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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Army Co-operation Command - December 1941
[No 70 Group | No 32 Wing | No 33 Wing | No 34 Wing | No 35 Wing | No 36 Wing | No 37 Wing | No 38 Wing | 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 | |
| No 42 Operational Training Unit | RAF Andover | Various |
| RAF Bodorgan | Bodorgan, Anglesey, North Wales | |
| No 1 Coastal Artillery Co-Operation Unit | RAF Bodorgan | Blenheim |
| 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 Detling | Detling, Kent | Station in Coastal Command |
| No 1 CACU detachment | RAF Detling | Station in Coastal Command |
| 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 | |
| No 1424 Flight | RAF Larkhill | |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| No 41 Operational Training Unit | RAF Old Sarum | Tomahawk/Hector/Lysander |
| No 651 Sqn | RAF Old Sarum | Taylorcraft |
| RAF Station Perton | Perton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | |
| RAF Station Ringway | Ringway, Northenden, Manchester | |
| No 6 AACU | RAF Ringway | Various |
| Airborne Forces Establishment | RAF Ringway | Various |
| RAF Station St Athan | St Athan, Glamorganshire | Station in Technical Training Command |
| Pilotless Aircraft Unit | RAF St Athan | Queen Bee |
| RAF Station Thame | ||
| Glider Training Sqn | RAF Thame | Various |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | Weston Zoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset |
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 Bodorgan | |
| 'A' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weston Zoyland | Watchet |
| 'B' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Aberporth | Aberporth |
| 'C' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Towyn | Towyn |
| 'D' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | Penhale Sands |
| '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 | Cleave |
| '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) | Weybourne |
| 'O' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Cleave | Penhale Sands |
| 'P' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weston Zoyland | SAAD Wireless Wing |
| 'Q' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Aberporth | Aberavon |
| 'R' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Millom (Station in Flying Training Command) | Netherton (late Braystone) |
| 'T' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF Weybourne | Weybourne |
| 'U' Flt, No 1 AACU | RAF 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 |
HQ - HQ Scottish Command, Home Forces, Edinburgh
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Dunino | Dunino, St Andrews, Fife | |
| No 309 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Dunino | Lysander |
| RAF Station Macmerry | Macmerry, East Lothian | |
| No 614 Sqn | RAF Macmerry | Blenheim IV |
HQ - HQ Northern Command, Home Forces, York
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Doncaster | Doncaster, West Yorkshire | |
| No 613 Sqn | RAF Doncaster | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station York | Clifton, York | |
| No 4 Sqn | RAF York | Tomahawk |
| No 5 AASCSS | RAF York |
HQ - HQ Eastern Command, Home Forces, Luton
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | Station in No 16 Group |
| No 140 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire/Blenheim |
| RAF Station Bottisham | Bottisham, Cambridge | |
| No 241 Sqn | RAF Bottisham | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Sawbridgeworth | Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire | |
| No 2 Sqn | RAF Sawbridgeworth | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Snailwell | nr Newmarket, Suffolk | |
| No 268 Sqn | RAF Snailwell | Tomahawk |
| No 2 AASCSS | RAF Snailwell |
HQ - HQ South Eastern Command, Reigate, Surrey
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Croydon | Croydon, Surrey | Satellite in Fighter Command |
| No 414 Sqn RCAF | RAF Croyden | Tomahawk |
| RAF Station Gatwick | Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey | |
| No 26 Sqn | RAF Gatwick | Tomahawk |
| No 239 Sqn | RAF Gatwick | Tomahawk |
| No 400 Sqn RCAF | RAF Odiham | Tomahawk |
| No 1 AASCSS | RAF Odiham |
HQ - HQ Southern Command, Salisbury, Wiltshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Odiham | Odiham, Hampshire | Station in No 35 Wing |
| No 13 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Blenheim IV |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire | Station in No 70 Group |
| No 4 AASCSS | RAF Old Sarum | |
| RAF Station Thruxton | Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire | Station in No 70 Group |
| No 225 Sqn | RAF Thruxton | Lysander |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | Westonzoyland, Somerset | Station in No 70 Group |
| No 16 Sqn | RAF Weston Zoyland | Tomahawk |
HQ - HQ Western Command, Home Forces, Chester (no units allocated)
Source - July 1941 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 70 Group | No 32 Wing | No 33 Wing | No 34 Wing | No 35 Wing | No 36 Wing | No 37 Wing | No 38 Wing | No 71 Group | No 1 AACU Locations]
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