Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Kent |
No 32 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill |
No 79 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill |
RAF Station Debden | Debden, Essex |
No 29 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 85 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 87 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 25 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, Middlesex |
No 24 (Communication) Sqn (c) | RAF Hendon |
No 600 (City of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon |
No 601 (Country of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon |
No 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon |
'A' Equipment Unit | RAF Hendon |
RAF Station Hornchurch | Hornchurch, Essex |
No 54 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch |
No 65 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch |
No 74 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch |
RAF Station Kenley | Kenley, Surrey |
No 3 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Kenley |
No 17 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Kenley |
No 2 MT Storage Unit (b) | RAF Kenley |
RAF Station Northolt | Northolt, Middlesex |
Station Flt | RAF Northolt |
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Northolt |
University of London Air Sqn (a) | RAF Northolt |
RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Essex |
No 56 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF North Weald |
No 151 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF North Weald |
RAF Station Tangmere | Tangmere, Sussex |
No 1 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Tangmere |
No 43 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Tangmere |
(a) Directly under Air Ministry (Director of Training) for training.
(b) Directly under the Air Ministry (Director of Equipment) for questions relating to equipment and stores and administered as laid down in AMO A283/35
(c) Directly under the Air Ministry (Director of Training) for operations
No 12 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Hucknall)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Station Catterick | Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire |
No 41 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Catterick |
RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, West Riding of Yorkshire |
No 64 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Church Fenton |
No 72 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Church Fenton |
RAF Station Digby | Digby, Lincolnshire |
No 46 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Digby |
No 73 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Digby |
RAF Station Duxford | Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
Station Flt | RAF Duxford |
No 19 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Duxford |
No 66 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Duxford |
Cambridge University Air Sqn (a) | RAF Duxford |
RAF Station Usworth | Usworth, County Durham |
No 607 (County of Durham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Usworth |
No 608 (North Riding) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Thornaby |
RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Leicestershire |
No 23 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering |
No 213 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering |
(a) Directly under Air Ministry (Director of Training) for training.
No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (HQ - Farnborough)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
No 26 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Catterick |
RAF Station Farnborough | Farnborough, Hampshire |
School of Photography (a) | RAF Farnborough |
Experimental Section RAE | RAF Farnborough |
No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Farnborough |
RAF Station Hawkinge | Hawkinge, Kent |
No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Hawkinge |
RAF Station Odiham (No 50 (AC) Wing) | Odiham, Hampshire |
No 13 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham |
No 4 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham |
No 53 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham |
RAF Station Old Sarum | Old Sarum, Wiltshire |
School of Army Co-operation | RAF Old Sarum |
No 16 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Old Sarum |
No 59 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Old Sarum |
(a) Directly under No 24 (Training) Group for technical administration
No 30 (Balloon) Group (HQ - Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London, W1)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
No 1 Balloon Centre | RAF Kidbrooke |
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Source - July 1938 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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