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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Abingdon | Abingdon, Berkshire | Wg Cdr H S P Walmsley |
| No 15 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Sqn Ldr J G Llewelyn |
| No 40 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Sqn Ldr H C Parker |
| No 103 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Sqn Ldr J Coverdale |
| Station Flt | RAF Abingdon | Sqn Ldr P D Cracroft |
| Otmoor Bombing Range | RAF Abingdon | |
| RAF Station Andover | Andover, Hampshire | Wg Cdr T M Williams |
| Station Flt | RAF Andover | Sqn Ldr C R Ashton |
| No 12 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Andover | Sqn Ldr R W G Lywood |
| No 142 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Andover | Sqn Ldr R K Hamblin |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Andover | AVM A S Barratt |
| Perton Bombing range | RAF Andover | |
| RAF Station Bicester | Bicester, Oxfordshire | Wg Cdr C J S Dearlove |
| No 90 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Bicester | Sqn Ldr G J C Paul |
| No 101 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Bicester | Sqn Ldr E C Bates |
| RAF Station Boscombe Down | RAF Boscombe Down | Wg Cdr S E Toomer |
| No 88 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | Sqn Ldr E C Lewis |
| No 150 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | Sqn Ldr W M L MacDonald |
| No 218 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | Sqn Ldr L B Duggan |
| No 21 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Eastchurch | Sqn Ldr I T Keens |
| RAF Station Harwell | Harwell, Oxfordshire | Wg Cdr L G Maxton |
| No 105 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Harwell | Sqn Ldr G W Tuttle |
| No 107 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Harwell | Sqn Ldr V Q Blackden |
| No 226 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Harwell | Sqn Ldr C E S Lockett |
| RAF Station Upper Heyford | Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire | Wg Cdr W A C Morgan |
| No 34 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Upper Heyford | Sqn Ldr A W S Matheson |
| No 18 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Upper Heyford | Sqn Ldr K W Niblett |
| No 57 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Upper Heyford | Sqn Ldr W L Payne |
| Long Range Development Unit (a) | RAF Upper Heyford | Wg Cdr O R Gayford |
| Oxford University Air Sqn (b) | RAF Abingdon | Wg Cdr F L B Hebbert |
(a) Directly under Director of Training for training.
(b) Directly under Air Ministry for technical and operational administration
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Bassingbourn | Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire | Wg Cdr F Wright |
| No 104 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | Sqn Ldr D P Lascelles |
| No 108 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Bassingbourn | Sqn Ldr J H Powis |
| No 605 (County of Warwick) (Bomber) Sqn AAF | RAF Bassingbourn | Sqn Ldr Lord Willoughby de Broke AAF |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | Cottesmore, Rutland | Wg Cdr H V Drew |
| No 35 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Sqn Ldr H F Chester |
| No 207 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Sqn Ldr J N D Anderson |
| RAF Station Cranfield | Cranfield, Bedfordshire | Wg Cdr F R Wynne |
| No 62 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Cranfield | Sqn Ldr G Farnhill |
| No 82 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Cranfield | Sqn Ldr N C Pleasance |
| RAF Station Hucknall | Hucknall, Nottinghamshire | Wg Cdr J L M de C Hughes-Chamberlain |
| No 98 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Hucknall | Sqn Ldr R H Donkin |
| RAF Station Upwood | Upwood, Huntingdonshire | Wg Cdr R T B Houghton |
| No 52 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Upwood | Sqn Ldr L C Bennett |
| No 63 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Upwood | Sqn Ldr John A Hawkings |
| RAF Station Wyton | Wyton, Huntingdonshire | Wg Cdr C Findley |
| No 114 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wyton | Sqn Ldr W L Freebody |
| No 139 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wyton | Sqn Ldr C W Dickens |
| Station Flt | RAF Wyton | Vacant |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Feltwell | Feltwell, Norfolk | Gp Capt L H Slatter |
| No 37 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Feltwell | Wg Cdr F J Fogarty |
| No 214 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Feltwell | Wg Cdr W Sanderson |
| RAF Station Honington | Honington, Suffolk | Gp Capt W Sowrey |
| No 75 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Honington | Wg Cdr D D'A A Greig |
| No 215 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Honington | Wg Cdr S L Quinn |
| RAF Station Marham | Marham, Norfolk | Gp Capt A P V Daly |
| No 38 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Marham | Wg Cdr E S Goodwin |
| No 115 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Marham | Wg Cdr F L Hopps |
| RAF Station Mildenhall | Mildenhall, Suffolk | Gp Capt F H Coleman |
| No 99 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Wg Cdr H E Walker |
| No 149 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Wg Cdr E H Richardson |
| Station Flt | RAF Mildenhall | Flt Lt N M Hall |
| Berners Heath Bombing Range | RAF Mildenhall | |
| RAF Station Stradishall | Stradishall, Suffolk | Gp Capt J H Herring |
| No 9 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Sqn Ldr G H Shaw |
| No 148 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Sqn Ldr H A Haines |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Dishforth | Dishforth, North Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt E G Hopcroft |
| No 10 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Wg Cdr W E Staton |
| No 78 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Wg Cdr R Harrison |
| RAF Station Driffield | Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt A Lees |
| No 77 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Driffield | Wg Cdr C R Strudwick |
| No 102 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Driffield | Wg Cdr C F Toogood |
| RAF Station Finningley | Finningley, West Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt H J F Hunter |
| No 7 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Finningley | Wg Cdr W E Theak |
| No 76 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Finningley | Sqn Ldr N A Pearce |
| RAF Station Leconfield (a) | Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt A W Mylne |
| No 97 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Wg Cdr E Burton |
| No 166 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Wg Cdr J C Foden |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | Linton-on-Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt A D Pryor |
| No 51 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Wg Cdr K H B Elliott |
| No 58 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Wg Cdr J Potter |
(a) Administered by No 25 (Armament) Group for training purposes
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Hemswell | Hemswell, Lincolnshire | Wg Cdr A O Lewis-Roberts |
| No 61 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Hemswell | Sqn Ldr C H Brill |
| No 144 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Hemswell | Sqn Ldr R C Field |
| Misson Bombing Range | RAF Hemswell | |
| RAF Station Scampton | Scampton, Lincolnshire | Wg Cdr W A B Bowen-Buscarlet |
| No 49 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Scampton | Sqn Ldr P McG Watt |
| No 83 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Scampton | Sqn Ldr L S Smith |
| RAF Station Thornaby | Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire | Gp Capt S P Simpson |
| No 106 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Sqn Ldr W C Sheen |
| No 185 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Sqn Ldr D Addenbrooke |
| RAF Station Waddington | Waddington, Lincolnshire | Wg Cdr W J Daddo-Langlois |
| No 44 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Waddington | Sqn Ldr J A Tindall |
| No 50 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Waddington | Sqn Ldr L Young |
| No 110 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Waddington | Sqn Ldr I McL Cameron |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| Air Ministry Wireless Section (a) | London | Flt Lt A T Monks |
| No 610 (County of Chester) (Bomber) Sqn AAF | Hooton Park | Sqn Ldr I R Parker AAF |
| No 611 (West Lancashire) (Bomber) Sqn AAF | Speke | Sqn Ldr G L Pilkington AAF |
(a) Directly under the Director of Signals for technical administration
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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