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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group]
Command HQ - Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex
Satellite airfields are shown in brackets and some units shown at the main station may have been based at the Satellite
Units administered directly by Balloon Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Cardington | Cardington, Bedfordshire | |
| No 1 Balloon Training Unit | RAF Cardington | |
| Balloon Development Establishment | RAF Cardington |
HQ - Chessington, Nr Surbiton, Surrey
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Chessington (Weybridge) | ||
| No 954 Sqn | Huntspill, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey | |
| No 1 Balloon Centre | Kidbrooke, London SE3 | |
| No 901 Sqn | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 902 Sqn | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 903/904 Sqn | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 952 Sqn (Sheerness & Convoy) | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 961 Sqn (Dover) | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 1 Mobile Balloon Unit (Manston) | No 1 Balloon Centre | |
| No 3 Balloon Centre | Stanmore Park, Middlesex | |
| No 905 Sqn | No 3 Balloon Centre | |
| No 906 Sqn | No 3 Balloon Centre | |
| No 956 Sqn (Langley) | No 3 Balloon Centre | |
| No 4 Balloon Centre | Chigwell, Essex | |
| No 907 Sqn | No 4 Balloon Centre | |
| No 908/909 Sqn | No 4 Balloon Centre | |
| No 910 Sqn | No 4 Balloon Centre | |
| No 928 Sqn (Harwich) | No 4 Balloon Centre | |
| No 12 Balloon Centre | Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire | |
| No 924 Sqn (Southampton) | No 12 Balloon Centre | |
| No 930 Sqn (Southampton) | No 12 Balloon Centre | |
| No 932 Sqn (Portsmouth) | No 12 Balloon Centre | |
| No 933 Sqn (Portsmouth) | No 12 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Claverton Manor, Claverton, Nr Bath, Somerset
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 11 Balloon Centre | Pucklechurch, Bristol | |
| No 912 Sqn (Brockworth) | No 11 Balloon Centre | |
| No 927 Sqn | No 11 Balloon Centre | |
| No 935 Sqn (Filton) | No 11 Balloon Centre | |
| No 955 Sqn (Weston-super-Mare) | No 11 Balloon Centre | |
| No 957 Sqn (Yeovil) | No 11 Balloon Centre | |
| No 13 Balloon Centre | Collaton Cross, Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon. | |
| No 934 Sqn | No 13 Balloon Centre | |
| No 964 Sqn | No 13 Balloon Centre | |
| No 959 Sqn (Falmouth) | No 13 Balloon Centre | |
| No 992 Sqn (Exeter) | No 13 Balloon Centre | |
| No 14 Balloon Centre | Caerau, Ely, Cardiff | |
| No 953 Sqn | No 14 Balloon Centre | |
| No 966 Sqn (Newport) | No 14 Balloon Centre | |
| No 965 Sqn (Port Talbot) | No 14 Balloon Centre | |
| No 958 Sqn (Swansea) | No 14 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Parkhead House, Abbey Lane, Sheffield 11
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 5 Balloon Centre | Whitehouse Common, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham | |
| No 911 Sqn | No 5 Balloon Centre | |
| No 913 Sqn | No 5 Balloon Centre | |
| No 993 Sqn (Norwich) | No 5 Balloon Centre | |
| No 6 Balloon Centre | Wythall, Birmingham, South. | |
| No 914 Sqn | No 6 Balloon Centre | |
| No 915 Sqn | No 6 Balloon Centre | |
| No 916 Sqn (Coventry) | No 6 Balloon Centre | |
| No 917 Sqn (Coventry) | No 6 Balloon Centre | |
| No 8 Balloon Centre | Lime Tree Farm, Fazakerley, Liverpool 10 | |
| No 919 Sqn | No 8 Balloon Centre | |
| No 921 Sqn | No 8 Balloon Centre | |
| No 970 Sqn (Barrow) | No 8 Balloon Centre | |
| No 9 Balloon Centre | Houghton Green, Warrington, Lancashire | |
| No 922 Sqn | No 9 Balloon Centre | |
| No 923 Sqn | No 9 Balloon Centre | |
| No 949 Sqn (Crewe) | No 9 Balloon Centre | |
| No 10 Balloon Centre | Bowles, Middleton, Manchester | |
| No 925 Sqn | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 926 Sqn | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 931 Sqn | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 963 Sqn (Accrington) | No 10 Balloon Centre | |
| No 16 Balloon Centre | Hemsworth, Norton, Sheffield | |
| No 918 Sqn (Derby) | No 16 Balloon Centre | |
| No 939 Sqn | No 16 Balloon Centre | |
| No 940 Sqn | No 16 Balloon Centre | |
| No 17 Balloon Centre | Sutton-on-Hull, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire | |
| No 942/943 Sqn | No 17 Balloon Centre | No 17 Balloon Centre |
HQ - Tor House, Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 15 Balloon Centre | Long Benton, Forest Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | |
| No 936 Sqn | No 15 Balloon Centre | |
| No 937 Sqn | No 15 Balloon Centre | |
| No 938 Sqn (Billingham) | No 15 Balloon Centre | |
| No 18 Balloon Centre | 38 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow C2 | |
| No 945 Sqn | No 18 Balloon Centre | |
| No 946 Sqn | No 18 Balloon Centre | |
| No 947 Sqn | No 18 Balloon Centre | |
| No 929 Sqn | Dundas Castle, South Queensferry, West Lothian | Administered directly by Group HQ |
| No 950 Sqn | Lyness, Orkneys | Administered directly by Group HQ |
| No 920 Sqn | Londonderry | Operationally controlled by No 82 Group |
| No 968 Sqn | Belfast | Operationally controlled by No 82 Group |
The Following units have been despatched to Overseas Commands : -
No 275 (Balloon) Wing - to Iraq
No 980 Sqn - to Iraq
No 981 Sqn - to Middle East
No 982 Sqn - to Iraq
The following unit has been formed and will proceed overseas: -
No 983 (Balloon) Sqn - to Iraq (in June)
Source - June 1942 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 30 Group | No 32 Group | No 33 Group | No 34 Group]
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