Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - January 1963

[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Bomber Command Communication Flight	Booker
HQ Bomber Command	RAF High Wycombe
No 7006 Reserve Flight	RAF High Wycombe
Satellite, High Wycombe	Chenies	-
No 112 Signals Unit	Stornoway (MoA)
RAF Aero-Medical Training Centre	RAF Upwood	Station in Signals Command

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Bassingbourn	Canberra
HQ, No 1 Group	RAF Bawtry
No 7007 Reserve Flight	RAF Bawtry
No 388 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Bishopbriggs	Station in MOW
RAF Station Coningsby
No 9 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Vulcan
No 12 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Vulcan
No 35 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Vulcan
RAF Station Driffield
No 98 Sqn	RAF Driffield	Thor (SM)
No 102 Sqn	RAF Full Sutton	Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 150 Sqn	RAF Carnaby	Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 226 Sqn	RAF Catfoss	Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 240 Sqn	RAF Breighton	Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 721 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Feltwell	Station in No 3 Group
RAF Station Finningley
No 18 Sqn	RAF Finningley	Valiant/Canberra
No 1 Group Communications Flight	RAF Finningley	Anson/Chipmunk
Bomber Command Development Unit	RAF Finningley
No 230 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Finningley	Vulcan
No 53 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Haydock	Station in Signals Command
RAF Station Hemswell
Bomber Command Modification Centre	RAF Hemswell	Canberra
No 97 Sqn	RAF Hemswell	Thor (SM)
No 104 Sqn	RAF Ludford Magna	Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 106 Sqn	RAF Bardney	Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 142 Sqn	RAF Coleby Grange	Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 269 Sqn	RAF Caistor	Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 705 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Hendon	Station in Maintenance Command
Bomber Command Bombing School	RAF Lindholme	Hastings/Varsity
RAF Hospital	RAF Nocton Hall
No 7015 Reserve Flight	RAF Nocton Hall
No 735 Signals Unit	RAF Ouston	Station in FTC
RAF Station Scampton		Detachment at Burtonwood
No 27 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
No 83 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
No 617 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
Maintenance Detachment	RAF Burtonwood
RAF Station Waddington
No 44 Sqn	RAF Waddington	Vulcan
No 50 Sqn	RAF Waddington	Vulcan
No 101 Sqn	RAF Finningley	Vulcan

No 3 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Alconbury		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bentwaters		Administered by the USAF
RAF Station Woodbridge		Satellite, Bentwaters
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK)	RAF Brampton	Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (I)), station in TTC
Central Reconnaissance Establishment	RAF Brampton
No 7010 Reserve Flight	RAF Brampton
RAF Station Brize Norton		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Chelveston		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Cottesmore
No 10 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Victor
No 15 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Victor
RAF Station Fairford		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Feltwell
No 77 Sqn	RAF Feltwell	Thor (SM)
No 82 Sqn	RAF Shepherd's Grove	Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 107 Sqn	RAF Tudenham	Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 113 Sqn	RAF Mepal	Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 220 Sqn	RAF North Pickenham	Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 232 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Gaydon	Valiant/Canberra
Radar Reconnaissance Flight	RAF Gaydon	Victor
RAF Station Greenham Common		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Honington
No 55 Sqn	RAF Honington	Victor
No 57 Sqn	RAF Honington	Victor
No 90 Sqn	RAF Honington	Valiant
No 243 Signals Unit	Jurby	Station in TTC
RAF Station Lakenheath		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Manston
RAF Station Marham
No 49 Sqn	RAF Marham	Valiant
No 148 Sqn	RAF Marham	Valiant
No 207 Sqn	RAF Marham	Valiant
No 214 Sqn	RAF Marham	Valiant
Satellite, Marham	Holbeach
HQ, No 3 Group	RAF Mildenhall	Station administered by USAF
No 3 Group Communications Flight	RAF Mildenhall	Anson/Chipmunk
No 7008 Reserve Flight	RAF Mildenhall
RAF Wordwell		Satellite, Mildenhall
RAF Station Molesworth		Administered by USAF
RAF Station North Luffenham
No 144 Sqn	RAF North Luffenham	Thor (SM)
No 130 Sqn	RAF Polebrook	Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 218 Sqn	RAF Harrington	Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 223 Sqn	RAF Folkingham	Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 254 Sqn	RAF Melton Mowbray	Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
RAF Station Sculthorpe		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Upper Heyford		Administered by USAF
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation	RAF Upwood	Station in Signals Command
RAF Station Wittering
No 100 Sqn	RAF Wittering	Victor
No 139 Sqn	RAF Wittering	Victor
Bomber Command Armament School	RAF Wittering
RAF Station Wyton
No 58 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Canberra
No 543 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Valiant

Bomber Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Bardney	Hemswell
Barford St John	Upper Heyford
Barkway (Domestic Site)	Bassingbourn
Breighton	Driffield
Bruntingthorpe	Cottesmore
Caistor	Hemswell
Carnaby	Driffield
Catfoss	Driffield
Coleby Grange	Hemswell
Croughton	Upper Heyford
Daventry	Gaydon
Donna Nook	Coningsby
East Kirkby	Coningsby
Folkingham	North Luffenham
Foreness	Manston
Harrington	North Luffenham
Hawkinge (G)	Manston
Langtoft	Wittering
Lord's Bridge	Bassingbourn
Ludford Magna	Hemswell
Melton Mowbray	North Luffenham
Mepal	Upwood
Methwold	Feltwell
North Pickenham	Feltwell
Polebrook	North Luffenham
St Margaret's Bay	Manston
Sandwich	Manston
Shepherd's Grove	Feltwell
Spilsby	Coningsby
Sturgate	Hemswell
Theddlethorpe	Coningsby
Tibenham	Honington
Tuddenham	Feltwell
Woodhall Spa	Coningsby
Woolfox Lodge	North Luffenham

Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -

• No 7 Sqn

Source - SD161/1963(1) - January 1963

[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

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