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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Fighter Command - January 1939
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Kent | Wg Cdr R Grice |
| No 32 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Sqn Ldr R Pyne |
| No 79 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Sqn Ldr G D Emms |
| RAF Station Debden | Debden, Essex | Wg Cdr S L G Pope |
| No 29 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden | Sqn Ldr M W S Robinson |
| No 85 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden | Sqn Ldr D F W Atcherley |
| No 87 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden | Sqn Ldr J R Jones |
| No 501 (County of Gloucester) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Filton | Sqn Ldr M V M Clube AAF |
| No 25 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hawkinge | Sqn Ldr D M Fleming |
| RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, Middlesex | Wg Cdr V Buxton |
| No 24 (Communication) Sqn (b) | RAF Hendon | Wg Cdr H K Goode |
| No 600 (City of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon | Sqn Ldr Viscount Carlow AAF |
| No 601 (Country of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon | Sqn Ldr B S Thynne AAF |
| No 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hendon | Sqn Ldr C P Gabriel AAF |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | Hornchurch, Essex | Wg Cdr C T Walkington |
| No 54 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | Sqn Ldr H M Pearson |
| No 65 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | Sqn Ldr D Cooke |
| No 74 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | Sqn Ldr G E Sampson |
| RAF Station Kenley | Kenley, Surrey | Wg Cdr W K Mercer |
| No 3 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Kenley | Sqn Ldr N H Chapman |
| No 17 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Kenley | Sqn Ldr C Walter |
| No 615 (County of Surrey) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Kenley | Sqn Ldr A V Harvey |
| RAF Station Northolt | Northolt, Middlesex | Gp Capt A H Orlebar |
| Station Flt | RAF Northolt | Sqn Ldr J W Donaldson |
| No 111 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Northolt | Sqn Ldr J W Gillan |
| University of London Air Sqn (a) | RAF Northolt | Wg Cdr H A Hamersley |
| RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Essex | Wg Cdr J H Dand |
| No 56 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF North Weald | Sqn Ldr A E J Pratt |
| No 151 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF North Weald | Sqn Ldr W V Hyde |
| RAF Station Tangmere | Tangmere, Sussex | Gp Capt F Sowrey |
| No 1 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Sqn Ldr I A Bertram |
| No 43 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Sqn Ldr R E Bain |
(a) Directly under Director of Training for training.
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| RAF Station Catterick | Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire | Sqn Ldr R K Broughton |
| No 41 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Catterick | Sqn Ldr J S L Adams |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, West Riding of Yorkshire | Wg Cdr G T Richardson |
| No 64 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Sqn Ldr F V Beamish |
| No 72 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Sqn Ldr J B H Rogers |
| RAF Station Digby | Digby, Lincolnshire | Sqn Ldr H L Rough |
| No 46 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Digby | Sqn Ldr P R Barwell |
| No 73 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Digby | Sqn Ldr E S Finch |
| No 616 (South Yorkshire) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire | Sqn Ldr The Rt Hon The Earl of Lincoln AAF |
| RAF Station Duxford | Duxford, Cambridgeshire | Wg Cdr H L P Lester |
| Station Flt | RAF Duxford | Sqn Ldr N W F Mason |
| No 19 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Duxford | Sqn Ldr H I Cozens |
| No 66 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Duxford | Sqn Ldr J L F Fuller-Good |
| Cambridge University Air Sqn | RAF Duxford | Wg Cdr C E W Lockyer |
| No 504 (County of Nottingham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hucknall | Sqn Ldr Sir Hugh Seely AAF |
| RAF Station Usworth | Usworth, County Durham | Sqn Ldr H W Mermagen |
| No 607 (County of Durham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Usworth | Sqn Ldr The Hon W L Runciman AAF |
| No 608 (North Riding) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Thornaby | Sqn Ldr G Shaw AAF |
| RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Leicestershire | Wg Cdr D V Carnegie |
| No 23 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering | Sqn Ldr R Y Eccles |
| No 213 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering | Sqn Ldr J H Edwardes Jones |
| No 603 (City of Edinburgh) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Turnhouse | Sqn Ldr E H Stevens AAF |
| No 609 (West Riding) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Yeadon | Sqn Ldr G H Ambler AAF |
No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group
| Unit | Location/Administered by | Officer Commanding |
| No 602 (City of Glasgow) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Abbotsinch | Sqn Ldr A D Farquhar AAF |
| No 26 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Catterick | Sqn Ldr T J Arbuthnot |
| RAF Station Farnborough | Farnborough, Hampshire | Wg Cdr C Porri |
| School of Photography (a) | RAF Farnborough | Wg Cdr C Porri |
| Experimental Section RAE | RAF Farnborough | Wg Cdr W E Purdin |
| No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Farnborough | Wg Cdr F Beaumont |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | Hawkinge, Kent | Wg Cdr R A George |
| No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Hawkinge | Sqn Ldr W A Opie |
| RAF Station Odiham | Odiham, Hampshire | Wg Cdr F M F West VC |
| No 13 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham | Sqn Ldr S H C Gray |
| No 4 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham | Sqn Ldr I O'B MacGregor |
| No 53 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Odiham | Sqn Ldr A P C Hannay |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | Old Sarum, Wiltshire | Gp Capt A J Capel |
| School of Army Co-operation | RAF Old Sarum | Gp Capt A J Capel |
| No 16 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Old Sarum | Sqn Ldr G P Charles |
| No 59 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Old Sarum | Sqn Ldr J B Fyfe |
| No 614 (County of Glamorgan) (Army Co-operation) Sqn AAF | Cardiff | Sqn Ldr R Cadman AAF |
(a) For station administration only
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
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