Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Army Co-operation Command - April 1943

[No 70 Group | No 72 Group | No 32 Wing | No 33 Wing | No 34 Wing | No 35 Wing | No 36 Wing | No 37 Wing | No 38 Wing | No 39 Wing]

Command HQ - RAF Ramslade, Bracknell, Berkshire.

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.

No 70 (Army Co-operation) Group

HQ - South Farnborough, Hampshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Aberporth	Blaenanerch, Cardiganshire	No Station HQ?
No 1608 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
No 1609 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
No 1621 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Aberporth	To work with Aberporth range
RAF Station Andover	Andover, Hampshire	See Flying Training Command and No 36 Wing
RAF Station Ashbourne (Darley Moor)	Ashbourne, Derbyshire
No 42 Operational Training Unit	RAF Ashbourne	Blenheim/Whitley/Anson
RAF Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, Norfolk	Station in Coastal Command
No 1611 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Bircham Newton	To work with Weybourne range
No 1612 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Bircham Newton	To work with Weybourne range
RAF Station Bodorgan	Bodorgan, Anglesey, North Wales
No 1606 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Bodorgan	To work with Ty-Croes range
No 1620 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Bodorgan	To work with Ty-Croes range
No 2 (AAC) Maintenance Flight	RAF Bodorgan
No 1 (CACU) Training Flight	RAF Bodorgan
RAF Station Cardiff	Tremorfa, Cardiff
No 8 AACU	RAF Cardiff	Oxford/Master
RAF Carew Cheriton	Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire	Station in Technical Training Command
No 1607 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Carew Cheriton	To work with Manorbier range
RAF Cark	Cark, Lancashire	Station in Flying Training Command
No 1614 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Cark	To work with Cark range
RAF Station Castle Bromwich	Birmingham, Warwickshire
No 7 AACU	RAF Castle Bromwich	Oxford/Master
No 6 AACU	RAF Cark	Oxford/Master, detachment(s) at other station(s)
RAF Station Cleave	Cleave, nr Bude, Cornwall
No 1602 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Cleave	To work with Penhale range
No 1603 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Cleave	To work with Cleave range
No 1604 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Cleave	To work with Penhale Sands range
No 1618 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Cleave	To work with St Agnes Head range
No 3 (AAC) Maintenance Flight	RAF Cleave
RAF Station Detling	Detling, Kent	Station in No 35 Wing
No 1624 (AAC) Flight	RAF Detling	Various
No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit	RAF Detling	Blenheim/Spitfire
RAF Station Driffield	Driffield, East Yorkshire	Station in Bomber Command
No 1613 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Driffield	To work with Whitby range
RAF Station Farnborough	South Farnborough, Hampshire
Royal Aircraft Establishment	RAF Farnborough
No 1 (AAC) Maintenance Flight	RAF Farnborough
No 70 Group Communication Flight	RAF Farnborough
No 1 MFPS	RAF Farnborough
RAF Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire	Station in Coastal Command
No 1622 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Gosport
No 4 (AAC) Maintenance Flight	RAF Gosport
RAF Hawarden (Poulton)	Hawarden, Flintshire
No 41 OTU	RAF Hawarden	Mustang/Harvard
RAF Ipswich
No 1616 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Ipswich
RAF Kidsdale		Care & Maintenance
RAF Station Manobier	Manorbier, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Pilotless Aircraft Flt	RAF Manorbier	Queen Bee
RAF Membury		Station occupied and awaiting transfer to USAAF
RAF Netheravon (Thruxton)
No 1526 (BAT) Flt	RAF Netheravon	Oxford
RAF Newtownards		Station in Fighter Command
No 1617 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Newtownards	To work with St John's Point range
RAF Station Old Sarum (Oatlands Hill)	Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire
No 3225 Servicing Commando	RAF Old Sarum
No 43 Operational Training Unit	RAF Old Sarum	Various
RAF Station Ringway	Ringway, Northenden, Manchester
Parachute Training School	RAF Ringway	Whitley/Anson
RNAS Roborourgh	Plymouth, Devon	Station in Coastal Command
RAF Station Towyn	Towyn, Merionethshire, North Wales
No 1605 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Towyn	To work with Towyn range
No 1619 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight?	RAF Towyn	To work with Towyn range
RAF Station Weston Zoyland	Weston Zoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset
No 1492 Target Towing Flt	RAF Weston Zoyland	Lysander
No 1600 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Weston Zoyland	To work with Watchet range
No 1601 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight	RAF Weston Zoyland	To work with Watchet range

No 72 Group

HQ - Farnborough Court, Hampshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Eastchurch	Eastchurch, Kent
RAF Regiment Artillery School	RAF Eastchurch
RAF Filey (Camp)	Butlin's Camp, Filey, East Yorkshire
No 1 RAF Regiment School	RAF Filey
RAF Grantham	Belton Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire
RAF Regiment Depot	RAF Grantham
RAF Locking	Locking, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset	Station in Technical Training Command
RAF Regiment Wing	RAF Locking

No 32 Wing

HQ - HQ Scottish Command, Home Forces, Edinburgh

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Care & Maintenance Party	RAF Findo Gask
RAF Kirknewton		Station in Flying Training Command
No 309 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Kirknewton	Lysander/Mustang
RAF Station Macmerry	Macmerry, East Lothian
No 7 Army Air Support Control Signals Section	RAF Macmerry
No 63 Sqn	RAF Macmerry	Mustang
No 1497 Target Towing Flight	RAF Macmerry	Lysander

No 33 Wing

HQ - HQ Northern Command, Home Forces, York

No 34 Wing

HQ - HQ Eastern Command, Home Forces, Luton

No 35 Wing

HQ - HQ South Eastern Command, Reigate, Surrey

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Detling	Detling, Kent	Also see No 70 Group
No 318 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Detling	Hurricane
RAF Station Gatwick (Penshurst)	Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey
No 26 Sqn	RAF Gatwick	Mustang
No 653 AOP Sqn	RAF Gatwick	Auster
No 1 Army Air Support Control Signals Section	RAF Gatwick
RAF Station Odiham (Hartford Bridge)	Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire
No 140 Sqn	RAF Odiham	Spitfire/Ventura
No 168 Sqn	RAF Odiham	Mustang

No 36 Wing

HQ - HQ Southern Command, Salisbury, Wiltshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 16 Sqn	RAF Andover	Mustang, station in No 70 Group
RAF Station Old Sarum	Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire	Station in No 70 Group
No 655 Sqn	RAF Old Sarum	Auster
RAF Station Stoney Cross	Stoney Cross, Hampshire	Station in No 38 Wing
No 239 Sqn	RAF Stoney Cross	Mustang

No 37 Wing

HQ - HQ Western Command, Home Forces, Chester (no units allocated)

No 38 Wing

HQ - RAF Netheravon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Hurn (Christchurch)	Hurn
No 296 Sqn	RAF Hurn	Whitley
No 1498 Target Towing Flight	RAF Hurn	Lysander
RAF Station Netheravon (Chilbolton, Shrewton & Thruxton)	Netheravon, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Glider Pilot Exercise Unit	RAF Netheravon	Master/Moth/Hotspur
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	RAF Netheravon
No 2 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	RAF Netheravon
No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit	RAF Netheravon
No 295 Sqn	RAF Netheravon	Whitley/Halifax
No 297 Sqn	RAF Netheravon	Whitley/Halifax
RAF Station Stoney Cross	Stoney Cross, Hampshire

No 39 (RCAF) Wing

HQ - 1 Canadian Army, Leatherhead

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Dunsfold	Hurn
No 400 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dunsfold	Mustang/Tomahawk
No 430 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dunsfold	Tomahawk
No 414 Sqn RCAF	RAF Dunsfold	Mustang

Source - April 1943 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

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