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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Plymouth)
| Unit | Location |
| No 502 (Ulster) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF (Ansons) - less 1 Flight | RAF Aldergrove - Station in Training Command |
| RAF Station Carew Cheriton | Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire |
| 1 Flight, No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| No 5 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| 'B' Flight, No 1 AACU (Henley) | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| 'L' Flight, No 1 AACU (Henley) | RAF Carew Cheriton |
| Care & Maintenance Party | Falmouth for operational use from time to time by FB detachment |
| Embarkation Office | Fowey, administered by Mount Batten |
| RAF Station Hooton Park | Hooton Park, Cheshire |
| 1 Flight, No 502 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) | RAF Hooton Park |
| No 3 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF Hooton Park |
| No 4 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF Hooton Park |
| RAF Station Mount Batten | Plymouth, Devon |
| No 10 Sqn, RAAF (Sunderland) | RAF Mount Batten |
| 'C' Flight, No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Shark) less detachment | 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 |
| Major maintenance of No 204 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Sunderland) | RAF Mount Batten |
| No 15 Group Communication Flight | RNAS Roborough (FAA Station) |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, Newquay, Cornwall |
| No 217 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (less1 Flight) (Ansons) | RAF St Eval |
| No 6 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF St Eval |
| 2 x Battles of No 2 AACU | RAF St Eval |
No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Chatham)
| Unit | Location |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
| No 206 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudsons) | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No 235 Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Bircham Newton |
| Mobile Torpedo Base | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No 2 General Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Bircham Newton |
| No 815 (TSR) Sqn FAA (Swordfish) | RAF Bircham Newton |
| Detachment, No 266 Sqn (Spitfires) (Fighter Command) | 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 |
| No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Manston - Station in Fighter Command |
| No 3 General Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Manston - Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station North Coates | North Coates Fitties, Lincolnshire |
| No 22 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Beauforts) | RAF North Coates |
| No 1 Ground Defence Gunnery School (lodger unit) | RAF North Coates |
| No 16 Group Communication Flight | Rochester (Civil) |
| No 236 Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Speke - Station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Hampshire |
| No 48 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons) | RAF Thorney Island |
| No 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Vildebeests) | RAF Thorney Island |
| Maintenance Flight of No 217 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island |
No 17 (Training) Group (HQ - Gosport)
| Unit | Location |
| RAF Station Abbotsinch | Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire |
| Torpedo Training Unit | RAF Abbotsinch |
| No 2 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF Abbotsinch |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire |
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| Embarkation Office | Glasgow |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire |
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| School of General Reconnaissance | Guernsey |
| RAF Station Silloth | Silloth, Cumberland |
| No 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit | RAF Silloth |
| Embarkation Office | Southampton |
No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Pitreavie Castle)
| Unit | Location/Administered by |
| RAF Station Dyce | Dyce, Aberdeen |
| No 612 (County of Aberdeen) (General Reconnaissance) Sqn AAF (Ansons) | RAF Dyce |
| No 1 Coastal Patrol Flight (Moths) | RAF Dyce |
| Detachment, No 602 Sqn (Fighter Command) (Spitfires) | 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 |
| Special Duty Flight (Flying Boats, 'Cabot' & 'Caribou') | RAF Invergordon |
| RAF Station Leuchars | Leuchars, Fife |
| No 224 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudsons) | RAF Leuchars |
| No 233 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudsons) | RAF Leuchars |
| RAF Station Oban | Oban, Argyllshire |
| No 209 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Lerwicks) | RAF Oban |
| RAF Station Sullom Voe | Shetlands |
| No 240 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Londons) | RAF Sullom Voe |
| No 204 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Sunderland) | RAF Sullom Voe |
| RAF Station Sumburgh | Shetlands |
| Fighter Flight (Gladiators | RAF Sumburgh |
| No 254 Sqn (Blenheims) | RAF Sumburgh |
| 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 |
| No 18 Group Communications Flight | RAF Turnhouse |
| RAF Station Wick | Wick, Caithness |
| No 269 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Ansons/Hudsons) | RAF Wick |
| No 43 Sqn (Fighter Command) (Hurricanes) | RAF Wick |
| No 111 Sqn (Fighter Command) (Hurricanes) | RAF Wick |
| No 605 Sqn (Fighter Command) (Hurricanes) | RAF Wick |
| 1 Communication aircraft (Dragon) | RAF Wick |
Source - SD161 (3rd Issue), May 1940
County names used are those in use at the time
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