Main units: -

No 6 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 3 Recruit Centre (4 Jan 1940 - 9 Sep 1941)

No 10 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (8 Jul 1940 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 30 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (30 Jun 1941 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre (12 Sep 1941 - 12 Dec 1942)

No 5 Personnel Transit Centre (15 Sep 1941 - 15 Dec 1942)

No 3 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (12 Feb - 16 Jun 1942)

No 11 (RAAF) Personnel Reception Centre (23 May - 28 Aug 1944)

No 12 (RAAF) Personnel Dispersal and Reception Centre (23 May - 28 Aug 1944)

Polish Initial Training Wing (23 May

No 3 School of Recruit Training* (1 Nov 1948 - 31 Mar 1957)

RAF Hospital, Padgate (18 Sep 1950 - 13 Mar 1957)

C & M Party (31 Mar 1957 - xx xxx xxxx)

Units formed at Padgate for overseas service: -

No 39 Air Stores Park (10 - 11 Nov 1941)

No 60 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - 11 Nov 1941)

No 40 Air Stores Park (xx - 10 Nov 1941)

979 (Balloon) Sqn (8 - 17 Dec 1941)

HQ, No 225 Group (3 - 12 Feb1942)

No 135 Air Sores Park (Sep - 10 Nov 1942)

No 136 Air Sores Park (14 Sep - 25 Nov 1942)

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   53:24:46N  02:33:54W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened (No 3 RAF Depot) - 3 Apr 1939

No 24 Group (3 Apr 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 20 Group (xx xxx 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 22 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 May 1944)

No 54 Group (1 May 1944 - 15 Jan 1945)

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

No 22 Group (15 Jan 1945 - 21 Sep 1961)

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1949*

Reduced to inactive status on xx xxx xxxx, parented by RAF Wilmslow, until 21 September 1961 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

Notes

The provisional selection of the site, known as Warrington, for preparation as No 3 RAF Depot was announced on 26 October 1938.  The name was changed to Padgate on 23 December 1938.

On 31 August 1939 it was announced that its SSQ would be expanded and established as a Hospital (non-dieted).

*On 1 October 1949, No 3 SoRT became the commanding unit.

Main Units: -

No 3 RAF Depot (3 Apr - 7 Sep 1939)

No 5 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

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HQ, No 226 Group (16 Jan 1943 - 31 Jul 1946)

194 Sqn (18 Feb - 18 Sep 1943)

31 Sqn (21 Feb - 19 Mar 1943)

Sub-unit, No 331 Maintenance Unit (4 Jun 1943 - 20 Mar 1944)

353 Sqn (23 Aug 1943 - 1 Oct 1946)

No 226 Group Communication Flt (6 Sep 1943 - 31 Jul 1946)

No 229 Group Communication Flt (16 Sep 1943 - 1 Mar 1947)

No 4 Det,  No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 19 Feb 1945)

Reinforcement Staging Post (May - 1 Sep 1944)

No 309 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1944 - 15 Nov 1947)*

No 9 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - May 1947)

232 Sqn (14 Feb 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)

AHQ India Communication SQn (xx May 1946 - 15 Aug 1947)*

76 Sqn (25 May - 1 Sep 1946)

681 Sqn (28 May - 1 Aug 1946)

34 Sqn (1 Aug 1946 - 1 Aug 1947)*

62 Sqn (1 Sep 1946 - 16 Jun 1947)

HQ, No 3 (Indian) Wing (1 Jun - 15 Aug 1947)

Supreme Commander's HQ (Air) Communication Sqn (15 Aug - 1 Dec 1947)

RAF Unit (10 Dec 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  28:33:59N   77:06:11E

Height Above Sea Level:  777 ft

Control: -

Opened (airfield) - xx xxx 1943

SHQ opened - 1 Jan 1944

No 226 Group (1 Jan 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 3 (Indian) Group (xx xxx xxxx - 15 May 1947)

AHQ India (15 May - 15 Aug 1947)

AHQ Delhi (15 Aug - 17 Nov 1947)

RAF HQ Mauripur (17 Nov 1947 - 10 Dec 1947)

C & M (1 - 10 Dec 1947)

Transferred to RIAF - 10 Dec 1947

Notes

Originally known as Palam Airport, it is now known as Indira Gandhi International Airport.

*These units were under the functional control of AHQ India.

On 15 August 1947 assumed responsibility for No 1 Hill Depot, Lower Topa, No 42 Flight, Provost Services, RAF Radio Terminal - New Delhi and Grugaon Transmitter Station.

All RAF personnel in the Delhi area were transferred to the control of RAF Palam on 1 September 1947.

Detachments

RAF Communication Flt (1 Dec 1947 - 30 Jun 1948)

RAF Station Palam Detachment (59 Staging Post), Nagpur (3 May - 1 Aug 1947)

RAF Station Palam Detachment (39 Staging Post), Dum Dum (31 May 1947 - 15 Oct 1947)

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Main units: -

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long: 

Height Above Sea Level:

Control: -

SHQ Opened -

No 221 Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ Closed - 30 Sep 1942

Closed -

Notes

Detachments

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Main units: -

No 1 EFTS RLG (16 Jun 1941 - 7 Sep 1942)

No 1 EFTS (7 Sep 1942 - 5 May 1947)

No 127 Gliding School (by Aug 1943 - 30 May 1948)

No  1 RFS (5 May 1947 - 31 Mar 1953 )

Location

County: - Hertfordshire

Lat/Long:  51:48:04N 00:09:45W

Grid Ref:  TL266128

Height above sea level: 250 ft

Railway Station - Welwyn North LNER

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1941

No 50 Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

It was originally known as Holwell Hyde but the name was changed in September 1943.

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Main Units: -

Joint Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (RAF Element) (1 Jan 1964 - xx xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: - Singapore

Lat/Long: 

Control: -

Opened -

HQ FEAF (

Notes.

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Main units: -

No 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (25 May - 27 Jul  1945)

No 1354 Spray (Insectiside) Flt (Nov 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 1348 Air Sea Rescue Flt (Jan - 15 May 1946)

Detachments**

159 Sqn (Jul 1944 - Jun 1946)

No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

355 Sqn (Aug 1945 - Jun 1946)

279 Sqn (Sep 1945 - Mar 1946)

Location

Country: - Myanmar (Burma)

Lat/Long:  17:18:00N  96:25:41E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

Opened (RAF Detachment) -

SHQ opened - 21 Nov 1945

No 232 Group (21 Nov 1945 - 10 May 1946)

AHQ Burma (10 May  - 1 Aug 1946)

SHQ disbanded - 1 Aug 1946

Notes

It was renamed RAF Pegu (SP) on 21 May 1946.

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Main units: -

No 2 Air Armament School (2 Sep 1939 - 20 Jun 1940)

Detachment - No 14 Operational Training Unit (7 - xx Jun 1940)

92 Sqn (18 Jun - 8 Sep 1940)

No 1 Armament Training Station (xxx xxxx - 24 Jul 1940)

225 Sqn (Jul 1940 - Jul 1941)

79 Sqn (8 Sep 1940 - 14 Jun 1941)

256 Sqn (2 Jan - 6 Feb 1941)

316 Sqn (15 Feb - 18 Jun 1941)

Detachment - 118 Sqn (Mar 1941)

238 Sqn (1 - 16 Apr 1941)

Detachment - 307 Sqn (Apr 1941 - Apr 1943)

Air Sea Rescue Flt (5 Apr - 4 Jul 1941)

32 Sqn (17 Apr - 1 Jun 1941)

No 1 Air Gunner School (21 Jun 1941 - 21 Jun 1945)

No 800 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2800 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

248 Sqn (2 Nov - 4 Dec 1942)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (12 Jul - 1 Aug 1943)

No 3 Air Crew Holding Unit (21 Jun 1945- 31 Oct 1946)

595 Sqn (21 Oct 1946 - 11 Feb 1949)

5 Sqn (11 Feb - 25 Oct 1949)

No 233 Operational Conversion Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 1 Sep 1957)

C & M Party (1 Sep 1957 - 20 Nov 1962)

No 41 Gliding School (1 May 1954 - 1 Sep 1955)

Location

County: - Carmarthenshire

Lat/Long:   51:42:30N  04:18:45W

Grid Ref -  SN401035

Height Above Sea Level - 17 ft

Control: -

Opened as No 2 AAS - 2 Sep 1939

No 25 (Armament) Group (2 Sep 1939 - 17 Jun 1940)

SHQ Opened - 6 May 1940

No 10 Group (20 Jun 1940 - xx xxx 1941)

SHQ Closed - xx Jun 1941?

SHQ re-opened - 15 Sep 1942 (C & M)

No 92 Group (15 Sep 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 25 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 31 Oct 1946)

No 11 Group (31 Oct 1946 - 22 Mar 1948)

No 12 Group (22 Mar 1948 - 15 Dec 1949)

C & M (30 Oct 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

On 15 February 1950 it was reduced to Inactive (Retention status) in Coastal Command, parented by RAF Pembroke Dock.

Coastal Command (15 Feb 1950 - 1 Apr 1951)

No 12 Group, parented by RAF Pembroke Dock (1 Apr 1951 - 1 Aug 1952)

No 81 Group (1 Aug 1952 - 1 Mar 1958)

No 11 Group (1 Mar 1958 - 1 Oct 1958)

No 24 Group (1 Oct 1958 - 1 Aug 1963), parented by RAF St Athan

Reduced to Inactive (Guarded) status on 20 November 1962, parented by No 4 SoTT, RAF St Athan.

Parenting transferred to Guided Weapons Range Unit, RAF Aberporth on 1 August 1963

HQ Fighter Command (1 Aug 1963 - xx xxx xxxx)

Downgraded to inactive status on 1 February 1964.

Notes

From 1 September 1952, No 233 OCU became the Station Commanding Unit, until 1 September 1957.

There was also an air-to-ground weapons range at Pembrey Sands, which was reactivated on 15 June 1964 under the functional control of No 229 OCU, RAF Chivenor and administered by the Guided Weapons Range Unit, RAF Aberporth.

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Main units (continued): -

230 Sqn (1 Dec 1934 - 23 Sep 1935, 3 Aug - 14 Oct 1936, 15 Apr - 10 Aug 1946, 25 Feb 1949 - 28 Feb 1957)

228 Sqn (15 Dec 1936 - 29 Sep 1938, 9 Oct 1938 - 5 Jun 1939, 10 Sep 1939 - 10 Jun 1940, 28 Aug 1941 9 Oct 1941, 4 May 1943 - 4 Jun 1945)

10 Sqn RAAF (12 Aug 1939 - 1 Apr 1940, 28 May - 31 Dec 1941)

240 Sqn (27 May - 30 Jul 1940)

320 Sqn (1 Jun - 1 Oct 1940)

321 Sqn (1 - 24 Jun 1940)

764 Sqn FAA (7 Jun 1940 - 4 Oct 1941)

209 Sqn (12 Jul 1940 - 3 Jan 1941, 10 Oct 1941 - 30 Mar 1942)

962 (Balloon) Sqn (26 Aug 1940 - 11 Apr 1942)

95 Sqn (16 Jan - 18 Mar 1941)

No 747 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

119 Sqn (4 Aug - 7 Oct 1941, 6 Sep 1942 - 17 Apr 1943)

No 2747 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (Sep 1942 - xxx 1945)

No 308 Ferry Training and Test Flying Unit (22 Mar - 7 May 1943)

461 Sqn (20 Apr 1943 - 4 Jun 1945)

No 308 Ferry Training Unit (7 May 1943 - 12 Jan 1944)

VP-63, US Navy (20 Jul - 15 Dec 1943)

201 Sqn (8 Apr - 4 Nov 1944, 2 Aug 1945 - 1 Apr 1946, 18 Jan 1949 - 28 Feb 1957)

422 Sqn (4 Nov 1944 - 25 Jul 1945)

No 4422 Servicing Echelon (4 Jun – 25 Jul 1945)

No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (15 Aug 1946 - 31 Jul 1947)

No 1 Marine Craft Training School (29 Jan 1948 - 22 Aug 1949)

Flying Boat Training Sqn (17 Oct 1953 - 5 Oct 1956)

VP-44, USN (15 - 30 Jul 1954)

No 1115 Marine Craft Unit (1 Mar 1957 - 30 Nov 1958)

C & M Party (31 Mar 1957 - 31 Mar 1959)

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire (Dyfed)

Lat/Long:  51:41:34N  04:56:42W

Control: -

Opened - 1 Jan 1930

Coastal Area (1 Jan 1930 - 1 May 1936)

Coastal Command (1 May 1936 - 1 Jan 1937)

No 16 Group (1 Jan 1937 - 14 Jun 1939)

No 15 Group (14 Jun 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

No 19 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 31 Mar 1959)

SHQ disbanded - 31 Mar 1957

C & M (31 Mar 1957 - 31 Mar 1959)

Transferred to the Admiralty - 31 Mar 1959

Notes

No 519 and 520 Flts of No 255 Sqn operated from Pembroke from 6 Jun 1918 to 14 Jan 1919

Main units: -

RAF Floating Dock

No 443 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flt (8 - 19 Jun 1930)

210 Sqn (15 Jun 1931 - 28 Sep 1935, 7 Aug 1936 - 22 Sep 1937, 18 Dec 1937 - 29 Sep 1938, 8 Oct 1938 - 23 Oct 1939, 6 - 24 Nov 1939, 21 May - 13 Jul 1940, 4 Oct 1942 - 21 Apr 1943)

Detachments**

821 Sqn (3 - 31 May 1934)

119 Sqn (14 Jun -  4 Aug 1941)

203 Sqn (Aug - Sep 1935)

204 Sqn (Jun - Jul 1941)

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Main units: -

HQ, No 185 Wing (5 Sep - 17 Dec 1945)

No 10 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Oct - 10 Nov 1945)

No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (9 Nov - xxx 1945)

No 231 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (xx - 14 Nov 1945)

No 1125 Marine Craft Unit (22 Oct 1955 - 1 Mar 1970)

Detachments**

Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (xxx 1936 - xxx 1939)

230 Sqn (Jun 1938 - Feb 1940)

240 Sqn (Jul 1945 - Jan 1946)

Location

Country: - Malaysia

Lat/Long:  05:17:45N  100:16:37E

Height Above Sea Level: 9 ft

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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No 29 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (30 Jun 1941 - 25 Sep 1944)¹

No 1 Recruits Centre (20 Jan 1941 - 8 Mar 1945)²

Location

County: - Glamorgan

Lat/Long: 

Grid Ref: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Control: -

Opened -

No 24 Group (20 Jan 1941 - 13 Nov 1942)

No 20 Group (13 Nov 1942 - 1 May 1943)

No 28 Group (1 May 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

¹Kewstoke, Cwrt-y-Vii Road

²31 Victoria Road

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No 5 Armament Training Camp (1 Jan 1937 - 1 Apr 1938)

No 5 Armament Training Station (1 Apr 1938 - 16 Sep 1939)

90 Sqn (13 - 27 Aug 1939)

No 1 Air Observers School (2 Sep 1939)

No 9 Air Observers School (3 Sep - 1 Nov 1939, 14 Jun 1941 - 1 May 1942)

No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School (1 Nov 1939 - 14 Jun 1941)

'C' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (4 Dec 1939 - 28 Jun 1941)

'J' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (16 Feb - 14 Sep 1940)

‘B’ Flt, 312 Sqn (21 Dec 1940 - Apr 1941)

No 780 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2780 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 9 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (1 May 1942 - 14 Jun 1945)

No 2 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun 1945- 31 Mar 1946)

Location

County: - Caernarvonshire

Lat/Long:   52;52:23N  04:28:23W

Grid Ref -  SO975495

Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft

Railway Station -

Control: -

Opened - 1 Feb 1937

Armament Group (1 Feb - 1 Dec 1937)

No 25 Group (1 Dec 1937 - 21 Oct 1946)

Station abandoned  - 21 Oct 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Fighter Command, parented by RAF Llanbedr, but by 11 May 1950 parenting had been transferred to RAF Valley, until 30 March 1962 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

Notes

No 5 ATC utilised ranges at Hell's Mouth, which opened on 1 March 1937.

Detachments**

No 6 Flying Training School (Oct - Nov 1939)

No 11 Service Flying Training School (9 -  23 Oct 1939, 3 - 18 Nov 1939, 1 Feb - 4 Mar 1940)

No 10 Flying Training School (Nov 1939 - Jan 1940, Mar - May 1940)

No 9 Flying Training School (Jan -  Feb 1940)

63 Sqn (Mar 1940  Apr 1940

No 12 Flying Training School (Mar -  Apr 1940)

No 12 Operational Training Unit ( 8 Apr - 9 Dec 1940)

No 2 Flying Training School (Apr - May 1940)

258 Sqn (18 - 21 Apr 1941)

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RLG for No 5 Service Flying Training School (Sep 1940 - 1 Apr 1942)

RLG for No 10 Service Flying Training School (Sep - Oct 1940)

RLG for No 11 Service Flying Training School (Aug - 2 Oct 1941)

No 83 Operational Training Unit (1 Aug 1943 - 28 Oct 1944)

No 23 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit (28 Oct 1944 - 17 Jan 1945)

RLG for No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (19 Jan - 28 Feb 1945)

No 1515 Beam Approach Training Flt (30 Jan - 28 Feb 1945)

RLG for No 758 Sqn FAA (28 Feb 1945 - 14 May 1946)

RLG for No 798 Sqn FAA (28 Nov 1945 - 18 Mar 1946)

Detachment -No 772 Sqn FAA (28 - 31 Jan 1946)

RLG for No 780 Sqn FAA (28 Mar 1946 - 27 Mar 1947)

Location

County: - Shropshire

Lat/Long:   52:48:30N  02:30:00W

Grid Ref -  SJ661233

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Railway Station - Hodnet GWR

Control: -

Opened (Childs Ercall)- 24 May 1943

No 93 Group (24 May 1943 - 28 Oct 1944)

No 23 Group (28 Oct 1944 - 31 Jan 1945)

Transferred on loan to the Admiralty - 31 Jan 1945

Reduced to inactive status on 1 March 1956, parented by RAF Ternhill.

No 23 Group (1 Mar 1956 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

Originally known as Childs Ercall, its name was changed on 16 August 1943.

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Administrative HQ (Cyprus) (24 Feb 1961 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 33 Signals Unit (1 Dec 1962 - xx xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: - Cyprus

Lat/Long: 

Control: -

SHQ opened - 24 Feb 1961

Notes.

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Main units (continued): -

234 Sqn (28 Oct - 26 Nov 1942, 26 Dec 1942- 24 Apr 1943)

602 Sqn (20 Jan - 14 Apr 1943)

65 Sqn (29 Mar - 18 May 1943)

412 Sqn (13 Apr - 21 Jun 1943)

610 Sqn (30 Apr - 26 Jun 1943)

132 Sqn (18 May - 20 Jun 1943)

302 Sqn (20 Jun - 19 Aug 1943)

317 Sqn (21 Jun - 21 Aug 1943)

453 Sqn (21 Aug - 18 Oct 1943)

183 Sqn (18 Sep - 13 Oct 1943)

341 Sqn (15 Oct 1943 - 17 Apr 1944)

340 Sqn (9 Nov 1943 - 17 Apr 1944)

329 Sqn (22 Jan - 17 Apr 1944)

816 Sqn FAA (20 Apr - 1 Aug 1944)

849 Sqn FAA (20 Apr - 9 Aug 1944)

850 Sqn (23 Apr - 1 Aug 1944)

224th Field Artillery Battalion, US Army (xxx - xxx 1944)

No 120 (Major) Staging Post (21 Nov 1944 - 20 Apr 1945)

No 18 Terminal Staging Post (1 Dec 1944 - 1 Apr 1945)

No 19 Terminal Staging Post (2 Dec 1944 - 20 Mar 1945)

No 122 (Major) Staging Post (3 Dec 1944 - 20 Apr 1945)

No 123 (Major) Staging Post (5 Dec 1944 - 23 Apr 1945)

No 92 (Forward) Staging Post (16 Feb - 7 Apr 1945)

No 95 Gliding School (Apr - Jun 1945)

Location

County: - Cornwall

Lat/Long:   50:19:40N 05:10:45W

Grid Ref -  SW740528

Height Above Sea Level - 320 ft

Railway Station - Perranporth GWR

Control: -

Opened (Satellite) - xx xxx 1941

No 10 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Apr 1944)

C & M No 19 Group (15 Apr - 23 Nov 1944)

Transport Command (23 Nov 1944- 15 Apr 1947)

Station abandoned - 15 Apr 1947

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Coastal Command, parented by RAF St Eval, until 15 January 1959 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for RAF Portreath was issued in July 1940.

Main units: -

Satellite, RAF Portreath (xx xxx 1941 - 15 Apr 1944)

66 Sqn (27 Apr - 14 Dec 1941, 17 Sep -3 8 Nov 1943)

Air Sea Rescue Flt (May - 5 Nov 1941)

310 Sqn (24 Dec 1941- 2 Feb 1942, 11 Feb - 8 Mar 1942, 21 Mar - 7 May 1942, )

19 Sqn (6 May - 1 Jun 1942, 14 Jun - 1 Jul 1942, 7 - 23 Jul 1942, 31 Jul - 16 Aug 1942, 20 Aug 1942 - 1 Mar 1943)

130 Sqn (16 Jul - 4 Aug 1942, 11 Aug - 16 Aug 1942, 20 Aug - 21 Oct 1942, 31 Oct 1942 - 30 Mar 1943)

Detachments**

276 Sqn (21 Oct - 5 Nov 1941, 23 Nov 1942 - xxx xxxx)

615 Sqn (17 Dec 1941 - 25 Jan 1942)

66 Sqn (xxx - Aug 1942)

616 Sqn (7 - 11 Sep 1943)

No 1602 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (23 Nov - 1 Dec 1943)

639 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 20 Aug 1944)

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Main units: -

No 23 Operational Training Unit (1 Apr 1941 - 15 Mar 1944)

No 741 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2741 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xx May 1942)

No 1516 Beam Approach Training Flt (13 Apr 1943 - 17 Sep 1944)

No 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (5 Jun 1943 - 8 Mar 1944)

No 1 Aircraft Preparation Unit (29 Sep - 10 Oct 1944)

No 1 Ferry Unit (16 Mar 1944 - 15 Nov 1946)

No 50 Gliding School (Jan 1947 - 1 Jun 1948)

No 10 Advanced Flying Training School (15 Jan 1952 - 14 Apr 1954)

Radar Research Flying Unit (20 Sep 1957 - 2 Sep 1971)

Location

County: - Worcestershire

Lat/Long:   52:08:30N  02:02:15W

Grid Ref -  SO975495

Height Above Sea Level - 123 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 6 Group (xx xxx 1941 - xx xxx 1942)

No 91 Group (xx xxx 1942 - 15 Mar 1944)

No 44 Group (15 Mar 1944 - 14 Aug 1946)

No 46 Group (14 Aug 1946 - 19 May 1948)

SHQ closed - 17 May 1948

Reserve Command (19 May 1948 - 1 Aug 1950)

Home Command (1 Aug 1950 - 15 Jan 1952)

No 23 Group (15 Jan 1952 - 1 Jun 1954)

Closing down party formed - 14 Apr 1954

Closing down party withdrawn - 1 Jun 1954

Airmen's Married Quarters parented by RAF Wellesbourne Mountford from 26 May 1954.

Transferred to the Ministry of Supply - 1 Jun 1954

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site (known as Throckmorton) for use as a Operational Training Unit was issued in June 1940.  The name was changed to Pershore in October 1940.

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Main units (Scone): -

Wireless Development Unit (12 Sep - 24 Oct 1939)

‘D’ Flt, Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (15 Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)

No 7 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 1 Jun 1940)

No 5 Flying Instructors School (8 Oct 1940 - 23 Nov 1942)

No 821 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2821 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 9 Gliding School (Nov 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 11 Reserve Flying School (18 Mar 1947 - 20 Jun 1954)

666 Sqn (1 May 1949 10 Mar 1957

No 1966 Reserve AOP Flt (1 May 1949 - 10 Mar 1957)

Glasgow University Air Sqn (1 Dec 1950 - 1 Jan 1965)

No 1967 Reserve AOP Flt (2 Feb 1954 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 1 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit (8 Mar 1957 - 31 Jan 1961)

Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde Air Sqn (1 Jan 1965 - xxx 1992)

Main units (Methven): -

652 Sqn (28 Mar - 2 Jul 1943)

Location

County: - Perthshire

Lat/Long:   56:26:23N  03:22:08W

Grid Ref -  NO156285

Height Above Sea Level - 385 ft

Control: -

Opened -

No 51 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 11 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (27 Jan 1936 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 7 Civilian Air Navigation School (9 Jan - 1 Nov 1939)

No 11 Elementary Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 - 18 Mar 1947)

Detachments**

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 May - 20 Nov 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (27 Dec 1940 - xxx 1941)

309 Sqn (Mar - May 1941)

12 Air Experience Flt (1 Apr 1996 - xxx xxxx)

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No 764 Defence Sqn (27 Aug 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

RLG for No 11 Flying Training School (Jan - 14 Mar 1942)

No 2764 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - Jun 1943)

RLG for No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (4 Aug 1942 - 1 Aug 1943)

RLG for No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Aug 1943 - 16 Jul 1946)

Location

County: - Staffordshire

Lat/Long:   52:35:45N  02:12:15W

Grid Ref -  SJ865000

Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft

Control: -

Opened - 28 Aug 1941

No 70 Group (28 Aug 1941 - 1 Jun 1942)

No 21 Group (1 Jun 1942 - 10 Jul 1947)

Station abandoned - 10 Jul 1947

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Technical Training Command, parented by RAF Cosford, but by 1 July 1949 had been transferred to another Government department, etc.

Parenting of the inactive station was assumed by the No 2 SoTT, RAF Cosford on 16 October 1956, until 1 July 1959 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

No 24 Group (16 Oct 1956 - 1 Jul 1959)

Detachments**

No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (14 Mar - Jun 1942)

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a fighter sector station was issued in October 1940.  In July 1941 it wa re-allocated to Army Co-operation Command.

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Main units (continued): -

60 Sqn (29 May - 15 Oct 1925)

No 1 (Indian) Group (1 Nov 1928 - 1 May 1942, 15 Aug 1945 - 1 Jun 1947)

155 Sqn (1 Apr - 2 Jun 1942, 27 Jun - 9 Jul 1942)

HQ, No 223 Group (1 May - 30 Nov 1942, May 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

Communication Flt, Peshawar (1 Jul 1942 - xx xxxx)

No 319 Maintenance Unit (27 Jul 1942 - Jan 1943)

No 223 Group Communication Flt (1 Jul - 2 Dec 1942, xxx 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

Blenheim Refresher Unit (xxx - 15 Jul 1943)

Maintenance Wing North-West India (23 Aug - 1 Sep 1943)

HQ, No 187 Wing (1 Sep 1943 - 15 Jul 1945)

No 3 Det,  No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 15 Oct 1945)

No 147 Staging Post (10 Jan - 17 Aug 1945)

No 1 (Indian) Group Communication Flt (15 Aug 1945 - 15 Aug 1947)

659 Sqn (12 Jan 1946 - 1 Jan 1947)

5 Sqn (22 Jan - 3 Jul 1947)

Location

Country - Pakistan

Lat/Long:  33:59:35N  71:31:50E

Height above sea level:  1,158 ft

Control: -

Notes

It is now PAF Peshawar and is home to the PAF's Northern Air Command.

Main units: -

HQ, 52nd (Corps) Wing (Mar 1918 - xxx xxxx, Jun - 9 Oct 1919)

No 1 (Indian) Wing (xxx 1921 - 1 Nov 1928)

31 Sqn (31 Oct 1921 - 17 Apr 1923, Dec 1939 - Feb 1941)

28 Sqn (19 Apr 1923 - 5 Jan 1925)

20 Sqn (5 Jan - 22 May 1925, 12 Oct 1925 - 2 Dec 1936, 24 Dec 1936 - 7 Jan 1937, 16 Jan - 20 Apr 1937, 14 Aug 1937 - 13 May 1938, 20 May - 29 Aug 1939, 29 Oct 1939 - 8 Apr 1940, 2 Mar - 1 May 1942)

27 Sqn (26 May - 12 Oct 1925)

Detachment**

39 Sqn (Mar 1929 - Nov 1931)

28 Sqn (Sep 1931 - Jun 1936, Mar 1939 - Jan 1942)

20 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1939, Apr 1940 -Mar 1942)

60 Sqn (Sep 1940 - Feb 1941)

34 Sqn (Jun  - Dec 1942

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Main units: -

No 1 Aircraft Storage Unit (2 Aug 1932 - Feb 1935)

No 7 Flying Training School/Service Flying Training School (2 Dec 1935 - Jan 1941)

No 13 Elementary Flying Training School (20 Dec 1940 - 1 Jun 1941)

No 25 Elementary Flying Training School (1 Jun - 16 Jul 1941)

No 17 Elementary Flying Training School (15 Jul 1941 - 1 Jun 1942)

No 781 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 1 Pupil Pilots Pool (3 Nov 1941 - 8 Mar 1943)

No 2781 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - Apr 1944)

No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Jun 1942 - 21 Dec 1944)

No 7 Service Flying Training School (21 Dec 1944 - 15 Apr 1946)

No 259 Maintenance Unit (29 Apr 1946 - 31 Aug 1948)

No 3506 Air Defence Unit, RAuxAF (4 Sep 1947 - 31 Jan 1961)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:35:15N  00:16:00W

Grid Ref -  TF174005

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1932

No 51 Group (xx Dec 1940 - 1 Jun 1942)

No 21 Group (1 Jun 1942 - 29 Apr 1946)

Maintenance Command (29 Apr 1946 - 31 Aug 1948)

Reserve Command (31 Aug 1948 - 1 Aug 1950)

Home Command (1 Aug 1950 - 1 Feb 1951)

No 12 Group (1 Feb 1951 - 1 Feb 1961)

Reduced to inactive status on 1 February 1961, parented by RAF Wittering, until 20 November 1962 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

No 3 Group (1 Feb 1961 - 20 Nov 1962)

Notes

At some point its name was changed to RAF Westwood (Peterborough), probably in 1947.

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Officers Commanding,

Main units (Continued): -

No 15 Armament Practice Camp (18 Oct 1943 - 21 Feb 1945)

430 Sqn (4 - 31 Jan 1944)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (4 Jan - 14 Mar 1944)

129 Sqn (17 Jan - 16 Mar 1944)

414 Sqn (5 - 20 Feb 1944)

402 Sqn (12 - 22 Apr 1944)

411 Sqn (24 - 29 Feb 1944)

453 Sqn (13 - 19 Mar 1944)

350 Sqn (14 Mar - 25 Apr 1944)

No 3012 Servicing Echelon (14 - 22 Mar 1944)

No 6350 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar - 25 Apr 1944)

No 1028 Servicing Wing (25 Mar - 31 May 1944)

No 2792 AA Sqn RAF Regiment (25 Mar – xxx 1944)

26 Sqn (31 Mar - 10 Apr 1944)

No 1023 Servicing Wing (xx - xx Jun 1944)

No 1014 Servicing Wing (11 Aug 1944 - xx Jun 1945)

504 Sqn (18 Oct 1943 - 19 Jan 1944)

315 Sqn (1 Nov 1944 - 16 Jan 1945)

No 6315 Servicing Echelon (1 Nov 1944 - 16 Jan 1945)

309 Sqn (13 Nov - 11 Dec 1944)

No 6309 Servicing Echelon (13 Nov - 11 Dec 1944)

65 Sqn (3 - 4 Oct 1944, 16 - 28 Jan 1945, 1 Feb - 6 May 1945)

No 1005 Servicing Wing (1 - xx Dec 1944, 3 May - xx Nov 1945)

No 6065 Servicing Echelon (15 - 28 Jan 1945, 2 Feb - 6 May 1945)

No 6316 Servicing Echelon (16 Jan 1945 - 11 Dec 1946)

19 Sqn (13 Feb - 23 May 1945)

No 6019 Servicing Echelon (14 Feb - 23 May 1945)

No 14 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - 14 Sep 1945)

No 6234 Servicing Echelon (30 Apr - 3 Jul 1945)

234 Sqn (1 May - 3 Jul 1945)

122 Sqn (1 May - 3 Jul 1945)

611 Sqn (7 May - 15 Aug 1945)

No 6061 Servicing Echelon (7 May - 15 Aug 1945)

No 6118 Servicing Echelon (9 - 29 Aug 1945)

No 1015 Servicing Wing (xx Sep 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

Location

County: - Aberdeenshire

Lat/Long:   57:30:53N 01:52:15W

Grid Ref -  NK079473/30

Height Above Sea Level - 159 ft

Control: -

Opened - 7 Jul 1941

No 14 Group (7 Jul 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 20 Jan 1945)

Closed on transfer to the War Office - 20 Jan 1945

Notes

There was an Airship station at Peterhead in WW1

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an operational fighter station was issued in July 1940.

Main units: -

132 Sqn (7 Jul 1941 - 16 Feb 1942)

No 3038 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 - 7 Feb 1942)

No 3076 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 - 10 Sep 1942)

416 Sqn (22 Nov 1941 - 14 Mar 1942, 3 Apr - 25 Jun 1942, 7 - 16 Jul 1942)

603 Sqn (14 Mar - 20 Apr 1942)

No 603 Servicing Echelon (14 - 28 Mar 1942)

164 Sqn (6 Apr - 5 May 1942, 10 Sep 1942 - 29 Jan 1943)

No 3086 Servicing Echelon (6 Apr - 4 May 1942, 10 Sep 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1479 Flight (1 May 1942 - 1 Dec 1943)

602 Sqn (17 Jul - 16 Aug 1942, 20 Aug - 10 Sep 1942)

RLG, No 2 Flying Instructors School (xxx - xxx 1943)

No 3007 Servicing Echelon (28 Jan - 27 Mar 1943)

245 Sqn (29 Jan - 30 Mar 1943)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (25 Mar - 5 Jun 1943)

165 Sqn (29 Mar - 30 Jun 1943)

313 Sqn (28 Jun - 21 Aug 1943)

No 3075 Servicing Echelon (28 Jun - 20 Aug 1943)

No 3051 (RNZAF) Servicing Echelon (19 Sep 1943- 18 Jan 1944)

118 Sqn (20 Sep - 19 Oct 1943, 9 - 29 Aug 1944)

No 1491 Flight (xx - 18 Oct 1943)

Detachments**

68 Sqn (Mar 1942 - Feb 1943)

416 Sqn (Mar - Apr 1942)

278 Sqn (Apr 1942 - Feb 1943)

167 Sqn (Jun  - Oct 1942)

125 Sqn (Sep 1942 - Apr 1943)

309 Sqn (Nov 1942 - Mar 1943, Apr - Nov 1944)

164 Sqn (Jan - Feb 1943)

282 Sqn (Jan 1943 - Jan 1944)

312 Sqn (Jun - Sep 1943)

118 Sqn (Oct 1943 - Jan 1944)

598 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - )

63 Sqn (Jan - Apr 1944)

409 Sqn (Feb 1943 - Feb 1944)

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Main units (continued): -

No 74 Operational Training Unit (20 Sep 1943 - 16 Jul 1945)

208 Sqn (13 Aug 1945 - 12 Mar 1946)

HQ, No 285 Wing (2 - 30 Sep 1945)

6 Sqn (3 - 28 Sep 1945)

32 Sqn (27 Sep 1945 - 15 Mar 1946)

651 Sqn (10 Jul 1946 - 1 Jun 1947, 11 Feb - 28 Apr 1948)

No 1908 AOP Flt (31 Dec 1946 - 1 Jun 1947, 11 Feb - 28 Apr 1948)

No 1906 AOP Flt (26 Jun - 24 Jul 1947)

No 1907 AOP Flt (26 Jun - Aug 1947)

No 1909 AOP Flt (30 Jun - Aug 1947)

No 1910 AOP Flt (11 Feb - 28 Apr 1948)

Location

Country: -  Israel

Lat/Long:  32:05:20N  34:55:01E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

SHQ opened - 20 Sep 1943

No 203 Group (20 Sep 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ disbanded  - 21 May 1946

Closed -

Notes

It was renamed Kfar Sirkin in 1948 and is now disused but its remains in the area are still visible.

Main units: -

14 Sqn (7 Jul - 10 Aug 1941)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

Country: - Egypt (Fayid South)

Lat/Long: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Control: -

Opened - 15 Jul 1946

No 219 Group (15 Jul - 1 Sep 1946)

Notes.

It was redesignated No 109 Maintenance Unit, Fayid South on 1 September 1946

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Control: -

Opened - 15 Jun 1941

No 4 (Bomber) Group (15 Jun 1941 - 8 May 1945)

No 4 (Transport ) Group (8 May 1945 - 15 Jun 1946)

SHQ closed - 15 Jun 1946

Station abandoned - 29 Nov 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Flying Training Command, parented by RAF Driffield. 

Parenting was transferred to RAF Full Sutton on 15 February 1952 until 1 September, when it was transferred to HQ No 64 Group.

No 64 Group (1 Sep 1952 - 14 Apr 1953)

Transferred to the War Office - 14 Apr 1953

Airfield reduced to inactive status on 1 Sep 1956, parented by No 91 MU, RAF Acaster Malbis

No 40 Group (2 Jan 1956 - 7 Mar 1957)

Parenting transferred to RAF Leconfield on 7 March 1957, until 14 November 1960 following transfer of to Ministry of Aviation.

No 81 Group (7 Mar - 1 Oct 1957)

No 12 Group (1 Oct 1957 -  14 Nov 1960)

Returned to RAF by MOA and reverted to Inactive status on 25 February 1964, parented by RAF Leconfield.

No 11 (Northern) Sector (25 Feb 1964 - xx xxx xxxx)

Upgraded to Inactive (Guarded) status - 7 Jun 1964

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:55:45N  00:48:00W

Grid Ref -  SE790485

Height Above Sea Level - 84 ft

Railway Station -

Main units: -

405 Sqn (20 Jun 1941 - 7 Aug 1942)

No 810 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2810 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - 17 May 1942)

No 405 Conversion Flt (2 May - 7 Aug 1942)

102 Sqn (7 Aug 1942 - 8 Sep 1945)

No 102 Conversion Flt (7 Aug - 23 Nov 1942)

‘D’ Flt, No 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit  (31 Oct 1942 - 10 Mar 1943)

No 1475 (Training) Flt (21 Nov 1942 - 7 Mar 1943)

HQ, Pocklington Base (1 Mar - 16 Sep 1943)

HQ, No 42 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 1 Sep 1945)

Redundant Aircrew Detachment, No 17 Air Crew Holding Unit (8 Nov 1945 - 15 May 1946)

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an operational station was issued in June 1940.

It was HQ, Pocklington Base from 1 Mar 1943 until 16 Sep 1943, when it was redesignated No 42 Base, remaining as such until it disbanded on 1 Sep 1945.  

With the departure of No 102 Sqn, the station was host to a modification party from Short Brothers & Harland, modifying Stirlings for Transport Command.

Part of the airfield is still in use by the Wolds Gliding Club.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,    Commanding Officers,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

28th Troop Carrier Sqn, USAAF (29 Jul - 7 Aug 1942)

352nd Bomb Sqn, USAAF (20 Aug - 4 Sep 1942)

5th Photo-Reconnaissance Sqn, USAAF (10 Sep - 29 Oct 1942)

15th Bomb Sqn, USAAF (13 Sep - 13 Nov 1942)

13th Photo-Reconnaissance Sqn, USAAF (2 Dec 1942 - 16 Feb 1943)

100th Bomb Group, USAAF (May - Jun 1943)

• 349th Bomb Sqn

• 350th Bomb Sqn

• 351st Bomb Sqn

• 418th Bomb Sqn

92nd Bomb Group, USAAF (15 Sep 1943 - 12 Jun 1945)

• 325th Bomb Sqn

• 326th Bomb Sqn

• 327th Bomb Sqn

• 407th Bomb Sqn

479th Anti-Submarine Group USAAF (xx - 11 Nov 1943)

• 4th Anti-Submarine Sqn

• 6th Anti-Submarine Sqn

• 19thAnti-Submarine Sqn

• 22nd Anti-Submarine Sqn

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:13:53N  00:36:10W

Grid Ref -  SP953603

Height Above Sea Level - 330 ft

Railway Station - Wellingborough Midland Road LMS

Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 8 Group (xx xxx 1942 - 28 Jan 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit (28 Jan - 15 Oct 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing, USAAF (15 Oct 1943 - 25 Sep 1945)

Fighter Command (25 Sep 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ opened - 15 May 1946

Closed on loan to other Government Departments - 7 Jan 1947

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Technical Training Command, parented by RAF Cardington.  From 1 September 1952 this parenting was conducted on an 'Agency Basis', until 10 November 1959 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this aerodrome for use as a satellite for Shelton/Chelveston was issued in July 1940.

It is now known as Santa Pod Raceway and is Britain's main drag racing centre.

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

90 Sqn (28 Jun 1941 - 14 Apr 1942)

Fortress Conversion Unit (xxx - xxx 1941)

No 808 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2808 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1943)

No 108 Conversion Flt (Dec 1941- 9 Jan 1942)

No 1653 Conversion Unit (9 Jan - 2 Jun  1942)

97th Bomb Group, USAAF (xxx - 25 Nov 1942) comprising: -

340th Bomb Sqn (13 Jun - 25 Nov 1942)

341st Bomb Sqn (13 Jun - 25 Nov 1942)

342nd Bomb Sqn (8 Sep - 25 Nov 1942)

414th Bomb Sqn (8 Sep - 25 Nov 1942)

351st Bomb Group, USAAF (1 May 1943 - 23 Jun 1945)

Satellite for No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (5 Apr -25 Jun 1943)

No 273 Maintenance Unit (10 Jul 1945 - 11 Nov 1947)

No 3 Ferry Pool (15 Mar 1946 - 30 Apr 1947)

Satellite, RAF North Luffenham (1 Dec 1959 - xx xxx xxxx)

130 Sqn (1 Dec 1959 - 23 Aug 1963)

Detachments**

No 17 Operational Training Unit (Jan - Jun 1941)

220 Sqn (Jan - Apr 1942)

No 7 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (Apr - May 1943)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:27:57N  00:23:30W

Grid Ref -  TL893863

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Railway Station - Oundle LMS

Control: -

Opened - 15 Jun 1941

No 2 Group (15 Jun 1941 - xx xxx 1942)

No 8 Group (xx xxx 1942 - 28 Jan 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit (28 Jan - 28 Jun 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing, USAAF (28 Jun 1943 - 10 Jul 1945)

Maintenance Command (10 Jul 1945 - 15 Oct 1947)

No 3 Group (15 Oct 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Retention status) in Bomber Command, parented by RAF Upwood, until 1 November 1955 when it was transferred to RAF Wyton.  Parenting later reverted to RAF Upwood by was transferred to RAF North Luffenham on 1 April 1959.

No 1 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Apr 1959)

No 3 Group (1 Apr 1959 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1963

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a bomber station was issued in June 1940.

In early 1943 this station acted as the Parent Station for the the following US Engineer Battalions whilst constructing the indicated airfields: -

• 826th Engineer Battalion - Harrington

• 832nd Engineer Battalion - Glatton

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,     Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 325 Wing (18 Jun- 12 Aug 1944)

608 Sqn (24 Jun - 22 Jul 1944)

Mediterranean Tactical Air Forces Communication Flt (Aug - Oct 1944)

No 23 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (8 Aug - 2 Sep 1944)

No 65 Staging Post (16 Aug 1944 - 1 Aug 1945)

No 339 (French) Wing (5 - 27 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 335 Wing (11 Sep 1944 - 15 Jul 1945)

No 125 Staging Post (20 Sep - 17 Oct 1944)

No 66 Staging Post (1 Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 130 Staging Post (10 Nov 1944 - 15 Apr 1945)

Mk X AI Conversion Flt (16 Sep 1944 - 20 Mar 1945)

284 Sqn (13 Apr - 21 Sep 1945)

293 Sqn (27 Jun 1945 - 5 Apr 1946)

No 1 Lancaster Servicing Unit (15 Jul 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 111 Repair & Salvage Unit (24 Jul 1945 - 25 Feb 1946)

Location

Country: -  Italy

Lat/Long:  40:56:06N  14:19:59E

Height Above Sea Level:  120 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - 12 August 1944

MACAF (12 August 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ closed - 21 Sep 1944

SHQ reopened - 1 Aug 1945 (from No 65 Staging Post)

Transferred to Italian Air Force  - 15 Sep 1946

Notes

It was renamed RAF Pomigliano (No 65 Staging Post) on 1 August 1945 and RAF Pomigliano (SP) on 1 June 1946.

Main units: -

No 30 Air Despatch & Reception Unit (xxx 1943 - Sep 1944)

No 63 Staging Post (9 Oct 1943 - 24 May 1944)

No 61 Staging Post (18 Feb - 19 Sep 1944)

600 Sqn (22 Mar - 1 Apr 1944)

Detachments**

23 Sqn (May - Dec 1943)

256 Sqn (Sep 1943 - Apr 1944)

114 Sqn (Oct 1943 - Apr 1944)

255 Sqn (Nov 1943 - Feb 1945)

682 Sqn (Dec 1943 - Sep 1945)

241 Sqn (Feb - Apr 1944)

284 Sqn (Nov 1944 - Apr 1945)

No 111 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx xxxx - 24 Jul 1945)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Aircrew transit Pool (16 Jun 1943 - 9 Feb 1944)

No 5 Det, No 139 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945)

No 6 Civil Maintenance Unit (3 Mar 1944 - 20 Nov 1945)

No 153 Staging Post (1 Mar - 10 Sep 1945)

No 1341 Special Duties Flt (Apr - May 1945)

No 33 Glider Servicing Echelon (29 Sep - 25 Oct 1945)

10 Sqn (5 Oct 1945 - 5 Jun 1946)

76 Sqn (18 Oct 1945 - 25 May 1946)

5 Sqn (1 Jun - 3 Nov 1946, 10 Nov 1946 - 22 Jan 1947)

232 Sqn (1 Jun - 15 Aug 1946)

No 7005 Servicing Echelon (1 Jun – 15 Dec 1946)

No 330 Maintenance Unit (xxx - 15 Aug 1947)

No 2 Towed Target Flt, India (1 Apr - Aug 1947)

Location

Country - Maharashtra, India

Lat/Long:  18:34:56N  73:55:11E

Height above sea level:  1,942 ft

Control: -

Opened (airfield) - xx xxx 1943

? (xx xxx xxxx - 10 Sep 1945)

SHQ opened - 10 Sep 1945

No 229 Group (10 Sep 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

It was renamed RAF Poona (No 153 Staging Post ) on 10 September 1945.

Today it is known as Lohegaon Air Base.

Main Units: -

Surplus Aircrew Centre (14 Mar - 15 Jun 1943)

Detachments**

28 Sqn (Jan 1925 - Aug 1930)

5 Sqn (May 1931 - Jun 1935, Jan - Jul 1947)

31 Sqn (Aug 1935 - Oct 1938)

20 Sqn (Jun 1941 - Mar 1942, May - Dec 1943)

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945)

No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (18Feb 1946 - 1 Apr 1947)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Detachment - 48 Sqn (29 Aug - Oct 1940)

RLG for No 3 Operational Training Unit (Aug - xxx 1941)

No 304 Ferry Training Unit (31 Dec 1942 - 10 Jan 1944)

No 67 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (1 Apr 1943 - 5 Apr 1946)

878 Sqn FAA (18 Oct - 13 Dec 1943)

890 Sqn FAA (18 Oct - 13 Dec 1943)

Location

County: - Isle of Islay, Argyllshire

Lat/Long:   55:40:58N  06:15:03W

Grid Ref -  NR325515

Height Above Sea Level - 46 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 15 Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

C & M - 8 Jan 1944

Coastal Command (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Jul 1946)

Transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation - 1 Jul 1946

Notes

It was renamed RAF Islay in April 1941 but reverted to the name RAF Port Ellen in October 1942.

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 3047 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov – 5 Nov 1941)

66 Sqn (14 Dec 1941 - 8 Feb 1942, 22 Feb - 27 Apr 1942)

Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (14 Dec 1941 - 26 Jan 1942)

No 3025 Servicing Echelon (14 Dec 1941 – 26 Oct 1942, 23 Jan - xxx 1943)

No 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (26 Jan 1942 - 10 Oct 1945)

No 1487 (Target Towing) Flt (Jan 1942)

234 Sqn (27 Apr - 23 Aug 1942, 29 Aug - 28 Oct 1942, 26 Nov - 26 Dec 1942)

No 610 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (6 May – 14 Jun 1942)

No 1487 (Fighter) Gunnery Flt (Jun 1942)

‘C’ Flt, 276 Sqn (3 Nov 1942 - 6 Apr 1944)

142 Sqn (9 - 19 Dec 1942)

HQ, No 330 Wing (9 - 19 Dec 1942)

153 Sqn (18 - 20 Dec 1942)

Gunnery Training Flt (28 Dec 1942 - xxx xxxx)

414 Sqn (4 - 19 Jun 1943)

613 Sqn (20 Jun -14 Jul 1943)

235 Sqn (29 Aug 1943 - 21 Feb 1944, 27 Mar - 6 Sep 1944)

143 Sqn (16 Sep 1943 - 11 Feb 1944)

248 Sqn (16 Feb - 10 Sep 1944)

276 Sqn (3 Apr - 17 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 153 Wing (15 Apr - 14 Sep 1944)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (7 - 12 May 1944)

‘B’ Flt, 276 Sqn (7 Aug 1944)

‘A’ Flt, 276 Sqn (18 Sep - 31 Oct 1944)

76 Sqn (29 Aug - 20 Sep 1945)

Air Wing, Polish Resettlement Corps (10 Jul 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

305 Sqn (25 Nov 1946 - 6 Jan 1947)

No 6305 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (25 Nov 1946 – 6 Jan 1947)

Location

County: - Cornwall

Lat/Long:   50:16:00N  05:16:00W

Grid Ref -  SW672465

Height Above Sea Level - 295 ft

Control: -

Opened - 7 Mar 1941

 No 10 Group (7 Mar 1941 - 1 May 1945)

Transport Command (1 May 1945 - 10 Jul 1946)

TTC (10 Jul 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Coastal Command, parented by RAF St Eval, but by 11 May 1950 it no longer required parenting.

Transferred to the Ministry of Supply - xx xxx xxxx

Closed -

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an operational station was issued in July 1940.

Main Units: -

263 Sqn (18 Mar - 10 Apr 1941 )

152 Sqn (9 Apr - 25 Aug 1941)

247 Sqn (10 May - 18 Jun 1941)

130 Sqn (20 Jun - 25 Oct 1941)

Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flt (28 Jun - 14 Dec 1941)

Air-Sea Rescue Flt (18 Jul - 20 Oct 1941)

313 Sqn (26 Aug - 25 Nov 1941, 30 Nov - 15 Dec 1941)

18 Sqn (Apr - Jul 1941)

248 Sqn (Aug 1941)

276 Sqn (21 Oct 1941 - 3 Apr 1944)

263 Sqn (Apr - Aug 1942)

264 Sqn (May 1942 - Apr 1943)

400 Sqn (3 - 24 Dec 1942)

275 Sqn (7 Aug 1944 - 14 Feb 1945)

639 Sqn (20 Aug - Nov 1944)

236 Sqn (Aug - Nov 1944)

286 Sqn (xxx xxxx - Nov 1944)

277 Sqn (31 Oct 1944 - 15 Feb 1945)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Subterranea Britannica website,  Atlantikwall website,

Main units: -

No 218 Air Sea Rescue Unit (1 Apr 1944 - 6 Sep 1945)

No 51 Staging Post (22 Oct 1945 - 22 Jan 1946)

Detachments: -

95 Sqn (Mar 1943 - Jun 1945)

200 Sqn (Mar 1943 - May 1944)

Flotille 7E (Apr 1943)

343 Sqn (Nov 1943 - Nov 45)

344 Sqn (Nov 1943 - Nov 45)

204 Sqn (Apr 1944 - Jun 1945)

Location

Country: - Mauritania

Lat/Long:  20:55:59N 017:01:47W

Height above sea level: 16 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

SHQ closed - 22 Oct 1945

Notes.

Station renamed No 51 Staging Post on 22 October 1945.

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Main Units: -

No 46 Air-Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 10 Feb 1946)

No 1105 Marine Craft Base Unit (10 Feb - 1 Jul 1946)

No 1105 Marine Craft Unit (1 Jul 1946 - 1 Mar 1959)

C & M Party (23 Feb - 23 Mar 1959)

Location

County: -

Lat/Long: 

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

No 19 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 23 Mar 1959)

C & M ~Party disbanded on 23 March 1959, following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

Notes.

Flying operations were conducted from RAF Stormy Down, near Porthcawl.

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Main units (Mombasa): -

No. 6 Wing RFC (31 Jan 1916 – Jul 1918)

No 3 (Reconnaissance) Flt, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (6 Sep 1939 - Apr 1940)

Marine Craft Section, Mombasa (20 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 219 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (17 Dec 1943 - 10 Feb 1945)

Catalina Ferry Flt (xxx xxxx - 11 Jun 1946)

No 396 Maintenance Unit (11 Sep 1947 - 1 Sep 1950)

East Africa Ferry Flt (xxx xxxx - 31 May 1956)

Main units (Port Reitz): -

621 Sqn (12 Sep - 1 Nov 1943)

No 1345 Anti-Malarial Flt (1 May - 13 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 246 Wing (1 Jun 1942 - 10 Jun 1945)

Location

Country: -   Kenya

Lat/Long:  04:02:05S  39:35:39E

Height Above Sea Level:  200 ft

Control: -

Opened (RAF Mombasa) - 4 May 1942

No 207 Group (4 May 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

Renamed RAF Port Reitz - xx xxx 1943

Renamed RAF Mombasa - xx xxx 1946

Notes

Originally known as RAF Mombasa

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

3 Sqn (18 - 22 Oct 1935, 22 Jan - 14 Aug 1936)

35 Sqn (20 - 28 Oct 1935)

207 Sqn (20 - 28 Oct 1935)

14 Sqn (24 May 1940 - 12 Apr 1941

HQ, No 254 (Bomber) Wing (7 Nov 1940 - 25 May 1941)

Aircraft Assembly Unit (5 Jul - 19 Oct 1941)

No 52 Repair & Salvage Unit (Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1943)

Location

Country: -  Sudan

Lat/Long:  19:34:48N  37:12:54E

Height Above Sea Level:  142 ft

Control: -

Notes

Detachment**

17 Sqn (Dec 1915 - Jul 1916)

14 Sqn (Dec 1939 - May 1940)

112 Sqn (Jun 1939 - Mar 1940)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

825 Sqn FAA (21 Apr - 1 May 1940, 11 - 14 Jul 1940)

Reserve Echelon (Fighter Flt) (May 1940)

253 Sqn (23 - 29 Aug 1940)

615 Sqn (29 Aug - 10 Oct 1940)

102 Sqn (1 Sep - 10 Oct 1940)

No 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Sep 1940 - Jan 1942, Aug 1942 - 31 Oct 1945)

1 Sqn RCAF (10 Oct - 8 Dec 1940)

AI/ASV School (24 Oct - 27 Dec 1940)

800 Sqn FAA (27 - 31 Oct 1940)

821X Flt FAA (15 - 17 Dec 1940)

602 Sqn (17 Dec 1940 - 15 Apr 1941)

No 3 Radio School (27 Dec 1940 - 19 Aug 1942)

Delivery Flight Reception Party (xx xxx 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

Glasgow University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - Feb 1943)

807 Sqn FAA (4 - 7 Feb 1941)

No 1527 Beam Approach Training Flt (29 Oct 1941 - 15 Sep 1945)

No 1425 (Communication) Flt (30 Oct 1941 - 5 Apr 1942)

Various USAAF Support Units (xxx xxxx - Sep 1945)

No 4A Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Jan - Aug 1942)

No 4B Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Jan - Aug 1942)

No 3 Radio Direction Finding School (19 Aug - 1 Dec 1942)

No 1680 (Western Isles Communication) Flt (6 Mar - 8 Apr 1944)

No 1680 (Transport) Flt (8 Apr 1944 - 7 Feb 1946)

No 1527 Radio Aids Training Flt (15 Sep 1945 - 28 Feb 1946)

RAF Unit, Prestwick (31 Mar 1946 - 11 Aug 1947)

USAF Support Units (xxx 1951 - xxx 1966)

No 819 Sqn FAA (23 Nov 1971 - xxx xxxx)

Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)

Location

County: - Ayrshire

Lat/Long:  55:30:30N  04:35:30W

Grid Ref:  NS365268

Height above sea level: 35 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1936 (Civil Airport)

SHQ Opened - xx Nov 1940

Flying Training Command (xx Nov 1940 - 2 Jul 1941)

No 27 Group (2 Jul - 15 Sep 1941)

44 Group (15 Sep 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

Transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation - 3 Mar 1946

Notes

During WW2, Prestwick became the main entry point for aircraft being ferried across the Atlantic from North America.

Scottish Aviation operated from the station as part of the Civilian Repair Organisation during WW2

Post war Prestwick continued as the base for Scottish Aviation Ltd.

Main units: -

No 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (17 Feb 1936 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 1 Civil Air Navigation School (15 Aug 1938 - 1 Nov 1939)

No 12 Elementary Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1941)

No 2 Supplementary School of Wireless Telegraphy (Sep 1939 - 15 Oct 1940)

No 1 Air Observer and Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 19 Jul 1941)

No 10 Air Observer and Navigation School (27 Nov - 2 Dec 1939)

603 Sqn (16 Dec 1939 - 17 Jan 1940)

141 Sqn (13 - 22 Feb 1940, 25 Jul - 22 Aug 1940)

610 Sqn (4 Apr - 10 May 1940)

Detachments**

‘B’ Flt, 141 Sqn  (4 - 21 Jul 1940)

249 Sqn (xxx xxxx -  6 Jul 1940)

‘A’ Flt, 73 Sqn (19 Jul 1940 - xxx xxxx)

No 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (Aug - Nov 1940)

263 Sqn (Sep - Nov 1940)

825 Sqn FAA (11 - 13 Sep 1940)

43 Sqn (xxx xxxx - 19 Dec 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 Jan - 27 May 1941)

600 Sqn (25 Feb - Apr 1941)

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (28 May - 13 Dec 1941)

114 Sqn (May 1942)

53 Sqn (5 Jul 1942 - xxx xxxx)

24 Sqn (3 Oct 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Links to related sites/pages

FAA Archive Website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 11 Balloon Centre (9 Aug 1939 - 22 Apr 1945)

No 63 Repair Unit (MT) (21 Apr 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Sub-site of No.7 Maintenance Unit, (22 Apr 1945 - 28 Oct 1958)

No.251 Maintenance Unit (Mechanical Storage) (19 Jul 1945 - 31 Dec 1946)

No 22 RAF Reserve Centre (1 Feb 1947 - 8 Oct 1952)

No 2 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron (15 Jan 1951 - 29 Nov 1958)

HQ No 62 Group (16 Jun 1952 - 1 Jan 1957)

No 62 Group Combined Reserve Centre (8 Oct 1952 - 1 Oct 1956)

Language School (Russian Element) (2 Jul 1957 - 11 Sep 1959)

Location

County: - Avon

Lat/Long:  51:28:52N  02:26:10W

Control: -

Opened - 9 Aug 1939 (As No 11 Balloon Centre)

Balloon Command (9 Aug 1939 - 21 Apr 1945)

Maintenance Command (21 Apr 1945 - 1 Feb 1947)

Reserve Command (1 - 25 Feb 1947)

No 62 Group (25 Feb 1947 - 1 Jan 1957)

No 90 Group (1 Feb 1957 - 3 Nov 1958)

Signals Command (3 Nov 1958 - 30 Nov 1959)

SHQ disbanded - 30 Nov 1959

Reduced to inactive status on 30 November 1959, parented by RAF Colerne, until 1 January 1964 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets, except the married quarters

Transport Command (30 Nov 1959 -  1 Apr 1961)

No 38 Group (1 Apr 1961 - 1 Jan 1964)

Notes

The selection of the site for use as No 11 Balloon Centre was announced on 16 February 1939.

Renamed RAF Pucklechurch - 16 Jun 1952

It was transferred to HM Prison Service and was used as a remand centre, later becoming Ashfield Young Offender Institution.

Links to related sites/pages

Unofficial Website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main Units: -

Airship Experimental Station (xx Dec 1918 - xx Oct 1920)

Airship Station Pulham (xx xxx 1920 - xx Mar 1929)

Kite Balloon Experimental Station (xx Mar 1929 - 1 Nov 1936)

Kite Balloon Experimental Establishment (1 Nov 1936 - xx xxx xxxx)

Sub-depot, No 2 Stores Depot (11 Dec 1933 - 20 Feb 1937)

Sub-site, No 1 MT Storage Unit (16 Mar 1936 - 10 May 1937)

No 2 Sub-site, No 2 Maintenance Unit (9 Apr 1938 - 15 Mar 1957)

Sub-site, No 21 Maintenance Unit (7 Oct 1939 - xx Jul 1940)

No 53 Maintenance Unit (12 Aug 1940 - 1 Feb 1958)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long: 

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1918

No 21 Group (11 Dec 1933 - 1 Feb 1934)

Inland Area (1 Feb 1934 - 1 May 1936)

Training Command (1 May 1936 - 10 Jul 1936)

No 24 Group (10 Jul 1936 - 7 Aug 1938)

Maintenance Command (7 Aug 1938 - 19 Jun 1939)

No 42 Group (19 Jun 1939 - 2 Jan 1956)

No 40 Group (2 Jan 1956 - 1 Feb 1958)

Reduced to inactive status on 1 February 1958, parented by RAF Honington, until 1 August 1962 following disposal of all Air Ministry assets.

No 3 Group (1 Feb 1958 - 1 Aug 1962)

Notes.

Links to related sites/pages