Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - March 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
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -
RAF Station Hemswell	Hemswell, Lincolnshire
No 300 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Hemswell	Wellington III/X
No 9300 Servicing Echelon	RAF Hemswell
No 1 Lancaster Finishing School	RAF Hemswell	Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Ingham		Satellite of Hemswell
No 11 Base	Lindholme
Station HQ	RAF Lindholme
No 1656 (Heavy) Conversion Unit	RAF Lindholme	Lancaster I/III
No 1 Group Servicing Section	RAF Lindholme
RAF Station Blyton		Satellite of Lindholme
No 1662 (Heavy) Conversion Unit	RAF Blyton	Lancaster I/III, Halifax II/V
RAF Station Sandtoft		Satellite of Lindholme
No 12 Base	Binbrook, Lincolnshire
Station HQ	RAF Binbrook
No 460 Sqn RAAF	RAF Binbrook	Lancaster I/III
No 9460 Servicing Echelon	RAF Binbrook
No 1481 Flt	RAF Binbrook	Wellington III/Martinet
RAF Station Grimsby
No 100 Sqn	RAF Grimsby	Lancaster I/III
No 9100 Servicing Echelon	RAF Grimsby
RAF Station Kelstern
No 625 Sqn	RAF Kelstern	Lancaster I/III
No 9625 Servicing Echelon	RAF Kelstern
No 13 Base	Elsham, Brigg, Lincolnshire
Station HQ	RAF Elsham Wold
No 103 Sqn	RAF Elsham Wold	Lancaster I/III
No 9103 Servicing Echelon	RAF Elsham Wold
No 576 Sqn	RAF Elsham Wold	Lancaster I/III
No 9576 Servicing Echelon	RAF Elsham Wold
RAF Station Kirmington		Satellite of Elsham Wold
No 166 Sqn	RAF Kirmington	Lancaster I/III
No 9166 Servicing Echelon	RAF Kirmington
RAF Station  North Killingholme		Satellite of Elsham Wold
No 550 Sqn	RAF North Killingholme	Lancaster I/III
No 9550 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Killingholme
No 14 Base	Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire
Station HQ	RAF Ludford Magna
No 101 Sqn	RAF Ludford Magna	Lancaster I/III
No 9101 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ludford Magna
RAF Station Wickenby		Satellite of Ludford Magna
No 12 Sqn	RAF Wickenby	Lancaster I/III
No 9012 Servicing Echelon	RAF Wickenby
No 626 Sqn	RAF Wickenby	Lancaster I/III
No 9626 Servicing Echelon	RAF Wickenby
RAF Station Faldingworth		Satellite of Ludford Magna
No 1667 (Heavy) Conversion Unit	RAF Faldingworth	Lancaster I/III, Halifax V

No 3 Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -
RAF Station Downham Market
No 218 Sqn	RAF Downham Market	Stirling
No 9218 Servicing Echelon	RAF Downham Market
RAF Station Feltwell	Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
No 3 Lancaster Finishing School	RAF Feltwell	Lancaster I/III
No 1519 (BAT) Flt	RAF Feltwell	Oxford
RAF Station Methwold		Satellite of Feltwell
No 3 Group Aircrew Reserve Pool	RAF Methwold
RAF Station Tempsford
No 138 Sqn	RAF Tempsford	Halifax II/Halifax V/Liberator III
No 9138 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tempsford
No 161 Sqn	RAF Tempsford	Lysander/Hudson I/III
No 9161 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tempsford
RAF Somersham		Satellite of Tempsford
RAF Station Woodbridge		Emergency Diversion Airfield
RAF Station Woolfox Lodge
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 9015 Servicing Echelon	RAF Mildenhall
No 622 Sqn	RAF Mildenhall	Stirling/Lancaster I/III
No 9622 Servicing Echelon	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 9149 Servicing Echelon	RAF Lakenheath
No 199 Sqn	RAF Lakenheath	Stirling
No 9199 Servicing Echelon	RAF Lakenheath
RAF Station Tuddenham
No 90 Sqn	RAF Tuddenham	Stirling
No 9090 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tuddenham
No 33 Base	Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Station HQ	RAF Waterbeach
No 514 Sqn	RAF Waterbeach	Lancaster II
No 9514 Servicing Echelon	RAF Waterbeach
No 1678 Conversion Flt	RAF Waterbeach	Lancaster II
RAF Station Mepal
No 75 Sqn	RAF Mepal	Stirling
No 9075 Servicing Echelon	RAF Mepal
RAF Station Witchford
No 115 Sqn	RAF Witchford	Lancaster II
No 9115 Servicing Echelon	RAF Witchford

No 4 Group

HQ - York

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -
RAF Station Snaith	Snaith
No 51 Sqn	RAF Snaith	Halifax II
No 9051 Servicing Echelon	RAF Snaith
RAF Burn	Burn	Satellite of Snaith
No 578 Sqn	RAF Burn	Halifax III
No 9578 Servicing Echelon	RAF Burn
RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor	Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire
Station HQ	RAF Holme
No 76 Sqn	RAF Holme	Halifax III
No 9076 Servicing Echelon	RAF Holme
No 1520 (BAT) Flt	RAF Holme
RAF Station Breighton		Satellite of Holme-on-Spalding Moor
No 78 Sqn	RAF Breighton	Halifax III
No 9078 Servicing Echelon	RAF Breighton
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
No 9102 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pocklington
RAF Station Elvington
No 77 Sqn	RAF Elvington	Halifax II
No 9077 Servicing Echelon	RAF Elvington
No 4 Group Communication Flt	RAF Elvington
RAF Station Melbourne
No 10 Sqn	RAF Melbourne	Halifax II
No 9010 Servicing Echelon	RAF Melbourne
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	Halifax II/III
No 9466 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leconfield
No 640 Sqn RAAF	RAF Leconfield	Halifax III
No 9640 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leconfield
No 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt	RAF Leconfield	Oxford
RAF Station Lissett	Lissett, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
No 158 Sqn	RAF Lissett	Halifax II/III
No 9158 Servicing Echelon	RAF Lissett

No 5 Group

HQ - Morton Hall, Swinderby

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Controlled directly by Group HQ: -
RAF Station East Kirkby
No 57 Sqn	RAF East Kirkby	Lancaster I/III
No 9057 Servicing Echelon	RAF East Kirkby
No 630 Sqn	RAF East Kirkby	Lancaster I/III
No 9630 Servicing Echelon	RAF East Kirkby
RAF Station Strubby		Satellite of East Kirkby
RAF Station Spilsby		Satellite of East Kirkby (C & M)
No 207 Sqn	RAF Spilsby	Lancaster I/III
No 9207 Servicing Echelon	RAF Spilsby
RAF Station Syerston	Syerston, Newark, Nottinghamshire
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
No 1514 (BAT) Flt	RAF Scampton	Oxford
RAF Station Dunholme Lodge
No 44 Sqn	RAF Dunholme Lodge	Lancaster I/III
No 9044 Servicing Echelon	RAF Dunholme Lodge
RAF Station Fiskerton
No 49 Sqn	RAF Fiskerton	Lancaster I/III
No 9049 Servicing Echelon	RAF Fiskerton
No 53 Base	Waddington, nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Station HQ	RAF Waddington
No 463 Sqn RAAF	RAF Waddington	Lancaster I/III
No 9463 Servicing Echelon	RAF Waddington
No 467 Sqn RAAF	RAF Waddington	Lancaster I/III
No 9467 Servicing Echelon	RAF Waddington
RAF Station Bardney
No 9 Sqn	RAF Bardney	Lancaster I/III
No 9009 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bardney
RAF Station Skellingthorpe
No 50 Sqn	RAF Skellingthorpe	Lancaster I/III
No 9050 Servicing Echelon	RAF Skellingthorpe
No 54 Base	Conibgsby, Lincolnshire
Station HQ	RAF Coningsby
No 61 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Lancaster I/III
No 9061 Servicing Echelon	RAF Coningsby
No 619 Sqn	RAF Coningsby	Lancaster I/III
No 9619 Servicing Echelon	RAF Coningsby
RAF Station Woodhall Spa
No 617 Sqn	RAF Woodhall Spa	Lancaster I/III
No 9617 Servicing Echelon	RAF Woodhall Spa
RAF Station Metheringham
No 106 Sqn	RAF Metheringham	Lancaster I/III
No 9106 Servicing Echelon	RAF Metheringham

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 III
No 9427 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Leeming
No 429 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Leeming	Halifax II/V
No 9429 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Leeming
RCAF Station Skipton-on-Swale		Satellite of Leeming
No 424 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Skipton-on-Swale	Halifax III
No 9424 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Skipton-on-Swale
No 433 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Skipton-on-Swale	Halifax III
No 9433 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Skipton-on-Swale
RCAF Station Middle St George	RCAF Middleton St George
No 419 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Middleton St George	Lancaster X
No 9419 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Middleton St George
No 428 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Middleton St George	Halifax II/V
No 9428 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Middleton St George
RCAF Station Croft
No 431 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Croft	Halifax V
No 9431 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Croft
No 434 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Croft	Halifax V
No 9434 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Croft
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
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 9408 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Linton-on-Ouse
No 426 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Linton-on-Ouse	Lancaster II
No 9426 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Linton-on-Ouse
No 6 Group Communication Flt	RCAF Linton-on-Ouse	Various
RCAF Station East Moor
No 432 Sqn RCAF	RCAF East Moor	Lancaster II
No 9432 Servicing Echelon	RCAF East Moor
RCAF Station Tholthorpe
No 420 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Tholthorpe	Halifax III
No 9420 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Tholthorpe
No 425 Sqn RCAF	RCAF Tholthorpe	Halifax III
No 9425 Servicing Echelon	RCAF Tholthorpe

No 8 Group

HQ - Castle Hill House, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Graveley
No 35 Sqn	RAF Graveley	Halifax II
No 9035 Servicing Echelon	RAF Graveley
No 692 Sqn	RAF Graveley	Mosquito IV/XX
No 9692 Servicing Echelon	RAF Graveley
No 1499 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt	RAF Ipswich	Martinet, station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Marham
No 1655 Mosquito Training Unit	RAF Marham	Mosquito IV/Oxford
No 105 Sqn	RAF Marham	Mosquito IX/XVI
No 9105 Servicing Echelon	RAF Marham
No 109 Sqn	RAF Marham	Mosquito IX/XVI
No 9105 Servicing Echelon	RAF Marham
RAF Station Oakington	Oakington, Cambridgeshire
No 7 Sqn	RAF Oakington	Lancaster I/III
No 9007 Servicing Echelon	RAF Oakington
No 627 Sqn	RAF Oakington	Mosquito IV/XX
No 9627 Servicing Echelon	RAF Oakington
RAF Station Bourn
No 97 Sqn	RAF Bourn	Lancaster I/III
No 9097 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bourn
RAF Station Gransden Lodge
No 405 Sqn RCAF	RAF Gransden Lodge	Lancaster III
No 9405 Servicing Echelon	RAF Gransden Lodge
RAF Station Upwood
No 139 Sqn	RAF Upwood	Mosquito IV/IX/XX/XVI
No 9139 Servicing Echelon	RAF Upwood
RAF Station Warboys
No 156 Sqn	RAF Warboys	Lancaster I/III
No 9156 Servicing Echelon	RAF Warboys
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 9083 Servicing Echelon	RAF Wyton
No 1409 Flt	RAF Wyton	Mosquito IX/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
South West Signals Centre	Box
No 361 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: - No 10 D/F Station 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 Bradwell, Yarmouth 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 W/T Station D/F Station D/F Station D/F Station W/T Station	Chicksands Capel, Kent Chicksands Land's End Montrose Sutton Vallance Weyhill
No 372 Wireless Unit: controlling the following: - No 2 Temporary Office Building W/T Station W/T Station	Church Green Eastcote Greatworth Stoke Hammond
RAF Station Chigwell: administering the following: - W/T Field Exercise Camp W/T Field Exercise Camp	Chigwell, Essex Putteridge Bury White Waltham
No 2 Signals Depot: controlling the following: - No 7 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party No 8 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party No 6 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party No 9 Consolidated Emergency Fitting Party	Fazakerley Darlington Fazakerley Glasgow Inverness
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 (Combined Operations) Sqn 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 Air Section of the Combined Training Centre	Kilmarnock Castle Toward Dundonald Dundonald Invarary Largs Redbrae Symington Troon
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: administering the following: - HF/DF Station	Newbold Revel Pailton
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 Sub-Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Sub-Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Sub-Unit HD Unit HD Unit HD Sub-Unit	West Kingsdown Acton Bradwell Capel Eastbourne Gorleston Hopton Kinnaber, Montrose Lewes Milsted Scarborough Sherringham Strete Upton Grey Wrotham

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 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,	Anson
RAF Station Pershore (Stratford)	Pershore, Worcestershire
No 23 OTU	RAF Pershore	Wellington III/X
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
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
No 1683 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt	RAF Market Harborough	Tomahawk
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 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 (North Creake & Oulton)
No 192 Sqn	RAF Foulsham	Halifax V/Wellington X/Mosquito IV
No 9192 Servicing Echelon	RAF Foulsham
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 9169 Servicing Echelon	RAF Little Snoring
No 515 Sqn	RAF Little Snoring	Beaufighter II
No 9515 Servicing Echelon	RAF Little Snoring
RAF Station Oulton
Care & Maintenance Party	RAF Oulton
RAF Station North Creake
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 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 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 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 Ventnor West Hougham West Kingsdown Windlesham Worth Matravers
RAF Station Sculthorpe
No 214 Sqn	RAF Sculthorpe	Fortress II
No 9214 Servicing Echelon	RAF Sculthorpe
RAF Station West Raynham
No 141 Sqn	RAF West Raynham	Mosquito II
No 9141 Servicing Echelon	RAF West Raynham
No 239 Sqn	RAF West Raynham	Mosquito II
No 9239 Servicing Echelon	RAF West Raynham
No 1694 Target Towing Flight	RAF West Raynham	Martinet
No 100 (SD) Group Communication Flight	RAF West Raynham	Vaious
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 occupied by and awaiting transfer to 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 3 Group.

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Horsham St Faith (C & M)		Station occupied by and awaiting transfer to USAAF
Attlebridge (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
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 occupied by and awaiting transfer to 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
Wethersfield (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 awaiting occupation by the USAAF
Balderton (C & M)		Station awaiting occupation by the USAAF
Barkston Heath (C & M)		Station awaiting occupation by the USAAF
North Luffenham (C & M)		Station awaiting occupation by the 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 awaiting occupation by the USAAF
Spanhoe (C & M)		Station temporarily occupied by USAAF
Folkingham (C & M)		Station temporarily occupied by USAAF

Squadrons on a 'number only' basis: -

No 301 Sqn                    No 25 OTU                No 312 FTU

Source - March 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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