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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Air Defence of Great Britain - June 1944
[Command HQ | No 9 Group | No 10 Group | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 38 Group | No 60 Group | No 70 Group]
At this time, a great majority of fighter units had been allocated to 2nd Tactical Air Force and prior to moving to airfield on the continent, these units were acting in a mobile role in preparation and therefore many of the stations shown below would have had units of 2 TAF operating from them but they were not listed in the Confidential Air Force Lists as they were constantly changing.
Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex
Units administered directly by HQ, Air Defence of Great Britain
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Royal Observer Corps | Stanmore | |
| Air Fighting Development Unit | RAF Wittering | also listed as being under direct control of AEAF |
| IX Fighter Command Substitution Unit | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| Communication Sqn | RAF Northolt |
HQ - Barton Hall, Preston, Lancashire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Annan | Chapelcross, Annan, Dumfrieshire | |
| No 3 Tactical Exercise Unit | RAF Annan | |
| RAF Station Aston Down | Aston Down, Chalford, Nr Stroud, Gloucestershire | |
| No 2848 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Aston Down | |
| RAF Station Bicester | Andreas, Isle of Man | |
| No 13 OTU | RAF Bicester | |
| RAF Station Charter Hall | Charter Hall, nr Duns, Berwickshire | |
| No 54 OTU | RAF Charter Hall | |
| RAF Station Cranfield | Cranfield, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire | |
| No 51 OTU | RAF Cranfield | |
| RAF Station Eshott | ||
| No 57 OTU | RAF Eshott | |
| RAF Station Hawarden | Hawarden, Saltney Ferry, Flintshire | |
| No 41 OTU | RAF Hawarden | |
| RAF Station High Ercall | ||
| No 60 OTU | RAF High Ercall | |
| RAF Station Kirton in Lindsey | Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire | |
| No 53 OTU | RAF Kirton in Lindsey | |
| RAF Station Milfield | Fighter Leader School | |
| RAF Station Ouston | Stamfordham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | |
| No 62 OTU | RAF Ouston | |
| RAF Station Rednal | Rednal, nr Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| No 61 OTU | RAF Rednal | |
| RAF Station Speke | Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool 10, Lancashire | |
| RAF Station Tealing | Tealing, Dundee, Angus | |
| No 1 Tactical Exercise Unit | RAF Tealing | |
| RAF Station Woodvale | Woodvale, nr Formby, Lancashire | |
| RAF Station Valley | Valley, Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales | |
| No 2 Tactical Exercise Unit | Grangemouth | |
| No 12 Armament Practice Camp | Llanbedr | |
| No 9 Group Communication Flt | Salmesbury |
HQ - Rudloe Manor, Box, Chippenham, Wiltshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Colerne | Colerne, Bath, Wiltshire | |
| No 10 Group Communications Flt | RAF Colerne | |
| RAF Station Culmhead | Whitewall Corner, Culmhead, nr Taunton, Somerset | Originally called Church Stanton |
| No 126 Sqn | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 6126 Servicing Echelon | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 610 Sqn | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 6610 Servicing Echelon | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 616 Sqn | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 6616 Servicing Echelon | RAF Culmhead | |
| RAF Station Exeter | Exeter Air Port, Honiton Clyst, Devon | |
| No 2767 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Exeter | |
| RAF Station Fairwood Common | nr Swansea, Glamorganshire | |
| No 68 Sqn | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| No 6068 Servicing Echelon | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| No 11 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| RAF Station Harrowbeer | Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon | |
| No 131 Sqn | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| No 6131 Servicing Echelon | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| No 263 Sqn | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| No 6263 Servicing Echelon | RAF Harrowbeer | |
| RAF Station Holmsley South | Holmsley South, Hampshire | No units listed |
| RAF Station Ibsley | Ibsley, Ringwood, Hampshire | |
| No 2763 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Ibsley | |
| RAF Station Portreath | Nancekuke, Redruth, Cornwall | |
| No 276 Sqn | RAF Portreath | |
| No 2758 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Portreath | |
| RAF Station Warmwell | Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset | No units listed |
| RAF Station Zeals | Zeals, Wiltshire | No units listed |
| No 41 Sqn | Bolt Head | |
| No 6041 Servicing Echelon | Bolt Head | |
| No 406 Sqn RCAF | Winkleigh | |
| No 1 Sqn | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 151 Sqn | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 1449 Flt | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 2795 Sqn RAF Regiment | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 6001 Servicing Echelon | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 6164Servicing Echelon | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| No 6168 Servicing Echelon | Predannack, nr Mullion, Cornwall | |
| Telecommunications Flying Unit | Defford | |
| Gunnery Research Unit | Collyweston | Operationally controlled by Ministry of Aircraft Production |
| No 2704 Sqn RAF Regiment | Bolt Head | |
| No 2828 Sqn RAF Regiment | Perranporth |
HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Beaulieu | Beaulieu, | |
| No 2762 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Beaulieu | |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent | No units listed |
| RAF Station Castle Camps | Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire | No units listed |
| RAF Station Detling | ||
| No 2768 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Detling | |
| RAF Station Ford | Ford, Arundel, Sussex | |
| No 456 Sqn RCAF | RAF Ford | |
| No 6456 Servicing Echelon RCAF | RAF Ford | |
| Fighter Interception Unit | RAF Ford | |
| No 2718 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Ford | |
| No 2791 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Ford | |
| No 2897 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Ford | |
| RAF Station Gatwick | No units listed | |
| RAF Station Gravesend | Gravesend, Kent | |
| No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Gravesend | |
| RAF Station Hawkinge | Hawkinge, nr Folkestone, Kent | |
| No 91 Sqn (b) | RAF Hawkinge | |
| No 2826 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Hawkinge | |
| RAF Station Hornchurch | Hornchurch, Essex | |
| No 229 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
| No 274 Sqn | RAF Hornchurch | |
| RAF Station Hunsdon | Hunsdon, nr Ware, Hertfordshire | No units listed |
| RAF Station Kenley | Whyteleafe, Surrey | No units listed |
| RAF Station Manston | Manston, nr Ramsgate, Kent | |
| No 137 Sqn | RAF Manston | |
| No 6137 Servicing Echelon | RAF Manston | |
| No 605 Sqn | RAF Manston | |
| No 1401 Flt | RAF Manston | |
| No 2838 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Manston | |
| RAF Station Mill Green | No units listed | |
| RAF Station Northolt | Northolt, Ruislip, Middlesex | |
| ADGB Communication Flt | RAF Northolt | |
| No 11 Group Communication Flt | RAF Northolt | |
| RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Epping, Essex | |
| No 33 Sqn | RAF North Weald | |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF North Weald | |
| No 127 Sqn | RAF North Weald | |
| No 2715 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF North Weald | |
| RAF Station Odiham | Odiham, Hampshire | No units listed |
| RAF Station Redhill | Redhill, Surrey | No units listed |
| RAF Station Southend | Southend-on-Sea, Essex | |
| No 17 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Southend | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | Tangmere, Chichester, Sussex | No units listed |
| No 2760 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 2789 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 2894 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 3087 Servicing Echelon | RAF Tangmere | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 96 Sqn | RAF West Malling | |
| No 6096 Servicing Echelon | RAF West Malling | |
| No 9085 Servicing Echelon | RAF West Malling | 85 Sqn at Swannington as part of No 100 Group |
| No 2769 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF West Malling | |
| No 63 Sqn | Lee-on-Solent | |
| No 6026 Servicing Echelon | Lee-on-Solent | |
| No 6063 Servicing Echelon | Lee-on-Solent | |
| No 64 Sqn | Deanland | |
| No 6064 Servicing Echelon | Deanland | |
| No 80 Sqn | RAF Sawbridgeworth | |
| No 6080 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hornchurch | |
| No 6125 Servicing Echelon | Hurn | |
| No 130 Sqn | Horne | |
| No 6130 Servicing Echelon | Horne | |
| No 116 Sqn | Croydon | |
| No 219 Sqn | Bradwell Bay | |
| No 6219 Servicing Echelon | Bradwell Bay | |
| No 234 Sqn | Deanland | |
| No 6234 Servicing Echelon | Deanland | |
| No 275 Sqn | RAF Warmwell | |
| No 277 Sqn | Shoreham | |
| No 278 Sqn | Bradwell Bay | |
| No 303 (Polish) Sqn | Horne | |
| No 6303 Servicing Echelon | Horne | |
| No 345 Sqn | Shoreham | |
| No 6345 Servicing Echelon | Shoreham | |
| No 350 (Belgian) Sqn | Friston | |
| No 6350 Servicing Echelon | Friston | |
| No 402 Sqn RCAF | Horne | |
| No 6402 Servicing Echelon | Horne | |
| No 418 Sqn RCAF | RAF Holmsley South | |
| No 6418 Servicing Echelon RCAF | RAF Holmsley South | |
| No 501 Sqn | Friston | |
| No 6501 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hawkinge | |
| No 611 Sqn | Deanland | |
| No 6611 Servicing Echelon | Deanland | |
| No 1320 Flt | RAF Holmsley South | |
| No 1422 Flt | Heston | |
| ADGB Battle School | Great Sampford | |
| No 1 Camouflage Unit | Stapleford Tawney, Epping, Essex | |
| RAF Section | RAF Martlesham Heath | Station operated by USAAF |
| No 18 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Eastchurch | |
| No 2723 Sqn RAF Regiment | Westhampnett | |
| No 2790 Sqn RAF Regiment | Merston | |
| No 2803 Sqn RAF Regiment | Friston | |
| No 2812 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Holmsley South | |
| No 2813 Sqn RAF Regiment | Merston | |
| No 2823 Sqn RAF Regiment | Lympne | |
| No 2824 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Warmwell | |
| No 2832 Sqn RAF Regiment | Shoreham | |
| No 2846 Sqn RAF Regiment | Friston | |
| No 2954 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Warmwell |
HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Acklington | Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland | No units listed |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire | |
| No 307 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 6307 Servicing Echelon | RAF Church Fenton | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk | |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 6025 Servicing Echelon | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 316 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 6316 Servicing Echelon | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Coltishall | |
| RAF Station Digby | Digby, Lincolnshire | |
| No 504 Sqn | RAF Digby | |
| No 12 Group Communication Flt | RAF Digby | |
| No 2892 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Digby | |
| No 2815 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Digby | |
| RAF Station Hutton Cranswick | Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, East Yorkshire | |
| No 16 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Hutton Cranswick | |
| No 2893 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Hutton Cranswick | |
| RAF Station Snailwell | No units listed | |
| RAF Station Wittering | Wittering, Peterborough, Northamptonshire | |
| No 1426 Flt | RAF Wittering | |
| No 1530 (BAT) Flt | RAF Wittering | |
| No 3040 Servicing Echelon | RAF Wittering | |
| No 26 Sqn | Lee-on Solent | |
| No 2898 Sqn RAF Regiment | Coleby Grange |
HQ - Blakelaw Estate, Ponteland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Ayr | Ayr, Heathfield, Ayrshire | |
| No 14 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Ayr | |
| RAF Station Blakelaw | ||
| RAF Station Castletown | ||
| No 6504 Servicing Echelon | RAF Castletown | |
| RAF Station Drem | Gullane Drem, East Lothian | |
| No 309 Sqn | RAF Drem | |
| No 6309 Servicing Echelon | RAF Drem | |
| RAF Station Macmerry | No units listed | |
| RAF Station Skeabrae | ||
| No 118 Sqn | RAF Skeabrae | |
| No 6118 Servicing Echelon | RAF Skeabrae | |
| No 2714 Sqn RAF Regiment | RAF Skeabrae | |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | Edinburgh 12, Midlothian | No units listed |
| No 15 Armament Practice Camp | Peterhead | |
| No 13 Group Communication Flt | Inverness |
HQ - RAF Netheravon, Salisbury, Wiltshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Ashbourne | ||
| No 42 OTU | RAF Ashbourne | |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | ||
| No 296 Sqn | RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 6296 Servicing Echelon | RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 297 Sqn | RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 6297 Servicing Echelon | RAF Brize Norton | |
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No 2738 Sqn RAF Regiment |
RAF Brize Norton | |
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No 2797 Sqn RAF Regiment |
RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 7 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
| No 8 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Brize Norton | |
| RAF Station Harwell | ||
| No 295 Sqn | RAF Harwell | |
| No 6295 Servicing Echelon | RAF Harwell | |
| No 570 Sqn | RAF Harwell | |
| No 6570 Servicing Echelon | RAF Harwell | |
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No 2766 Sqn RAF Regiment |
RAF Harwell | |
| RAF Station Netheravon | ||
| No 1 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 4 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 6 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 7 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 38 Communication Flt | RAF Netheravon | |
| No 1677 Flt | RAF Netheravon | |
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RAF Station Ringway |
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| Parachute Training School | RAF Ringway | |
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RAF Station Stoney Cross |
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No 2720 Sqn RAF Regiment |
RAF Stoney Cross | |
| RAF Station Tilstock | ||
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No 81 OTU |
RAF Tilstock | |
| No 1665 Conversion Unit | RAF Tilstock | |
| No 190 Sqn | Fairford | |
| No 6190 Servicing Echelon | Fairford | |
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No 196 Sqn |
Keevil | |
| No 6196 Servicing Echelon | Keevil | |
| No 298 Sqn | Tarrant Rushton | |
| No 6298 Servicing Echelon | Tarrant Rushton | |
| No 299 Sqn | Keevil | |
| No 6299 Servicing Echelon | Keevil | |
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No 620 Sqn |
Faiford | |
| No 6620 Servicing Echelon | Fairford | |
| No 644 Sqn | Tarrant Rushton | |
| No 6644 Servicing Echelon | Tarrant Rushton | |
| Airborne Forces Tactical Development Unit | Thruxton | |
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No 1526 (BAT) Flt |
Thruxton | |
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No 2706 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Fairford | |
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No 2733 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Tarrant Rushton | |
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No 2796 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Hurn | |
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No 2799 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Christchurch | |
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No 2810 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Tarrant Rushton | |
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No 2886 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Keevil | |
| No 1 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Keevil | |
| No 2 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Keevil | |
| No 3 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Fairford | |
| No 4 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Fairford | |
| No 5 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Harwell | |
| No 6 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | Harwell | |
| No 9 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Broadwell | |
| No 9 (H G) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Broadwell | |
| No 10 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Broadwell | |
| No 10 (H G) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Broadwell | |
| No 11 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Blakehill Farm | |
| No 11 (H G) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Blakehill Farm | |
| No 12 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Down Ampney | |
| No 12 (H G) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Down Ampney | |
| No 13 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Down Ampney | |
| No 13 (H G) Glider Servicing Unit | RAF Down Ampney | |
| No 14 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Unit | Tarrant Rushton | |
| No 15 (Hamilcar) Glider Servicing Unit | Tarrant Rushton |
HQ - 'Oxenden', Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 70 (Signals) Wing | Bunchrew House, Inverness | |
| No 526 Sqn | Inverness | |
| No 72 (Signals) Wing | Dollarbeg House, Dollar, Clackmannashire | |
| Detachment | Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland | |
| Equipment Section | Paisley | |
| No 73 (Signals) Wing | Eathorpe Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire | |
| No 527 Sqn | RAF Digby | |
| No 75 (Signals) Wing | Heathfield House, Keston, Kent | |
| Equipment Section | Tonbridge | |
| No 529 Sqn | RAF Halton | |
| No 76 (Signals) Wing | Hillend, Henbury, Bristol | |
| Equipment Section | Haycastle Cross | |
| No 528 Sqn | RAF Digby | |
| No 84 (Signals) Wing | Cambridge | |
| No 21 Signals Training Unit | RAF Renscombe Down | |
| Radar Operators School | Worth Matravers | |
| No 60 Group Communication Flt | RAF Halton | |
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No 2711 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Stoke Holy Cross | |
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No 2725 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Swingate | |
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No 2728 Sqn RAF Regiment |
West Prawle | |
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No 2732 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Truleigh Hill | |
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No 2737 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Darsham | |
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No 2752 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Hawkshill Down | |
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No 2779 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Stoke Holy Cross | |
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No 2783 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Winterton | |
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No 2787 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Tilly Whim | |
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No 2801 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Gibbet Hill | |
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No 2808 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Ringstead | |
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No 2830 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Great Bromley | |
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No 2947 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Sennen | |
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No 2948 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Ventnor | |
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No 2949 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Swingate | |
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No 2950 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Brandy Bay | |
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No 2951 Sqn RAF Regiment |
Rye |
HQ - Avening Court, Avening, Nr Stroud, Gloucestershire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aberporth | ||
| No 595 Sqn | RAF Aberporth | |
| RAF Station Andover | No units listed | |
| RAF Station Bodorgan | ||
| No 1606 (AAC) Flt | RAF Bodorgan | |
| No 3506 Servicing Unit | RAF Bodorgan | |
| RAF Station Castle Bromwich | ||
| No 577 Sqn | RAF Castle Bromwich | |
| No 3507 Servicing Unit | RAF Castle Bromwich | |
| RAF Station Cleeve | ||
| No 639 Sqn | RAF Cleeve | |
| RAF Station Ipswich | ||
| No 679 Sqn | RAF Ipswich | |
| RAF Station Manorbier | ||
| Pilotless Aircraft Unit | RAF Manorbier | |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | ||
| RAF School of Army Co-operation | RAF Old Sarum | |
| No 43 OTU | RAF Old Sarum | |
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No 2839 Sqn RAF Regiment |
RAF Old Sarum | |
| RAF Station Towyn | ||
| No 631 Sqn | RAF Towyn | |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | ||
| No 13 Armament Practice Camp | RAF Weston Zoyland | |
| No 3505 Servicing Unit | RAF Weston Zoyland | |
| No 285 Sqn | RAF Woodvale | |
| No 286 Sqn | RAF Colerne | |
| No 287 Sqn | Croydon | |
| No 288 Sqn | Collyweston | |
| No 289 Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 290 Sqn | RAF Long Kesh | |
| No 291 Sqn | RAF Hutton Cranswick | |
| No 567 Sqn | RAF Detling | |
| No 587 Sqn | RAF Culmhead | |
| No 598 Sqn | Peterhead | |
| No 650 Sqn | RAF Cark | |
| No 667 Sqn | RAF Gosport | |
| No 691 Sqn | Roborough | |
| No 695 Sqn | RAF Bircham Newton | |
| No 70 Group Communications Flt | RAF Farnborough | |
| Experiment Establishment, RAE | RAF Farnborough | |
| No 3508 Servicing Unit | RAF Turnhouse |
Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 9 Group | No 10 Group | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 38 Group | No 60 Group | No 70 Group]
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