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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[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 | RAF Benson | Station in Bomber Command |
| No 95 Sqn | Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa | Sunderland |
HQ - Derby House, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | Aldergrove RAF Station, Home Forces | Station in RAFNI |
| No 254 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Blenheim |
| No 233 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Hudson |
| No 252 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Beaufighter, detachments at other station |
| RAF Station Ballykelly | Ballykelly, County Londonderry | |
| RAF Station Chivenor | Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon | Station in No 17 Group |
| No 252 Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Beaufighter, detachments at other station |
| RAF Station Eglinton | Eglington, County Londonderry | |
| RAF Station Hooton Park | Hooton Park, Little Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| No 48 Sqn (less 2 Flts) | RAF Hooton Park | Anson |
| No 15 Group Communication Flt | RAF Hooton Park | Various |
| RAF Station Islay - Bowmore | Isle of Islay, Argyllshire | |
| No 119 Sqn | Bowmore | 'G' Class Flying Boats/Catalina, detachments at other station |
| RAF Station Islay - Port Ellen | Isle of Islay, Argyllshire | |
| No 48 Sqn (1 Flt) | Port Ellen | Anson |
| RAF Station Kaldadarnes | Iceland | |
| No 98 Sqn | RAF Kaldadarnes | Battle/Hurricane |
| No 269 Sqn (1 Flt) | RAF Kaldadarnes | Hudson |
| RAF Station Limavady | Limavady, County Londonderry | |
| No 221 Sqn | RAF Limavady | Wellington |
| No 224 Sqn | RAF Limavady | Hudson |
| No 502 Sqn | RAF Limavady | Whitley |
| RAF Station Lough Erne | Lough Erne, Fermanagh | |
| No 209 Sqn | RAF Lough Erne | Lerwick/Catalina |
| No 240 Sqn | RAF Lough Erne | Stranraer/Catalina |
| RAF Station Lough Foyle | ||
| No 102 Wing (SS Batavier II) | RAF Lough Foyle | |
| RAF Station Nutts Corner | Crumlin, Northern Ireland | |
| No 120 Sqn | RAF Nutts Corner | Liberator |
| No 143 Sqn | RAF Nutts Corner | Beaufighter |
| RAF Station Oban | Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll | |
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Oban | Sunderland/Catalina, detachments at other station |
| RAF Station Reykyavik | Iceland | |
| No 30 Wing | RAF Reykjavik | |
| No 100 Wing (SS Manela) | RAF Reykjavik | |
| No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF Reykjavik | Northrop |
| No 204 Sqn | RAF Reykjavik | Sunderland |
| RAF Station Stranraer | Stranraer |
HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton | Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk | |
| No 206 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Hudson, detachments at other stations |
| No 248 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Blenheim |
| No 500 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Blenheim |
| No 1403 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson |
| RAF Station Detling | Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent | |
| 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 86 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Blenheim/Beaufort |
| 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 404 Sqn RCAF | RAF Thorney Island | Blenheim |
| No 407 Sqn RCAF | RAF Thorney Island | Blenheim |
HQ - RAF Gosport, Hampshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Andover | Andover, Hampshire | Station in Army Co-operation Command |
| No 6 OTU | RAF Andover | Various |
| 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 | 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 |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Torpedo Development Unit and Instructional Section | RAF Gosport | Various |
| No 2 AACU (less flight at Cleve) | RAF Gosport | |
| Fleet Air Arm Maintenance Unit | RAF Gosport | |
| RAF Station Greenock | Greenock, Renfrewshire | |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Greenock | |
| Flying Boat Repair Section | RAF Greenock | |
| RAF Station Invergordon | Invergordon, Ross-shire | |
| No 4 OTU | RAF Invergordon | Various |
| 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 |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Dyce | Dyce, Aberdeen | |
| No 235 Sqn | RAF Dyce | Blenheim, detachments at other stations |
| RAF Station Helensburgh | Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire | |
| Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment | RAF Helensburgh | Various |
| RAF Station Leuchars | Leuchars, Fife | |
| No 42 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Beaufort, detachments at other stations |
| No 114 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Blenheim. Bomber Command unit on temporary loan to Coastal Command, detachments at other stations |
| No 320 Sqn (RDNAS) | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 10 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Leuchars | Wellington |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Various |
| RAF Station Stornoway | Isle of Lewis | |
| No 48 Sqn (1 Flt) | RAF Stornoway | Anson |
| RAF Station Sullom Voe | Sullom Voe, Shetland | |
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Sunderland, detachments at other stations |
| RAF Floating Dock | RAF Sullom Voe | |
| RAF Station Sumburgh | Sumburgh, Shetland | |
| RAF Station Thornaby | Thornaby, North Yorkshire | |
| No 608 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Anson/Blenheim |
| No 9 Blind Approach Training Flt | RAF Thornaby | Wellington |
| RAF Station Wick | Wick, Caithness | |
| No 269 Sqn | RAF Wick | Hudson |
| 'C' Flt, Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | RAF Wick | Spitfire/Blenheim |
| No 612 Sqn | RAF Wick | Whitley |
| No 220 Sqn | RAF Wick | Hudson |
| No 1406 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Wick | Spitfire |
HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Carew Cheriton | Carew Cheriton, Milton Tenby, Pembrokeshire | |
| No 236 Sqn | RAF Carew Cheriton | Blenheim, detachments at other stations |
| Coastal Command Development Unit | RAF Carew Cheriton | |
| Falmouth | Falmouth, Devon | Administered by RAF Mount Batten |
| Care and Maintenance Party | Falmouth | For operational use from time to time by Flying Boat Detachments |
| RAF Station Mount Batten | Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon | |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire | |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| No 10 Sqn RAAF | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| Roborough | Roborough, Plymouth, Devon | Fleet Air Arm Station |
| No 19 Group Communication Flt | RNAS Roborough | |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 53 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Blenheim |
| No 217 Sqn | RAF St Eval | |
| No 1 Mobile Torpedo Base | RAF St Eval | |
| No 1404 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF St Eval | Blenheim |
| 'B' Flt, No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit | RAF St Eval | Spitfire/Blenheim |
HQ - Gibraltar
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 202 Sqn | Gibraltar | London/Catalina |
Source - July 1941 SD161
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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