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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Bomber Command - December 1939
In this edition of the CAFL, units allocated to the AASF are not included but have been included here from the previous SD161 document.
| Unit | Location |
HQ AASF: -
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All co-located but location not listed |
No 71 Wing HQ: -
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All co-located but location not listed |
No 72 Wing HQ: -
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All co-located but location not listed |
No 74 Wing HQ: -
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All co-located but location not listed |
No 75 Wing HQ: -
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Units co-located but separate from Wing HQ, locations not listed |
No 76 Wing HQ: -
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All co-located with Wing HQ but location not listed |
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Units co-located but separate from Wing HQ, locations not listed |
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Units co-located but separate from Wing HQ, locations not listed |
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Units co-located but separate from Wing HQ, locations not listed |
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Units co-located but separate from Wing HQ, locations not listed |
| No 4 Air Stores Park No 1 Supply and Transport Column |
Co-located but location not listed |
| No 5 Air Stores Park No 2 Supply and Transport Column |
Co-located but location not listed |
| No 1 Medical Receiving Station | Location not listed |
| No 2 Medical Receiving Station | Location not listed |
No 67 Wing HQ: -
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All co-located but location not listed |
| No 2 Base Area HQ No 21 Aircraft Depot No 2 Port Detachment |
All co-located but location not listed |
| No 5 Port Detachment | Location not listed |
| No 1 British Mission | Location not listed |
| No 2 British Mission | Location not listed |
| No 3 British Mission | Location not listed |
| 'M' Balloon Unit | Location not listed |
| No 6 Air Stores Park No 3 Supply and Transport Column |
Co-located but location not listed |
| Movement Control Postal Section Supply Detachment, RASC |
Co-located but location not listed |
| 103rd (AT) Company, RE | Location not listed |
| 113th Road Construction Company, RE | Location not listed |
| 4th Works Labour Company, RE | Location not listed |
| 7th Works Labour Company, RE 8th Works Labour Company, RE |
Co-located but location not listed |
| No 2 Company, Air Formation Signals Construction Section, Air Formation Signals Line Section, Air Formation Signals |
Co-located but location not listed |
| No 4 Casualty Clearing Station No 3 Motor Ambulance Convoy No 1 Heavy Mobile W/T Section RASC HQ RAOC HQ Workshops Section |
Co-located but location not listed |
| No 2 Heavy Mobile W/T Section | Location not listed |
| Forward Air Ammunition Park | Location not listed |
| HQ, 73rd AA Regiment | Location not listed |
| HQ, 157th Battery | Location not listed |
| HQ, 158th Battery | Location not listed |
| HQ, 159th Battery | Location not listed |
| HQ, 209th Battery | Location not listed |
| HQ, 311th Battery | Location not listed |
| 'Y' Section | Location not listed |
| WIS Advanced HQ | Location not listed |
| 901 Section, RASC | Location not listed |
| 907 Section, RASC | Location not listed |
The following changes to the above took place before the issue of the next SD161
| Change | Note |
| No 139 Sqn replaced No 40 Sqn in No 71 Wing | from 1 Dec 1939 (AL1) |
No 74 Wing HQ: -
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All now located at different locations, but these are not listed (AL1) |
| No 114 Sqn replaced No 15 Sqn in No 76 Wing | from 8 Dec 1939 (AL1) |
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Both now located at different locations, but these are not listed (AL1) |
| 'L' Section Air Formation Signals added to No 67 Wing (same location) | AL4, 21 Dec 1939 |
| RAF Comforts Distribution Unit added to HQ, No 2 Base Area (same location) | AL4, 21 Dec 1939 |
| No 3 Port Detachment added at unknown location | AL4, 21 Dec 1939 |
This Group provided the units for the AASF (see above) and was in the process of reforming at RAF Benson but was disbanded in early December 1939.
No 2 (Bomber) Group (HQ - Huntingdon)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| RAF Station Wattisham (No 83 Wing) | Wattisham, Suffolk |
| No 107 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wattisham |
| No 110 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wattisham |
| RAF Station Watton (No 79 Wing) | Watton, Norfolk |
| No 21 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Watton |
| No 82 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Watton |
| RAF Station West Raynham | West Raynham, Norfolk |
| No 101 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF West Raynham |
| RAF Station Wyton | Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| No 114 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wyton |
| No 139 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Wyton |
All squadrons equipped with Blenheims
No 3 (Bomber) Group (HQ - Mildenhall)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| RAF Station Feltwell | Feltwell, Norfolk |
| No 37 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Feltwell |
| No 214 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Station Honington | Honington, Suffolk |
| No 9 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Stradishall |
| RAF Station Marham | Marham, Norfolk |
| No 38 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Marham |
| No 115 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Marham |
| RAF Station Mildenhall | Mildenhall, Suffolk |
| No 99 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Mildenhall |
| No 149 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Mildenhall |
All squadrons equipped with Wellingtons
No 4 (Bomber) Group (HQ - Linton-on-Ouse)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| No 58 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down (Station in Training Command) |
| RAF Station Dishforth | Dishforth, North Riding of Yorkshire |
| No 10 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Dishforth |
| No 51 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Dishforth |
| RAF Station Driffield | Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| No 77 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Driffield |
| No 102 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Driffield |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | Linton-on-Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire |
| No 78 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse |
All squadrons equipped with Whitleys
No 5 (Bomber) Group (HQ - 'St Vincents', Grantham)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| RAF Station Finningley | Finningley, West Riding of Yorkshire |
| No 106 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Finningley |
| RAF Station Hemswell | Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
| No 61 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Hemswell |
| No 144 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Hemswell |
| RAF Station Scampton | Scampton, Lincolnshire |
| No 49 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Scampton |
| No 83 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Scampton |
| RAF Station Waddington | Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| No 44 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Waddington |
| No 50 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Waddington |
All squadrons equipped with Hampdens
No 6 (Bomber) Group (HQ - Abingdon)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| RAF Station Abingdon | Abingdon, Berkshire |
| No 97 (Bomber) Sqn - Whitleys | RAF Abingdon |
| No 166 (Bomber) Sqn - Whitleys | RAF Abingdon |
| RAF Station Bassingbourn | Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
| No 215 (Bomber) Sqn - Wellingtons | RAF Bassingbourn |
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire |
| No 52 (Bomber) Sqn - Battles | RAF Benson |
| No 63 (Bomber) Sqn - Battles | RAF Benson |
| RAF Station Bicester | Bicester, Oxfordshire |
| No 104 (Bomber) Sqn - Blenheims | RAF Bicester |
| No 108 (Bomber) Sqn - Blenheims | RAF Bicester |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | Cottesmore, Rutland |
| No 185 (Bomber) Sqn | RAF Cottesmore |
| RAF Station Cranfield | Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
| No 35 (Bomber) Sqn - Blenheims | RAF Cranfield |
| No 207 (Bomber) Sqn - Battles | RAF Cranfield |
| RAF Station Harwell | Harwell, Oxfordshire |
| No 75 (Bomber) Sqn - Wellingtons | RAF Harwell |
| No 148 (Bomber) Sqn - Wellingtons | RAF Harwell |
| New Zealand Flight - Wellingtons | RAF Harwell |
| No 98 (Bomber) Sqn - Battles | RAF Hucknall, Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Upper Heyford | Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| No 7 (Bomber) Sqn - Hampdens | RAF Upper Heyford |
| No 76 (Bomber) Sqn - Hampdens | RAF Upper Heyford |
| RAF Station Upwood | Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
| No 90 (Bomber) Sqn - Blenheims | RAF Upwood |
Source - Confidential Air Force List, December 1939
County names used are those in use at the time
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