Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Fighter Command - December 1939

In this edition of the CAFL, units allocated to the RAF Component, BEF are not included but have been included here from the previous SD161 document.

RAF Component, British Expeditionary Force

 

Unit	Location
HQ, RAF Component Field Force	Location not listed
HQ No 50 Wing: - No 4 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Lysander) No 13 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Lysander)	Locations not listed
HQ No 51 Wing: - No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Lysander) No 26 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Lysander)	Locations not listed
HQ No 52 Wing: - No 53 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Blenheim) No 59 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Blenheim)	Locations not listed
HQ No 60 Wing: - No 85 (Fighter) Sqn No 87 (Fighter) Sqn	Locations not listed
HQ No 70 Wing: - No 18 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheim) No 57 (Bomber) Sqn (Blenheim)	Locations not listed
No 61 Fighter Wing Servicing Unit	Location not listed
No 62 Fighter Wing Servicing Unit	Location not listed
No 81 Sqn	Location not listed
No 1 Air Stores Park	Location not listed
No 2 Air Stores Park	Location not listed
No 3 Air Stores Park	Location not listed

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

No 11 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Uxbridge)

 

Unit	Location/Administered by
Air Ministry Unit	Staffordshire House, Store Street, London WC1
RAF Station Biggin Hill	Biggin Hill, Kent
No 32 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Biggin Hill
No 601 (Country of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Blenheims)	RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Station Filton	Filton, Bristol
No 263 (Fighter) Sqn* (Gladiators)	Filton
No 501 (County of Gloucester) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Hurricanes)	Filton
RAF Station Hendon	Hendon, Middlesex
No 248 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Hendon
No 24 Sqn	RAF Hendon
No 52 (Army Co-operation) Wing HQ	RAF Hendon
No 67 (Fighter) Wing HQ	RAF Hendon
RAF Station Hornchurch	Hornchurch, Essex
No 600 (City of London) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Blenheims)	RAF Hornchurch
No 74 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Hornchurch
No 54 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Hornchurch
RAF Station Kenley	Kenley, Surrey
No 145 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Kenley
RAF Station Northolt	Northolt, Middlesex
No 65 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Northolt
No 25 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Northolt
RAF Station Manston	Manston, Kent
No 3 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Manston
No 79 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Manston
No 253 (Fighter) Sqn (Battles)	RAF Manston
No 235 (Fighter) Sqn (Battles)	RAF Manston
RAF Station North Weald	North Weald, Essex
No 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Blenheims)	RAF North Weald
No 151 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF North Weald
RAF Station Tangmere	Tangmere, Sussex
No 43 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Tangmere
No 605 (County of Warwick) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Hurricanes)	RAF Tangmere
No 92 (Fighter) Sqn* (Blenheims)	RAF Tangmere

No 12 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Hucknall)

 

Unit	Location/Administered by
RAF Station Debden	Debden, Essex
No 17 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Debden
No 29 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Debden
No 504 (County of Nottingham) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Hurricanes)	RAF Debden
RAF Station Digby	Digby, Lincolnshire
No 46 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Digby
No 229 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Digby
No 611 (West Lancashire) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Digby
RAF Station Duxford	Duxford, Cambridgeshire
No 19 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Duxford
No 66 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Duxford
No 222 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Duxford
RAF Station Martlesham Heath	Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
No 56 (Fighter) Sqn	RAF Martlesham Heath
No 236 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Martlesham Heath
No 254 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Martlesham Heath
No 264 (Fighter) Sqn (Defiants)	RAF Martlesham Heath
RAF Station Sutton Bridge	Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
No 266 (Fighter) Sqn (Battles)	RAF Sutton Bridge
RAF Station Wittering	Wittering, Leicestershire
No 23 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Wittering
No 213 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Wittering
No 610 (County of Chester) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Wittering

No 13 (Fighter) Group (HQ - Blakelaw Estate, Ponteland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne)

 

Unit	Location/Administered by
RAF Station Acklington	Acklington, Alnwick, Northumberland
No 152 (Fighter) Sqn (Gladiators)	RAF Acklington
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricanes)	RAF Acklington
RAF Station Catterick	Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 41 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Catterick
No 219 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Catterick
RAF Station Church Fenton	Church Fenton, West Riding of Yorkshire
No 64 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Church Fenton
No 242 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Church Fenton
RAF Station Drem	Drem, East Lothian
No 72 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfires)	RAF Drem
No 602 (City of Glasgow) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Drem
No 609 (West Riding) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Drem
RAF Station Leconfield	Leconfield, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
No 234 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Leconfield
No 245 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Leconfield
No 616 (South Yorkshire) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Leconfield
No 141 (Fighter) Sqn (Blenheims)	RAF Grangemouth - Station in Reserve Command
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) (Fighter) Sqn AAF (Spitfires)	RAF Turnhouse

No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (HQ - Farnborough)

 

Unit	Location/Administered by
RAF Station Andover	Andover, Hampshire
No 2 School of Army Co-operation	RAF Andover
No 22 Group Reservoir	RAF Andover
RAF Station Aston Down	Aston Down
No 12 Group Pool	RAF Aston Down
RAF Station Odiham	Odiham, Hampshire
No 225 Sqn	RAF Odiham
No 613 (City of Manchester) (Army Co-operation) Sqn AAF	RAF Odiham
No 614 (County of Glamorgan) (Army Co-operation) Sqn AAF	RAF Odiham
RAF Station Old Sarum	Old Sarum, Wiltshire
School of Army Co-operation and Group Pool	RAF Old Sarum
No 16 (Army Co-operation) Sqn	RAF Old Sarum
RAF Station St Athan	St Athan, Glamorgan
No 11 (Fighter) Group Pool	RAF St Athan

Source - Confidential Air Force List, December 1939

County names used are those in use at the time

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