Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - June 1942

[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group]

Command HQ - Eastbury Park, Northwood, Middlesex

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.

Units administered directly by Command HQ

No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Derby House, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove	Aldergrove RAF Station, Home Forces
No 206 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Hudson
No 311 (Czechoslovak) Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Wellington
No 1402 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Aldergrove	Gladiator/Spitfire/Hudson
No 1 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Aldergrove	Lysander
RAF Ballykelly	Ballykelly, RAF Station, Home Forces	No Station HQ?
RAF Benbecula		No Station HQ?
Coastal Command Development Unit	RAF Ballykelly	Beaufort/Hudson
RAF Station Hooton Park	Hooton Park, Little Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire
No 15 Group Communications Flt	RAF Hooton Park	Various
RAF Station Islay	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire	Care & Maintenance
RAF Bowmore	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire
RAF Port Ellen	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire
RAF Limavady		No Station HQ?
No 143 Sqn	RAF Limavady	Blenheim
RAF Lough Erne	Lough Erne,	No Station HQ?
No 119 Sqn	RAF Lough Erne	Catalina
No 201 Sqn	RAF Lough Erne	Sunderland
No 422 Sqn RCAF	RAF Lough Erne	Catalina
RAF Station Nutts Corner	Crumlin, Northern Ireland
No 120 Sqn	RAF Nutts Corner	Liberator
No 220 Sqn	RAF Nutts Corner	Hudson/Fortress
RAF Station Oban	Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll
No 228 Sqn	RAF Oban	Sunderland
RAF Station Stornoway	Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
No 500 Sqn	RAF Stornoway	Hudson, detchment(s) at other station(s)
RAF Station Tiree (Connell)	Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire
No 224 Sqn	RAF Tiree	Hudson
No 304 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Tiree	Wellington

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Benson (Mount Farm)	Benson, Oxfordshire
No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit	RAF Benson	Various, detchment(s) at other station(s)
RAF Station Bircham Newton (Docking & Langham)	Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
No 279 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Hudson
No 320 (Dutch) Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Hudson
No 407 Sqn RCAF	RAF Bircham Newton	Hudson
No 1401 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Bircham Newton	Gladiator/Spitfire/Hudson
RAF Station Detling (Penshurst)	Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent
No 16 Group Communications Flt	RAF Detling	Various
No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Flt (Operational Section)	RAF Detling	Spitfire
No 280 Sqn	RAF Detling	Anson
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk	Care & Maintenance
RAF Station North Coates (Donna Nook)	North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
No 59 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Hudson
No 2 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF North Coates
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 233 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island	Hudson, detchment(s) at other station(s)
No 415 Sqn RCAF	RAF Thorney Island	Hampden
No 489 Sqn RNZAF	RAF Thorney Island	Hampden
No 2 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Thorney Island	Lysander
No 236 Sqn	RAF Wattisham (a)	Beaufighter

(a) Station under the control of No 2 Group, Bomber Command

No 17 (Training) Group

HQ - 58 Melville Street, Edinburgh 3

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Abbotsinch	Abbotsinch, Paisley
Torpedo Training Unit	RAF Abbotsinch	Beaufort
No 1441 Flt	RAF Abbotsinch	Lysander/Anson, Combined Operations Unit
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 (Lissett)	Catfoss, Nr Hull, East Yorkshire
No 2 OTU	RAF Catfoss	Blenheim/Beaufighter
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
No 2 AACU	RAF Gosport	Various, detchment(s) at other station(s)
Torpedo Development Unit and Instructional Section	RAF Gosport	Various
FAA 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 102 Wing (SS Batvier)	RAF Invergordon
No 4 OTU	RAF Invergordon	Various
RAF Station Silloth	Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland
No 1 (Coastal) OTU	RAF Silloth	Various
RAF Station Squire's Gate (Warton)	Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
No 3 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squire's Gate	Botha
RAF Station Stranraer	Stranraer, Wigtownshire
RAF Station Thornaby (West Hartlepool)	Thornaby, North Yorkshire
No 6 OTU	RAF Thornaby	Various
RAF Station Turnberry		No Station HQ
No 5 OTU	RAF Turnberry	Beaufort
No 7 OTU	Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland	Wellington, Station in No 15 Group
No 3 OTU	RAF Cranwell (a)	Whitley/Wellington

(a) Station under the control of No 27 Group, Technical Training Command

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Dyce	Dyce, Aberdeen
No 254 Sqn	RAF Dyce	Beaufighter
No 404 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dyce	Blenheim
No 1509 Flt	RAF Dyce	Wellington
RAF Station Helensburgh	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Helensburgh	Various
RAF Station Leuchars (Dunino)	Leuchars, Fife
No 42 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Beaufort, detchment(s) at other station(s)
No 144 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Hampden
No 217 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Beaufort
No 455 Sqn RAAF	RAF Leuchars	Hampden
'C' Flt, No 1 PRU	RAF Leuchars	Spitfire/Blenheim
No 1510 (BAT) Flt	RAF Leuchars	Wellington
No 3 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Leuchars	Lysander
RAF Station Sullom Voe (Scatsta)	Sullon Voe, Shetlands
No 210 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Catalina
RAF Floating Dock	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Sumburgh (Skitten)	Sumburgh,
No 235 Sqn	RAF Sumburgh	Beaufighter
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 48 Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudson
No 86 Sqn	RAF Wick	Beaufort
No 608 Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudson
No 1406 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF Wick	Spitfire/Hudson

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Carew Cheriton	Carew Cheriton, Milton Tenby, Pembrokeshire
No 254 Sqn	RAF Carew Cheriton	Blenheim
No 4 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Carew Cheriton	Lysander
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon
No 77 Sqn	RAF Chivenor	Whitley
No 172 Sqn	RAF Chivenor	Wellington
No 51 Sqn	RAF Chivenor	Whitley
RAF Falmouth (Administered by Mount Batten)	Falmouth, Cornwall	Care & Maintenance, for operational use by Flying Boat detachments
RAF Mount Batten	Plymouth, Cornwall	No Station HQ?
No 10 Sqn RAAF	RAF Mount Batten	Sunderland
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Pembroke Dock	Lerwick/Sunderland
RNAS Roborough	Plymouth, Devon	FAA Station
No 19 Group Communications Flt	RNAS Roborough
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 53 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Hudson
No 502 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Whitley
'B' Flt, No 1 PRU	RAF St Eval	Spitfire/Blenheim
No 1404 (Meteorological) Flt	RAF St Eval	Hudson
No 1 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF St Eval
RAF Talbenny (Dale)	Talbenny	No Station HQ?
No 58 Sqn	RAF Talbenny	Whitley

Units on 'number only' basis

The following units of Coastal Command have been reduced to a a 'number only' basis until it becomes practical to re-form them: -

No 102 Wing                No 1403 (Meteorological) Flt                No 1405 (Meteorological) Flt                    No 1408 (Meteorological) Flt

Squadrons proceeding overseas: -

No 22 Sqn                    No 209 Sqn                    No 240 Sqn                    No 413 Sqn RCAF

Source - June 1942 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

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