Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Maintenance Command - April 1964
[Command HQ | Inactive Stations]
| Unit | Location | Function/Remarks |
| No 23 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aldergrove | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Unit, station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Station Andover | ||
| HQ, Maintenance Command | RAF Andover | |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Andover | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DST) |
| Command Communication & Ferry Sqn | RAF Andover | |
| RAF Chaplains' School (C of E) | Amport (satellite, Andover) | Functionally controlled by AM (Chaplain-in-Chief) |
| No 71 Maintenance Unit | RAF Bicester | Repair and Salvage Unit |
| Maintenance Command Ground Defence School | RAF Bicester | |
| No 6204 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Bicester | |
| RAF Gliding and Soaring Association Centre | RAF Bicester | |
| No 7740 Reserve Flight | RAF Bicester | |
| RAF Unit (MoA) | Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by MoA |
| RAF Handling Sqn | Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by AM (DTF) |
| No 13 Joint Services Trials Unit | Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 217 Maintenance Unit | RAF Cardington | Compressed Gas Supply Depot, station in TTC |
| No 14 Maintenance Unit | RAF Carlisle | Equipment Supply Depot |
| No 248 Maintenance Unit | RAF Chessington | Medical Equipment Depot, station in TTC |
| Sub-Site of No 248 MU |
RAF Stafford |
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| Sub-Site of No 248 MU | RAF Quedgeley | |
| No 11 Maintenance Unit | RAF Chilmark | Ammunition Supply Depot |
| Sub-site of No 11 MU | Dinton | |
| No 236 Maintenance Unit | RAF Cosford | MT Supply Depot, station in TTC |
| No 6221 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Debden | Station in TTC |
| No 60 Maintenance Unit | RAF Dishforth | Repair and Salvage Unit, station in FTC |
| No 92 Maintenance Unit | RAF Faldingworth | Ammunition Supply Depot |
| RAF Unit (MoA) | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
| RAF Element, Empire Test Pilots' School (MoA) | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
| Meteorological Research Flight | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by AM (DG Met O) |
| Institute of Aviation Medicine | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) |
| No 21 Maintenance Unit | RAF Fauld | Ammunition Supply Depot |
| No 25 Maintenance Unit | RAF Hartlebury | Equipment Supply Depot |
| Joint Service Air Trooping Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
| RAF Supply Control Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (DGE) |
| Exhibition, Design and Display Unit | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (C Pub O) |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Barry | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Belfast | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Chester | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Edinburgh | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Hounslow | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Salisbury with post facilities at Southampton | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | Woolwich (Baggage Section) | |
| No 1 Movement Unit (Surface) Detachment | York | |
| No 35 Maintenance Unit | RAF Heywood | Equipment Supply Depot |
| RAF Element, Joint Services Bomb Disposal School | Horsham | Functionally controlled by AM (DTT) |
| No 5 Maintenance Unit | RAF Kemble | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot |
| No 4 MT Sqn | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
| Air Publications and Forms Store | RAF Kidbrooke | Functionally controlled by AM (D of E (B) |
| No 30 Air Material Base | RAF Langer | Functionally and administratively controlled by RCAF |
| No 6226 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Lindholme | Station in Bomber Command |
| Joint Services Continental Booking Centre (RAF Element) | London (Rochester Row) | Functionally controlled by D of M, War Office |
| No 33 Maintenance Unit | RAF Lyneham | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in Transport Command |
| No 6217 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Newton | Station in TTC |
| Radar Research Flying Unit | Pershore (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
| No 7 Maintenance Unit | RAF Quedgeley | Equipment Supply Depot |
| RAF Station Ruislip (West) | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 19 Maintenance Unit | RAF St Athan | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in TTC |
| No 32 Maintenance Unit | RAF St Athan | General Engineering Unit |
| No 2 Maintenance Unit | RAF Sealand | Equipment Supply Depot |
| No 30 Maintenance Unit | RAF Sealand | Electronics Servicing Unit |
| No 27 Maintenance Unit | RAF Shawbury | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in FTC |
| No 16 Maintenance Unit | RAF Stafford | Equipment Supply Depot |
| MT Repair Sqn | RAF Stafford | |
| No 2 MT Sqn | RAF Stafford | |
| No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn | RAF Stafford | |
| No 7716 Reserve Flight | RAF Stafford | |
| No 7762 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Stafford | Functionally controlled by AM (O.7) |
| Central Servicing Development Establishment | RAF Swanton Morley | Functionally controlled by AM (DG Eng) |
| No 6219 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| No 6235 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Topcliffe | Station in FTC |
| RAF Airfield Construction Depot | RAF Waterbeach | |
| No 5003 Airfield Construction (Light) Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | |
| RAF Station Welford | Administered by USAF | |
| No 15 Maintenance Unit | RAF Wroughton | Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot |
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Active Aviation Fuel Depots |
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| Region | Name of Depot | Parent Unit |
| Southern | Falmouth | No 11 MU, Chilmark |
| Islip | ||
| Purton | ||
| Tiverton | ||
| Wilton | ||
| Eastern | Claydon | No 94 MU, Barnham |
| Hethersett | ||
| Kelmarsh | ||
| Massingham | ||
| Peterborough | ||
| Saffron Walden | ||
| Sandy Heath | ||
| Thetford | ||
| Wye | ||
| Northern | Barton | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Belfast | ||
| Bilton | ||
| Misterton | ||
| Redmile | ||
| Watton (Yorkshire) | ||
| Scottish | Alnwick | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Bowling | ||
| Forfar | ||
| Inverness | ||
| Thornaby | ||
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Inactive Aviation Fuel Depots |
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| Southern | Llandarcy | No 11 MU, Chilmark |
| Northern | Much Wenlock | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Scottish | Hoy | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Scapa Bay | ||
| Turriff | ||
Maintenance Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Calshot (G) | Andover | |
| Finmere | Bicester | |
| Foulsham | Swanton Morley | |
| Harpur Hill | Stafford | |
| Kirkbride (G) | Carlisle | |
| Riseley | No 217 MU | |
| Wythall | Hartlebury |
Source - SD161/1964(2) - April 1964
[Command HQ | Inactive Stations]
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