Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - June 1944

[Command HQ | No 15 Group | No 16 Group | No 17 Group | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 106 Group | No 247 Group | RAF Gibraltar | RAF Iceland]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

Units administered directly by Command HQ

No 15 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Derby House, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Ballykelly
No 59 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly
No 8059 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly
No 120 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly
No 8120 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly
No 8086 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly	86 Sqn in Iceland
RAF Station Castle Archdale
No 422 Sqn RCAF	RAF Castle Archdale
No 8422 Servicing Echelon	RAF Castle Archdale
No 423 Sqn RCAF	RAF Castle Archdale
No 8423 Servicing Echelon	RAF Castle Archdale
RAF Station Tiree	Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire
No 281 Sqn	RAF Tiree
No 8281 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tiree
No 518 Sqn	RAF Tiree
No 8518Servicing Echelon	RAF Tiree
No 8 Mobile Oxygen Plant	Dromore, Northern Ireland
No 1 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Aldergrove
No 1402 Flt	RAF Aldergrove
No 15 Group Communication Flt	RAF Speke
No 51 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Pwllheli, South Wales
No 53 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Fleetwood, Lancashire
No 54 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Douglas, Isle of Man
Detachment	Peel, Isle of Man
Detachment	Ramsey, Isle of Man
No 55 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Kirkcudbright
No 56 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Portaferry
No 57 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Donaghdee
No 58 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Larne
No 61 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Campeltown
No 63 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Menai Straits
No 64 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Drummore
No 66 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Stornoway
No 67 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Port Ellen

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
No 279 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton
No 8279 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bircham Newton
No 415 Sqn RCAF	RAF Bircham Newton
No 8415 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bircham Newton
No 521 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton
No 8521 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bircham Newton
No 3504 Servicing Unit	RAF Bircham Newton
No 2 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Bircham Newton
No 2743 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
No 8330 Servicing Echelon	RAF Calshot	330 Sqn was at Sullom Voe
No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Calshot
No 32 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Calshot
No 2793 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Calshot
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk
No 26 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Felixstowe
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit	RAF Gosport
No 3502 Servicing Unit	RAF Gosport
RAF Station Langham
No 455 Sqn RAAF	RAF Langham
No 8455 Servicing Echelon	RAF Langham
No 489 Sqn RNZAF	RAF Langham
No 8489 Servicing Echelon	RAF Langham
No 2820 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Langham
RAF Station North Coates	North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
No 143 Sqn	RAF North Coates
No 8143 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Coates
No 236 Sqn	RAF North Coates
No 8236 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Coates
No 254 Sqn	RAF North Coates
No 8254 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Coates
No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF North Coates
No 2705 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF North Coates
RAF Station Thornaby	Thornaby, North Yorkshire	No units listed
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 2821 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Thorney Island
No 280 Sqn	RAF Strubby	Station under the control of No 5 Group, Bomber Command
No 8280 Servicing Echelon	RAF Strubby
No 21 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Bridlington
No 22 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Grimsby
No 24 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Gorleston-on-Sea
No 27 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Dover and Ramsgate
No 28 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Newhaven
No 29 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Littlehampton
No 30 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Cowes
No 31 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Sheerness
No 16 Group Communication Flt	RAF Detling

No 17 (Training) Group

HQ - 58 Melville Street, Edinburgh 3

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Alness
No 4 OTU	RAF Alness
No 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Alness
RAF Station Crosby-on-Eden
No 9 OTU	RAF Crosby-on-Eden
RAF Station East Fortune
No 132 OTU	RAF East Fortune
RAF Station Haverfordwest
No 4 Refresher Flying Unit	RAF Haverfordwest
RAF Station Killadeas
No 131 OTU	RAF Killadeas
RAF Station Long Kesh		No units listed
RAF Station Oban
No 302 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Oban
No 4 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Oban
RAF Station Silloth	Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland
No 6 OTU	RAF Silloth
RAF Station Squire's Gate	Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
No 3 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squire's Gate
RAF Station Turnberry
No 5 OTU	RAF Turnberry
No 1674 Conversion Unit	Longtown
No 17 Group Communication Flt	RAF Turnhouse
No 12 (Observer) Flying Instructors School	St Angelo

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

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
RAF Floating Dock	RAF Helensburgh
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 333 (Norwegian) Sqn	RAF Leuchars
No 8333 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 3 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Leuchars
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars
No 23 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Sullon Voe, Shetlands
No 210 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe
No 8210 Servicing Echelon	RAF Sullom Voe
No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Servicing echelon at Calshot
RAF Station Sumburgh	Sumburgh,	No units listed
RAF Station Vaagar		No units listed
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 618 Sqn	RAF Wick
No 8618 Servicing Echelon	RAF Wick
No 519 (Meteorological) Sqn	RAF Wick
No 8519Servicing Echelon	RAF Wick
No 1693 Flt	RAF Wick
No 1 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lerwick
No 2 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Kirkwall
No 4 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Wick
No 7 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Burghead
No 8 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Buckie
No 9 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Fraserburgh
No 10 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Aberdeen
No 11 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Montrose
No 12 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Tayport
No 15 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Blyth
No 16 ASR Marine Craft Unit	West Hartlepool

(a) Station under the control of No 16 Group,

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon
No 172 Sqn	RAF Chivenor
No 8172 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 304 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Chivenor
No 8304 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 407 Sqn RCAF	RAF Chivenor
No 8407 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 612 Sqn RCAF	RAF Chivenor
No 8612 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 2852 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Chivenor
RAF Station Davidstow Moor
No 21 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 144 Sqn	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 8144 Servicing Echelon	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 404 Sqn RCAF	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 8404 Servicing Echelon	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 524 Sqn	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 8524 Servicing Echelon	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 282 Sqn	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 8282 Servicing Echelon	RAF Davidstow Moor
RAF Station Mount Batten
No 10 Sqn RAAF	RAF Mount Batten
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 201 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 8201 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 461 Sqn RAAF	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 8461 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 228 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 8228 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Station St Davids
No 58 Sqn	RAF St David
No 8058 Servicing Echelon	RAF St David
No 502 Sqn	RAF St David
No 8502 Servicing Echelon	RAF St David
No 517 Sqn	RAF St David
No 8517 Servicing Echelon	RAF St David
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 224 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 8224 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 53 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 8053 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 547 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 8547 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 206 Sqn	RAF St Eval
No 8206 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 179 Sqn	Predanneck
No 8179 Servicing Echelon	Predanneck
No 311 Sqn	Predanneck
No 8311 Servicing Echelon	Predanneck
No 235 Sqn	Portreath
No 8235 Servicing Echelon	Portreath
No 248 Sqn	Portreath
No 8248 Servicing Echelon	Portreath
No 37 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lyme Regis
No 39 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Torquay
No 40 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Weymouth
No 41 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Salcombe
No 42 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Falmouth
No 43 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Mount Batten
No 44 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Padstow
No 45 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Barry
No 46 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Porthcawl
No 48 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Tenby
Coastal Command Development Unit	Angle
No 4 Armament Practice Camp	Talbenny
No 19 Group Communication Flt	Roborough, Plymouth, Devon
No 2778 Sqn RAF Regiment	Dunkeswell
No 2822 Sqn RAF Regiment	RAF Gosport

No 106 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Benson, Oxfordshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
Photographic Reconnaissance Development Unit	RAF Benson
No 540 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 541 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 542 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 543 Sqn	RAF Benson
No 309 Ferry training Unit	RAF Benson
RAF Station Dyce
No 8 OTU	RAF Dyce
Central Interpretation Unit	Medmenham	Operationally controlled by the Air Ministry (ACAS (I) through AD Ph I)

No 247 Group

HQ - Lagens, Azores

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Repair and Salvage Unit	Lagens
No 242 Maintenance Unit	Lagens

RAF Gibraltar

HQ -

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station New Camp
No 202 Sqn	RAF New Camp
No 8202 Servicing Echelon	RAF New Camp
HSL 142	RAF New Camp
HSL 181	RAF New Camp
HSL 2853	RAF New Camp
RAF Station North Front
No 520 Sqn	RAF North Front
No 8520 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Front
No 351 Signals Unit
No 4866 Airfield Construction Flt
No 40 Embarkation Unit
No 27 AD & R Unit		Controlled by HQ Transport Command
No 237 Maintenance Unit
Repair and Servicing Unit
No 71 ASR Unit
No 1403 (Meteorological) Flt
No 1500 (Target Towing) Flt

RAF Iceland

HQ -

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Reykjavik
No 86 Sqn		Servicing echelon at Ballykelly
No 162 Sqn
Transport Command Unit
No 1407 Flt
No 70 ASR Marine Craft Unit
No 9 MT Company
RAF Hospital
No 5021 Airfield Construction Sqn
No 13 Embarkation Unit
Ferry Control Unit		Controlled by HQ Transport Command

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

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 106 Group | RAF Gibraltar | RAF Iceland]

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