Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - August 1940

No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Plymouth)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
No 224 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove - Station in RAFNI	Hudsons
No 502 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove - Station in RAFNI	Whitleys
1 Flight, No 48 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove - Station in RAFNI	Ansons
RAF Station Carew Cheriton	Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
'B' Flight, No 1 AACU	RAF Carew Cheriton	Henleys
'L' Flight, No 1 AACU	RAF Carew Cheriton	Henleys
No 321 (Dutch) Sqn	RAF Carew Cheriton	Ansons
Care & Maintenance Party	Falmouth for operational use from time to time by FB detachments	Administered by Mount Batten
Embarkation Office	Fowey, administered by Mount Batten
RAF Station Hooton Park	Hooton Park, Cheshire
No 48 Sqn less 2 Flights	RAF Hooton Park	Ansons/Beauforts
RAF Station Mount Batten	Plymouth, Devon
No 10 Sqn, RAAF less detachment	RAF Mount Batten	Sunderlands
RAF Station Oban	Oban, Argyllshire
No 210 Sqn	RAF Oban	Sunderlands
Detachment, No 10 Sqn, RAAF	RAF Oban	Sunderlands
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
No 320 (Dutch) Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Fokkers
No 209 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Lerwicks
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderlands
RAF Station Port Ellen	Port Ellen, Islay
1 Flight, No 48 Sqn	RAF Port Ellen	Ansons
No 15 Group Communication Flight	RNAS Roborough (FAA Station)
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, Newquay, Cornwall
No 236 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Blenheims
No 217 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Ansons
'B' Flight, PRU	RAF St Eval	Spitfires
'C' Flight, No 2 AACU	RAF St Eval	Battles
RAF Station Stranraer	Stranraer, Wigtownshire
No 240 Sqn	RAF Stranraer	Stranraers
Flying Boat Training Sqn (No 17 Group unit)	RAF Stranraer	Singapore III
Embarkation Office	RAF Stranraer

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group (HQ - Chatham)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, Norfolk
No 206 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Hudsons
No 235 Sqn less 1 Flight	RAF Bircham Newton	Blenheims
Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Station Detling	Detling, Kent
No 53 Sqn	RAF Detling	Blenheims
No 500 Sqn	RAF Detling	Ansons
No 1 Coastal Artillery Co-operation Unit (No 17 Group unit)	RAF Detling	Ansons
Care & Maintenance	RAF Felixstowe
RAF Station Heston (under HQ Coastal Command)	Heston, Middlesex
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit	RAF Heston	Various
RAF Station North Coates	North Coates Fitties, Lincolnshire
No 22 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Beauforts
Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF North Coates
Care & Maintenance	RAF Eastchurch
No 16 Group Communication Flight	Rochester (Civil)
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Hampshire
No 59 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Blenheims
1 Flight, No 235 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Blenheims
Interpretation Section, PRU (Administered by Heston)	Wembley

No 17 (Training) Group (HQ - Gosport)

 

Unit	Location	Notes
RAF Station Abbotsinch	Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire
Torpedo Training Unit	RAF Abbotsinch
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
Marine Craft Repair Section Marine Craft Section Marine Craft Instructional Section
RAF Station Catfoss	Catfoss, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
No 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit	RAF Catfoss	Blenheims/Ansons
Embarkation Office	Glasgow	Administered by Abbotsinch
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
Torpedo Experimental and Development Section Torpedo Experimental and Development Flight Torpedo Instructional Section No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (less 'C' Flight, 'D' & 'H' Flights) FAA Maintenance Unit
RAF Station Greenock	Greenock, Renfrewshire
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Greenock
RAF Station Silloth	Silloth, Cumberland
Detachment, No 1 (C) OTU	RAF Prestwick - Station in Flying Training Command	Blenheims
No 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit less detachment	RAF Silloth	Various
Embarkation Office	Southampton	Administered by Calshot
RAF Station Squires Gate	Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire
No 1 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squires Gate	Ansons
No 2 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squires Gate	Ansons
'F' Flight, No 1 AACU	RAF Squires Gate	Henleys

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

 

Unit	Location	Notes
Embarkation Office	Aberdeen	Administered by Dyce
RAF Station Dyce	Dyce, Aberdeen
No 612 Sqn less 1 Flight	RAF Dyce	Ansons
No 254 Sqn	RAF Dyce	Blenheims
RAF Station Helensburgh	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Helenburgh	Various
RAF Station Invergordon	Invergordon, Ross & Cromerty
RAF Station Kaldadarnes	Kaldadarnes, Iceland
No 98 Sqn	RAF Kaldadarnes	Battles
Embarkation Office	Lerwick	Administered by Sullom Voe
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 233 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Hudsons
No 18 Group Communications Flight	RAF Leuchars	Various
1 Flight, No 612 Sqn	Stornoway	Ansons
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Shetlands
No 201 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Sunderlands
No 204 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Sunderlands
RAF Floating Dock	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Sumburgh	Shetlands
No 248 Sqn	RAF Sumburgh	Blenheims
RAF Station Thornaby	Thornaby, North Riding of Yorkshire
No 608 Sqn	RAF Thornaby	Ansons
No 220 Sqn	RAF Thornaby	Hudsons
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 269 Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudsons
No 42 Sqn	RAF Wick	Beauforts
'A' Flight, PRU	RAF Wick

No 200 Group (HQ -Gibraltar)

Source - SD161 (5th Issue), August 1940

County names used are those in use at the time

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