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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[No 1 Group | No 2 Group | No 3 Group | No 4 Group | No 5 Group | No 6 Group | No 7 Group]
Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
HQ - Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Binbrook | Binbrook, Lincolnshire | |
| No 12 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Wellingtons |
| No 142 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Newton | ||
| No 103 Sqn | RAF Newton | Wellingtons |
| No 150 Sqn | RAF Newton | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Swinderby | Swinderby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 300 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Swinderby | Wellingtons |
| No 301 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Swinderby | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Syerston | Syerston, Newark, Nottinghamshire | |
| No 304 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Syerston | Wellingtons |
| No 305 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Syerston | Wellingtons |
HQ - Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk | |
| No 114 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Blenheims |
| No 139 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Blenheims |
| RAF Station Swanton Morley | Swanton Morley, Dereham, Norfolk | |
| No 105 Sqn | RAF Swanton Morley | Blenheims |
| RAF Station Wattisham | Wattisham, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| No 107 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Blenheims |
| No 110 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Blenheims |
| No 8 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Wattisham | Blenheims |
| RAF Station Watton | Watton, Thetford, Norfolk | |
| No 21 Sqn | RAF Watton | Blenheims |
| No 82 Sqn | RAF Watton | Blenheims |
| RAF Station West Raynham | West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk | |
| No 18 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Blenheims |
| No 101 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Blenheims |
Certain of No 2 Group squadrons may be detached to Kinloss and/or Lossiemouth from time to time
HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Feltwell | Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk | |
| No 57 Sqn | RAF Feltwell | Wellingtons |
| No 75 Sqn | RAF Feltwell | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Honington | Honington, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| No 9 Sqn | RAF Honington | Wellingtons |
| No 311 (Czech) Sqn | RAF Honington | Wellingtons |
| No 5 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Honington | |
| RAF Station Marham | Marham, King's Lynn, Norfolk | |
| No 115 Sqn | RAF Marham | Wellingtons |
| No 218 Sqn | RAF Marham | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Mildenhall | Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| No 99 Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Wellingtons |
| No 149 Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Wellingtons |
| No 401 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Mildenhall | Gladiators |
| No 3 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Mildenhall | Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Oakington | Oakington, Cambridgeshire | |
| No 7 Sqn | RAF Oakington | Stirlings |
| No 3 Photo Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Oakington | Spitfires/Wellingtons |
| RAF Station Stradishall | Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk | |
| No 214 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Wellingtons |
| No 419 Flt | RAF Stradishall | Various |
| RAF Station Wyton | St Ives, Huntingdonshire | |
| No 15 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Wellingtons |
| No 40 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Wellingtons |
| No 4 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Wyton | Wellingtons |
HQ - RAF York
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Dishforth | Dishforth, NorthYorkshire | |
| No 51 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Whitleys |
| No 78 Sqn | RAF Dishforth | Whitleys |
| RAF Station Driffield | Driffield, East Yorkshire | Temporarily under Care & Maintenance |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | Linton-on-Ouse, York, North Yorkshire | |
| No 58 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Whitleys |
| No 2 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Whitleys |
| RAF Station Leeming | Leeming, Leeming Bar, Northallerton, North Yorkshire | |
| No 10 Sqn | RAF Leeming | Whitleys |
| No 35 Sqn | RAF Leeming | Halifaxes (temporarily at RAF Linton-on-Ouse) |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | Thirsk, North Yorkshire | |
| No 77 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Whitleys |
| No 102 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Whitleys |
HQ - Grantham, Lincolnshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Finningley | Finningley, Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire | |
| No 106 Sqn | RAF Finningley | Hampdens |
| No 7 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Finningley | Blenheims |
| RAF Station Lindholme | Doncaster, West Yorkshire | |
| No 50 Sqn | RAF Lindholme | Hampdens |
| RAF Station Hemswell | Hemswell, nr Lincoln, 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, nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire | |
| No 44 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Hampdens |
| No 207 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Manchesters |
| No 6 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Waddington | Hampdens |
| RAF Station Doncaster | Doncaster, West Yorkshire | |
| No 271 Sqn | RAF Doncaster | Various |
No 6 (Bomber) Group - Operational Training
HQ - RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abingdon | Abingdon, Oxfordshire | Administers AM Code & Cypher School , Oxford) |
| No 10 Operational Training Unit | RAF Abingdon | Whitleys/Anson |
| No 1 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Abingdon | Whitleys |
| RAF Station Bassingbourn | Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire | |
| No 11 Operational Training Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | Wellingtons/Ansons |
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
| No 12 Operational Training Unit | RAF Benson | Wellingtons/Ansons |
| Bombing Development Unit | RAF Boscombe Down | Station in Flying Training Command |
| RAF Station Bramcote | Bramcote, Nottinghamshire | |
| No 18 (Polish) Operational Training Unit | RAF Bramcote | Wellingtons/Ansons |
| RAF Station Harwell | Harwell, Oxfordshire | |
| No 15 Operational Training Unit | RAF Harwell | Wellingtons/Ansons |
| RAF Station Kinloss | Kinloss, Moray | |
| No 19 Operational Training Unit | RAF Kinloss | Wellingtons/Ansons |
| RAF Station Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth, Moray | |
| No 20 Operational Training Unit | RAF Lossiemouth | Wellingtons/Ansons |
No 7 (Bomber) Group - Operational Training
HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bicester | Bicester, Oxfordshire | |
| No 13 Operational Training Unit | RAF Bicester | Blenheims |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland | |
| No 14 Operational Training Unit | RAF Cottesmore | Hampdens/Ansons |
| RAF Station Upper Heyford | Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire | |
| No 16 Operational Training Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Hampdens/Ansons |
| RAF Station Upwood | Upwood, Huntingdonshire | |
| No 17 Operational Training Unit | RAF Upwood | Blenheims |
Source - SD161 (6th Issue) January 1941
No 166 Squadron
No 52 Squadron
No 63 Squadron
No 104 Squadron
No 108 Squadron
No 90 Squadron
No 215 Squadron
No 185 Squadron
No 76 Squadron
No 97 Squadron
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 1 Group | No 2 Group | No 3 Group | No 4 Group | No 5 Group | No 6 Group | No 7 Group]
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