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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Coastal Command - January 1944
[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 247 Group | RAF Gibraltar | RAF Iceland | ASR MCU]
Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HQ RAF Iceland | ||
| HQ RAF Gibraltar |
HQ - Derby House, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Aldergrove | Lysander/Martinet, Station in No 17 Group |
| No 1402 Flt | RAF Aldergrove | Gladiator/Spitfire VI, Station in No 17 Group |
| RAF Station Ballykelly | ||
| No 59 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Liberator V |
| No 8059 Servicing Echelon | RAF Ballykelly | To service the aircraft of No 59 Sqn |
| No 86 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Liberator V |
| No 8086 Servicing Echelon | RAF Ballykelly | To service the aircraft of No 86 Sqn |
| No 8120 Servicing Echelon | RAF Ballykelly | To service the aircraft of No 120 Sqn in Iceland |
| RAF Benbecula | ||
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Benbecula | |
| RAF Station Castle Archdale | ||
| No 201 Sqn | RAF Castle Archdale | Sunderland |
| No 8201 Servicing Echelon | RAF Castle Archdale | To service the aircraft of No 201 Sqn |
| No 422 Sqn RCAF | RAF Castle Archdale | Sunderland |
| No 8422 Servicing Echelon | RAF Castle Archdale | To service the aircraft of No 422 Sqn |
| No 423 Sqn RCAF | RAF Castle Archdale | Sunderland |
| No 8423 Servicing Echelon | RAF Castle Archdale | To service the aircraft of No 423 Sqn |
| RAF Port Ellen (Bowmore) | ||
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Port Ellen | |
| No 30 Embarkation Unit | RAF Port Ellen | |
| No 15 Group Communication Flt | RAF Speke | Various, Station in ADGB |
| RAF Station Tiree | Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire | |
| No 518 Sqn | RAF Tiree | Halifax V |
| No 8518 Servicing Echelon | RAF Tiree | To service the aircraft of No 518 Sqn |
| Meteorological Conversion Unit | RAF Tiree | Halifax V |
| RAF Station Wig Bay | ||
| No 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Wig Bay |
HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
| No 106 (PR) Wing | RAF Benson | |
| No 540 Sqn | RAF Benson | Mosquito, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 541 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 542 Sqn | RAF Benson | Spitfire, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 544 Sqn | RAF Benson | Mosquito IX/XVI, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| No 309 Ferry Training and Aircraft Despatch Flight | RAF Benson | Master |
| RAF Station Bircham Newton (Docking) | Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk | |
| No 415 Sqn RCAF | RAF Bircham Newton | Wellington XIII/Albacore |
| No 8415 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bircham Newton | To service the aircraft of No 415 Sqn |
| No 521 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Spitfire/Ventura//Gladiator |
| No 8521 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bircham Newton | To service the aircraft of No 521 Sqn |
| No 279 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | Hudson |
| No 8279 Servicing Echelon | RAF Bircham Newton | To service the aircraft of No 279 Sqn |
| No 1525 (BAT) Flight | RAF Bircham Newton | Oxford |
| No 3504 Servicing Unit | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| No 2 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Bircham Newton | Lysander/Martinet |
| RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
| Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool) | RAF Calshot | |
| No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Calshot | Various |
| No 16 Group Communication Flt | RAF Detling | Station in ADGB |
| RAF Station Dyce | ||
| No 1509 (BAT) Flight | RAF Dyce | Oxford |
| No 8 OTU | RAF Dyce | Mosquito/Spitfire |
| Alastrean House Unit | RAF Dyce | |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | Felixstowe, Suffolk | |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Felixstowe | |
| RAF Station Gosport | Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit | RAF Gosport | Various |
| No 3502 Servicing Unit | RAF Gosport | |
| Central Interpretation Unit | Medmenham | Operationally controlled by the Air Ministry (ACAS (I) through AD Ph I) |
| RAF Station Langham | ||
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Langham | |
| RAF Station North Coates | North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 254 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufighter VIC |
| No 8254 Servicing Echelon | RAF North Coates | To service the aircraft of No 254 Sqn |
| No 236 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Beaufighter X |
| No 8236 Servicing Echelon | RAF North Coates | To service the aircraft of No 236 Sqn |
| No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF North Coates | |
| RAF Station Thornaby | Thornaby, North Yorkshire | |
| No 281 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Warwick II |
| No 8281 Servicing Echelon | RAF Thornaby | To service the aircraft of No 281 Sqn |
| No 280 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Warwick I |
| No 8280 Servicing Echelon | RAF Thornaby | To service the aircraft of No 280 Sqn, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| RAF Station Thorney Island | Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire | |
| No 547 Sqn | RAF Thorney Island | Wellington XI/XIII |
| No 8547 Servicing Echelon | RAF Thorney Island | To service the aircraft of No 547 Sqn |
| No 8206 Servicing Echelon - Detachment | RAF Thorney Island | |
| No 8220 Servicing Echelon - Detachment | RAF Thorney Island | |
| ASR Training Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Wellington IC |
HQ - 58 Melville Street, Edinburgh 3
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
| No 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit - Detachment | RAF Aldergrove | Liberator III/V |
| RAF Station Alness | ||
| No 4 OTU | RAF Alness | Catalina/Sunderland |
| No 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Alness | |
| RAF Station Catfoss (Lissett) | Satellite in Bomber Command | |
| No 2 OTU | RAF Catfoss | Beaufighter/Beaufort |
| RAF Station Crosby-on-Eden | ||
| No 9 OTU | RAF Crosby-on-Eden | |
| RAF Station East Fortune (Macmerry - C & M) | ||
| No 132 OTU | RAF East Fortune | Beaufighter/Beaufort |
| RAF Station Haverfordwest (Templeton) | ||
| No 3 OTU | RAF Haverfordwest | Wellington |
| RAF Station Killadeas (St Angelo) | ||
| No 131 OTU | RAF Killadeas | Catalina |
| RAF Station Limavady (Mullaghmore) | ||
| No 7 OTU | RAF Limavady | Wellington |
| RAF Station Long Kesh | ||
| No 5 OTU | RAF Long Kesh | Beaufort I/II/Ventura/Hudson |
| RAF Station Oban | ||
| No 4 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Oban | |
| No 302 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Oban | Catalina |
| No 37 Embarkation Unit | RAF Oban | |
| No 524 Sqn | RAF Oban | Mariner |
| No 8524 Servicing Echelon | RAF Oban | To service the aircraft of No 524 Sqn |
| RAF Station Silloth (Great Orton & Longtown) | Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| No 6 OTU | RAF Silloth | |
| No 1674 Conversion Unit | RAF Longtown | Fortress I/II/Halifax II, detachment(s) at other station(s) |
| RAF Station Squire's Gate (Warton) | Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire | |
| No 3 School of General Reconnaissance | RAF Squire's Gate | Anson |
| RAF Station Stranraer | ||
| No 15 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Stranraer | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Stranraer | |
| RAF Station Turnberry | ||
| No 1 Torpedo Training Unit | RAF Turnberry | Beaufighter VIC/Beaufort I/II/Hampden |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | Station in ADGB | |
| No 17 Group Communication Flt | RAF Turnhouse | Various |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Greenock | ||
| 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 540 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Leuchars | Mosquito |
| No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 489 Sqn RNZAF | RAF Leuchars | Beaufighter X |
| No 8489 Servicing Echelon | RAF Leuchars | To service the aircraft of No 489 Sqn |
| No 455 Sqn RAAF | RAF Langham | Hampden |
| No 3 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Leuchars | Lysander |
| No 23 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 333 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Catalina/Mosquito VI - Catalinas at Woodhaven |
| No 8333 Servicing Echelon | RAF Leuchars | To service the aircraft of No 333 Sqn |
| RAF Station Sullom Voe | Sullon Voe, Shetlands | |
| No 190 Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Catalina |
| No 8190 Servicing Echelon | RAF Sullom Voe | To service the aircraft of No 190 Sqn |
| No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn | RAF Sullom Voe | Sunderland |
| No 8330 Servicing Echelon | RAF Sullom Voe | To service the aircraft of No 330 Sqn |
| RAF Station Sumburgh | Sumburgh, Shetlands | |
| RAF Station Tain | Tain | |
| No 1 Torpedo Refresher School | RAF Tain | |
| RAF Station Vaagar | ||
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Vaagar | |
| RAF Station Wick (Skitten) | Wick, Caithness | |
| No 404 Sqn RCAF | RAF Wick | Beaufighter XI |
| No 8404 Servicing Echelon | RAF Wick | To service the aircraft of No 404 Sqn |
| No 519 (Meteorological) Sqn | RAF Wick | Ventura/Spitfire |
| No 8519 Servicing Echelon | RAF Wick | To service the aircraft of No 519 Sqn |
| No 618 Sqn | RAF Wick | Mosquito IV |
| No 8618 Servicing Echelon | RAF Wick | To service the aircraft of No 618 Sqn |
| No 144 Sqn | RAF Wick | Beaufighter XI |
| No 8144 Servicing Echelon | RAF Wick | To service the aircraft of No 144 Sqn |
| No 1693 Flt | RAF Wick | Anson |
(a) Station under the control of No 16 Group,
HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Beaulieu | Beaulieu, Hampshire | |
| No 311 Sqn | RAF Beaulieu | Liberator V |
| No 8311 Servicing Echelon | RAF Beaulieu | To service the aircraft of No 311 Sqn |
| RAF Station Chivenor | Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon | |
| No 407 Sqn RCAF | RAF Chivenor | Wellington XII/XIV |
| No 8407 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chivenor | To service the aircraft of No 407 Sqn |
| No 612 Sqn RCAF | RAF Chivenor | Wellington XII/XIV |
| No 8612 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chivenor | To service the aircraft of No 3612 Sqn |
| No 172 Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Wellington XII/XIV |
| No 8172 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chivenor | To service the aircraft of No 172 Sqn |
| No 179 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Chivenor | Wellington |
| No 8179 Servicing Echelon | RAF Chivenor | To service the aircraft of No 179 Sqn |
| RAF Station Davidstow Moor | ||
| No 172 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Davidstow Moor | Wellington XII/XIV |
| No 21 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) | RAF Davidstow Moor | |
| No 269 Sqn | RAF Davidstow Moor | Hudson III |
| No 8269 Servicing Echelon | RAF Davidstow Moor | To service the aircraft of No 269 Sqn |
| RAF Dunkeswell | ||
| RAF Hamworthy | ||
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Hamworthy | Catalina |
| No 8210 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hamworthy | To service the aircraft of No 210 Sqn |
| RAF Station Holmsley South | ||
| RAF Station Mount Batten (Roborough) | ||
| No 10 Sqn RAAF | RAF Mount Batten | Sunderland |
| No 19 Group Communication Flt | RNAS Roborough, Plymouth, Devon | Various |
| RAF Station Pembroke Dock (Angle) | Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire | |
| No 461 Sqn RAAF | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 8461 Servicing Echelon | RAF Pembroke Dock | To service the aircraft of No 461 Sqn |
| No 228 Sqn | RAF Pembroke Dock | Sunderland |
| No 8228 Servicing Echelon | RAF Pembroke Dock | To service the aircraft of No 228 Sqn |
| No 308 Ferry Training Unit | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit | RAF Pembroke Dock | |
| Coastal Command Development Unit | RAF Angle | |
| RAF Predannack | Station in ADGB | |
| No 235 Sqn | RAF Portreath | Beaufighter X, |
| No 8235 Servicing Echelon | RAF Portreath | To service the aircraft of No 235 Sqn |
| No 143 Sqn | RAF Portreath | Beaufighter X |
| No 8143 Servicing Echelon | RAF Portreath | To service the aircraft of No 143 Sqn |
| No 280 Sqn - Detachment | RAF Portreath | Warwick I |
| RAF Predannack | Station in ADGB | |
| No 304 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Predannack | Wellington XI/XIII |
| No 8304 Servicing Echelon | RAF Predannack | To service the aircraft of No 304 Sqn |
| No 248 Sqn | RAF Predannack | Beaufighter |
| No 8248 Servicing Echelon | RAF Predannack | To service the aircraft of No 248 Sqn |
| RAF Station St Davids (Brawdy) | ||
| No 517 Sqn | RAF St David | Halifax V |
| No 8517 Servicing Echelon | RAF St David | To service the aircraft of No 517 Sqn |
| No 58 Sqn | RAF St David | Halifax |
| No 8058 Servicing Echelon | RAF St David | To service the aircraft of No 58 Sqn |
| No 502 Sqn | RAF St David | Halifax II |
| No 8502 Servicing Echelon | RAF St David | To service the aircraft of No 502 Sqn |
| RAF Station St Eval | St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall | |
| No 224 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Liberator |
| No 8224 Servicing Echelon | RAF St Eval | To service the aircraft of No 224 Sqn |
| No 517 Sqn Detachment | RAF St Eval | Halifax V |
| No 53 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Liberator V |
| No 8053 Servicing Echelon | RAF St Eval | To service the aircraft of No 53 Sqn |
| No 541 Sqn - Detachment | RAF St Eval | Spitfire |
| No 4 Armament Practice Camp | Talbenny | Lysander, station in Transport Command |
HQ - Lagens, Azores
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 172 Sqn - Detachment | Azores | Wellington |
| No 206 Sqn | Azores | Fortress |
| No 220 Sqn | Azores | Fortress |
| No 233 Sqn - Detachment | Azores | Hudson |
HQ -
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 1500 (Target Towing) Flt | Lysander | |
| No 48 Sqn | Hudson VI | |
| No 541 Sqn - Detachment | Anson | |
| No 233 Sqn | Hudson, detachment in the Azores | |
| No 202 Sqn | Catalina | |
| No 8202 Servicing Echelon | ||
| No 179 Sqn - Detachment | Wellington XII/XIV | |
| No 40 Embarkation Unit | ||
| AMES | ||
| No 520 Sqn | Halifax V/Gladiator | |
| No 8520 Servicing Echelon |
HQ -
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| AMES | Grotta | |
| RAF Station Kaldadarnes | ||
| AMES | Olfus | |
| RAF Station Reykjavik | ||
| No 120 Sqn | RAF Reykjavik | Liberator V, servicing echelon at Ballykelly |
| No 1407 Flt | RAF Reykjavik | Ventura |
| No 9 MT Company | RAF Reykjavik | |
| No 13 Embarkation Unit | RAF Reykjavik | |
| AMES | Vik |
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 | Banff |
| 7 | Burghead | 18 | Kinloss |
| 61 | Campbeltown | 15 | Greenock |
| 30 | Cowes | 16 | Gosport |
| 6 | Cromarty | 18 | Alness |
| 57 | Donaghadee | 15 | Ballyhalbert |
| 54 | Douglas (detachments at Peel & Ramey) | 15 | Andreas |
| 27 | Dover | 16 | No 961 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 64 | Drumore | 15 | West Freugh |
| 38 | Exmouth | 19 | Exeter |
| 42 | Falmouth | 19 | No 959 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 26 | Felixstowe | 16 | Felixstowe |
| 49 | Fishguard | 19 | Haverfordwest |
| 53 | Fleetwood | 15 | Squires Gate |
| 9 | Fraserburgh | 18 | Banff |
| 24 | Gorleston | 16 | No 992 Sqn |
| 22 | Grimsby | 16 | North Coates |
| 16 | Hartlepool | 18 | Acklington |
| 52 | Holyhead | 15 | Valley |
| 70 | Iceland | Iceland | Reykjavik |
| 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 | Brighton |
| 43 | Newlyn | 19 | Predannack |
| 65 | Oban | 15 | Oban |
| 44 | Padstow | 19 | St Eval |
| 54 | Peel (detachment) | 15 | Andreas |
| 36 | Poole | 19 | Bournemouth |
| 67 | Port Ellen | 15 | Port Ellen |
| 46 | Porthcawl | 19 | Stormy Down |
| 56 | Portoferry | 15 | Ballyhalbert |
| 51 | Pwllheli | 15 | Penrhos |
| 54 | Ramsey (detachment) | 15 | Andreas |
| 27 | Ramsgate | 16 | No 961 (Balloon) Sqn |
| 41 | Salcombe | 19 | Mount Batten |
| 17 | Scalloway | 18 | Sullom Voe |
| 2 | Shipinsay | 18 | Kirkwall |
| 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 | Bircham Newton |
| 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
Mo 119 Sqn No 246 Sqn
Source - January 1944 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 | No 247 Group | RAF Gibraltar | RAF Iceland | ASR MCU]
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