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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Station/Location Index - Master
[Stations with SHQs | Locations without SHQs - Airfields | Signals | Command HQs | Group HQs | WW1 Airfields]
Stations with SHQs (including Base Sub-stations)
Names showing a hyperlink take you to further details of the station including listings of units hosted.
Locations without SHQs
Stations commanded by other Units, Satellite airfields, Relief Landing Grounds, Advanced Landing Grounds, Satellite Landing Grounds
Names showing a hyperlink take you to further details of the station including listings of units hosted.
Maps showing airfield locations overseas are available in the Members' Area
Further details of these stations are available in the Members' Area
| Aberleri | Crannoch Hill | Grutness | North Cairn | St Agne's Beacon |
| Aird Uig | Crastor | Habost | North Foreland | St Anne's |
| Anstruther | Cregnish | Hack Green | Northam | St Ann's Head |
| Appledore | Cresswell | Hawcoat | Northstead | St Bees Head |
| Ballinderry | Cricklade | Hawks Tor | Orby | St Cyrus |
| Ballydonaghy | Cromarty | Hawkshill Down | Ottercops Moss | St David's Head |
| Ballymartin | Crosslaw | Hayscastle Cross | Oxwich | St Lawrence |
| Ballywooden | Crossmaglen | Hesta Geo | Pen Olver | St Margaret's |
| Bamburgh | Crustan | High Street | Pen-y-bryn | St Margaret's Bay |
| Bampton Castle | Dalby | High Wittle | Pevensey | St Twynnell's |
| Bard Hill | Danby Beacon | Hillhead | Point of Stoer | Start Point |
| Barkway | Daventry | Holmpton | Poling | Staythorpe |
| Barrapol | Deerness | Hope Cove | Port Errol | Stenigot |
| Bawburgh | Dengie | Hopton | Portland | Stoke Holy Cross |
| Beachy Head | Dimlington | Humberston | Prestatyn | Strumble Head |
| Beer Head | Doctors Corner | Hythe | Rame Chapel | Swansea Bay |
| Bembridge | Doonies Hill | Ingoldmels | Rame Head | Swingate (Dover) |
| Ben Hough | Douglas Wood | Inverbervie | Ramsgate | Tannach |
| Benacre | Dover (Swingate) | Isle of May | Ravenscar | The Verne |
| Bexhill | Downderry | Islivig | Rendscombe Down | Thorpeness |
| Blackgang | Downhill | Jacka | Rhossili Bay | Thrumster |
| Blackhead | Dry Tree | Kelvedon Hatch | Rhuddlan | Tilly Whim |
| Blanckets Farm | Dunderhole Point | Kendrom | Richmond | Trelanvean |
| Boddington | Dunkirk | Kete | Ringstead | Treleaver |
| Bolt Tail | Dunnet Head | Kilchiaran | Roddans Port | Trerew |
| Boniface Down | Dunragit | Kilkeel | Rodel Park | Trevescan |
| Borve Castle | Dunwich | Kilkenneth | Roecliffe | Trevose Head |
| Branscombe | Durrington | Kingswear | Russland | Trewen Sands |
| Breckness | Dymchurch | Kinley Hill | Rye | Trimley Heath |
| Brenish | Easington | Knights Farm | Saligo | Truleigh Hall |
| Bride | East Hill | Lamberton Moor | Saltburn | Ulbster |
| Broad Bay | Eorodale | Langtoft | Sandwich | Ventnor |
| Bulbarrow Hill | Exminster | (The) Law | Sandy Bay/Lough Neagh | Walton-on-Naze |
| Burifa Hill | Fair Isle | Long Load | Sango | Warden Point |
| Canewdon | Fairlight | Loth | Scarinish | Warren |
| Carn Brae (Carnaton) | Flat Point | Mangersta | Scarlett | Watsness |
| Castell Mawr | Folly | Mark's Castle | School Hill | West Beckham |
| Castlerock | Foreness | Minehead | Scousburgh | West Prawle |
| Cautness | Formby | Mossy Bottom | Seaton Snook | Westburn |
| Chapel Rame | Fullarton | Mossy Hill | Sennen | Westcliffe |
| Chenies | Gibbet Hill | Navidale | Sharpitor | Whale Head |
| Cleadon | Glenarm | Needles | Shotton | Whitehawk |
| Clee Hill | Goldsborough | Nefyn | Skaw | Whitstable |
| Clett | Great Bromley | Netherbutton | Skendleby | Willesborough |
| Cockburnspath | Great Orme Head | Nettleton | Snaefell | Windy Head |
| Cocklaw | Greian Head | Newchurch | South Ronaldsay | Worth Matravers |
| Cold Hesledon | Greyfriars | Newford | South Stack | Wrafton |
| Comberton | Greystone | Newtown Butler | Southbourne | Wylfa |
The locations below do not include any that are shown in the above lists that accommodated a Command HQ or the locations of Mobile Commands, which frequently changed locations. Some locations were also used as Group HQs and are included
| 4 Thurloe Place, London (SE Area) | Covent Garden Hotel, London (1/SE Area) | Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast (RAFNI) |
| Acomb Hall, York (NW Area/Northern Area) | Covent Garden Hotel, London (SE Area) | Racecourse Building, Knavesmire, York (4/NE Area/NW Area) |
| Adastral House, London (Reserve) | Dover Court, Whitehall, London (AFWE) | Ramslade', Bracknell (2nd TAF) |
| Adelphi Hotel, Glasgow (5/NW Area) | Dunlambert Hotel, Belfast (RAFNI) | Rangoon (AHQ Burma) |
| Alexandra House, London (Reserve) | East Sienna (MTAF) | Regina Building Cairo (AHQ Egypt/ADEM/EM) |
| Algiers (MAC) | Ecole d'Industrie, Rue de Lyon, La Ruisseau, Algiers (EAC) | Royal Bank Buildings, St James Street, Montreal (Ferry) |
| Amport House, Amport St Mar's, Andover (Maintenance) | Florence (MTAF) | Ruislip (EAC) |
| Bad Eilsen, Germany (2nd TAF) | Frascati (MTAF) | San Spirito (MTAF) |
| Bangkok (AHQ Siam) | Furiani (MTAF) | Semiramas Hotel, Cairo (RAF Med & ME) |
| Barce (RAF Cyrenaica) | Goethe Stasse, Marienburg, Cologne (RAF Rhine) | Shinfield Park (Training/FTC/TTC) |
| Batavia (AHQ NEI) | Government House, Barrackpore (Bengal Command/AHQ Bengal) | Somerset House, Leamington Spa (Midland/Northern Area) |
| Bentley Priory, Stanmore (Inland Area/Training/Fighter) | Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (SE/Southern/Inland Area/Fighting Area/Bomber) | Standard Oil Building, Algiers (NWCAF/MCAF) |
| Bir Salem (Palestine Command) | Hotel Trianon, Versailles (SHAEF) | Tobruk (RAF Cyrenaica) |
| Buntingdales Hall, Market Drayton (Training) | Imperial House, London (Reserve) | Tunis (NWSAF) |
| Bush House, London (Transport) | Kelvin Grove, Simla (RAF India) | Udine |
| Bushey Park (Transport) | Kestral Grove, Hive Road, Stanmore (AEAF) | Union Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore (RAF Far East) |
| Caserta (MAAF/MCAF/MTAF/AHQ-RAF Italy) | Kounagar, Calcutta (RAF Bengal/Burma) | University Buildings, Rue Michalet, Algiers (NWAAF) |
| Chafyn Grove, Salisbury (2/SW Area) | La Marsa (NWAAF/MAC/MAAF) | Valletta, Malta (RAF Med/AHQ Malta)*B62-+ |
| Children's Hospital, Birmingham (3/Midland Area) | Mentaskolinn, Reykjavik (AHQ/RAF Iceland) | Villa Victoria, Shawabri Pasha, Cairo (RAF ME) |
| Constantine (NWSAF) | Norfolk House, London (SHAEF) | Wantage Hall, Reading (Reserve) |
| Coulommiers, France (BAFF) | Northside, Richings Park (Bomber) | Wimereux (RAF in France and Flanders) |
The locations below do not include any that are shown in the above lists that accommodated a Group HQ or the locations of Mobile/Expeditionary Groups, which frequently changed locations. Some locations were also used as Command HQs and are included in the list above.
| 1 Cumberland Place, Southampton (8) | Benghazi (212) | Harraton House, Exning (3) | Parkhead House, Parkhead, Hull (33) |
| 3 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle (33 & 34) | Bilaspur (238) | Heslington Hall, York (4 & 64) | Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast (82) |
| 4 Regent's Terrace, Edinburgh (66) | Bir el Gardabia (205) | Highwoods', Burghfield Common, Reading (42) | Pembroke (14) |
| 4 Thurloe Place, London (1) | Black Lion Fields, Gillingham (16) | Hillingdon House, Uxbridge (11) | Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth (18) |
| 9 Merrion Square, Dublin (11) | Buntingdales Hall, Market Drayton (20, 22, 25 & 29) | Hindip Hall, Worcester (24) | Plough Lane, Croydon (1) |
| 11 Melbourne Avenue, Norton, Sheffield (64) | Bushey Hall Hotel, Bushey (46) | HMS Lochinvar, Port Edgar (66) | Radlett |
| 11 Tavistock Place, London (6 & 50) | Bylaugh Hall, East Dereham (3 & 100) | Hotel Monsigny, Rue Monsigny, Paris (87) | Rangoon (232) |
| 11/12 Dover Street, London (1) | Caldicott House, Abingdon (40) | Hotel St George, Algiers (210) | Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London (241) |
| 1-13 Commercial Road, Portsmouth (32) | Cargon House, Dumfries (29) | Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London (30, 31, 32 & 33) | Rokeby', Salisbury (7) |
| 12 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh (29) | Caserne de Cavaalerie, Brussels (2) | Kinnellan House, Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh (88) | Royal Agricultural College, Cheltenham (27) |
| 12 Sharia Cumanos Pasha, Heliopolis (202) | Castle Grove, Headingley, Leeds (24) | Langley Hall, Slough (26) | Salonika (30) |
| 145 Sloane Street, London (1) | Castle Hill House, Huntingdon (2 & 8) | Lazerges, Algiers (218) | Samborne', Sneyd Park, Bristol (50) |
| 149-150 Narayan Dabholkar Road, Bombay (227 & 4 (I)) | Castle Hotel, Cambridge (3) | Lechlade (27) | Seagull Camp, Mex (219) |
| 158 Banbury Road, Oxford (2) | Chafyn Grove, Salisbury (11) | Lincoln Lodge, Altamount Road, Bombay (227) | St Mary's Street, Haverfordwest (14) |
| 16 Windsor Crescent, Newcastle (17) | Charlbury', Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth (61) | Mackenzie Hotel, Edinburgh (17) | St Paul's School, Hammersmith (71) |
| 162 Manchester Road, Wilmslow (63) | Chateau de Lonchere, Bougival (87) | Makinah, Basrah (215) | St Regis Hotel, Cork Street, London (65) |
| 17 Sylvan Road, Pennsylvania, Exeter (62) | Chatham (16) | Marks Hall, Colchester (38) | St Vincent's, Grantham (5, 7, 21, 23 & 25) |
| 17/19 Queen's Street, London (28) | Children's Hospital, Birmingham (15) | Marske (17) | Standard Oil Building, Algiers (210) |
| 176 Broad Street, Birmingham (31) | Claverton Manor, Claverton, Bath (32) | Merton College, Oxford (2) | Station Hotel, Stirling (22) |
| 18 Marine Parade, Dover (5) | Cliff House, Felixstowe (4) | Metropole Building, Northumberland Ave, London (241) | Stenness, Orkneys (28) |
| 18 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh (20) | Constantinople (15) | Mongewell Park, Wallingford (2) | Storie's Gate London (71) |
| 21 Rue Merzbeck, Heliopolis (206) | Covent Garden Hotel, London (6) | Moor House, Leeds (24) | Sylvesters' Berkley Avenue, Reading (50 & 54) |
| 33/34 Tavistock Place, London (6 & 30) | Cowley Barracks, Oxford ('X') | Moorfield House. Alma Road, Leeds (51) | Tadcaster (16) |
| 6 Tivoli Place, South Yarra, Melbourne (300) | Craigmore (14) | Morris Motor Works, Cowley (43) | Tallow Hall/Municipal Homes, Worcester (81) |
| 63 Somerton Road, Belfast (82) | Delapre', Salisbury (7) | Morton Hall, Swinderby (5, 21 & 91) | Taranto (6) |
| 65 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin (11) | Dorincourt', Upton (13) | Mount Wise Barracks, Plymouth (9 & 19) | The Hall, Milton Ernest (47 & 48) |
| 81 Weyhill Road, Andover (40, 41, 42 & 43) | Dormy House, Sunningdale (54 & 71) | Mousehold Heath, Norwich (3) | The Hyde, Hendon (26 & 65) |
| Acomb Hall, York (16) | Drummossie (13 & 14) | Mudros (15) | The Tower, Main Wharf, Gibraltar (200) |
| Adelphi Hotel, Glasgow (23) | Dunlambert Hotel, Belfast (61) | Naples (214) | Tor House, Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh (34) |
| Aley, Lebanon (213) | Egginton Hall, Egginton (93) | National Mutual Building, Colombo (222) | Torre Abbey, Torquay (54) |
| Allerton Park, Knaresborough (6) | Forhill House, King's Norton (31) | Nazerath (213) | Turan, Palestine (213) |
| Alma Marine (210) | Fossgate, York (16) | Nedeus Hotel, Lahore (227) | Uxbridge Road, Stanmore (46) |
| Alta Vista', Higher Warberry Road, Torquay (54) | Furiani ('X') | Nerab, Aleppo (213) | Warsash, Southampton (10) |
| Ashcourt (14) | Gardermoen (88) | Newlands House, Beverley Road, Hull (33) | Windermere Park, Rangoon (BURGROUP) |
| Avening Court, Avening (81) | Governor's Palace, Tripoli (210) | Norfolk House, London (333 & 'X') | Winslow Hall, Winslow (7 & 92) |
| Barbados', East Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea (54) | Grand Hotel, Beit Meri (213) | North Queensferry (29) | Wykeham Hall, Lee-on-Solent (16 & 17) |
| Bastia (202 & 'X') | Green Park Hotel, Aston Clinton (24) | Nu Baba (217) | Zubeila Hospital, Basrah (215) |
| Bell Hotel, Gloucester (24) | Habrough, Lincolnshire (18) | Old Catton, Norwich (6) | |
| Belmont House, Felixstowe (4) | Hamadan (217) | Old Church Lane, Stanmore (43) | |
| Belvedere, Calcutta (228 & 231) | Harefield House, Romsey, Hants (32) | Oslo (88) |
Maintenance Units, etc (Locations not shown elsewhere)
| Abbots Ripton (264) | El Agrud/Wadi Ysara (112) | Killearnan (77) | Romsey - Harefield Terrace (210) |
| Abu Sultan (128) | Ernukulum (312) | Kilo 104 (112) | Ruislip - Ickenham ('P'/64 & 4) |
| Acre (142) | Escrick (80) | Kiplin Hall (224) | Rushden (204) |
| Ahwaz (134) | Eynsham (96) | Kossoh Town (176) | Sadaira (110) |
| Aleppo - Caesar's Camp (142) | Fauld (21) | Kurunegala (338 | Salawas (355) |
| Altrincham - Broadheath (2) | Faygate (49) | Llanberis (31) | Salford - Stanley Street ('L' & 'R'/221) |
| Alvaston (99) | Ferryside (97) | Llandilo (208) | Sandysike (69) |
| Avadi (337) | Fort Agrud (142) | Locharbriggs/Tinwold Down (215) | Scheuen (399) |
| Babugarh (314) | Longparish (202) | Settle - Falcon Hotel (219) | |
| Bajit Panjang (152) | Gisburn (219) | Lord's Bridge (95) | Sheffield Templeboro' Works, Tinsley Road ('O' & 'Q') |
| Ballymena (217) | Glen Carse (17) | Magrun | Shepton Mallet - Anglo Cider Mills ('K') |
| Bamhrauli (308) | Golden Grove (208) | Mallusk (226) | Shipton (60) |
| Beit Ovid (120) | Goring Heath - Woodcote (70) | Manauri (302) | Shrewsbury (245) |
| Bhita (361) | Gummidipundi (314, 340 & 343) | Manchester - Dura Works (75) | Sidi Tabet (146) |
| Blaby Wharf (65) | Hadfield, Manchester - Worsted Mills ('R' & 221) | Market Stainton (233) | Slough - Premier Garage (71) |
| Bolton - Globe Hosiery Buildings (68) | Hammersmith - Citreon Works ('B') | Mawcarse (98) | South Witham (100) |
| Bolton - Suez Mill, Farnworth (68) | Hamrun (143) | Meikle Ferry (88) | Southburn (91) |
| Bombay - Sewri (305) | Handforth (61, 201 & 290) | Milton, Didcot (3) | Stoke Heath (24 & 291) |
| Bombay - Sion (305 & 330) | Harbanspura (306) | Monkmoor (34) | Sulaiman Beg (120) |
| Bough Beech (74) | Harpur Hill (28) | Mousehold, Norwich ('G') | Sundridge - Coomb Bank Market Gardens (86) |
| Bovino (353) | Hartlebury (25) | Mymensingh (321) | Sutton Coldfield (216) |
| Bowes Moor (81) | Hascombe (228) | Naharia (142) | Tagore Palace (329) |
| Brafferton (92) | Hatfield - Woodside Place (64) | Naples - San Rocco Caves (114) | Taunton - Marshalsea Garage (67) |
| Broughton (209) | Hesedorf (398) | Newark - Lincoln Road (58) | Teheran (138) |
| Bulawayo - Khami Road (395) | Heywood (35) | Newark - Marners Road (203) | Tewkesbury (238) |
| Bynea - Pencoed Tinplate Works (78) | Hillingdon (206) | Newland (59) | Thatcham |
| Cancello (375) | Hitcham (263) | Newport - Alexandra South Dock ('E'/214) | Thika (105) |
| Carluke (63) | Hockering (231) | Norton Disney (93) | Tollygunge (335 & 363) |
| Casablanca - Cazes (145) | Holywood (55) | Nottingham - 33 Stoney Street (227) | Tripoli - Fiat Works (113) |
| Cathago (109) | Hyde Hall (221) | Nottingham Ice Rink, Nottingham ('S'/227) | Tura (101) |
| Cliffs Norton (265) | Inverness - 46 Strothers Lane (56) | Oshodi (179) | Tura el Asment (111) |
| Coventry - Daimler Works ('C') | Inverness - Lentran House (79) | Oujda (163) | Valletta - Fort St Lucien (110) |
| Cowley - Morris Motors (90) | Ishkandariya (137) | Oxford - Cowley (50) | Wakefield ('T'/230) |
| Crescia (146) | Jalahalli (328) | Pagnini (375) | Warminster (225) |
| Cuckney (66) | Jamalpur (325) | Panagarh (385) | Wembley - Palace of Industry ('A'/212/'D') |
| Dhabit (122) | Kajamalai (336) | Perth - Pitfour Castle (17) | White City, London (232) |
| Draria (146) | Kajiado (165) | Pulgaon (341) | Whitefield (343) |
| Dumbarton - MacAllister's Yard (62 & 213) | Kankinara (313) | Quedgeley (7) | Wortley (220) |
| Dumfries - Heath Hall Works ('H'/220) | Kasu Begu (316 & 344) | Rangoon - Base Area (56) | Wroughton (15) |
| Dunsfold - Sachel Court (228) | Keith (243) | Ras el Ma (163) | York - Ben Johnson's Works (87) |
| Earsham (280) | Kettering - Robinson's Garage, Montague Street (236) | Ras-el-Ein (120) | |
| East Retford (207) | Kettering ('F'/2 MT Store/236) | Ratho (205) | |
| Eccles (262) | Khataba (140) | Roade (72) |
Training Units, Personnel Units, etc
| Acton (HQ P & SS) | Blankney Hall (Sector Ops) | Grimsthorpe (Park) (AWR) | Nocton Hall (Hospital) | Skipsea (AWR) |
| All Hallows (RAF Reg Sqns) | Bletchley (GCHQ) | Hardwick Hall (Trg) | Padgate (Trg) | Theddlethorpe (AWR) |
| Alma Park/Belton Park (Reg Trg) | Collaton Cross (BC/MU) | Headley Court | Raucesby (Hospital) | West Kirkby (Trg) |
| Barnton Quarry (Sector HQ) | Compton Bassett (Trg) | Longley Lane (see Barton) | Sandbanks (MCU) | Whitley Bay (Trg) |
| Belton Park (RAF Reg) | Ely | Mill Green (ACS) | Skegness (Trg) |
Maps showing the location of Airfields on the Continent during WW1 are available in the Members' Area
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This entry was last updated on 20/12/25©
