reserve Flight	RAF Coltishall
RAF Hospital	Ely
No 7285 Reserve Flight	Ely
No 7286 Reserve Flight	Ely
No 7287 Reserve Flight	Ely
RAF Station Horsham St Faith
HQ, No 12 Group	RAF Horsham St Faith
No 12 Group Communication Flight	RAF Horsham St Faith
No 7136 Reserve Flight	RAF Horsham St Faith
RAF Station Manston
C & M Party	RAF Martlesham Heath
C & M Party	RAF Neatishead
No 151 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing	RAF North Luffenham	Station in Bomber Command
No 62 Sqn	RAF Woolfox Lodge	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Luffenham
No 257 Sqn	RAF Warboys	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Luffenham
C & M Party	RAF North Weald
Satellite, North Weald	Kelvedon Hatch
RAF School of Land/Air Warfare	RAF Old Sarum	Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Component, Joint School of Nuclear and Chemical Ground Defence	Salisbury	Functionally controlled by AM (DGD)
C & M Party	RAF Shipton
RAF Station Trimingham
No 7166 Reserve Flight	RAF Trimingham
No 1 Guided Weapon Trials Sqn	RAF Valley	Station in FTC
RAF Station Wartling		Master Radar Station
No 7208 Reserve Flight	RAF Wartling
RAF Station Wattisham
No 41 Sqn	RAF Wattisham	Javelin
No 56 Sqn	RAF Wattisham	Lightning
No 111 Sqn	RAF Wattisham	Lightning
No 7113 Reserve Flight	RAF Wattisham
HQ, No 24 Surface-to-Air Missile Wing	RAF Watton	Station in Signals Command
No 263 Sqn	RAF Watton	Bloodhound (SAM), station in Signals Command
No 242 Sqn	RAF Marham	Bloodhound (SAM), station in Bomber Command
No 266 Sqn	RAF Rattlesden	Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Watton
RAF Station West Malling
Central Fighter Establishment	RAF West Raynham	Hunter/Javelin
No 85 Sqn	RAF West Raynham	Javelin
Fighter Command Target Facilities Sqn	RAF West Raynham
No 7108 Reserve Flight	RAF West Raynham
RAF Station Wethersfield		Administered by the USAF

Air Traffic Service HQ

Fighter Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Beachy Head	Wartling
Beccles	Horsham St Faith
Boxted	Wattisham
Chesil Bank	Sopley
Cold Heseldon	Middleton St George
Seaton Snook	Middleton St George	Satellite, Cold Heseldon
Crosslaw	Boulmer
Dengie Flats (Range)	Wattisham
Dunholme Lodge	North Coates
Dunkirk	Sandwich
Fairlight	Wartling
Foreness	Sandwich
Framlingham	Martlesham Heath
Goldsborough	Middleton St George
Hardwick	Horsham St Faith
Hethal	Horsham St Faith
Hill Head	Buchan
Hopton	Horsham St Faith
Kelstern	Binbrook
Ludham	Coltishall
Old Catton	Horsham St Faith
Portland	Sopley
Rattlesden	Wattisham
St Margaret's Bay	Sandwich
St Twynnells	Aberporth
Sandwich	Manston
Scarinish	Prestwick
School Hill	Inverbervie
Staxton Wold	Bempton
Stoke Holy Cross	Horsham St Faith
Tarrant Rushton	Old Sarum
Ventnor	Sopley
West Beckham	Coltishall
West Myne	Chivenor
Wormingford	Wattisham

Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -

• No 65 Sqn

Source - SD161/1962(2) - April 1962

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