Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - December 1941

[No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 200 Group]

Command HQ - Eastbury Park, Northwood, Middlesex

No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group

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 206 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Hudson
No 1402 (Meteorological) Flight	RAF Aldergrove	Gladiator
No 1405 (Meteorological) Flight	RAF Aldergrove	Blenheim/Hudson
No 1 Armament Training Camp	RAF Aldergrove	Lysander
RAF Station Ballykelly	Ballykelly, County Londonderry
RAF Station Hooton Park	Hooton Park, Little Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire
No 15 Group Communication Flight	RAF Hooton Park	Various
RAF Station Islay - Bowmore	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire	Care & Maintenance
RAF Station Islay - Port Ellen	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire
RAF Station Limavady	Limavady, County Londonderry
No 224 Sqn	RAF Limavady	Hudson
No 502 Sqn	RAF Limavady	Whitley
RAF Station Lough Erne	Lough Erne, Fermanagh
No 240 Sqn	RAF Lough Erne	Catalina, detachments at other stations
RAF Station Lough Foyle
RAF Station Nutts Corner	Crumlin, Northern Ireland
No 120 Sqn	RAF Nutts Corner	Liberator
RAF Station Oban	Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll
No 210 Sqn	RAF Oban	Catalina
RAF Station Stornoway	Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
RAF Station Stranraer	Stranraer
No 228 Sqn	RAF Stranraer	Sunderland

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit	RAF Benson	Various, less 'B' & 'C' Flights
RAF Station Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
No 248 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Beaufighter, detachments at other stations
No 500 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Blenheim/Hudson
No 1401 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Bircham Newton	Anson
No 1403 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Bircham Newton	Anson
No 279 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Hudson
RAF Station Detling	Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent
No 16 Group Communication Flt	RAF Detling
RAF Station Eastchurch	Eastchurch, Kent	Under Care and Maintenance
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk	Under Care and Maintenance
RAF Station North Coates	North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
No 407 Sqn RCAF	RAF North Coates	Hudson
No 86 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Beaufort
No 2 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF North Coates
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 59 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Hudson, detachments at other stations
No 22 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Beaufort
No 415 Sqn RCAF	RAF Thorney Island	Beaufort
No 2 Armament Training Camp	RAF Thorney Island	Lysander

No 17 (Training) Group

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 Training School	RAF Calshot
Flying Boat Repair Section	RAF Calshot
RAF Station Catfoss	Catfoss, Nr Hull, East Yorkshire
No 2 OTU	RAF Catfoss	Blenheim/Beaufighter
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Devon
No 5 OTU	RAF Chivenor	Beaufort
RAF Station Cranwell	Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire	Station in Technical Training Command
No 3 OTU	RAF Cranwell	Whitley/Wellington
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
Torpedo Development Unit and Instructional Section	RAF Gosport	Various
No 2 AACU (less flights at Detling and Roborough)	RAF Gosport	Various
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
No 102 Wing (SS Batavier II)	RAF Invergordon
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
RAF Station Thornaby	Thornaby, North Yorkshire	Station in No 18 Group
No 6 OTU	RAF Thornaby	Various

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Dyce	Dyce, Aberdeen
No 235 Sqn	RAF Dyce	Blenheim/Beaufighter
No 404 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dyce	Blenheim, detachments at other stations
No (150)9 Beam Approach Training Flt	RAF Dyce	Wellington
RAF Station Helensburgh	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Helensburgh	Various
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 1510 Blind Approach Training Flt	RAF Leuchars	Wellington
No 42 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Beaufort, detachments at other stations
No 320 Sqn (RDNAS)	RAF Leuchars
No 489 Sqn RNZAF	RAF Leuchars	Beaufort
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars	Various
'C' Flt, Photographic Reconnaissance Unit	RAF Leuchars	Spitfire/Blenheim
No 3 Armament Training Camp	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Sullom Voe, Shetland
No 413 Sqn RCAF	RAF Sullom Voe	Catalina
RAF Floating Dock	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Sumburgh	Sumburgh, Shetland
No 143 Sqn	RAF Sumburgh	Beaufighter
RAF Station Thornaby	Thornaby, North Yorkshire
No 608 Sqn	RAF Thornaby	Anson/Blenheim
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 612 Sqn	RAF Wick	Whitley, detachments at other stations
No 220 Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudson
No 48 Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudson
No 1406 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Wick	Spitfire

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Carew Cheriton	Carew Cheriton, Milton Tenby, Pembrokeshire
No 4 Armament Training Camp	RAF Carew Cheriton
No 236 Sqn	RAF Carew Cheriton	Blenheim/Beaufighter
Coastal Command Development Unit	RAF Carew Cheriton	Beaufort/Hudson
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	Lerwick/Sunderland
No 10 Sqn RAAF	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 209 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Catalina
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 217 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Beaufort, detachments at other stations
'B' Flt, No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit	RAF St Eval	Spitfire/Blenheim
No 1404 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF St Eval	Blenheim/Hudson
No 53 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Hudson
No 233 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Hudson
No 1 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF St Eval

No 200 Group

HQ - Gibraltar

 

Station	Location/Address	Notes
No 202 Sqn	Gibraltar	Catalina
Merchant Ship Fighter Unit	Gibraltar	Forming - Hurricane

RAF Iceland

Source - December 1941 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

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