Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - July 1942

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

Command HQ - Eastbury Park, Northwood, Middlesex

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
No 1402 Flt	RAF Aldergrove
No 1 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Aldergrove
RAF Station Hooton Park	Hooton Park, Little Sutton, Wirral, Cheshire
RAF Station Islay	Isle of Islay, Argyllshire
RAF Station Nutts Corner	Crumlin, Northern Ireland
No 120 Sqn	RAF Nutts Corner
No 220 Sqn	RAF Nutts Corner
RAF Station Oban	Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll
No 228 Sqn	RAF Oban
RAF Station Stornoway	Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
No 500 Sqn	RAF Stornoway
RAF Station Tiree	Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire
No 224 Sqn	RAF Tiree
No 119 Sqn	Lough Erne, Fermanagh
No 201 Sqn	Lough Erne, Fermanagh
No 422 Sqn RCAF	Lough Erne, Fermanagh
No 8 Mobile Oxygen Plant	Dromore, Northern Ireland
Coastal Command Development Unit	Ballykelly, RAF Station, Home Forces

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
RAF Station Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
No 235 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton
No 279Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton
No 407 Sqn RCAF	RAF Bircham Newton
No 1401 Flt	RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Station Detling	Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk
RAF Station North Coates	North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
No 59 Sqn	RAF North Coates
No 415 Sqn RCAF	RAF North Coates
No 2 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF North Coates
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 143 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island
No 233 Sqn	RAF Thorney Island
No 489 Sqn RNZAF	RAF Thorney Island
No 2 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Thorney Island
No 236 Sqn	RAF Wattisham (a)

(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
No 1441 Flt	RAF Abbotsinch
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
Marine Training School	RAF Calshot
Flying Boat Repair Section	RAF Calshot
RAF Station Catfoss	Catfoss, Nr Hull, East Yorkshire
No 2 OTU	RAF Catfoss
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
No 2 AACU	RAF Gosport
Torpedo Development 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
RAF Station Silloth	Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland
No 1 (Coastal) OTU	RAF Silloth
RAF Station Squire's Gate	Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
No 3 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squire's Gate
RAF Station Stranraer	Stranraer, Wigtownshire
RAF Station Thornaby	Thornaby, North Yorkshire
No 6 OTU	RAF Thornaby
RAF Station Wig Bay	Nr Stranraer, Wigtownshire
No 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Wig Bay
No 7 OTU	Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
No 3 OTU	RAF Cranwell (a)

(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
No 404 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dyce
No 1509 Flt	RAF Dyce
RAF Station Helensburgh	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Helensburgh
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 42 Sqn	RAF Leuchars
No 144 Sqn	RAF Leuchars
No 455 Sqn RAAF	RAF Leuchars
No 1510 (BAT) Flt	RAF Leuchars
No 3 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Sullon Voe, Shetlands
No 210 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Sumburgh	Sumburgh,
No 248 Sqn	RAF Sumburgh
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 48 Sqn	RAF Wick
No 86 Sqn	RAF Wick
No 608 Sqn	RAF Wick
No 1400 Flt	RAF Wick
RAF Floating Dock	Invergordon
No 320 Sqn (RDNAS)	RAF Bircham Newton (a)

(a) Station under the control of No 16 Group,

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Carew Cheriton	Carew Cheriton, Milton Tenby, Pembrokeshire
No 4 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Carew Cheriton
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon
No 5 OTU	RAF Chivenor
No 51 Sqn	RAF Chivenor
No 77 Sqn	RAF Chivenor
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 53 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 58 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 502 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 1404 Flt	RAF St Eval
No 1 Mobile Torpedo Base	RAF St Eval
No 10 Sqn RAAF	Mount Batten (a)
No 172 Sqn	RAF Chivenor (a)
No 304 (Polish) Sqn	Talbenny
No 311 (Czech) Sqn	Talbenny
No 461 Sqn RAAF	Mount Batten

(a) Under the operational control of RAF St Eval

Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List

County names used are those in use at the time

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