Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Station Abbotsinch | Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire |
No 269 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Abbotsinch |
RAF Station Bircham Newton | Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
No 206 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton |
No 220 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton |
No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Calshot |
Bombing Range | Dalgety Bay |
RAF Station Felixstowe (Administration of Personnel only) | RAF Felixstowe, Norfolk |
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment | RAF Felixstowe, Norfolk |
No 209 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Felixstowe |
Landguard Range | RAF Felixstowe |
RAF Station Mount Batten | Plymouth, Devon |
No 204 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Mount Batten |
RAF Station Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire |
No 210 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock |
No 228 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock |
Floating Dock | RAF Pembroke Dock |
No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Tangmere |
RAF Station Thornaby | Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire |
No 224 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Thornaby |
No 233 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Thornaby |
RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Hampshire |
No 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thorney Island |
No 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thorney Island |
(a) Directly under Director of Training for training.
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire |
HQ and Training Sqn | RAF Calshot |
No 240 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Calshot |
RAF Station Donibristle | Donibristle, |
School of Naval Co-operation | RAF Ford |
RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire |
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No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit | RAF Gosport |
RAF Station Lee-on-Solent | Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire |
No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Lee-on-Solent |
RAF Station Southampton | Southampton, Hampshire |
School of General Reconnaissance | RAF Thorney Island |
RAF Station Worthy Down | Worthy Down, Winchester, Hampshire |
Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force units administered by Coastal Command HQ
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Units for HMS Courageous | |
No 800 (Fleet Fighter) Sqn | Southampton |
No 810 (Fleet Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | Gosport |
No 820 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | Southampton |
No 821 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | Southampton |
RAF Units for HMS Hermes (re-fitting) | |
RAF Units for HMS Furious | |
No 801 (Fleet Fighter) Sqn | Southampton |
No 811 (Fleet Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | Gosport |
No 822 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | |
No 702 (Catapult) Flt | 2nd Battle Sqn - Home Fleet |
No 712 (Catapult) Sqn | 2nd Cruiser Sqn - Home Fleet |
No 716 (Catapult) Flt | 6th Cruiser Sqn - South Africa |
No 718 (Catapult) Sqn | 8th Cruiser Sqn - America and West Indies |
Source - July 1938 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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