Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - October 1965

[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Bomber Command	RAF High Wycombe
HQ (Unit) Bomber Command	RAF High Wycombe
Satellite, High Wycombe	Chenies	-
RAF Aero-Medical Training Centre	RAF North Luffenham	Station in Signals Command
No 112 Signals Unit	Stornoway (MoA)

Central Reconnaissance Establishment

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Central Reconnaissance Establishment	RAF Brampton
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK)	RAF Brampton	Functionally controlled by ACAS 1, station in TTC
No 7010 Reserve Flight	RAF Brampton	Administered by JSPI, RAF Bassingbourn
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Wyton
No 51 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Canberra/Comet
No 58 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Canberra
No 543 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Valiant

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ, No 1 Group	RAF Bawtry
No 7007 Reserve Flight	RAF Bawtry
No 388 Mobile Signals Unit	MPBW Bishopbriggs
Station HQ Establishment	Cottesmore
No 9 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
No 12 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
No 35 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Finningley
Bomber Command Development Unit	RAF Finningley
No 230 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Finningley	Vulcan
Electronic Counter Measures Modification Unit	RAF Finningley
No 705 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Kenley	Station in TTC
Bomber Command Bombing School	RAF Lindholme	Hastings/Varsity
No 721 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Lindholme
RAF Hospital	RAF Nocton Hall
No 735 Mobile Signals Unit	RAF Ouston	Station in FTC
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Scampton
No 27 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
No 83 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
No 617 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Vulcan
Maintenance Detachment	RAF Burtonwood
Station HQ Establishment	RAF 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 Liaison Party	RAF Alconbury	Administered by USAF
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Bassingbourn	Canberra
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation	RAF Bassingbourn
RAF Liaison Party	RAF Bentwaters	Administered by the USAF
Satellite, Bentwaters	RAF Woodbridge
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Coningsby
Satellite, Coningsby	RAF Wainfleet
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Honington
No 57 Sqn	RAF Honington	Victor
RAF Liaison Party	RAF Lakenheath	Administered by USAF
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Manston
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Marham
No 55 Sqn	RAF Marham	Victor
Satellite, Marham	Holbeach
HQ, No 3 Group	RAF Mildenhall	Station administered by USAF
No 7008 Reserve Flight	RAF Mildenhall
Satellite, Mildenhall	RAF Wordwell
Bomber Command Range Unit	RAF Ramsey
RAF Liaison Party	RAF Upper Heyford	Administered by USAF
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Wittering
No 100 Sqn	RAF Wittering	Victor
No 139 Sqn	RAF Wittering	Victor
Bomber Command Armament School	RAF Wittering

Bomber Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Aird Uig	Stornoway
Bardney	Coningsby
Barford St John	Upper Heyford
Barkway (Domestic Site)	Bassingbourn
Barnham	Honington
Booker	High Wycombe
Bruntingthorpe	Cottesmore
Chelveston	Wyton
Coleby Grange	Waddington
Croughton	Upper Heyford
Donna Nook	Coningsby
Dunholme Lodge	Scampton
East Kirkby	Coningsby
Foreness	Manston
Hawkinge (G)	Manston
Langtoft	Wittering
Lord's Bridge	Bassingbourn
Misson	Lindholme
Molesworth (G)	Wyton
North Pickenham	Marham
Norton	Finningley
St Margaret's Bay	Manston
Shepherd's Grove	Feltwell
Spilsby	Coningsby
Sturgate	Hemswell
Theddlethorpe	Coningsby

Squadrons on Number Only basis: -

• No 7 Sqn

Married Quarters (at Detached sites)

 

Married Quarters	Parenting Unit
Bardney	Coningsby
Barnham	Honington
Booker	High Wycombe
Bruntingthorpe	Wittering
Hawkinge	Manston
Kirton-in-Lindsey	Scampton
Langtoft	Wittering
Melton Mowbray	Cottesmore
Mepal	Wyton
North Pickenham	Marham
Peterborough	Wittering
Polebrook	Wittering
Sandwich	Manston
Sturgate	Scampton
Sutton Bridge	Marham
Tuddenham	Honington

Source - SD161/1965(4) - October 1965

[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

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