Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 10 Group (HQ - Rudloe Manor)
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Middle Wallop | Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire | |
No 601 Sqn | RAF Middle Wallop | Hurricanes |
No 1 Sqn RCAF | RAF Middle Wallop | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Tangmere | Tangmere, Sussex | |
No 601 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hurricanes |
No 43 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hurricanes |
No 238 Sqn* | RAF Tangmere | Hurricanes |
Fighter Interception Unit | RAF Tangmere | Blenheims |
RAF Station Filton | Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire | |
No 236 Sqn | RAF Filton | Blenheims |
No 8 AACU | RAF Filton | Various |
No 5 OTU | RAF Aston Down | Spitfires/Blenheims |
No 6 OTU | RAF Sutton Bridge | Hurricanes |
No 7 OTU | RAF Hawarden | Hurricanes/Spitfires |
Unit | Location | Notes |
RAF Station Northolt | Northolt, Middlesex | |
No 609 Sqn | RAF Northolt | Spitfires |
No 600 Sqn | RAF Northolt | Blenheims |
RAF Station Kenley | Kenley, Surrey | |
No 64 Sqn | RAF Kenley | Spitfires |
No 111 Sqn | RAF Kenley | Hurricanes |
No 615 Sqn | RAF Kenley | Hurricanes |
Care & Maintenance | RAF Hawkinge | |
Care & Maintenance | RAF Lympne | |
RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Kent | |
No 32 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Hurricanes |
No 79 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Hurricanes |
No 610 Sqn | Gravesend | Spitfires |
RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Essex | |
No 56 Sqn | RAF North Weald | Hurricanes |
No 151 Sqn | RAF North Weald | Hurricanes |
No 25 Sqn | RAF North Weald | Blenheims |
RAF Station Hornchurch | Hornchurch, Essex | |
No 74 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | Spitfires |
No 65 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
No 92 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
No 54 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
RAF Station Manston | Manston, Kent | |
No 501 Sqn | RAF Manston | Hurricanes |
No 604 Sqn | RAF Manston | Blenheims |
RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, Middlesex | |
No 24 Sqn | RAF Hendon | Various |
No 257 Sqn* | RAF Hendon | Hurricanes |
*Non-operational
Unit | Location | Notes |
RAF Station Debden | Debden, Essex | |
No 29 Sqn | RAF Debden | Blenheims |
No 85 Sqn | RAF Debden | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Duxford | Duxford, Cambridgeshire | |
No 19 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Spitfires |
No 264 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Defiants |
RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Leicestershire | |
No 23 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Blenheims |
No 213 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Hurricanes |
No 266 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Spitfire2 |
RAF Station Digby | Digby, Lincolnshire | |
No 46 Sqn | RAF Digby | Hurricanes |
No 611Sqn | RAF Digby | Spitfires |
No 229 Sqn | RAF Digby | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey | Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |
No 222 Sqn | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Spitfires |
No 253 Sqn | RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Coltishall | Coltishall, Norfolk | |
No 66 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Spitfires |
*Non-operational
Unit | Location | Notes |
RAF Station Acklington | Acklington, Alnwick, Northumberland | |
No 152 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Spitfires |
No 72 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Spitfires |
RAF Station Catterick | Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire | |
No 41 Sqn | RAF Catterick | Spitfires |
No 219 Sqn | RAF Catterick | Blenheims |
RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, West Riding of Yorkshire | |
No 234 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Spitfires |
No 87 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Leconfield | Leconfield, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire | |
No 616 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Spitfires |
No 249 Sqn* | RAF Leconfield | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Turnhouse | Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
No 603 Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | Spitfires |
No 245 Sqn () | RAF Turnhouse | Hurricanes |
No 141 Sqn | RAF Grangemouth - Station in No 22 Group | Defiants |
RAF Station Drem | Drem, East Lothian | |
No 602 Sqn | RAF Drem | Spitfires |
No 605 Sqn | RAF Drem | Hurricanes |
No 263 Sqn | RAF Drem | Hurricanes |
No 3 Sqn | RAF Wick - Station in Coastal Command | Hurricanes |
No 504 Sqn | RAF Wick - Station in Coastal Command | Hurricanes |
RAF Station Usworth | Usworth, Stamfordham, Northumberland | |
No 607 Sqn | RAF Usworth | Hurricanes |
No 248 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Dyce - Station in Coastal Command | Blenheims |
No 248 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Montrose - Station in Flying Training Command | Blenheims |
*Non-operational
No 242 Sqn* (Hurricanes) | ||
No 43 Sqn (Hurricanes) | ||
1 Flight, No 56 Sqn | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Speke | |
No 17 Sqn (Hurricanes) | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Castle Bromwich | |
No 253 Sqn (Hurricanes) | Filton | |
No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Filton | |
Air Fighting Development Unit | RAF Northolt |
No 22 (Army Co-operation) Group (HQ - Farnborough)
This Group became independent with Command status on 20 June 1940.
The details of this Group were added in AL1 but the actual pages were missing from the copy in the National Archives
Miscellaneous Units
Unit | Location | Notes |
Photographic Development Unit | Heston | Various |
Air Ministry Unit | London | |
R/T Voice Unit | Cambridge |
Source - SD161 (3rd Issue), May 1940, Amendment List No 1 dated 20 Jun 1940
County names used are those in use at the time
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