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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Army Co-operation Command - July 1941
[No 70 Group | No 71 Group | No 1 AACU Locations]
Command HQ - RAF Ramslade, Bracknell, Berkshire.
No 70 (Army Co-operation) Group
HQ - South Farnborough, Hampshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Andover | Andover, Hampshire | |
| RAF Station Cardiff | Tremorfa, Cardiff | |
| No 8 AACU | RAF Cardiff | Various |
| RAF Station Castle Bromwich | Birmingham, Warwickshire | |
| No 7 AACU | RAF Castle Bromwich | Various |
| RAF Station Christchurch | Christchurch, Hampshire | |
| Special Duty Flight | RAF Christchurch | Various |
| RAF Station Detling | Detling, Kent | Station in Coastal Command |
| No 1 Coastal Artillery Co-Operation Unit | RAF Detling | Blenheim |
| RAF Station Farnborough | South Farnborough, Hampshire | |
| HQ, No 1 AACU | RAF Farnborough | |
| No 1 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Farnborough | |
| School of Photography | RAF Farnborough | |
| Royal Aircraft Establishment | RAF Farnborough | |
| RAF Station Larkhill | Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire | |
| 'D' Flt (Army Co-operation) | RAF Larkhill | |
| RAF Station Odiham | Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire | see No 71 Group |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| No 1 School of Army Co-operation | RAF Old Sarum | Hector/Lysander |
| RAF Station Ringway | Ringway, Northenden, Manchester | |
| No 6 AACU | RAF Ringway | Various |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | Station in Technical Training Command |
| Pilotless Aircraft Flt | RAF St Athan | Queen Bee |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | Weston Zoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset | |
| No 2 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weston Zoyland |
Location of the Flights of No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit in No 70 Group
| Flight | Location | Range used |
| HQ, No 1 AACU | RAF Farnborough | |
| No 1 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Farnborough | |
| No 2 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weston Zoyland | |
| 'A' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weston Zoyland | Watchet |
| 'B' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Carew Cheriton (Station in Coastal Command) | Manorbier |
| 'C' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Penrhos (later Morfa Towyn, station in Technical Training Command) | |
| 'D' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | St Agnes Head |
| 'E' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF West Freugh (Station in Flying Training Command) | Burrow Head |
| 'F' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Squires Gate (Station in Coastal Command) | Cark |
| 'G' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | Penhale Sands |
| 'H' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Christchurch | |
| 'J' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Bodorgan | Ty-Croes |
| 'K' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Bircham Newton (Station in Coastal Command) | Weybourne |
| 'L' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Aberporth | Aberporth |
| 'M' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Bircham Newton (Station in Coastal Command) | Stiffkey |
| 'O' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | Penhale Sands |
| 'U' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Morfa Towyn | Towyn |
| 'V' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | St Agnes Head |
| 'W' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Kidsdale | Burrow Head |
| 'X' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Aberporth | Aberporth |
| 'Y' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Manorbier | Manorbier |
| 'Z' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Bodorgan | Ty-Croes |
No 71 (Army Co-operation) Group
HQ - Sunningdale, Berkshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bury St Edmunds | Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey | |
| No 241 Sqn | RAF Bury St Edmunds | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Doncaster | Doncaster, West Yorkshire | |
| RAF Station Dunino | Dunino, St Andrews, Fife | Satellite in Coastal Command |
| No 309 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Dunino | Lysander |
| RAF Station Findo Gask | Dalreoch Bridge, Perthshire | |
| RAF Station Firbeck | Firbeck, West Yorkshire | |
| No 613 Sqn | RAF Firbeck | Lysander |
| RAF Station Gatwick | Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey | |
| No 26 Sqn | RAF Gatwick | Tomahawk |
| No 239 Sqn | RAF Gatwick | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Hendon | Hendon, Middlesex | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 1416 (Reconnaissance) Flt | RAF Hendon | |
| RAF Station Hooton Park | Hooton Park, Cheshire | Station in Coastal Command |
| No 13 Sqn | RAF Hooton Park | Lysander |
| RAF Station Inverness | Longman, Inverness | |
| No 614 Sqn (1 Flt) | RAF Inverness | Lysander |
| RAF Station Macmerry | Macmerry, East Lothian | |
| No 614 Sqn | RAF Macmerry | Lysander |
| RAF Station Odiham | Odiham, Hampshire | Station in No 70 Group |
| No 400 Sqn RCAF | RAF Odiham | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Sawbridgeworth | Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire | |
| No 2 Sqn | RAF Sawbridgeworth | Lysander |
| RAF Station Snailwell | nr Newmarket, Suffolk | |
| No 268 Sqn | RAF Snailwell | Lysander |
| RAF Station Tilshead | Tilshead, Wiltshire | |
| No 225 Sqn | RAF Tilshead | Lysander |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | Westonzoyland, Somerset | Station in No 70 Group |
| No 16 Sqn | RAF Weston Zoyland | Lysander |
| RAF Station York | Clifton, York | |
| No 4 Sqn | RAF York | Lysander |
Source - July 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 70 Group | No 71 Group | No 1 AACU Locations]
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