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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | ASR Units]
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
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HQ RAF Iceland | ||
| AMES | Grotta, Iceland | |
| Kaldadarnes | ||
| No 269 Sqn | Reykjavik, Iceland | Hudson |
| AMES | Olfus, Iceland | |
| No 120 Sqn | Reykjavik, Iceland | Liberator |
| No 1407 (Meteorological) Flt | Reykjavik, Iceland | Hampden |
| No 9 MT Company | Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| Fixed Torpedo Base Ferry Control Unit | Reykjavik, Iceland | |
| AMES | Vik, Iceland | |
| HQ RAF Gibraltar | ||
| No 48 Sqn | Gibraltar | Hudson |
| No 544 Sqn - Detachment | Gibraltar | |
| No 233 Sqn | Gibraltar | Hudson |
| No 202 Sqn | Gibraltar | Catalina/Sunderland |
| Merchant Ship Fighter Unit | Gibraltar | Hurricane |
| No 1403 (Meteorological) Flt | Gibraltar | Hampden/Gladiator |
| No 179 Sqn | Gibraltar | Wellington, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 40 Embarkation Unit | Gibraltar | Hudson |
| AMES | Gibraltar | |
| No 1676 Flight | Gibraltar | Spitfire |
| No 1500 (Target Towing) Flight | Gibraltar | Spitfire |
HQ - Derby House, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | Aldergrove RAF Station, Home Forces | Station in RAFNI |
| No 1402 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Aldergrove | Gladiator/Spitfire/Hampden |
| No 86 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Liberator |
| No 59 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Liberator |
| No 1 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Aldergrove | Lysander |
| RAF Ballykelly | Ballykelly, RAF Station, Home Forces | Station in RAFNI |
| No 280 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Ballykelly | Anson |
| RAF Benbecula | No Station HQ? | |
| No 206 Sqn | RAF Benbecula | Fortress |
| No 220 Sqn | RAF Benbecula | Fortress |
| RAF Castle Archdale | Lough Erne, | Station in RAFNI, renamed from Lough Erne |
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Castle Archdale | Sunderland |
| No 423 Sqn RCAF | RAF Castle Archdale | Sunderland |
| RAF Station Oban | Dungalion House, Oban, Argyll | |
| No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF Oban | Sunderland, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 4 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Oban | |
| RAF Port Ellen (Bowmore) | Isle of Islay, Argyllshire | Care & Maintenance |
| No 422 Sqn RCAF | RAF Port Ellen (Bowmore) | Sunderland |
| RAF Floating Dock | RAF Port Ellen (Bowmore) | |
| RAF Speke | Liverpool, Lancashire | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 15 Group Communications Flt | RAF Speke | Various |
| RAF Station Stornoway | Stornoway, Isle of Lewis | |
| RAF Station Tiree | Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire | Care & Maintenance |
| RAF Station Wig Bay | ||
| No 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Wig Bay | |
| No 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit | RAF Wig Bay |
HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
| No 540 Sqn | RAF Benson | Mosquito, detchment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 541 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire |
| No 542 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire |
| No 543 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire, detchment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 544 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire/Wellington/Anson, detchment(s) at other station(s) |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton (Docking) | Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk | |
| No 1401 (Met) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Hampden/Gladiator/Spitfire |
| No 1525 (BAT) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Oxford |
| No 280 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Anson, detchment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 279 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Hudson, detchment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 304 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Wellington |
| No 3504 Servicing Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
| Marine Craft Repair Section | RAF Calshot | |
| Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool) | RAF Calshot | |
| Flying Boat Repair Section | RAF Calshot | |
| RAF Station Detling | Detling, nr Maidstone, Kent | Station in Army Co-operation Command |
| No 16 Group Communications Flt | RAF Detling | Various |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | Felixstowe, Suffolk | |
| Flying Boat Storage and Major Maintenance | RAF Felixstowe | |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Torpedo Development Unit and Instructional Section | RAF Gosport | Various |
| No 3502 Servicing Unit | RAF Gosport | |
| RAF Station Langham | Langham, Norfolk | Care & Maintenance |
| RAF Station North Coates (Donna Nook) | North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 143 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufighter |
| No 254 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufighter VIC |
| No 236 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufighter |
| No 5 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF North Coates | |
| No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF North Coates | |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire | |
| No 2 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Thorney Island | Lysander |
| No 415 Sqn RCAF | RAF Thorney Island | Hampden |
| No 53 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Whitley VII |
HQ - 58 Melville Street, Edinburgh 3
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Abbotsinch | Abbotsinch, Paisley | |
| RAF Station Alness | Invergordon | Renamed from RAF Invergordon |
| No 4 OTU | RAF Alness | Catalina/Sunderland |
| No 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Alness | |
| RAF Castle Kennedy | ||
| No 2 Torpedo Training Unit | RAF Castle Kennedy | Beaufighter/Beaufort |
| No 14 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Castle Kennedy | |
| RAF Station Catfoss (Lissett) | Catfoss, Nr Hull, East Yorkshire | Satellite in Bomber Command |
| No 2 OTU | RAF Catfoss | Blenheim/Beaufighter |
| Marine Craft Section (Bridlington) | RAF Catfoss | |
| RAF Cranwell | Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire | Station in Technical Training Command |
| No 3 OTU | RAF Cranwell | Whitley/Wellington |
| RAF Station Crosby (Longtown) | ||
| No 9 OTU | RAF Crosby | Beaufighter/Beaufort/Oxford |
| RAF Station Dyce | Station in No 18 Group | |
| No 8 OTU | RAF Dyce | Mosquito |
| No 1509 (BAT) Flt | RAF Dyce | Wellington |
| Alastrean House Unit | RAF Dyce | |
| RAF Station East Fortune (Macmerry) | Satellite in Army Co-operation Command (C & M) | |
| No 132 OTU | RAF East Fortune | Beaufighter |
| RAF Haverfordwest | ||
| RAF Station Killadeas | Station in RAFNI | |
| No 131 OTU | RAF Killadeas | Catalina |
| RAF Station Limavady (Mullaghmore) | Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland | Station in RAFNI |
| No 7 OTU | RAF Limavardy | Wellington |
| RAF Station Long Kesh (Maghaberry) | Station in RAFNI | |
| No 5 OTU | RAF Long Kesh | Beaufort/Hampden |
| RAF Station Port Ellen | Station in No 15 Group | |
| No 304 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Port Ellen | Beaufighter |
| RAF Station Silloth (Great Orton) | Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| No 6 OTU | RAF Silloth | Hudson/Anson |
| RAF Station Squire's Gate (Warton) | Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire | Satellite - C & M |
| No 3 School of General Reconnaissance | RAF Squire's Gate | Botha |
| RAF Station Stornoway | Station in No 15 Group | |
| RAF Station Stranraer | Stranraer, Wigtownshire | |
| No 302 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Stranraer | Catalina |
| RAF Templeton | ||
| No 306 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Templeton | Beaufort |
| RAF Station Thornaby (West Hartlepool) | Thornaby, North Yorkshire | |
| No 1 (Coastal) OTU | RAF Thornaby | Hudson/Anson/Oxford, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| RAF Station Turnberry | No Station HQ | |
| No 1 Torpedo Training Unit | RAF Turnberry | Wellington/Hampden |
| No 17 Group Communication Flight | RAF Turnhouse | Various, station in Fighter Command |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Greenock | Greenock, Renfrewshire | |
| No 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Greenock | |
| RAF Station Helensburgh | Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire | |
| Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment | RAF Helensburgh | Various |
| RAF Station Leuchars (Woodhaven) | Leuchars, Fife | |
| No 1510 (BAT) Flt | RAF Leuchars | Oxford |
| No 540 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Leuchars | Spitfire/Blenheim |
| No 18 Group Communication Flight | RAF Leuchars | Various |
| No 455 Sqn RAAF | RAF Leuchars | Hampden |
| No 3 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Leuchars | Lysander |
| No 23 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 235 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Beaufighter/Mosquito II |
| No 1477 (Norwegian) Flight | RAF Leuchars (Woodhaven) | Catalina |
| RAF Station Sullom Voe | Sullom Voe, Shetlands | |
| No 190 Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Catalina |
| RAF Station Sumburgh (Scatsta) | Sumburgh, Shetlands | |
| RAF Tain | Station in Fighter Command | |
| No 1 Torpedo Refresher School | RAF Tain | |
| No 144 Sqn | RAF Tain | Beaufighter |
| Vaagar | Faroes Islands | |
| RAF Station Wick (Skitten) | Wick, Caithness | |
| No 404 Sqn RCAF | RAF Wick | Beaufighter |
| No 489 Sqn RNZAF | RAF Wick | Hampden |
| No 618 Sqn | RAF Wick | Mosquito IV |
| No 1406 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF Wick | Spitfire/Hampden |
HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Beaulieu | Beaulieu, Hampshire | |
| No 1 OTU - Detachment | RAF Beaulieu | Liberator |
| RAF Station Chivenor | Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon | |
| No 172 Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Wellington |
| No 179 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Chivenor | Wellington |
| No 407 Sqn RCAF | RAF Chivenor | Wellington XII |
| No 547 Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Wellington, detachment at Tain |
| No 21 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Chivenor | |
| RAF Station Davidstow Moor | Davidstow Moor, Cornwall | |
| No 612 Sqn | RAF Davidstow Moor | Whitley |
| No 2 Servicing Unit | RAF Davidstow Moor | |
| RAF Hamworthy | ||
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Hamworthy | Catalina, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| RAF Holmsley South | Holmsley South, Hampshire | |
| RAF Mount Batten (RNAS Roborough) | Plymouth, Cornwall | |
| No 10 Sqn RAAF | RAF Mount Batten | Sunderland |
| No 19 Group Communications Flt | RNAS Roborough | Various |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire | |
| No 228 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 119 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 461 Sqn RAAF | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| No 308 Ferry Training and Test Unit | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| No 248 Sqn | RAF Predannack | Beaufighter, station in Fighter Command |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 543 Sqn - Detachment | RAF St Eval | Spitfire/Blenheim |
| No 224 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Liberator |
| No 58 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Whitley/Halifax |
| No 502 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Halifax |
| No 1404 (Meteorological) Flt | RAF St Eval | Hudson/Ventura/Albemarle |
| No 10 OTU - Detachment | RAF St Eval | Whitley, on detachment from Bomber Command |
| RAF Talbenny (Dale) | Talbenny | No Station HQ? |
| No 311 (Czechoslovak) Sqn | RAF Talbenny | Wellington |
| No 303 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Talbenny | Wellington |
| No 4 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Talbenny | |
| Coastal Command Development Unit | RAF Talbenny |
Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Units (Home)
| No | Location | Controlling Group | Parent Unit |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 18 | Dyce |
| 47 | Aberystwyth | 19 | Aberystwyth |
| 45 | Barry | 19 | St Athan |
| 14 | Berwick-on-Tweed | 18 | Charter Hall |
| 15 | Blyth | 18 | Acklington |
| 21 | Bridlington | 16 | Catfoss |
| 8 | Buckie | 18 | Lossiemouth |
| 7 | Burghead | 18 | Kinloss |
| 61 | Campbeltown | 15 | Greenock |
| 57 | Donaghadee | 15 | Ballyhalbert |
| 54 | Douglas | 15 | Andreas |
| 27 | Dover | 16 | No 961 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 64 | Drummore | 15 | Stranraer |
| 38 | Exmouth | 19 | Exeter |
| 42 | Falmouth | 19 | No 959 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 26 | Felixstowe | 16 | Felixstowe |
| 49 | Fishguard | 19 | Pembroke Dock |
| 53 | Fleetwood | 15 | Squires Gate |
| 9 | Fraserburgh | 18 | Peterhead |
| 24 | Gorleston | 16 | Coltishall |
| 30 | Gosport | 16 | Gosport |
| 22 | Grimsby | 16 | North Coates |
| 16 | Hartlepool | 18 | Acklington |
| 52 | Holyhead | 15 | Valley |
| 70 | Iceland | Iceland | Reykjavik |
| 6 | Invergordon | 18 | Alness |
| 55 | Kirkcudbright | 15 | Wigtown |
| 58 | Larne | 15 | Aldergrove |
| 1 | Lerwick | 18 | Sumburgh |
| 29 | Littlehampton | 16 | Ford |
| 62 | Loch Boisdale | 15 | Benbecula |
| 60 | Lough Foyle | 15 | Ballykelly |
| 25 | Lowestoft | 16 | Coltishall |
| 37 | Lyme Regis | 19 | Warmwell |
| 5 | Meikle Ferry | 18 | Tain |
| 63 | Menai Straits | 15 | Bodorgan |
| 13 | Methil | 18 | Leuchars |
| 11 | Montrose | 18 | Montrose |
| 28 | Newhaven | 16 | Thorney Island |
| 43 | Newlyn | 19 | Predannack |
| 65 | Oban | 15 | Oban |
| 44 | Padstow | 19 | St Eval |
| 55 | Peel | 15 | Andreas |
| 36 | Poole | 19 | Bournemouth |
| 46 | Porthcawl | 19 | Stormy Down |
| 56 | Portoferry | 15 | Ballyhalbert |
| 51 | Pwllheli | 15 | Penrhos |
| 54 | Ramsey | 15 | Andreas |
| 27 | Ramsgate | 16 | No 961 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 41 | Salcombe | 19 | Mount Batten |
| 2 | Shipinsay | 18 | Kirkwall |
| 17 | Scalloway | 18 | Sullom Voe |
| 31 | Sheerness | 16 | No 952 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 66 | Stornoway | 15 | Stornoway |
| 59 | Stranraer | 15 | Stranraer |
| 50 | Swansea | 19 | No 958 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 12 | Tayport | 18 | Leuchars |
| 48 | Tenby | 19 | Pembroke Dock |
| 3 | Thurso | 18 | Wick |
| 39 | Torquay | 19 | Torquay |
| 23 | Wells-on-Sea | 16 | Langham |
| 4 | Wick | 18 | Wick |
All home based ASR MCUs are administered by HQ Coastal Command, through the Coastal Command group in the area of which they are located. Personnel are administered by the most conveniently situated RAF Station, irrespective of command and are on a lodger basis on stations which are not in Coastal Command.
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 1405 (Meteorological) Flt No 1408 (Meteorological) Flt
No 246 Sqn
Source - June 1943 SD161
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | ASR Units]
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