Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 11 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Uxbridge)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
No 11 (Fighter) Group Pool (c) | RAF Andover |
RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Kent |
No 3 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill |
No 32 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill |
No 79 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill |
No 605 (County of Warwick) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Castle Bromwich |
RAF Station Debden | Debden, Essex |
No 29 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 85 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 87 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Debden |
No 501 (County of Gloucester) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Filton |
No 2 Ferry Pilots' Pool | Filton |
No 25 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Hawkinge |
RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, Middlesex |
No 24 (Communication) Sqn (b) | 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 |
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 615 (County of Surrey) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | 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 17 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF North Weald |
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 Director of Training for training.
(b) Directly under Director of Training for operations.
(c) For training on - see No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group
No 12 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Hucknall)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
No 602 (City of Glasgow) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Abbotsinch |
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 |
No 616 (South Yorkshire) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire |
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 |
No 610 (County of Chester) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Hooton Park |
RAF Station Hucknall | Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
No 1 Ferry Pilots' Pool | RAF Hucknall |
No 504 (County of Nottingham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Hucknall |
No 611 (West Lancashire) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Speke |
RAF Station Usworth | Usworth, County Durham |
No 607 (County of Durham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Usworth |
RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Leicestershire |
No 23 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering |
No 213 (Fighter) Sqn | RAF Wittering |
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | RAF Turnhouse |
No 609 (West Riding) (Fighter) Sqn AAF | Yeadon |
(a) Directly under Director of Training for training.
No 13 (Fighter) Group (Attached to No 12 Group at Hucknall)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
No unit allocated |
No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (HQ - Farnborough)
Unit | Location/Administered by |
RAF Station Andover | Andover, Hampshire |
No 59 (Army Co-operation) Sqn | RAF Old Sarum |
No 11 (Fighter) Group Pool | RAF Andover |
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 (Army Co-operation) 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 614 (County of Glamorgan) (Army Co-operation) Sqn AAF | Cardiff |
(a) For station administration only
Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
This page was last updated on 08/07/19 using FrontPage 2003©