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Other Home Commands - November 1939


Maintenance Command (HQ - Andover)

 

No 40 (Maintenance) Group (HQ - 81 Weyhill Road, Andover)

 
Unit Location/Administered by
No 1 Maintenance Unit RAF Kidbrooke
No 3 Maintenance Unit RAF Milton
No 4 Maintenance Unit RAF Ruislip
No 7 Maintenance Unit RAF Quedgeley
No 14 Maintenance Unit RAF Carlisle
No 25 Maintenance Unit Hartlebury
No 35 Maintenance Unit Heywood
'A' Maintenance Unit RAF Hendon
'A' Maintenance Sub Unit Wembley
'B' Maintenance Unit Hammersmith
'C' Maintenance Unit Coventry
'D' Maintenance Unit Wembley
'D' Maintenance Sub Unit Wembley
'E' Maintenance Unit Newport
'F' Maintenance Unit RAF Waddington - Station in Bomber Command
'G' Maintenance Unit Norwich
'H' Maintenance Unit Dumfries
'K' Maintenance Unit Shepton Mallet

All the MUs above were Equipment Depots

The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161

Change Note
'L' Maintenance Unit at Salford added AL3, 15 Dec 1939
No 16 Maintenance Unit at Stafford added AL4, 21 Dec 1939

No 41 (Maintenance) Group (HQ - Andover)

 
Unit Location/Administered by
No 5 Maintenance Unit RAF Kemble
No 6 Maintenance Unit RAF Brize Norton - Station in Training Command
No 8 Maintenance Unit RAF Little Rissington - Station in Training Command
No 9 Maintenance Unit RAF Cosford - Station in Training Command
No 10 Maintenance Unit RAF Hullavington - Station in Training Command
No 12 Maintenance Unit RAF Kirkbride
No 19 Maintenance Unit RAF St Athan - Station in Training Command
No 20 Maintenance Unit RAF Aston Down - Station in Fighter Command
No 22 Maintenance Unit RAF Silloth - Station in Coastal Command
No 24 Maintenance Unit RAF Tern Hill - Station in Training Command
No 27 Maintenance Unit RAF Shawbury - Station in Training Command
No 36 Maintenance Unit RAF Sealand - Station in Training Command

All the MUs above were Aircraft Storage Units except No 36 at Sealand, which was a Packing Depot

No 42 (Maintenance) Group (HQ - Burghfield Common, Reading)

Location/Address Unit Notes
Altrincham No 2 Maintenance Unit Ammunition Depot
Ridge No 2 Sub Unit Ammunition Depot
Chilmark No 11 Maintenance Unit Ammunition Depot
Dinton Part of No 11 MU Ammunition Depot
Fauld No 21 Maintenance Unit Ammunition Depot
Grange, nr Holywell No 21 Storage Ammunition Depot
Pulham No 21 Sub-Unit Ammunition Depot
Harpur Hill No 28 Maintenance Unit Ammunition Depot
Ardrossan   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Ardrossan   Tinning Factory
Avonmouth   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk No 94 Maintenance Unit Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Honington)
Barrow   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Barton   Oil Reserve Depot
Beeston Castle   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Bilton   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Birkenhead   Oil Reserve Depot
Bowling   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Brafferton, Helperby, North Yorkshire No 92 Maintenance Unit Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Dishforth)
Brampton   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Brixham   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Chichester   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Claydon   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Crawley Crossing   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Dovehole (Buxton)   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Fareham   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Grangemouth   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Islip   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Llandarcy   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Lords Bridge, Cambridge No 95 Maintenance Unit Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Bassingbourn)
Massingham   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Micheldever   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Mode Wheel   Oil Reserve Depot
Mountnessing   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Much Wenlock   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Peterborough   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Poole   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Preston   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Redmile   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Rowfant   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Saffron Walden   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Southburn, nr Driffield, East Yorkshire No 91 Maintenance Unit Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Driffield)
Stanlow   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Stanlow   Tinning Factory
Stourport No 93 Maintenance Unit Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Swinderby   Air Ammunition Park (Parent Station - RAF Waddington)
Thetford   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Thornaby   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Upton   Aviation Fuel and Oil Reserve Depot
Watton   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Wilton   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot
Wye   Aviation Fuel and Oil Distributing Depot

No 43 (Maintenance) Group (HQ - Andover)

Location/Address Unit Notes
Cambridge (Parent Station - RAF Henlow) No 54 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre
Carluke (Parent Station - RAF Abbotsinch) No 63 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre
Cowley No 26 Maintenance Unit Repair Depot
RAF Henlow No 13 Maintenance Unit Repair Depot
Horsham (Parent Station - RAF Tangmere) No 49 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre
Newark (Parent Station - RAF Waddington) No 58 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre
Oxford (Parent Station - RAF Abingdon) No 50 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre
RAF Sealand - Station in Training Command No 30 Maintenance Unit Repair Depot
RAF St Athan - Station in Training Command) No 32 Maintenance Unit Repair Depot
York - Parent Station - RAF Linton-on-Ouse No 60 Maintenance Unit Salvage Centre

 


Balloon Command (HQ - Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London W1)

No 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group (HQ - Kelvin House, Cleveland Street, London W1)

 
Unit Location Equipment
No 1 Balloon Centre Kidbrooke, London  
No 901 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 1 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 902 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 1 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 903 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 1 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 2 Balloon Centre Hook, Surrey  
No 904 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 2 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 905 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 2 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 3 Balloon Centre Stanmore, Middlesex  
No 906 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 3 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 907 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 3 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 4 Balloon Centre Chigwell, Essex  
No 908 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 4 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 909 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 4 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons
No 910 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 4 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 9 Balloons

No 31 (Balloon Barrage) Group (HQ -176 Broad Street, Birmingham)

Unit Location Equipment
No 5 Balloon Centre Sutton Coldfield  
No 911 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 5 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 912 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 5 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 913 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 5 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 6 Balloon Centre Wythall  
No 914 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 6 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 915 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 6 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 916 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 6 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 917 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 6 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 7 Balloon Centre Derby  
No 918 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 7 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 8 Balloon Centre Liverpool  
No 919 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 8 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 920 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 8 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 921 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 8 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 9 Balloon Centre Warrington  
No 922 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 9 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 923 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 9 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 949 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 9 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 10 Balloon Centre Manchester  
No 924 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 10 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 925 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 10 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 926 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 10 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons

No 32 (Balloon Barrage) Group

Unit Location Equipment
No 11 Balloon Centre Bristol  
No 927 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 11 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 928 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 11 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff  
No 935 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 14 Balloon Centre 2 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 12 Balloon Centre Titchfield  
No 930 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 12 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 932 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 12 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 931 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 12 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 933 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 12 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 13 Balloon Centre Plymouth  
No 934 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 13 Balloon Centre 5 Flights, 8 Balloons

No 33 (Balloon Barrage) Group

Unit Location Equipment
No 15 Balloon Centre Newcastle-upon-Tyne  
No 936 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 15 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 937 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 15 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 938 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 15 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 16 Balloon Centre Sheffield  
No 939 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 16 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 940 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 16 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 941 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 16 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 17 Balloon Centre Hull  
No 942 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 17 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 943 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 17 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 944 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 17 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 18 Balloon Centre Glasgow  
No 945 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 18 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 946 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 18 Balloon Centre 4 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 947 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 18 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 19 Balloon Centre Rosyth  
No 929 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 19 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons
No 948 (Balloon Barrage) Sqn AAF No 19 Balloon Centre 3 Flights, 8 Balloons

 


Reserve Command (Hendon, The Hyde, London NW9)

No 50 (Training) Group (HQ - Bristol)

 
Unit Location
No 18 EFTS Fairoaks Woking
No 2 EFTS Filton
No 6 Air Observer Navigation School Gloucester & Cheltenham
No 3 EFTS Hamble
No 1 Supplementary School of Wireless Training Hamble
No 5 EFTS Hamworth
No 1 EFTS Hatfield
No 8 EFTS Reading
No 15 EFTS Redhill
No 5 Air Observer Navigation School Weston-super-Mare
No 13 EFTS White Waltham
No 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury
No 2 Air Observer Navigation School RAF Yatesbury

The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161

Change Note
No 11 Air Observer Navigation School  at Hamble added AL3, 15 Dec 1939
Cheltenham & Gloucester renamed Staverton AL4, 21 Dec 1939

No 51 (Training) Group (HQ - Leeds)

Unit Location
No 9 EFTS Ansty
No 4 Air Observer Navigation School Ansty
No 24 EFTS Belfast Harbour
No 9 Air Observer Navigation School Blackpool
No 4 EFTS Brough
No 22 EFTS Cambridge
No 30 EFTS Derby
No 7 EFTS Desford
No 3 Air Observer Navigation School Desford
No 14 EFTS Elmdon
No 10 Air Observer Navigation School Grangemouth
No 11 EFTS Perth
No 7 Air Observer Navigation School Perth
No 12 EFTS Prestwick
No 1 Air Observer Navigation School Prestwick
No 2 Supplementary School of Wireless Training Prestwick
No 6 EFTS Sywell
No 8 Air Observer Navigation School Sywell

The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161

Change Note
No 3 Air Observer Navigation School moved from Desford to Carlisle AL3, 15 Dec 1939
No 10 Air Observer Navigation School at Grangemouth disbanded AL3, 15 Dec 1939
No 8 Air Observer Navigation School at Sywell disbanded AL3, 15 Dec 1939

No 54 (Training) Group (HQ - Reading)

Unit Location
No 1 Initial Training Wing Cambridge
No 3 Initial Training Wing Hastings
No 4 Initial Training Wing Bexhill

he following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161

Change Note
No 3 ITW moved to St Leonards from Hastings AL3, 15 Dec 1939
No 5 ITW formed at Hastings AL3, 15 Dec 1939

Source - SD161 (1st Issue), November 1939

County names used are those in use at the time

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