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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Command HQ | No 9 Group | No 10 Group | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 14 Group | No 60 Group | No 81 Group | No 82 Group]
Command HQ - Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex
Units administered directly by Fighter Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Air Fighting Development Unit | RAF Duxford |
HQ - Barton Hall, Preston, Lancashire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Andreas | Andreas, Isle of Man | |
| No 93 Sqn | RAF Andreas | |
| RAF Station Atcham | Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| RAF Station High Ercall | High Ercall, Wellington, Shropshire | |
| No 1530 (BAT) Flt | RAF High Ercall | |
| No 257 Sqn | RAF High Ercall | |
| RAF Station Honiley | Honiley, nr Kenilworth, Warwickshire | |
| No 452 Sqn RAAF | RAF Honiley | |
| No 255 Sqn | RAF Honiley | |
| No 1456 Flt | RAF Honiley | |
| RAF Station Speke | Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool 10, Lancashire | |
| Merchant Ship Fighter Unit | RAF Speke | |
| RAF Station Valley | Valley, Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales | |
| No 275 Sqn | RAF Valley | |
| No 256 Sqn | RAF Valley | |
| No 456 Sqn | RAF Valley | |
| No 1486 (Gunnery) Flt | RAF Valley | |
| RAF Station Woodvale | Woodvale, nr Formby, Lancashire | |
| No 315 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Woodvale | |
| RAF Station Wrexham | Wrexham, Denbighshire, South Wales | |
| No 96 Sqn | RAF Wrexham | |
| No 285 Sqn | RAF Wrexham | |
| No 232 Sqn | Llanbedr airfield |
HQ - Rudloe Manor, Box, Chippenham, Wiltshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Church Stanton | Whitewall Corner, Culmhead, nr Taunton, Somerset | |
| RAF Station Colerne | Colerne, Bath, Wiltshire | |
| No 264 Sqn | RAF Colerne | |
| No 1454 Flt | RAF Colerne | |
| RAF Station Exeter | Exeter Air Port, Honiton Clyst, Devon | |
| No 307 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Exeter | |
| No 310 (Czechoslovak) Sqn | RAF Exeter | |
| RAF Station Fairwood Common | nr Swansea, Glamorganshire | |
| No 125 Sqn | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| No 421 Sqn RCAF | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| RAF Station Harrowbeer | Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon | |
| No 276 Sqn | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| No 312 (Czech) Sqn | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| RAF Station Ibsley | Ibsley, Ringwood, Hampshire | |
| No 66 Sqn | RAF Ibsley | |
| No 118 Sqn | RAF Ibsley | |
| No 501 Sqn | RAF Ibsley | |
| RAF Station Middle Wallop | Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire | |
| No 604 Sqn | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| No 245 Sqn | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| No 1458 (Turbinlite) Flt | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| RAF Station Portreath | Nancekuke, Redruth, Cornwall | |
| No 234 Sqn | RAF Portreath | |
| No 19 Sqn | RAF Portreath | |
| No 1449 Flt | RAF Portreath | |
| RAF Station Warmwell | Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset | |
| No 175 Sqn | RAF Warmwell | |
| No 1487 (Gunnery) Flt | RAF Warmwell | |
| RAF Station Zeals | Zeals, Wiltshire | |
| No 286 Sqn | RAF Zeals | |
| No 600 Sqn | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 1457 Flt | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 130 Sqn | Perranporth, Cornwall. | |
| No 87 Sqn | Charmy Down, Somerset | |
| No 263 Sqn | Angle, Pembrokeshire. | |
| Telecommunications Flying Unit | Hurn, nr Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire |
HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent | |
| No 72 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| No 133 (Eagle) Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| RAF Station Castle Camps | Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire | |
| No 157 Sqn | RAF Castle Camps | |
| RAF Station Debden | Saffron Walden, Essex | |
| No 65 Sqn | RAF Debden | |
| No 71 (Eagle) Sqn | RAF Debden | |
| No 111 Sqn | RAF Debden | |
| No 350 (Belgian) Sqn | RAF Debden | |
| RAF Station Ford | Ford, Arundel, Sussex | |
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Ford | |
| No 605 Sqn | RAF Ford | |
| Fighter Interception Unit | RAF Ford | |
| RAF Station Gravesend | Gravesend, Kent | |
| No 124 Sqn | RAF Gravesend | |
| No 401 Sqn RCAF | RAF Gravesend | |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | Hawkinge, nr Folkestone, Kent | |
| No 91 Sqn (b) | RAF Hawkinge | |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | Hornchurch, Essex | |
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
| No 81 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
| No 122 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
| RAF Station Hunsdon | Hunsdon, nr Ware, Hertfordshire | |
| No 3 Sqn | RAF Hunsdon | |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF Hunsdon | |
| No 1451 Flt | RAF Hunsdon | |
| RAF Station Kenley | Whyteleafe, Surrey | |
| No 485 Sqn RNZAF | RAF Kenley | |
| No 611 Sqn | RAF Kenley | |
| RAF Station Manston | Manston, nr Ramsgate, Kent | |
| No 174 Sqn | RAF Manston | |
| RAF Station Martlesham Heath | Martlesham Heath, Woodbridge, Suffolk | |
| RAF Station Northolt | Northolt, Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| No 317 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Northolt | |
| No 306 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Northolt | |
| RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Epping, Essex | |
| No 222 Sqn | RAF North Weald | |
| No 331 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF North Weald | |
| No 412 Sqn RCAF | RAF North Weald | |
| RAF Station Redhill | Redhill, Surrey | |
| No 402Sqn RCAF | RAF Redhill | |
| No 602 Sqn | RAF Redhill | |
| RAF Station Southend | Southend-on-Sea, Essex | |
| No 121 (Eagle) Sqn | RAF Southend | |
| No 1488 (Gunnery) Flt | RAF Southend | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | Tangmere, Chichester, Sussex | |
| No 1 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 131 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 219 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 340 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 1455 Flt | RAF Tangmere | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 29 Sqn | RAF West Malling | |
| No 32 Sqn | RAF West Malling | |
| No 1452 Flt | RAF West Malling | |
| No 1528 (BAT) Flt | RAF West Malling | |
| No 277 Sqn | Stapleford Tawney, Epping, Essex | |
| No 116 Sqn | Heston, Middlesex | |
| No 302 (Polish) Sqn | Heston, Middlesex | |
| No 316 (Polish) Sqn | Heston, Middlesex | |
| No 1422 Flt | Heston, Middlesex | |
| No 41 Sqn | Westhampnett, Chichester, Sussex | |
| No 129 Sqn | Westhampnett, Chichester, Sussex | |
| No 287 Sqn | Croydon | |
| No 418 Sqn | Bradwell Bay, Essex | |
| No 411 Sqn RCAF | RAF Digby (a) | |
| No 313 (Czech) Sqn | RAF Church Stanton (b) | |
| No 1 Camouflage Flt | Stapleford Tawney, Epping, Essex |
(a) Station under the control of No 12 Group
(b) Station under the control of No 10 Group
HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire | |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 457 Sqn RAAF | RAF Church Fenton | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk | |
| No 278 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 68 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 610 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 1489 (Gunnery) Flt | RAF Coltishall | |
| RAF Station Digby | Digby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 228 Sqn | RAF Digby | |
| RAF Station Duxford | Duxford, Cambridgeshire | |
| No 266 Sqn | RAF Duxford | |
| No 609 Sqn | RAF Duxford | |
| No 1426 Flt | RAF Duxford | |
| RAF Station Hibaldstow | Hibaldstow, Redbourne, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire | |
| No 253 Sqn | RAF Hibaldstow | |
| No 1459 Flt | RAF Hibaldstow | |
| RAF Station Hutton Cranswick | Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, East Yorkshire | |
| No 308 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hutton Cranswick | |
| RAF Station Kirton in Lindsey | Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire | |
| No 303 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Kirton in Lindsey | |
| RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |
| No 151 Sqn | RAF Wittering | |
| No 486 Sqn RNZAF | RAF Wittering | |
| No 1453 Flt | RAF Wittering | |
| No 1529 Flt | RAF Wittering | |
| No 616 Sqn | King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |
| No 137 Sqn | Matlaske, Norwich, Norfolk | |
| No 409 Sqn RCAF | Coleby Grange, Coleby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 56 Sqn | Snailwell, nr Newmarket, Suffolk |
HQ - Blakelaw Estate, Ponteland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Acklington | Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| No 43 Sqn | RAF Acklington | |
| No 141 Sqn | RAF Acklington | |
| No 1460 Flt | RAF Acklington | |
| No 1490 Flt | RAF Acklington | |
| RAF Station Ayr | Ayr, Heathfield, Ayrshire | |
| No 165 Sqn | RAF Ayr | |
| No 410 Sqn RCAF | RAF Ayr | |
| RAF Station Catterick | Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire | |
| No 332 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF Catterick | |
| No 403 Sqn RCAF | RAF Catterick | |
| RAF Station Drem | Gullane Drem, East Lothian | |
| No 242 Sqn | RAF Drem | |
| RAF Station Ouston | Stamfordham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | |
| No 243 Sqn | RAF Ouston | |
| No 281 Sqn | RAF Ouston | |
| No 1423 Flt | RAF Ouston | |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | Edinburgh 12, Midlothian | |
| No 289 Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 23 Wing Servicing Unit | RAF Balleyhalbert (a) | |
| No 167 Sqn | RAF Castledown (b) | |
| No 406 Sqn RCAF | Scorton, North Yorkshire |
(a) Station under the control of No 82 Group
(b) Station under the control of No 14 Group
HQ - RAF Inverness
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Castletown | Thurso, Caithness | |
| No 54 Sqn | RAF Castletown | |
| RAF Station Inverness | RAF Longman, Inverness, Inverness-shire | |
| RAF Station Peterhead | Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | |
| No 416 Sqn RCAF | RAF Peterhead | |
| No 1479 (AAC) Flt | RAF Peterhead | |
| RAF Station Skeabrae | Kirkwall, Orkneys | |
| No 164 Sqn | RAF Skeabrae | |
| No 132 Sqn | RAF Skeabrae | |
| RAF Station Tain | Tain, Ross-shire | |
| No 1491 (Gunnery) Flt | RAF Tain |
HQ - 'Oxenden', Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 70 (Signals) Wing | Bunchrew House, Inverness | |
| No 71 (Signals) Wing | Bucksburn House, Springfield Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen | |
| No 72 (Signals) Wing | Dollarbeg House, Dollar, Clackmannashire | |
| No 73 (Signals) Wing | Easthorpe Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire | |
| No 74 (Signals) Wing | Leighton, Trumpington Road, Cambridge | |
| No 75 (Signals) Wing | Heathfield House, Keston, Kent | |
| No 76 (Signals) Wing | Hillend, Henbury, Bristol | |
| No 77 (Signals) Wing | 'High Lea' Woolton, Liverpool | |
| No 78 (Signals) Wing | Holne Park, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon | |
| No 79 (Signals) Wing | Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland |
No 81 Operational Training Group
HQ - Avening Court, Avening, Nr Stroud, Gloucestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Annan | Chapelcross, Annan, Dumfrieshire | |
| No 55 OTU | RAF Annan | |
| RAF Station Aston Down | Aston Down, Chalford, Nr Stroud, Gloucestershire | |
| No 52 OTU | RAF Aston Down | |
| RAF Station Charter Hall | Carter Hall, nr Duns, Berwickshire | |
| No 54 OTU | RAF Charter Hall | |
| RAF Station Crosby on Eden | Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| No 59 OTU | RAF Crosby on Eden | |
| RAF Station Cranfield | Cranfield, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 51 OTU | RAF Cranfield | |
| RAF Station Hawarden | Hawarden, Saltney Ferry, Flintshire | |
| No 57 OTU | RAF Hawarden | |
| RAF Station Llandow | Llandow, Cowbridge, Glamorganshire | |
| No 53 OTU | RAF Llandow | |
| RAF Station Rednal | Rednal, nr Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| No 61 OTU | RAF Rednal | |
| RAF Station Tealing | Tealing, Dundee, Angus | |
| No 56 OTU | RAF Tealing | |
| RAF Station Usworth | Usworth, Sunderland, Co. Durham | |
| No 62 OTU | RAF Usworth | |
| No 58 OTU | Central Scotland Airport, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire | |
| No 60 OTU | East Fortune, East Lothian |
HQ - RAF Home Forces, Belfast, Northern Ireland
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Ballyhalbert | Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland | |
| No 153 Sqn | RAF Ballyhalbert | |
| RAF Station Newtownards | Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland | |
| No 1480 (AAC) Flt | RAF Newtownards | |
| No 1493 (TT) Flt | RAF Newtownards | |
| RAF Station St Angelo | Lough Erne, County Fermanagh | |
| No 152 Sqn | Eglinton, Londonderry, Northern Ireland | |
| No 504 Sqn | Kirkistown, County Down, Northern Ireland | |
| No 96 Wing | Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 9 Group | No 10 Group | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 14 Group | No 60 Group | No 81 Group | No 82 Group]
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