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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Coastal Command - January 1939
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | Bircham Newton, Norfolk | Gp Capt C L Scott |
| No 206 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Sqn Ldr H H Martin |
| No 220 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Sqn Ldr F P Smythies |
| No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Calshot | Sqn Ldr T W G Eady |
| No 500 (County of Kent) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF | RAF Detling | Sqn Ldr C G Hobler AAF |
| No 48 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Eastchurch | Wg Cdr J L Findlay RNZAF |
| Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (a) | RAF Felixstowe, Norfolk | Gp Capt R J P Burling |
| No 209 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Felixstowe | Sqn Ldr W G Abrams |
| Landguard Bombing Range | RAF Felixstowe | |
| RAF Station Mount Batten | Plymouth, Devon | Gp Capt E D Johnson |
| No 204 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Mount Batten | Wg Cdr K B Lloyd |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire | Gp Capt B J Silly |
| No 210 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sqn Ldr A M Watte-Read |
| No 228 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sqn Ldr C E S Lockett |
| Floating Dock | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Wg Cdr D d'H Humphreys |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Hampshire | Gp Capt J C Russell |
| No 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Sqn Ldr M V Ridgway |
| No 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Wg Cdr G C Bladon |
(a) Directly under Director of Training for training.
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | Gp Capt A Coningham |
| HQ and Training Sqn | RAF Calshot | |
| No 240 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Calshot | Sqn Ldr A G F Stewart |
| Bombing Range | Dalgety Bay | |
| RAF Station Donibristle | Donibristle, | Wg Cdr H L Macro |
| School of Naval Co-operation | RAF Ford | Gp Capt H W G J Penderel |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire | Gp Capt E O Grenfell |
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| No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit | RAF Gosport | Sqn Ldr R A Hodgson |
| RAF Station Lee-on-Solent | Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire | Wg Cdr W J Seward |
| No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Lee-on-Solent | Sqn Ldr O L Gilson |
| RAF Station Southampton | Southampton, Hampshire | Wg Cdr F H Laurence |
| School of General Reconnaissance | RAF Thorney Island | Wg Cdr G H Harrison |
| RAF Station Worthy Down | Worthy Down, Hampshire | Wg Cdr W Underhill |
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Leuchars | Leuchars, Fife | Gp Capt B E Baker |
| No 224 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Sqn Ldr R N Waite |
| No 233 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Wg Cdr L G le B Croke |
| RAF Station Abbotsinch | Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire | Gp Capt J H O Jones |
| No 269 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn | RAF Abbotsinch | Wg Cdr H W Evens |
| RAF Station Dyce | Dyce, Aberdeenshire | |
| No 612 (County of Aberdeen) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF | RAF Dyce | Sqn Ldr F Crerar AAF |
| No 502 (Ulster) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF | RAF Aldergrove | Sqn Ldr L R Briggs AAF |
Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force units administered by Coastal Command HQ
| Unit | Shore Station | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Units for HMS Courageous | Wg Cdr J Noakes | |
| No 800 (Fleet Fighter) Sqn | Southampton | Flt Lt G N Torry (Lt RN) |
| No 810 (Fleet Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | Gosport | Sqn Ldr H M Mellor |
| No 820 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | Southampton | Sqn Ldr A C G Armen (Lt Cdr RN) |
| No 821 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | Southampton | Sqn Ldr N E Morrison |
| RAF Units for HMS Hermes (re-fitting) | ||
| RAF Units for HMS Furious | ||
| No 801 (Fleet Fighter) Sqn | Southampton | Sqn Ldr G K Fairtlough |
| No 811 (Fleet Torpedo Bomber) Sqn | Gosport | Sqn Ldr E O F Price (Lt Cdr RN) |
| No 822 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Sqn | Sqn Ldr K Williamson (Lt Cdr RN) | |
| No 702 (Catapult) Flt | 2nd Battle Sqn - Home Fleet | |
| No 712 (Catapult) Sqn | 2nd Cruiser Sqn - Home Fleet | Sqn Ldr E H Shattock (Lt Cdr RN) |
| No 716 (Catapult) Flt | 6th Cruiser Sqn - South Africa | Flt Lt F E C Judd (Lt RN) |
| No 718 (Catapult) Sqn | 8th Cruiser Sqn - America and West Indies | Sqn Ldr A A Murray (Lt Cdr RN) |
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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