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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Coastal Command - January 1941
[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 200 Group]
Command HQ - Eastbury Park, Northwood, Middlesex
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (Lodger Unit) | RAF Benson - Station in Bomber Command | |
| Central Interpretation Unit | Danesfield, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire | for Administration only |
| No 417 Flight (Lodger Unit) | RAF St Athan - Station in Technical Training Command |
HQ - Plymouth (due to move to Liverpool)
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | Aldergrove RAF Station, Home Forces | Station in RAFNI |
| No 233 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Hudson |
| No 502 Sqn (less 1 Flight) | RAF Aldergrove | Whitley |
| No 272 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Blenheim |
| RAF Station Bowmore | Isle of Islay, Argyllshire | |
| Special Duty Flight | RAF Bowmore | 'G' Class Flying Boats |
| RAF Station Carew Cheriton* | Carew Cheriton, Milton Tenby, Pembrokeshire | |
| No 321 (Dutch) Sqn | RAF Carew Cheriton | Anson |
| Coastal Command Development Unit | RAF Carew Cheriton | Whitley, Beaufort, Hudson |
| RAF Station Falmouth* | Falmouth, Devon | Administered by RAF Mount Batten |
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Falmouth - Administered by Mount Batten | For operational use from time to time by Flying Boat Detachments |
| RAF Station Hooton Park | Hooton Park, Little Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| No 48 Sqn (less 2 Flts) | RAF Hooton Park | Anson/Beaufort |
| RAF Station Mount Batten* | Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon | |
| No 10 Sqn RAAF (less detachment) | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| RAF Station Oban | Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll | |
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Oban | Sunderland |
| Detachment No 10 Sqn RAAF | RAF Oban | Sunderland |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire | |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Pembroke Dock | Lerwick/Sunderland |
| RAF Station Port Ellen | Port Ellen, Islay | |
| No 48 Sqn (1 Flt) | Port Ellen | Anson |
| Roborough | Roborough, Plymouth, Devon | Fleet Air Arm Station |
| No 15 Group Communication Flt | RNAS Roborough | |
| RAF Station St Eval* | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 236 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Blenheim |
| No 217 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Anson/Beaufort |
| 'B' Flt, No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | RAF St Eval | Spitfire/Blenheim |
| No 404 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF St Eval | Blenheim |
| No 1 Mobile Torpedo Base | RAF St Eval | |
| RAF Station Stranraer | Stranraer, Wigtownshire | |
| No 209 Sqn | RAF Stranraer | Lerwick |
| No 240 Sqn | RAF Stranraer | Stranraer |
| RAF Station Limavady | Limavady, County Londonderry | |
| No 502 Sqn (1 Flt) | RAF Limavady | Whitley |
| No 100 Wing (SS Manela) | RAF Lough Foyle |
*To be transferred to No 19 Group on move of No 15 Group
HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk | |
| No 221 Sqn | RAF Limavady | Wellington |
| No 206 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Hudson, detachments at other stations |
| No 235 Sqn (less 1 Flight) | RAF Bircham Newton | Blenheim |
| No 500 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
| No 403 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
| RAF Station Detling | Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 500 Sqn (less 1 Flight) | RAF Detling | Anson/Blenheim |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | Felixstowe, Suffolk | Under Care and Maintenance |
| RAF Station North Coates | North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 22 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufort, detachments at other stations |
| No 2 Mobile Torpedo Base | RAF North Coates | |
| RAF Station Eastchurch | Eastchurch, Kent | Under Care and Maintenance |
| Rochester (Civil) | Rochester, Kent | |
| No 16 Group Communication Flt | Rochester | |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire | |
| No 59 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Blenheim |
| No 235 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Thorney Island | Blenheim |
| No 53 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Blenheim |
HQ - RAF Gosport, Hampshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abbotsinch | Abbotsinch, Paisley | |
| Torpedo Training Unit | RAF Abbotsinch | Beaufort |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
| Marine Craft Repair Section | RAF Calshot | |
| Marine Craft Section | RAF Calshot | |
| Marine Craft Instructional Section | RAF Calshot | |
| Flying Boat Repair Section (part) | RAF Calshot | |
| RAF Station Catfoss | Catfoss, Nr Hull, East Yorkshire | |
| No 2 OTU | RAF Catfoss | Blenheim/Anson |
| RAF Station Chivenor | Chivenor, Devon | |
| No 3 OTU | RAF Chivenor | Various |
| No 252 Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Beaufighter |
| No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit | RAF Detling | Blenheim |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Torpedo Development Unit and Instructional Section | RAF Gosport | Various |
| No 2 AACU (less 'C' flight at Cleve and 'D' Flight at Donibristle) | RAF Gosport | |
| Fleet Air Arm Maintenance Unit | RAF Gosport | |
| No 86 Sqn | RAF Gosport | Blenheim |
| RAF Station Greenock | Greenock, Renfrewshire | |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Greenock | |
| Flying Boat Repair Section | RAF Greenock | |
| RAF Station Silloth | Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| No 1 (Coastal) OTU | RAF Silloth | Various |
| RAF Station Squire's Gate | Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire | |
| No 3 School of General Reconnaissance | RAF Squire's Gate | Botha |
| Flying Boat Training Sqn (15 Group unit) | RAF Stranraer | Singapore III |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Dyce | Dyce, Aberdeen | |
| No 612 Sqn | RAF Dyce | Anson/Whitley |
| No 254 Sqn | RAF Dyce | Blenheim |
| No 608 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Dyce | Anson |
| RAF Station Helensburgh | Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire | |
| Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment | RAF Helensburgh | Various |
| RAF Station Invergordon | Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty | |
| RAF Station Leuchars | Leuchars, Fife | |
| No 10 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Leuchars | Wellington |
| No 224 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hudson |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Various |
| No 320 Sqn (RDNAS) | RAF Leuchars | |
| RAF Station Stornoway | Isle of Lewis | |
| No 48 Sqn (1 Flight) | RAF Stornoway | Anson |
| RAF Station Sullom Voe | Sullom Voe, Shetland | |
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Sunderland |
| No 204 Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Sunderland |
| RAF Floating Dock | RAF Sullom Voe | |
| RAF Station Sumburgh | Sumburgh, Shetland | |
| No 248 Sqn | RAF Sumburgh | Blenheim |
| RAF Station Thornaby | Thornaby, North Yorkshire | |
| No 608 Sqn (less 1 Flight) | RAF Thornaby | Anson/Blenheim |
| No 220 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Hudson |
| No 9 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Thornaby | Wellington |
| RAF Station Wick | Wick, Caithness | |
| No 269 Sqn | RAF Wick | Hudson |
| No42 Sqn | RAF Wick | Beaufort |
| 'C' Flt, Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Wick | Spitfire/Blenheim |
HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| In the process of forming | ||
HQ - Gibraltar
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 202 Sqn | Gibraltar | London |
Source - SD161 (6th Issue) January 1941
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 200 Group]
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