Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Air Defence of Great Britain - October 1930

Wessex Bombing Area (HQ - Andover)

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Station HQ	RAF Andover, Oxfordshire	Wg Cdr W B Hargrave
No 12 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Andover	Sqn Ldr F H M Maynard
No 101 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Andover	Sqn Ldr F H Coleman
RAF Staff College	Andover	AVM E R Ludlow-Hewitt
Station Flt	RAF Andover	Flt Lt J Harston
No 100 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Bicester	Sqn Ldr W B Farrington
Station HQ	RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk	Wg Cdr R Leckie
No 35 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Sqn Ldr B E Harrison
No 207 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Sqn Ldr E A Beaulah
No 33 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Eastchurch	Sqn Ldr J J Breen
No 9 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Manston	Wg Cdr W V Strugnell
Station HQ	RAF Upper Heyford	Gp Capt C E H Rathborne
No 10 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Upper Heyford	Wg Cdr Percy C Sherran
No 99 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Upper Heyford	Wg Cdr H G Smart
Station Flt	RAF Upper Heyford	Flt Lt Cecil Guppy
Station HQ	RAF Worthy Down	Gp Capt C H K Edmonds
No 7 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Worthy Down	Wg Cdr C W H Pulford
No 58 (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Worthy Down	Wg Cdr C C Miles
Oxford University Air Sqn (a)	Oxford	Wg Cdr A G R Garrod

Fighting Area (HQ - Uxbridge)

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
Night Flying Flt	RAF Biggin Hill	Sqn Ldr C B Cooke
Station HQ	RAF Duxford	Wg Cdr F L Robinson
No 19 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Duxford	Sqn Ldr C R Keary
Station Flt	RAF Duxford	Flt Lt G D Harvey
No 25 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Hawkinge	Sqn Ldr R S Aitken
Station HQ	RAF Hornchurch	Wg Cdr E R Manning
No 54 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Hornchurch	Sqn Ldr W E G Bryant
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Hornchurch	Sqn Ldr L H Slatter
Station HQ	RAF Kenley	Wg Cdr R Graham
No 23 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Kenley	Sqn Ldr H W Woollett
No 32 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Kenley	Sqn Ldr B E Baker
Station HQ	RAF Northolt	Wg Cdr J S T Bradley
No 24 (Communication) Sqn	RAF Northolt	Sqn Ldr D S Don
No 41 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Northolt	Sqn Ldr P Huskinson
Station HQ	RAF North Weald	Wg Cdr R G D Small
No 29 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF North Weald	Sqn Ldr E J D Routh
No 56 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF North Weald	Sqn Ldr A Lees
Station HQ	RAF Tangmere	Wg Cdr J B Graham
No 1 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Tangmere	Sqn Ldr E O Grenfell
No 43 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Tangmere	Sqn Ldr C N Lowe
Station HQ	RAF Upavon	Wg Cdr Ernest W Norton
No 3 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Upavon	Sqn Ldr C A Stevens
No 17 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Upavon	Sqn Ldr R Harrison
Cambridge University Air Sqn (a)	Cambridge	Wg Cdr V S Brown

No 1 Air Defence Group (HQ - 145 Sloane Street, Sloane Square, London SW1)

 

Unit	Location	Officer Commanding
No 501 (City of Bristol) (Bomber) Sqn	Filton	Sqn Ldr R S Sugden
No 502 (Ulster) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Wg Cdr F P Don
No 503 (City of Lincoln) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Waddington	Wg Cdr H P Lale
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn	Hucknall	Sqn Ldr H I Hanmer
Auxiliary Air Force Units
No 600 (City of London) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr The Rt Hon F E Guest AAF
No 601 (County of London) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr The Rt Hon Sir Philip Sassoon AAF
No 602 (City of Glasgow) (Bomber) Sqn	Renfrew	Sqn Ldr J Fullerton AAF
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Turnhouse	Sqn Ldr J McKelvie AAF
No 604 (County of Middlesex) (Bomber) Sqn	RAF Hendon	Sqn Ldr (Hon Wg Cdr) Alan S W Dore AAF
No 605 (County of Warwick) (Bomber) Sqn	Castle Bromwich	Sqn Ldr J A C Wright AAF
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn	Usworth	Sqn Ldr Walter L Runciman AAF
No 608 (North Riding) Sqn	Thornaby	Sqn Ldr William H Davies AAF
Station HQ	RAF Hendon	Wg Cdt W J Y Guilfoyle
Superintendent, RAF Reserve	RAF Hendon	Wg Cdt W J Y Guilfoyle

(a) Directly under Air Ministry for training

(b) Directly under Air Ministry for operations

Source - October 1930 Air Force List

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