Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - August 1940

No 1 Group (HQ - Hucknall)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Binbrook	Binbrook, Lincolnshire
No 12 Sqn	RAF Binbrook	Battles (in the process of converting to Wellingtons)
No 142 Sqn	RAF Binbrook	Battles (in the process of converting to Wellingtons)
RAF Station Newton	Newton, Nottinghamshire
No 103 Sqn	RAF Newton	Battles (in the process of converting to Wellingtons)
No 150 Sqn	RAF Newton	Battles (in the process of converting to Wellingtons)
RAF Station Swinderby	Swinderby, Lincolnshire
No 300 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Swinderby	Battles
No 301 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Swinderby	Battles

No 2 Group (HQ - Huntingdon)

 

Unit	Location
RAF Station Horsham St Faith	Horsham St Faith, Norfolk
No 114 Sqn	RAF Horsham St Faith	Blenheims
No 139 Sqn	RAF Horsham St Faith	Blenheims
RAF Station Oakington	Oakington, Cambridgeshire
No 218 Sqn	RAF Oakington	Blenheims
RAF Station Wattisham	Wattisham, Suffolk
No 107 Sqn	RAF Wattisham	Blenheims
No 110 Sqn	RAF Wattisham	Blenheims
RAF Station Watton	Watton, Norfolk
No 21 Sqn	RAF Watton	Blenheims
No 82 Sqn	RAF Watton	Blenheims
No 105 Sqn	RAF Watton	Blenheims
RAF Station West Raynham	West Raynham, Norfolk
No 18 Sqn	RAF West Raynham	Blenheims
No 101 Sqn	RAF West Raynham	Blenheims
No 2 Group Target Towing Flight	RAF West Raynham	Battles
RAF Station Wyton	Wyton, Huntingdonshire
No 57 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Blenheims
No 15 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Blenheims
No 40 Sqn	RAF Wyton	Blenheims

Certain of No 2 Group squadrons may be detached to Kinloss and/or Lossiemouth from time to time

No 3 Group (HQ - Exning, Newmarket)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Feltwell	Feltwell, Norfolk
No 37 Sqn	RAF Feltwell	Wellingtons
No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn	RAF Feltwell	Wellingtons
RAF Station Honington	Honington, Suffolk
No 9 Sqn	RAF Honington	Wellingtons
No 311 (Czech) Sqn	RAF Honington	Wellingtons
RAF Station Marham	Marham, Norfolk
No 38 Sqn	RAF Marham	Wellingtons
No 115 Sqn	RAF Marham	Wellingtons
No 3 Group Target Towing Flight	RAF Marham	Battles
RAF Station Mildenhall	Mildenhall, Suffolk
No 99 Sqn	RAF Mildenhall	Wellingtons
No 149 Sqn	RAF Mildenhall	Wellingtons
RAF Station Stradishall	Stradishall, Suffolk
No 214 Sqn	RAF Stradishall	Wellingtons

No 4 Group (HQ - York)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Dishforth	Dishforth, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 78 Sqn	RAF Dishforth	Whitleys
No 51 Sqn	RAF Dishforth	Whitleys
RAF Station Driffield	Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
Care and Maintenance Party	RAF Driffield
No 4 Group Target Towing Flight	RAF Driffield	Battles
RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse	Linton-on-Ouse, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 77 Sqn*	RAF Linton-on-Ouse	Whitleys
No 58 Sqn	RAF Linton-on-Ouse	Whitleys
RAF Station Leeming	Leeming, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 10 Sqn	RAF Leeming	Whitleys
No 102 Sqn*	RAF Leeming	Whitleys
No 7 Sqn	RAF Leeming	Stirlings
RAF Station Topcliffe	Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Riding of Yorkshire
Care and Maintenance Party	RAF Topcliffe

*To move to Topcliffe

No 5 Group (HQ - 'St Vincents', Grantham)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Finningley	Finningley, West Riding of Yorkshire
No 106 Sqn	RAF Finningley	Hampdens
RAF Station Lindholme	Hatfield Woodhouse, West Riding of Yorkshire	ex Hatfield Woodhouse
No 50 Sqn	RAF Hatfield Woodhouse	Hampdens
RAF Station Hemswell	Hemswell, Lincolnshire
No 61 Sqn	RAF Hemswell	Hampdens
No 144 Sqn	RAF Hemswell	Hampdens
RAF Station Scampton	Scampton, Lincolnshire
No 49 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Hampdens
No 83 Sqn	RAF Scampton	Hampdens
RAF Station Waddington	Waddington, Lincolnshire
No 44 Sqn	RAF Waddington	Hampdens
No 5 Group Target Towing Flight	RAF Waddington	Battles
No 271 (Transport) Sqn	RAF Doncaster	Various

No 6 Group (HQ - Norwich)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Abingdon	Abingdon, Berkshire	Administers Code & Cypher School, Oxford - No 26 Group
No 10 Operational Training Unit	RAF Abingdon	Whitleys
RAF Station Bassingbourn	Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
No 11 Operational Training Unit	RAF Bassingbourn	Wellingtons
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
No 12 Operational Training Unit	RAF Benson	Battles
RAF Station Harwell	Harwell, Oxfordshire
No 15 Operational Training Unit	RAF Harwell	Wellingtons
RAF Station Hucknall	Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
No 18 (Polish) Operational Training Unit	RAF Hucknall	Battles
RAF Station Kinloss	Kinloss, Morayshire
No 19 Operational Training Unit	RAF Kinloss	Whitleys
RAF Station Lossiemouth	Lossiemouth, Morayshire
No 20 Operational Training Unit	RAF Lossiemouth	Whitleys
RAF Station Bramcote
No 304 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Bramcote	Battles
No 305 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Bramcote	Battles
No 6 Group Target Towing Flight	RAF Squires Gate - Station in Coastal Command	Battles

No 7 Group (HQ - Brampton, Huntingdon)

All OTUs have Ansons in addition to their operation type.

The following squadrons of Bomber Command have been reduced to a 'number only' basis until it becomes practicable to reform them as operational units

Source - SD161 (5th Issue), August 1940

County names used are those in use at the time

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