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Bomber Command - January 1943

[No 1 Group | No 2 Group | No 3 Group | No 4 Group | No 5 Group | No 6 Group | No 8 Group | No 26 Group | No 91 Group | No 92 Group | No 93 Group]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Satellite airfields are shown in brackets and some units shown at the main station may have been based at the Satellite

No 1 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Binbrook (Grimsby & Wickenby) Binbrook, Lincolnshire  
No 12 Sqn RAF Binbrook Wellington
No 142 Sqn RAF Binbrook Wellington
RAF Station Elsham Wold (Kirmington) Elsham, Brigg, Lincolnshire  
No 103 Sqn RAF Elsham Wold Halifax
RAF Station Hemswell (Ingham) Hemswell, Lincolnshire  
No 300 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hemswell Wellington
No 301 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hemswell Wellington
No 305 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hemswell Wellington
No 101 Sqn RAF Hemswell Wellington
RAF Station Holme (Breighton) Holme on Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire  
No 460 Sqn RAAF RAF Holme Wellington/Halifax
No 1503 (BAT) Flt RAF Holme Oxford
RAF Station Lindholme (Blyton) Lindholme, Doncaster, Yorkshire  
No 199 Sqn RAF Lindholme Wellington III
No 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Lindholme Lysander
No 1520 (BAT) Flt RAF Lindholme Oxford
No 1656 Conversion Unit RAF Lindholme Lancaster/Manchester

No 2 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Castle Hill House, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Feltwell (Methwold) Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk  
No 21 Sqn RAF Feltwell Ventura
No 487 Sqn RNZAF RAF Feltwell Ventura
No 464 Sqn RAAF RAF Feltwell Ventura
No 1519 (BAT) Flt RAF Feltwell Oxford
No 98 Sqn RAF Foulsham Mitchell
No 180 Sqn RAF Foulsham Mitchell
Hardwick (Bungay) (C & M) Hardwick, Norfolk  
Hethel (Tibenham) Hethel, Norfolk  
RAF Station Horsham St Faith (Attlebridge) Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk  
No 1508 (BAT) Flt RAF Horsham St Faith Oxford
RAF Station Marham Marham, King's Lynn, Norfolk  
No 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Marham Wellington
No 1655 Mosquito Training Unit RAF Marham Mosquito
No 139 Sqn RAF Marham Mosquito
No 105 Sqn RAF Marham Mosquito
Shipdham (Wendling) Shipdham, Norfolk  
RAF Station Swanton Morley (Oulton) Swanton Morley, Dereham, Norfolk  
No 88 Sqn RAF Swanton Morley Boston III
No 226 Sqn RAF Swanton Morley Boston III
No 1515 (BAT) Flt RAF Swanton Morley Oxford
RAF Station Wattisham Wattisham, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk  
RAF Station Watton (Bodney) Watton, Thetford, Norfolk  
RAF Station West Raynham (Great Massingham & Sculthorpe) West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk  
No 107 Sqn RAF West Raynham Boston III
No 1482 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF West Raynham Lysander/Blenheim

No 3 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Bury St Edmunds (C & M) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
RAF Station Downham Market (Great Ashfield) Downham Market, Norfolk  
Earls Colne (C & M) Earls Colne, Essex  
RAF Station Honington (Wretham) Honington, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
No 1504 (BAT) Flt RAF Honington Wellington/Oxford
Horham (C & M) Horham, Essex  
RAF Station Mildenhall (Lakenheath, East Wretham & Newmarket) Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
No 149 Sqn RAF Mildenhall Wellington/Stirling
No 75 Sqn RAF Mildenhall Wellington
No 115 Sqn RAF Mildenhall Wellington
No 1505 (BAT) Flt RAF Mildenhall Oxford
RAF Station Oakington (Bourn) Oakington, Cambridgeshire  
No 7 Sqn RAF Oakington Stirling
No 15 Sqn RAF Oakington Stirling
Ridgewell (C & M)    
Snetterton Heath (C & M) Snetterton Heath Norfolk  
RAF Station Stradishall (Chedburgh) Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk  
No 214 Sqn RAF Stradishall Stirling
No 1657 Conversion Unit RAF Stradishall Stirling
No 1521 (BAT) Flt RAF Stradishall Oxford
RAF Station Tempsford (Gransden Lodge) Tempsford, Sandy, Bedfordshire  
No 138 Sqn RAF Tempsford Various
No 161 Sqn RAF Tempsford Whitley/Lysander
No 1474 Flight RAF Tempsford Wellington
Bombing Development Unit RAF Tempsford Various
Thorpe Abbots (C & M) Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk  
RAF Station Waterbeach Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire  
No 1651 Conversion Unit RAF Waterbeach Stirling
RAF Station Wyton (Graveley & Warboys) St Ives, Huntingdonshire  
No 35 Sqn RAF Wyton Halifax
No 83 Sqn RAF Wyton Lancaster
No 109 Sqn RAF Wyton Wellington
No 156 Sqn RAF Wyton Wellington

No 4 (Bomber) Group

HQ - RAF York

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Driffield Driffield, East Yorkshire  
No 466 Sqn RAAF RAF Driffield (Leconfield) Wellington III
No 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Driffield Whitley/Lysander/Defiant
No 1502 (BAT) Flt RAF Driffield Oxford
No 196 Sqn RAF Leconfield Wellington
RAF Station Leeming (Skipton-on-Swale) Leeming, Leeming Bar, Northallerton, North Yorkshire  
No 1659 Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Halifax
No 408 Sqn RCAF RAF Leeming Hampden
RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse (East Moor & Tholthorpe) Linton-on-Ouse, York, North Yorkshire  
No 76 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Halifax
No 78 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Halifax
No 429 Sqn RCAF RAF Linton-on-Ouse Wellington
RAF Station Marston Moor (Rufforth) Marston Moor, Marston, York, West Yorkshire  
No 1652 Conversion Unit RAF Marston Moor Halifax
No 158 Sqn RAF Marston Moor (Rufforth) Halifax
RAF Station Middleton St George (Croft) Yarm, Co. Durham  
No 419 Sqn RCAF RAF Middleton St George Wellington
No 420 Sqn RCAF RAF Middleton St George Wellington
No 427 Sqn RCAF RAF Middleton St George Wellington
No 1516 (BAT) Flt RAF Middleton St George Oxford
RAF Station Pocklington (Melbourne & Elvington) Pocklington, East Yorkshire  
No 102 Sqn RAF Pocklington Whitleys/Halifaxes
No 10 Sqn RAF Pocklington (Melbourne) Halifax
No 77 Sqn RAF Pocklington (Elvington) Whitley
RAF Station Riccall Riccall, York, Yorkshire  
No 1658 Conversion Unit RAF Riccall Halifax
RAF Station Snaith (Burn) Snaith, East Yorkshire  
No 51 Sqn RAF Snaith Whitley/Halifax
RAF Station Topcliffe (Dalton & Dishforth) Thirsk, North Yorkshire  
No 6 Group Communication Flight RAF Topcliffe Waco/BA Eagle
No 424 Sqn RCAF RAF Topcliffe Wellington
No 425 Sqn RCAF RAF Topcliffe Wellington
No 426 Sqn RCAF RAF Topcliffe Halifax
No 428 Sqn RCAF RAF Topcliffe Wellington
No 1 Servicing Unit RAF Topcliffe  
No 1512 (BAT) Flt RAF Topcliffe Oxford

No 5 (Bomber) Group

HQ - St Vincents, Grantham, Lincolnshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bottesford (Langer) Bottesford, nr Nottingham, Leicestershire  
No 90 Sqn RAF Bottesford Stirling
No 467 Sqn RAAF RAF Bottesford Lancaster
No 207 Sqn RAF Bottesford Lancaster
RAF Station Coningsby (Woodhall Spa) Coningsby, Lincolnshire  
No 97 Sqn RAF Coningsby Lancaster
No 1514 (BAT) Flt RAF Coningsby Oxford
RAF Station Scampton (Dunholme Lodge & Fiskerton) Scampton, Lincolnshire  
No 57 Sqn RAF Scampton Wellington
No 49 Sqn RAF Scampton Hampden/Manchester
No 1485 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Scampton Lysander
No 1518 (BAT) Flt RAF Scampton Oxford
RAF Station Swinderby (Wigsley & Winthorpe) Swinderby, Lincolnshire  
No 1654 Conversion Unit RAF Swinderby  
No 1660 Conversion Unit RAF Swinderby Manchester/Lancaster
RAF Station Syerston (Balderton) Syerston, Newark, Nottinghamshire  
No 61 Sqn RAF Syerston Lancaster
No 106 Sqn RAF Syerston Lancaster
RAF Station Waddington (Skellingthorpe) Waddington, nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire  
No 9 Sqn RAF Waddington Lancaster
No 44 Sqn RAF Waddington Lancaster
No 50 Sqn RAF Waddington Lancaster
No 1506 (BAT) Flt RAF Waddington Oxford
No 1661 Conversion Unit RAF Waddington Manchester/Lancaster

No 8 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bassingbourn Kneesworth, Royston, Cambridgeshire  
RAF Steeple Morden Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire Satellite of Bassingbourn,
RAF Station Chelveston Chelveston, nr Wellingborough, Northamptonshire  
RAF Grafton Underwood Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire Satellite of Chelveston,
RAF Station Molesworth Molesworth, Huntingdonshire  
RAF Station Podington Podington, Bedfordshire Satellite of Molesworth,
RAF Station Polebrook Polebrook, Peterborough, Northamptonshire  
RAF Kimbolton Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire Satellite of Polebrook
RAF Station Little Staughton Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire C & M Party,

No 26 (Signals) Group

HQ - Langley Hall, Slough, Buckinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
North West Signals Centre: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
 Blackbrook
  • Aston Hill
  
No 61 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • Meteorological Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
 Cheadle
  • Dunstable
  • Highbridge
  • Kinnaber
  • Lydford
  • Marston
  • Mere, Branston
  • Oakhill, Tean
  • Pendeen
  • Stranraer
  • Sutton Vallance
  • Wick
  
No 362 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • Bletchley
 Chicksands
  • Station 'X'
  
No 2 Signals Depot: controlling the following: -
  • No 1 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 3 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 2 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 16 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 17 Emergency Fitting Party
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 Cowglen, Thornliebank, Glasgow
  • Darlington
  • Market Weighton
  • Morecombe
  • Perth
  • Perth
  • Redbrae
  • Symington
  
RAF Despatch Rider Letter Service Hendon Hall  
RAF Station Leighton Buzzard: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
  • Cardington
  • Dagnall
  • Greenford
 including RAF Central Teleprinter Exchange

 

 
No 350 Signals Depot Newbold Revel  
No 80 Signals Wing: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
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 Aldenham Lodge Hotel, Radlett, Hertfordshire
  • Alcester
  • Alton
  • Ashmansworth
  • Ayton
  • Beach Farm
  • Beacon Hill
  • Bolthead
  • Bosley
  • Braintree
  • Brentwood
  • Bretton
  • Bricket Wood
  • Butser
  • Butser Hill
  • Caister
  • Capel
  • Coalville
  • Cottesmore
  • Delabole
  • Diss
  • Ditchling
  • Ecchinswell
  • Edingthorpe
  • Elsted
  • Elstree
  • Epsom
  • Eye
  • Fairlight
  • Fairmile
  • Flimwell
  • Frodsham
  • Gittisham Hill
  • Hagley
  • Harpenden
  • Henfield
  • Hexham
  • Highbridge
  • High Flatts
  • Hindhead
  • Honiton
  • Hounslow
  • Hurst Green
  • Ide Hill
  • Ivybridge
  • Kenilworth
  • Kimmeridge
  • Kinglear
  • Kingsdown
  • Kington Magna
  • Lantern House
  • Littlestone-on-Sea
  • Little Waltham
  • Longside
  • Lympsham
  • Marske
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Millington
  • Mimbridge
  • Mintlaw
  • Mow Cop
  • Mundesley
  • Oakley
  • Parliament Hill
  • Porlock
  • Potter's Bar
  • Reston
  • Ringwood
  • Rogate
  • Scarborough
  • Shipham
  • Sidmouth
  • Southbourne
  • South Elkington
  • Stockbridge
  • Templecombe
  • Tranent
  • Ventnor
  • West Hougham
  • Windlesham
  • Worth Matravers
  
No 1 Signals Depot: controlling the following: -
  • No 14 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 6 Emergency Fitting Party
  • Inter-Service Ionesphere Prediction Bureau
  • No 11 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 15 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 8 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 5 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 4 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 7 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 1 Special Aircraft Maintenance Party
  • No 12 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 13 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 9 Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 2 Special Aircraft Maintenance Party
  • No 4 Special Aircraft Maintenance Party
  • No 3 Special Aircraft Maintenance Party
  • No 10 Emergency Fitting Party
 West Drayton, Middlesex
  • Addington
  • Drayton
  • Great Baddow
  • Harlow
  • Havant
  • Hednesford
  • Holton-le-Moor
  • Honington
  • Ingham
  • Jurby
  • Kidlington
  • Kingsnorth
  • Oakley
  • Squires Gate
  • Staverton
  • West Freugh
  • Weston-super-Mare
  
No 363 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
 West Kingsdown
  • Acton
  • Beachy Head
  • Folkestone
  • Gorleston
  • Hawkinge
  • Lewes
  • Montrose
  • Scarborough
  • Shaftesbury
  • Sittingbourne
  • Strete
  • Upton Grey
  
RAF Station White Waltham: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Field Exercise Camp
 White Waltham
  • Putteridge Bury
  
No 81 Signals Wing: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • No 2 Western Area Signals Centre
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • No 5 Western Area Signals Centre
  • No 4 Western Area Signals Centre
  • No 3 Western Area Signals Centre
  • W/T Station
  • No 1 Western Area Signals Centre
 Municipal Homes, Worcester, Worcestershire
  • Bodmin
  • Gloucester
  • Hartlebury
  • Shab Hill
  • Stonehurst
  • Stroud
  • Tetbury
  • Winstone
  • Worcester
  

No 91 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Abingdon, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon (Stanton Harcourt) Abingdon, Berkshire  
No 10 OTU RAF Abingdon Whitley
No 1501 (BAT) Flt RAF Abingdon Oxford
RAF Station Harwell (Hampstead Norris) Harwell, Didcot, Berkshire  
No 15 OTU RAF Harwell Wellington
No 1443 Ferry Training and Despatch Flt RAF Harwell Wellington II
No 1516 (BAT) Flt RAF Harwell Oxford
RAF Station Kinloss (Forres) Kinloss, Forres, Morayshire  
No 19 OTU RAF Kinloss Whitley
RAF Station Lossiemouth (Elgin) Lossiemouth, Morayshire  
No 20 OTU RAF Lossiemouth Wellington
RAF Station Medmenham Danesfield Court, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire  
Central Interpretation Unit (a) RAF Medmenham  
RAF Station Moreton in Marsh (Edgehill & Enstone) London Road, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire  
No 21 OTU RAF Moreton in Marsh, Wellington
No 1446 Ferry Training Flt RAF Moreton in Marsh, Wellington/Anson
RAF Station Pershore (Stratford) Pershore, Worcestershire  
No 23 OTU RAF Pershore Wellington
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford (Gaydon) Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire  
No 22 OTU RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Wellington

(a) Operationally controlled by the Air Ministry

All OTUs also had Ansons as well as their principal training type

No 92 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Winslow

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bicester (Finmere) Bicester, Oxfordshire  
No 13 OTU RAF Bicester Blenheim
No 1551 Flt RAF Bicester Anson/Master
RAF Station Chipping Warden (Turweston) Chipping Warden, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire  
No 12 OTU RAF Chipping Warden Wellington
No 1517 (BAT) Flt RAF Chipping Warden Oxford
RAF Station Cottesmore (Saltby) Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland  
 No 14 OTU RAF Cottesmore Hampden/Wellington
RAF Station Honeybourne (Long Marston) Honeybourne, Worcestershire  
No 24 OTU RAF Honeybourne Whitley
RAF Station North Luffenham (Woolfox Lodge) North Luffenham, Rutland  
No 29 OTU RAF North Luffenham Wellington
RAF Station Upper Heyford (Hinton-in-the-Hedges & Barford St John) Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire  
No 16 OTU RAF Upper Heyford Wellington
No 1473 Flt RAF Upper Heyford (Hinton-in-the-Hedges) Wellington
RAF Station Upwood (Warboys) Upwood, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire  
No 17 OTU RAF Upwood Wellington
No 1511 (BAT) Flt RAF Upwood Oxford
No 3503 Servicing Unit RAF Upwood  
RAF Station Wing (Little Horwood) Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire  
No 26 OTU RAF Wing Wellington
No 92 Group Communication Flight RAF Wing Various
RAF Station Westcott Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire  
No 11 OTU RAF Westcott Wellington
Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF Westcott Wellington III

No 93 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Egginton Hall, Egginton, Derby

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bramcote (Bitteswell) Nuneaton, Warwickshire  
No 18 (Polish) OTU RAF Bramcote Wellington
No 1513 (BAT) Flt RAF Bramcote Oxford
RAF Station Finningley (Bircotes) Finningley, Doncaster, West Yorkshire  
No 25 OTU RAF Finningley Wellington
No 1507 (BAT) Flt RAF Finningley Oxford
RAF Station Hixon (Seighford) Hixon, Staffordshire  
No 30 OTU RAF Hixon Wellington
RAF Station Lichfield (Tatenhill & Church Broughton) Lichfield, Staffordshire  
No 27 OTU RAF Lichfield Wellington
No 93 Group Communication Flight RAF Lichfield Various
RAF Station Whitchurch Heath (Sleap) Whitchurch, Shropshire later renamed Tilstock
No 81 OTU RAF Whitchurch Heath Whitley
RAF Station Wymeswold (Castle Donington) Wymeswold, Leicestershire  
No 28 OTU RAF Wymeswold Wellington

All OTUs also had Ansons as well as their principal training type

Squadrons on a 'number only' basis: -

No 166 Sqn           

Source - January 1943 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

[No 1 Group | No 2 Group | No 3 Group | No 4 Group | No 5 Group | No 6 Group | No 8 Group | No 26 Group | No 91 Group | No 92 Group | No 93 Group]

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