Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Army Co-operation Command - July 1942

[No 70 Group | No 32 Wing | No 33 Wing | No 34 Wing | No 35 Wing | No 36 Wing | No 37 Wing | No 38 Wing]

Command HQ - RAF Ramslade, Bracknell, Berkshire.

Satellite airfields are shown in brackets and some units shown at the main station may have been based at the Satellite and are as such if known.

No 70 (Army Co-operation) Group

HQ - South Farnborough, Hampshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Aberporth	Blaenanerch, Cardiganshire	No Station HQ?
'L' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
'Q' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
'X' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
RAF Station Andover	Andover, Hampshire
No 42 Operational Training Unit	RAF Andover	Various
No 1526 (BAT) Flt	RAF Andover
RAF Station Bodorgan	Bodorgan, Anglesey, North Wales
'J' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Bodorgan	To work with Ty-Croes range
'Z' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Bodorgan	To work with Ty-Croes range
No 2 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Bodorgan
RAF Station Cardiff	Tremorfa, Cardiff
No 8 AACU	RAF Cardiff	Various
RAF Carew Cheriton		Station in Coastal Command
'B' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Carew Cheriton	To work with Aberporth & Manorbier ranges
RAF Cark		Station in Flying Training Command
No 6 AACU	RAF Cark	Various
'F' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cark	To work with Cark range
'R' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cark	To work with Cark range
RAF Station Castle Bromwich	Birmingham, Warwickshire
No 7 AACU	RAF Castle Bromwich	Various
RAF Station Cleave	Cleave, nr Bude, Cornwall
'D' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cleave	To work with Penhale range
'G' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cleave	To work with Cleave range
'O' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cleave	To work with Penhale Sands range
'V' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cleave	To work with St Agnes Head range
No 3 Maintenance Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Cleave
RAF Detling	Detling, Kent	Station in Coastal Command
No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit	RAF Detling	Spitfire
RAF Doncaster	Doncaster, West Yorkshire	Station in No 33 Wing
No 271 Sqn	RAF Doncaster	Transport, various
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
Experimental Establishment, RAE	RAF Farnborough
RAF Station Kidlington	Nr Kidlington Station, Kidlington, Oxford
No 101 (Glider) OTU	RAF Kidlington
No 102 (Glider) OTU	RAF Kidlington
RAF Langham		Station in Coastal Command
'K' Flt, No 1 AACU	Langham, Norfolk	To work with Weybourne range
'M' Flt, No 1 AACU	Langham, Norfolk	To work with Weybourne range
RAF Larkhill	Larkhill, Salisbury, Wiltshire	No Station HQ?
No 1424 Flt	RAF Larkhill	Various
RAF Station Manobier	Manobier, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
'Y' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Manorbier	To work with Manorbier range
RAF Martlesham Heath		Station in Fighter Command
'H' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Martlesham Heath	To work with Clacton range
RAF Newtownards		Station in Fighter Command
'S' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Newtownards	To work with St John's Point range
RAF Station Old Sarum	Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire
No 41 OTU	RAF Old Sarum	Tomahawk/Hector/Lysander
No 651 Sqn	RAF Old Sarum	Taylorcraft
RAF Station Ringway	Ringway, Northenden, Manchester
Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment	RAF Ringway
Parachute Training School	RAF Ringway
RAF St Athan		Station in Technical Training Command
Pilotless Aircraft Flt	RAF St  Athan
RAF Thornaby		Station in Coastal Command
'N' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Thornaby	To work with Whitby range
RAF Station Towyn	Towyn, Merionethshire, North Wales
'C' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Towyn	To work with Towyn range
'U' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Towyn	To work with Towyn range
RAF Station Weston Zoyland	Weston Zoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset
'A' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Weston Zoyland	To work with Watchet range
'P' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF Weston Zoyland	To work with Watchet range
RAF West Freugh		Station in Flying Training Command
'E' Flt, No 1 AACU	RAF West Freugh	To work with Burrow Head range

No 32 Wing

HQ - HQ Scottish Command, Home Forces, Edinburgh

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Ayr		Station in Fighter Command
No 241 Sqn	RAF Ayr	Tomahawk
RAF 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

No 33 Wing

HQ - HQ Northern Command, Home Forces, York

No 34 Wing

HQ - HQ Eastern Command, Home Forces, Luton

No 35 Wing

HQ - HQ South Eastern Command, Reigate, Surrey

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Croydon	Croydon, Surrey	Station in Fighter Command
No 414 Sqn RCAF	RAF Croydon	Tomahawk
RAF Station Gatwick	Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey
No 26 Sqn	RAF Gatwick	Tomahawk
No 239 Sqn	RAF Gatwick	Tomahawk
No 1 Army Air Support Control Signals Section	RAF Gatwick
RAF Station Odiham	Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire
No 400 Sqn RCAF	RAF Odiham	Tomahawk

No 36 Wing

HQ - HQ Southern Command, Salisbury, Wiltshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Odiham	Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire	Station in No 35 Wing
No 13 Sqn	RAF Odiham
RAF Old Sarum	Salisbury, Wiltshire	Station in No 70 Group
No 4 Army Air Support Control Signals Section	RAF Old Sarum
RAF Thruxton	Thruxton, nr Andover, Hampshire	Satellite in No 70 Group
No 225 Sqn	RAF Thruxton	Lysander
RAF Weston Zoyland	Weston Zoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset	Station in No 70 Group
No 16 Sqn	RAF Weston Zoyland	Tomahawk
No 1492 Target Towing Flt	RAF Weston Zoyland	Lysander

No 37 Wing

HQ - HQ Western Command, Home Forces, Chester (no units allocated)

No 38 Wing

HQ - RAF Netheravon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Hurn (Christchurch)	Hurn
No 297 Sqn	RAF Hurn
RAF Station Netheravon (Rollestone & Shrewton)	Netheravon, Salisbury, Wiltshire
No 296 Sqn	RAF Netheravon

Source - June 1942 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]

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