Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Air Defence of Great Britain - December 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 Henry G W Lock |
No 101 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Andover | Sqn Ldr F H Coleman |
RAF Staff College | Andover | A/Cdre Philip B Joubert de la Ferte |
Station Flt | RAF Andover | Flt Lt J Harston |
No 33 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Bicester | Sqn Ldr J J Breen |
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 9 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Manston | Wg Cdr W V Strugnell |
Station HQ | RAF Upper Heyford | Gp Capt George I Carmicheal |
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 |
Unit | Location | Officer Commanding |
Night Flying Flt | RAF Biggin Hill | Sqn Ldr C B Cooke |
Station HQ | RAF Duxford | Wg Cdr Norman C Spratt |
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 Edward R Openshaw |
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 L H Slatter |
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 - December 1930 Air Force List
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