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Bomber Command - January 1944

[No 1 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 | No 100 Group | 1 BW Sub Wing | 2 BW Sub Wing | 3 BW Sub Wing | IX BC | IX TCC]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

No 1 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 11 Base Lindholme  
Station HQ RAF Lindholme  
No 1656 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Lindholme Lancaster I/III
No 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Lindholme Lancaster I/III
No 1481 Flt RAF Lindholme Wellington III/Martinet
RAF Station Blyton    
No 1662 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Blyton Lancaster I/III, Halifax II/V
RAF Station Faldingworth    
No 1667 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Faldingworth Lancaster I/III, Halifax V
RAF Station  North Killingholme    
No 1 Group Servicing Section RAF North Killingholme Satellite of Lindholme
No 12 Base Binbrook, Lincolnshire  
Station HQ RAF Binbrook  
No 460 Sqn RAAF RAF Binbrook Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Grimsby    
No 550 Sqn RAF Grimsby Lancaster I/III
No 100 Sqn RAF Grimsby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Kelstern    
No 625 Sqn RAF Kelstern Lancaster I/III
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -  
RAF Station Elsham Wold Elsham, Brigg, Lincolnshire  
No 103 Sqn RAF Elsham Wold Lancaster I/III
No 576 Sqn RAF Elsham Wold Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Kirmington   Satellite of Elsham Wold
No 166 Sqn RAF Kirmington Lancaster I/III
RAF Station North Killingholme    
RAF Station Ludford Magna Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire  
No 101 Sqn RAF Ludford Magna  
RAF Station Wickenby   Satellite of Ludford Magna
No 12 Sqn RAF Wickenby Lancaster I/III
No 626 Sqn RAF Wickenby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Hemswell Hemswell, Lincolnshire  
No 300 (Polish) Sqn RAF Hemswell Wellington III/X

 

No 3 Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -  
RAF Station Downham Market    
No 214 Sqn RAF Downham Market Stirling
No 218 Sqn RAF Downham Market Stirling
RAF Station Feltwell Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk  
No 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Feltwell Lancaster I/III
No 1519 (BAT) Flt RAF Feltwell  
RAF Methwold   Satellite of Feltwell (C & M)
RAF Station Tempsford    
No 138 Sqn RAF Tempsford Halifax II/Liberator III
No 161 Sqn RAF Tempsford Lysander/Halifax V/Hudson
RAF Somersham   Satellite of Tempsford
No 31 Base Stradishall, Newmarket, Suffolk  
Station HQ RAF Stradishall  
No 1657 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Stradishall Stirling
RAF Station Chedburgh    
No 1653 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Chedburgh Stirling
RAF Station Wratting Common    
No 1651 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Wratting Common Stirling
No 32 Base Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
Station HQ RAF Mildenhall  
No 15 Sqn RAF Mildenhall Lancaster
No 622 Sqn RAF Mildenhall  
No 3 Group Servicing Section RAF Mildenhall  
RAF Station Newmarket    
Bombing Development Unit RAF Newmarket Operationally controlled by Bomber Command HQ
No 3 Group Communication Flt RAF Newmarket Various
No 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Newmarket Wellington III/X, Martinet
RAF Station Lakenheath    
No 149 Sqn RAF Lakenheath Stirling
No 199 Sqn RAF Lakenheath Stirling
RAF Station Tuddenham    
No 90 Sqn RAF Tuddenham Stirling
No 33 Base Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire  
Station HQ RAF Waterbeach  
No 514 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Lancaster II
No 1678 Conversion Flt RAF Waterbeach Lancaster II
RAF Station Mepal    
No 75 Sqn RAF Mepal Stirling
RAF Station Witchford    
No 115 Sqn RAF Witchford Lancaster II
RAF Station Woodbridge   Emergency Diversion Airfield
RAF Station Woolfox Lodge    
No 1665 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Station Woolfox Lodge Stirling

No 4 Group

HQ - RAF York

Unit Location/Address Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -  
RAF Station Snaith Snaith  
No 51 Sqn RAF Snaith Halifax II
RAF Burn Burn Satellite of Snaith (C & M)
No 578 Sqn Burn  
RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire  
Station HQ RAF Holme  
No 76 Sqn RAF Holme Halifax V
No 1520 (BAT) Flt RAF Holme  
RAF Station Breighton   Satellite of Holme-on-Spalding Moor
No 78 Sqn RAF Breighton Halifax II
No 41 Base Marston Moor, Marston, York, West Yorkshire  
Station HQ RAF Marston Moor  
No 1652 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Marston Moor Halifax II
RAF Station Acaster Malbis Acaster Malbis, York, West Yorkshire  
RAF Station Riccall    
No 1658 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Riccall Halifax II
RAF Station Rufforth    
No 1663 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Rufforth Halifax V
No 42 Base Pocklington, East Yorkshire  
Station HQ RAF Pocklington  
No 102 Sqn RAF Pocklington Halifax II
RAF Station Elvington    
No 77 Sqn RAF Elvington Halifax II
No 4 Group Communication Flt RAF Elvington  
RAF Station Melbourne    
No 10 Sqn RAF Melbourne Halifax II
No 43 Base Driffield, East Yorkshire  
Station HQ RAF Driffield  
No 4 Group Servicing Section RAF Driffield  
RAF Station Leconfield Leconfield, Beverley, East Yorkshire  
No 466 Sqn RAAF RAF Leconfield  
No 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Leconfield  
RAF Station Lissett Lissett, Bridlington, East Yorkshire  
No 158 Sqn RAF Lissett Halifax II/III

No 5 Group

HQ - St Vincents, Grantham, Lincolnshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -  
RAF Station Coningsby Coningsby, Lincolnshire  
Station HQ RAF Coningsby  
No 617 Sqn RAF Coningsby Lancaster I/III
No 1514 (BAT) Flt RAF Coningsby Oxford
RAF Station Woodhall Spa   Satellite of Coningsby
No 619 Sqn RAF Woodhall Spa Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Metheringham   Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station East Kirkby    
No 57 Sqn RAF East Kirkby Lancaster I/III
No 630 Sqn RAF East Kirkby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Strubby   Satellite of East Kirkby
RAF Station Spilsby   Satellite of East Kirkby
No 207 Sqn Spilsby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Syerston Syerston, Newark, Nottinghamshire  
No 106 Sqn RAF Syerston Lancaster I/III
No 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Syerston Lancaster I/III
No 1485 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Syerston Wellington III/X, Martinet/Defiant
No 51 Base Swinderby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire  
Station HQ RAF Swinderby  
No 1660 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Swinderby Stirling I/III
No 5 Group Communication Flt RAF Swinderby  
RAF Station Wigsley    
No 1654 (Heavy) Conversion Unit   Stirling I/III
RAF Station Winthorpe    
No 1661 (Heavy) Conversion Unit   Stirling I/III
No 52 Base Scampton, Lincolnshire  
Station HQ RAF Scampton  
No 5 Group Servicing Section RAF Scampton  
RAF Station Dunholme Lodge    
No 44 Sqn RAF Dunholme Lodge Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Fiskerton    
No 49 Sqn RAF Fiskerton  
No 53 Base Waddington, nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire  
Station HQ RAF Waddington
No 463 Sqn RAAF RAF Waddington Lancaster I/III
No 467 Sqn RAAF RAF Waddington Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Bardney    
No 9 Sqn RAF Bardney Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Skellingthorpe    
No 50 Sqn RAF Skellingthorpe Lancaster I/III
No 61 Sqn RAF Skellingthorpe Lancaster I/III

No 6 (RCAF) Group

HQ - Allerton Park, Knaresborough, West Yorkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -  
RCAF Station Leeming RCAF Leeming  
No 427 Sqn RCAF RCAF Leeming Halifax V
No 429 Sqn RCAF RCAF Leeming Halifax II/V
RCAF Station Skipton-on-Swale   Satellite of Leeming
No 424 Sqn RCAF RCAF Skipton-on-Swale Halifax III
No 433 Sqn RCAF RCAF Skipton-on-Swale Halifax III
RCAF Station Middle St George RCAF Middleton St George  
No 419 Sqn RCAF RCAF Middleton St George Halifax II
No 428 Sqn RCAF RCAF Middleton St George Halifax II/V
RCAF Station Croft    
No 431 Sqn RCAF RCAF Croft Halifax V
No 434 Sqn RCAF RCAF Croft Halifax V
No 61 Base Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire  
Station HQ    
No 1659 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RCAF Topcliffe Halifax II/V
RCAF Station Dalton    
No 1691 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RCAF Dalton Martinet
No 6 Group Servicing Section RCAF Dalton
No 1 Cylinder Block Servicing Unit RCAF Dalton
RCAF Station Dishforth    
No 1664 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RCAF Dishforth Halifax V
RCAF Station Wombleton    
No 1666 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RCAF Wombleton Halifax II
No 62 Base Linton-on-Ouse, York, North Yorkshire  
Station HQ RCAF Linton-on-Ouse  
No 408 Sqn RCAF RCAF Linton-on-Ouse Halifax II/Lancaster II
No 426 Sqn RCAF RCAF Linton-on-Ouse Lancaster II
No 6 Group Communication Flt RCAF Linton-on-Ouse Various
RCAF Station East Moor    
No 432 Sqn RCAF RCAF East Moor Lancaster II
RCAF Station Tholthorpe    
No 420 Sqn RCAF RCAF Tholthorpe Halifax III
No 425 Sqn RCAF RCAF Tholthorpe Halifax III

 

No 8 Group

HQ - Castle Hill House, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Graveley    
No 35 Sqn RAF Graveley Halifax II
No 1499 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt RAF Ipswich Martinet, station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Marham    
No 1655 Mosquito Training Flt RAF Marham Mosquito IV/Oxford
No 105 Sqn RAF Marham Mosquito IX/XVI
No 109 Sqn RAF Marham Mosquito IX/XVI
RAF Station Oakington Oakington, Cambridgeshire  
No 7 Sqn RAF Oakington Lancaster I/III
No 627 Sqn RAF Oakington Mosquito IV/XX
RAF Station Bourn    
No 1409 Flt RAF Bourn  
RAF Station Gransden Lodge    
No 97 Sqn RAF Gransden Lodge Lancaster I/III
No 405 Sqn RCAF RAF Gransden Lodge Lancaster III
RAF Station Upwood    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Upwood  
RAF Station Warboys    
No 156 Sqn RAF Upwood Lancaster I/III
No 8 (PFF) Group Navigation Training Unit RAF Warboys Halifax/Lancaster
RAF Station Wyton St Ives, Huntingdonshire  
No 83 Sqn RAF Wyton Lancaster I/III
No 139 Sqn RAF Wyton Mosquito IV/IX/XX/XVI
No 8 Group Communication Flt RAF Wyton Various

No 26 (Signals) Group

HQ - Langley Hall, Slough, Buckinghamshire
Unit Location/Address Notes
North West Signals Centre: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
 Blackbrook
  • Aston Hill
  • Old Boston
  
No 361 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • Meteorological Station
  • No 9 D/F Station
  • No 1 D/F Station
  • No 4 D/F Station
  • No 8 D/F Station
  • No 2 D/F Station
  • No 1 Alternative Station
  • No 7 D/F Station
  • No 5 D/F Station
  • No 3 D/F Station
  • No 6 D/F Station
 Cheadle
  • Dunstable
  • Highbridge
  • Kinnaber
  • Lydford
  • Marston Montgomery
  • Mere, Branston
  • Oakhill, Tean
  • Pendeen
  • Stranraer
  • Sutton Vallance
  • Wick
  
No 362 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
 Church Green
  • Shaftesbury
  
No 372 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 Chicksands
  • Greatworth
  • Stoke Hammond
  
RAF Station Chigwell: administering the following: -
  • W/T Field Exercise Camp
  • W/T Field Exercise Camp
 Chigwell, Essex
  • White Waltham
  • Putteridge Bury
  
No 2 Signals Depot: controlling the following: -
  • No 8 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 7 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 6 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 9 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
 Fazakerley
  • Darlington
  • Glasgow
  • Inverness
  
  Great Witcombe  
No 81 Signals Wing: administering the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • No 2 Western Area Signals Centre
  • 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
 RAF Station Great Witcombe
  • Birdlip
  • Bodmin
  • Gloucester
  • Hartlebury
  • Stonehouse
  • Stroud
  • Tetbury
  • Winstone
  • Worcester
  
RAF Despatch Rider Letter Service Hendon Hall  
RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges    
No 105 Combined Operations Wing; administering:
  • Air Section of the Combined Training Centre
  • No 516 Sqn
  • Air Section of the Combined Training Centre
  • Air Section of the Combined Training Centre
  • Air Section of the Combined Training Centre
  • Air Section of the Combined Training Centre
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 Kilmarnock
  • Castle Toward
  • Dundonald
  • Dundonald
  • Trtoon
  • Invarary
  • Largs
  • Redbrae
  • Symington
  
     
RAF Station Leighton Buzzard: administering the following: -
  • RAF Central Teleprinter Exchange
  • Landline Telegraphic Fitting Party
  • RAF Inter-Command W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Cardington
  • Dagnall
  • Greenford
  

 

 
No 350 Signals Depot Newbold Revel  
No 1 Signals Depot: controlling the following: -
  • No 5 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • Inter-Service Ionesphere Prediction Bureau
  • No 4 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 3 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • No 2 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party
  • Workshops Central Installation Section
  • PWD
  • No 1  Consolidated  Emergency Fitting Party
 West Drayton, Middlesex
  • Faygate
  • Great Baddow
  • Great Witcombe
  • Honington
  • Ingham
  • Minerva Road, NW10
  • Staines
  • West Drayton
  
No 363 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: -
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HD Unit
  • HF/DF Unit
 West Kingsdown
  • Acton
  • Beachy Head
  • Bradwell
  • Capel
  • Gorleston
  • Lewes
  • Milstead
  • Scarborough
  • Strete
  • Upton Grey
  

 

No 91 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Abingdon, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon (Stanton Harcourt) Abingdon, Berkshire  
No 10 OTU RAF Abingdon Whitley V/VII
No 91 Group Communication Flt RAF Abingdon Various
No 1682 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Abingdon Tomahawk
RAF Station Harwell (Hampstead Norris) Harwell, Didcot, Berkshire  
No 15 OTU RAF Harwell Wellington III/X
No 310 Ferry Training Unit RAF Harwell Wellington II
No 91 Group Servicing Section RAF Harwell  
RAF Station Honeybourne (Long Marston) Honeybourne, Worcestershire  
No 24 OTU RAF Honeybourne Whitley V/VII
RAF Station Kinloss (Forres & Brackla) Kinloss, Forres, Morayshire  
No 19 OTU RAF Kinloss Whitley V/VII
RAF Station Lossiemouth (Elgin & Milltown) Lossiemouth, Morayshire  
No 20 OTU RAF Lossiemouth Wellington III/X
RAF Station Moreton in Marsh (Enstone) London Road, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire  
No 21 OTU RAF Moreton in Marsh, Wellington IC
No 311 Ferry Training Unit RAF Moreton in Marsh, Wellington/Anson
RAF Station Pershore (Stratford) Pershore, Worcestershire  
No 23 OTU RAF Pershore Wellington
No 1516 (BAT) Flt RAF Pershore Oxford
No 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Pershore Tomahawk
RAF Station Wellesbourne Mountford (Gaydon) Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire  
No 22 OTU RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Wellington III/X

 

No 92 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Winslow Hall, Winslow, Buckinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe (Bitteswell)    
No 29 OTU RAF Bruntingthorpe Wellington III/X
No 1683 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Bruntingthorpe Tomahawk
RAF Station Chipping Warden (Edgehill)    
No 12 OTU RAF Chipping Warden Wellington III/X
No 1517 (BAT) Flt RAF Chipping Warden Oxford
RAF Station Desborough (Harrington)    
 No 84 OTU RAF Desborough Wellington III/X
RAF Station Market Harborough (Husbands Bosworth)    
No 14 OTU RAF Market Harborough Wellington III/X
RAF Station Silverstone (Turweston)    
No 17 OTU RAF Silverstone Wellington III/X
RAF Station Upper Heyford (Barford St John) Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire  
No 16 OTU RAF Upper Heyford Wellington III/X
RAF Station Westcott (Oakley)    
No 11 OTU RAF Westcott Wellington X
Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF Westcott Wellington III
No 92 Group Servicing Section RAF Westcott  
RAF Station Wing (Little Horwood) Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire  
No 26 OTU RAF Wing Wellington III/X
No 92 Group Communications Flt RAF Wing Various
No 1684 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Wing Tomahawk

 

No 93 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Egginton Hall, Egginton, Nr Derby

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Finningley (Bircotes & Worksop) Finningley, Doncaster, West Yorkshire  
No 18 OTU RAF Finningley Wellington III/X
No 1 Group Communication Flt RAF Finningley Various
RAF Station Hixon (Seighford)    
No 30 OTU RAF Hixon Wellington III/X
No 1686 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Hixon Tomahawk
RAF Station Leicester East    
RAF Station Lichfield (Church Broughton) Lichfield, Staffordshire  
No 27 OTU RAF Lichfield Wellington III/X
No 93 Group Communication Flt RAF Lichfield Various
No 93 Group Servicing Section RAF Lichfield  
RAF Station Ossington (Gamston)    
No 82 OTU RAF Ossington Wellington III/X
No 1685 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Ossington Tomahawk
RAF Station Peplow    
No 83 OTU RAF Peplow Wellington III/X
RAF Station Tilstock (Sleap) Whitchurch, Shropshire  
No 81 OTU RAF Whitchurch Heath Whitley V
RAF Station Wymeswold (Castle Donington) Wymeswold, nr Loughborough, Leicestershire  
No 28 OTU RAF Wymeswold Wellington III/X
No 1521 (BAT) Flt RAF Wymeswold Oxford

 

No 100 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bylaugh Hall, East Dereham, Norfolk

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Foulsham    
No 192 Sqn RAF Foulsham Halifax V/Wellington X/Mosquito IV
No 1473 (Special Duties) Flight RAF Foulsham Halifax II/Wellington II/IC/Mosquito II/Anson
The (Special Duties) Development Unit RAF Foulsham Various
RAF Station Little Snoring    
No 1692 (Special Duties) Flt RAF Little Snoring Defiant/Beaufighter
No 169 Sqn RAF Little Snoring Mosquito II
No 515 Sqn RAF Little Snoring Beaufighter II
RAF Station Oulton    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Oulton  
No 80 Signals Wing: controlling the following: -
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
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  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 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
  • Dunkirk
  • Dunwich
  • Ecchinswell
  • Edingthorpe
  • Elsted
  • Elstree
  • Epsom
  • Eye
  • Fairlight
  • Fairmile
  • Farthingloe Farm
  • Flimwell
  • Frodsham
  • Gittisham Hill
  • Hagley
  • Harpenden
  • Helston
  • Henfield
  • 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
  • Oldstairs
  • Parliament Hill
  • Porlock
  • Reston
  • Ringstead
  • Ringwood
  • Rogate
  • Scarborough
  • Shipham
  • Sidmouth
  • Southbourne
  • South Elkington
  • Stockbridge
  • Stoke Holy Cross
  • Templecombe
  • Tranent
  • Ventnor
  • West Hougham
  • West Kingsdown
  • Windlesham
  • Worth Matravers
  
RAF Station West Raynham    
No 141 Sqn RAF West Raynham Mosquito II
No 239 Sqn RAF West Raynham Mosquito II
No 1482 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF West Raynham  
RAF Station Great Massingham    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Great Massingham  

1st Bombardment Wing, RAF Substitution Unit

HQ - Brampton Grange, Huntingdon

This unit is administered by HQ Bomber Command but for discipline is affiliated to HQ No 92 Group.

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Glatton (C & M)   Station awaiting occupation by the USAAF

2nd Bombardment Wing, RAF Substitution Unit

HQ - Old Catton, Norwich, Norfolk

This unit is administered by HQ Bomber Command but for discipline is affiliated to HQ No 92 Group.

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Old Buckenham  (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Horsham St Faith (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Attlebridge (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Tibenham (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Bungay (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Seething (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Rackheath (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF

3rd Bombardment Wing, RAF Substitution Unit

HQ - Elvedon Hall, Thetford, Norfolk

This unit is administered by HQ Bomber Command but for discipline is affiliated to HQ No 3 Group.

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Deopham Green (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Lavenham (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Sudbury (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Gosfield (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF

IX Bomber Command, RAF Substitution Unit

HQ - Marks Hall, Earls Colne, Essex

This unit is administered by HQ Bomber Command but for discipline is affiliated to HQ No 3 Group.

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Wormingford (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Rivenhall (C & M)   Station awaiting occupation by the USAAF
Mendlesham (C & M)   Station awaiting occupation by the USAAF
Raydon (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Matching (C & M)   Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF

IX Troop Carrier Command, RAF Substitution Unit

HQ - Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland

This unit is administered by HQ Bomber Command but for discipline is affiliated to HQ No 5 Group.

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Bottesford (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Saltby (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Balderton (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Barkston Heath (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
North Luffenham (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Cottesmore (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Fulbeck (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Langer (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
North Witham (C & M)   Station temporarily occupied by USAAF

Squadrons on a 'number only' basis: -

No 301 Sqn                    No 25 OTU

Source - January 1944 SD161

County names used are those in use at the time

[No 1 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 | No 100 Group | 1 BW Sub Wing | 2 BW Sub Wing | 3 BW Sub Wing | IX BC | IX TCC]

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