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Coastal Command - January 1940


No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Plymouth)

 
Unit Location
No 502 (Ulster) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF (Ansons) - less detachment RAF Aldergrove - Station in Training Command
RAF Station Carew Cheriton Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
1 Flight, No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) RAF Carew Cheriton
Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) RAF Carew Cheriton
Care & Maintenance Party Falmouth for operational use from time to time by FB detachment
RAF Station Hooton Park Hooton Park, Cheshire
1 Flight, No 206 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) RAF Hooton Park
Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) RAF Hooton Park
RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, Devon
No 204 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Sunderland) RAF Mount Batten
'C' Flight, No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Shark) RAF Mount Batten
RAF Station Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
No 210 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Sunderland) RAF Pembroke Dock
No 228 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Sunderland) RAF Pembroke Dock
No 10 Sqn, RAAF RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Station St Eval St Eval, Newquay, Cornwall
No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (less1 Flight) (Ansons) RAF St Eval

No 58 (Bomber) Sqn at Boscombe Down is at present at the disposal of  No 15 Group for operations.

No 51 (Bomber) Sqn at Linton-on-Ouse is also at present at the disposal of  Coastal Command for operations.

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

Change Note
Nos 58 and 51 Sqns no longer at the disposal of Coastal Command AL2, Feb 1940
CP Flight was formed at St Eval AL2, Feb 1940

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Chatham)

 
Unit Location
RAF Station Bircham Newton Bircham Newton, Norfolk
No 206 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (less 1 Flight) (Ansons/Hudsons) RAF Bircham Newton
No 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Vildebeests) RAF Bircham Newton
1 Flight, No 233 Sqn (Blenheims) RAF Bircham Newton
Mobile Torpedo Base RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Station Detling Detling, Kent
No 500 (County of Kent) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF (Ansons) RAF Detling
Detachment of No 1 Coastal Artillery Co-operation Unit (Ansons) RAF Detling
C & M Party, for operational use from time to time by 1 Flight Guernsey
RAF Station North Coates North Coates Fitties, Lincolnshire
No 235 Sqn (Blenheims) RAF North Coates
No 236 Sqn (Blenheims) RAF North Coates
No 248 Sqn (Blenheims) RAF North Coates
RAF Station Thorney Island Thorney Island, Hampshire
No 48 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) RAF Thorney Island
No 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Vildebeests/Beauforts) RAF Thorney Island
No 1 Coastal Artillery Co-operation Unit (Ansons) (less detachment) (Ansons) RAF Thorney Island

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

Change Note
No 254 Sqn (Blenheims) joined No 16 Group at RAF Bircham Newton from No 12 Group AL2, Feb 1940
The flight of No 233 Sqn (Blenheims) rejoined main unit at RAF Leuchars AL2, Feb 1940
No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit was formed at RAF Manston (Station in Fighter Command) AL2, Feb 1940
No 2 General Reconnaissance Unit was formed at RAF Bircham Newton AL4, Mar 1940

No 17 (Training) Group (HQ - Gosport)

 
Unit Location
RAF Station Calshot Calshot Spit, Hampshire
  1. Seaplane Training Sqn
  2. Miscellaneous Sections for major maintenance of Flying Boat squadrons and Marine Craft instruction and repairs
RAF Station Gosport Gosport, Hampshire
  1. Torpedo Training Unit
  2. Torpedo Development Flight
  3. No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (less 1 Flight at Mount Batten)
  4. Miscellaneous sections for Fleet Air Arm repairs.
RAF Station Silloth Silloth, Cumberland
Coastal Command Pool RAF Silloth
School of General Reconnaissance (Anson) RAF Thorney Island - Station in No 16 Group

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

Change Note
CP Flight at Abbotsinch transferred from No 18 Group AL4, 12 Mar 1940

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Pitreavie Castle)

 
Unit Location/Administered by
RAF Station Abbotsinch Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire
Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) RAF Abbotsinch
RAF Station Dyce Dyce, Aberdeen
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF - less 1 Flight (Ansons) RAF Dyce
Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) RAF Dyce
RAF Station Helensburgh Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment RAF Helenburgh
RAF Station Invergordon Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty
No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn RAF Invergordon
RAF Station Leuchars Leuchars, Fife
No 224 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudson) RAF Leuchars
No 233 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudsons & Blenheims ) less Blenheim Flight RAF Leuchars
1 Flight, No 612 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Shetlands Shetlands
No 240 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Londons) RAF Shetlands
SS Manela (No 100 Wing) RAF Shetlands
RAF Station Oban Oban, Argyllshire
No 209 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Stranraers) RAF Oban
RAF Station Thornaby Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 608 (North Riding) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF (Ansons) RAF Thornaby
No 220 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudsons) RAF Thornaby
RAF Station Wick Wick, Caithness
No 269 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) RAF Wick
No 803 Sqn FAA RAF Wick
RAF Woodhaven Woodhaven, Angus
Facilities available for Flying Boat detachment RAF Woodhaven

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

Change Note
No 201 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn moved to RAF Shetlands AL2, Feb 1940
No 240 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Londons) moved to Invergordon AL2, Feb 1940
Detached Flight of No 612 Sqn (Ansons) at Leuchars returned to Dyce AL3, 12 Feb 1940
A Special Duty Flight with 2 Imperial Airways boats was formed at Invergordon AL3, 12 Feb 1940
No 233 Sqn became fully equipped with Hudsons at RAF Leuchars AL3, 12 Feb 1940
No 209 Sqn at Oban re-equipped with Lerwicks AL3, 12 Feb 1940
CP Flight at Abbotsinch transferred to No 17 Group AL4, 12 Mar 1940
No 803 Sqn FAA left RAF Wick replaced by 3 F Sqns AL4, 12 Mar 1940

Source - SD161 (2nd Issue), January 1940

County names used are those in use at the time

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