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Maintenance Command - June 1944

[Command HQ | No 53 Wing | No 54 Wing | No 40 Group | No 41 Group | No 42 Group | No 43 Group]

Command HQ - Andover, Hampshire

Units administered directly by Maintenance Command HQ

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 53 Wing see below  
No 54 Wing see below  
Communication Flt RAF Andover  

 

No 53 Wing

HQ - 81 Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 47 Maintenance Unit RAF Sealand (a)  
No 52 Maintenance Unit RAF Cardiff (b)  
No 76 Maintenance Unit Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire
No 82 Maintenance Unit RAF Lichfield (c)  
No 215 Maintenance Unit Tinwald Downs, Dumfries  
No 222 Maintenance Unit RAF High Ercall  
No 1 Packed Aircraft Transit Pool Pleasureland, Southport  
No 3 Packed Aircraft Transit Pool Newhouse by Motherwell, Lanarkshire  

 

No 54 Wing

HQ - London

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2 MT Company King's College, Cambridge  
No 3 MT Company Borough Green  
No 4 MT Company 20 Langford Place, London NW8  
No 5 MT Company Parkside, Livingstone Drive, Sefton Place, Liverpool 17
No 6 MT Company 107 St Vincents Street, Glasgow C1  
No 7 MT Company 82a Pearl Street, Roath, Cardiff  
No 8 MT Company Box, Wiltshire  

 

No 40 (Maintenance) Group

HQ - RAF Ramridge, Weyhill, Andover. Hampshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 55 Wing Andover  
No 3 Maintenance Unit Milton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire  
No 7 Maintenance Unit Quedgeley, Gloucestershire
No 14 Maintenance RAF Carlisle  
No 16 Maintenance Unit Sandon Road, Stafford  
No 17 Maintenance Unit Pitfour Castle, Perth  
No 25 Maintenance Unit Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Worcestershire  
No 35 Maintenance Unit Heywood, Lancashire  
No 61 Maintenance Unit Handforth, Wilmslow, Manchester  
No 62 Maintenance Unit MacAllister's Yard, Sand Point, Dumbarton.  
No 66 Maintenance Unit Budby Road, Cuckney, nr Mansfield, Nottinghamshire  
No 68 Maintenance Unit Bolton  
No 69 Maintenance Unit Sandysyke, Longtown, Cumberland  
No 70 Maintenance Unit Woodcote, Goring Heath, Reading, Berkshire  
No 72 Maintenance Unit Roade, nr Northampton  
No 73 Maintenance Unit Okehampton  
No 74 Maintenance Unit Ivy House, Bough Beech, West Kent  
No 79 Maintenance Unit Lentran House, Inverness  
No 87 Maintenance Unit Ben Johnson's Works, Boroughbridge Road, York  
No 89 Maintenance Unit Barton Mills  
No 99 Maintenance Unit Curzon Lane, Alvaston, Derby
No 203 Maintenance Unit Manners Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire  
No 204 Maintenance Unit Messer G Selwoods Factory, Harborough Road, Rushden, Northamptonshire  
No 205 Maintenance Unit Edinburgh  
No 207 Maintenance Unit East Retford  
No 208 Maintenance Unit Llandilo  
No 209 Maintenance Unit Brigg  
No 210 Maintenance Unit Romsey  
No 211 Maintenance Unit Hyde Hall  
No 212 Maintenance Unit Wembley  
No 214 Maintenance Unit Newport  
No 216 Maintenance Unit Sutton Coldfield  
No 217 Maintenance Unit Ballymena  
No 220 Maintenance Unit Dumfries  
No 221 Maintenance Unit Salford  
No 225 Maintenance Unit Warminster  
No 227 Maintenance Unit Nottingham  
No 230 Maintenance Unit Wakefield  
No 232 Maintenance Unit White City  
No 236 Maintenance Unit Kettering  
No 238 Maintenance Unit Tewskesbury  
No 239 Maintenance Unit Bishopbriggs  
No 240 Maintenance Unit Chessington  
No 241 Maintenance Unit Sheffield  
RAF Medical Stores Depot Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Worcestershire Directly under Air Ministry  (DGMS) for technical (medical) administration
No 1 Canal Clearing Depot London  
No 2 Canal Clearing Depot Birmingham  
No 3 Canal Clearing Depot Manchester  
MT Allotment and Storage Section Derby  
Master Provision Office Burtonwood  
No 40 Communication Flt RAF Andover  

 

No 41 (Maintenance) Group

HQ - 81 Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 12 Maintenance Unit Kirkbride, Carlisle, Cumberland Controlled by Group HQ
No 18 Maintenance Unit Tinwald Downs, Dumfries Controlled by Group HQ
No 22 Maintenance Unit RAF Silloth Controlled by Group HQ
No 23 Maintenance Unit RAF Aldergrove Controlled by Group HQ
No 44 Maintenance Unit Edzell, Brechin, Angus Controlled by Group HQ
No 45 Maintenance Unit RAF Kinloss Controlled by Group HQ
No 46 Maintenance Unit RAF Lossiemouth Controlled by Group HQ
No 51 Wing Broughton Hall, Broughton, Cheshire  
No 9 Maintenance Unit RAF Cosford Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 27 Maintenance Unit RAF Shawbury Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 29 Maintenance Unit RAF High Ercall Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 37 Maintenance Unit Barrow Hill Lanes, Great Sankey, Warrington (Burtonwood) Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 48 Maintenance Unit RAF Hawarden Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 51 Maintenance Unit RAF Lichfield Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 57 Maintenance Unit RAF Wig Bay Controlled by No 51 Wing
No 52 Wing Dowdeswell Court, Dowdeswell, Cheltenham  
No 5 Maintenance Unit RAF Kemble Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 6 Maintenance Unit RAF Brize Norton Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 8 Maintenance Unit RAF Little Rissington Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 10 Maintenance Unit RAF Hullavington Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 15 Maintenance Unit Wroughton, nr Swindon, Wiltshire Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 19 Maintenance Unit RAF St Athan Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 20 Maintenance Unit RAF Aston Down Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 33 Maintenance Unit RAF Lyneham Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 38 Maintenance Unit RAF Llandow Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 39 Maintenance Unit RAF Colerne Controlled by No 52 Wing
No 41 Communication Flt RAF Andover  
HQ ATA Ferry Pools White Waltham, Maidenhaed, Berkshire  
RAF Section ATA White Waltham, Maidenhaed, Berkshire  
Central Ferry Control 81 Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire  
No 1 Ferry Pilots Pool BOAC, ATA, White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhaed, Berkshire Under operational control of Ministry of Aircraft Production
No 2 Ferry Pilots Pool Whitchurch, nr Bristol, Somerset
No 3 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Hawarden
No 4 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Prestwick
No 5 Ferry Pilots Pool Thame
No 6 Ferry Pilots Pool Ratcliffe, nr Leicester
No 7 Ferry Pilots Pool Sherburn-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire
No 8 Ferry Pilots Pool Belfast
No 9 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Aston Down
No 10 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lossiemouth
No 12 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Cosford
No 14 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Ringway
No 15 Ferry Pilots Pool Air Service Training Ltd Hamble, Hampshire
No 16 Ferry Pilots Pool Kirkbride, Carlisle, Cumberland

No 42 (Maintenance) Group

HQ - Burghfield Common, Nr Reading, Surrey

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2 Maintenance Unit Broadheath, Altrincham, Cheshire  
No 11 Maintenance Unit Chilmark, Salisbury, Wiltshire  
Ordnance Depot RAF Ridge/Eastlays, Corsham, Wiltshire  
No 21 Maintenance Unit Fauld, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire  
No 21 Sub Unit Linley  
No 28 Maintenance Unit Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire  
No 31 Maintenance Unit Llanberis, ne Carnarvon, North Wales  
No 36 Maintenance Unit Snodland, Kent  
No 36 Sub-Unit Snodland  
No 53 Maintenance Unit Pulham, Norfolk  
No 59 Maintenance Unit Newland, nr Coleford, Gloucestershire  
No 64 Maintenance Unit Ruislip, Middlesex  
No 64 Sub Unit Blackpark  
No 64 Sub Unit Warley  
No 77 Maintenance Unit Redcastle, Killearnan, Ross-shire  
No 80 Maintenance Unit Escrick, West Yorkshire  
No 81 Maintenance Unit Bowes Moor, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham  
No 91 Maintenance Unit Southburn, nr Driffield, East Yorkshire  
No 92 Maintenance Unit Brafferton, Helperby, North Yorkshire  
No 93 Maintenance Unit Norton Disney, Lincolnshire  
No 94 Maintenance Unit Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk  
No 95 Maintenance Unit Lords Bridge, Cambridge  
No 96 Maintenance Unit Eynsham, Oxfordshire  
No 98 Maintenance Unit Mawcarse, nr Milnathort, Kinross  
No 100 Maintenance Unit South Witham, nr Grantham, Lincolnshire  
No 202 Maintenance Unit Longparish  
No 219 Maintenance Unit Gisburn, Clitheroe, West Yorkshire  
No 224 Maintenance Unit Kiplin  
No 231 Maintenance Unit Hockering  
No 233 Maintenance Unit Market Stainton  
No 243 Maintenance Unit Kirknewton  
No 244 Maintenance Unit Connel  
No 245 Maintenance Unit Bridleway Gate  
No 42 Communication Flt Theale  
No 2741 Sqn RAF Regiment Aldermaston  

No 43 (Maintenance) Group

HQ - Magdalen College, Oxford

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Henlow Henlow, Bedfordshire  
RAF Station Sealand Sealand, Queen's Ferry, Chester.  
No 1 Maintenance Unit Kidbrooke, London SE3  
No 4 Maintenance Unit Ruislip, Middlesex  
No 13 Maintenance Unit RAF Henlow  
No 24 Maintenance Unit RAF Ternhill  
No 26 Maintenance Unit RAF Cardington  
No 30 Maintenance Unit RAF Sealand  
No 32 Maintenance Unit RAF St Athan  
No 34 Maintenance Unit The Aerodrome, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire  
No 49 Maintenance Unit Faygate, nr Horsham, Sussex  
No 50 Maintenance Unit Morris Motors Ltd, Cowley, Oxford  
No 54 Maintenance Unit Newmarket Road, Cambridge  
No 56 Maintenance Unit Strothers Lane, Inverness  
No 58 Maintenance Unit Lincoln Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire  
No 60 Maintenance Unit Shipton-by-Beningborough, North Yorkshire  
No 63 Maintenance Unit Carluke, Lanarkshire  
No 65 Maintenance Unit Blaby Wharf, Blaby, nr Leicester  
No 67 Maintenance Unit Marshalsea Garage, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset  
No 71 Maintenance Unit The Premier Garage, Bath Road, Slough  
No 75 Maintenance Unit Wilmslow, Manchester  
No 78 Maintenance Unit Pencoed Tinplate Works, Bynea, Llanelly, South Wales  
No 83 Maintenance Unit The Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne  
No 84 Maintenance Unit RAF Calshot  
No 85 Maintenance Unit RAF Felixstowe  
No 86 Maintenance Unit Combe Bank Market Garden, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent  
No 88 Maintenance Unit Meikle Ferry, Tain, Ross-shire  
No 90 Maintenance Unit Smith's Garage, Wylye nr Warminster, Wiltshire  
No 97 Maintenance Unit Ferryside  
No 213 Maintenance Unit MacAllister's Yard, Sand Point, Dumbarton.  
No 218 Maintenance Unit RAF Colerne  
No 511 Forward Repair Unit RAF Odiham  
No 43 Communication Flt RAF Abingdon  

Source - June 1944 Confidential Air Force List

County names used are those in use at the time

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