Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - December 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 Aldergrove		Station in No 17 Group
No 1402 Meteorological Flt	RAF Aldergrove	Hurricane II/Spitfire VI
No 1 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Aldergrove	Lysander/Martinet
RAF Station Ballykelly
No 59 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Liberator V
No 8059 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly
No 120 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Liberator V
No 8120 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly
No 8053 Servicing Echelon	RAF Ballykelly
RAF Station Benbecula
No 304 (Polish) Sqn	RAF Benbecula	Wellington XI/XII
No 8304 Servicing Echelon	RAF Benbecula
RAF Station Castle Archdale
No 201 Sqn	RAF Castle Archdale	Sunderland
No 8201 Servicing Echelon	RAF Castle Archdale
No 202 Sqn	RAF Castle Archdale	Catalina/Sunderland
No 8202 Servicing Echelon	RAF Castle Archdale
No 423 Sqn RCAF	RAF Castle Archdale	Sunderland
No 8423 Servicing Echelon	RAF Castle Archdale
RAF Station Limavardy
No 612 Sqn	RAF Limavardy	Wellington XII/XIV
No 8612 Servicing Echelon	RAF Limavardy
No 172 Sqn	RAF Limavardy	Wellington XII/XIV
No 8172 Servicing Echelon	RAF Limavardy
RAF Station Mullaghmore
No 36 Sqn	RAF Mullaghmore	Wellington XIII
No 8036 Servicing Echelon	RAF Mullaghmore
No 8036 Servicing Echelon	RAF Mullaghmore	Wellington XIV
RAF Station Port Ellen	C & M Party
RAF Station Bowmore		Satellite airfield (Port Ellen)
RAF Station Speke		Station under control of DGCA
No 15 Group Communication Flt	RAF Speke	Various
RAF Station Tiree	Isle of Tiree, Argyllshire
No 281 ASR Sqn	RAF Tiree	Warwick II/Sea Otter
No 8281 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tiree
No 518 Sqn	RAF Tiree	Halifax V
No 8518 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tiree
Air Sea Rescue Marine Craft Units administered by HQ Coastal Command through No 15 Group: -
ASR Marine Craft Unit	Location	Parent Station
No 51 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Pwllheli, South Wales	RAF Penrhos
No 52 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Holyhead, Anglesey	RAF Valley
No 53 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Fleetwood, Lancashire	RAF Squires Gate
No 54 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Douglas, Isle of Man	RAF Andreas
No 54 ASR MCU Detachment	Peel, Isle of Man	RAF Andreas
No 54 ASR MCU Detachment	Ramsey, Isle of Man	RAF Andreas
No 55 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Kirkcudbright	RAF Wigtown
No 56 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Portaferry	RAF Ballyhalbert
No 57 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Donaghdee	RAF Ballyhalbert
No 58 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Larne	RAF Aldergrove
No 59 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Stranrear	RAF Stranrear
No 60 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lough Foyle	RAF Ballykelly
No 61 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Campeltown	RAF Greenock
No 62 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lochboisdale	RAF Benbecula
No 63 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Menai Straits	RAF Bororgan
No 64 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Drummore	RAF Corsewall
No 65 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Oban	RAF Oban
No 66 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Stornoway	RAF Stornoway
No 67 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Port Ellen	RAF Port Ellen

No 16 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Beccles
No 280 Sqn	RAF Beccles	Warwick I/Hurricane IIC
No 8280 Servicing Echelon	RAF Beccles
No 618 Sqn	RAF Beccles	Mosquito IV
No 8618 Servicing Echelon	RAF Beccles
RAF Station Bircham Newton	Bircham Newton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
No 119 Sqn	RAF Bircham Newton	Albacore
No 8119 Servicing Echelon	RAF Bircham Newton
No 10 Instructors' School (EVT)	RAF Bircham Newton
No 3504 Servicing Unit	RAF Bircham Newton
HQ No 157 (General Reconnaissance) Wing	RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Station Docking		Satellite airfield (Bircham Newton )
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool)	RAF Calshot
No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Calshot	Various
RAF Station Detling		Station in Fighter Command
No 16 Group Communication Flt	RAF Detling	Various
RAF Station Felixstowe	Felixstowe, Suffolk
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Felixstowe
RAF Station Gosport	Gosport, Hampshire
Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit	RAF Gosport
No 3502 Servicing Unit	RAF Gosport
No 2837 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Gosport
No 2954LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Gosport
RAF Station Langham
No 2 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Langham	Lysander/Martinet
No 521 Sqn	RAF Langham	Hudson/Hurricane II
No 8521 Servicing Echelon	RAF Langham
No 524 Sqn	RAF Langham	Wellington XIII
No 8524 Servicing Echelon	RAF Langham
RAF Station North Coates	North Coates, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
No 236 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Beaufighter X
No 8236 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Coates
No 254 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Beaufighter VIC
No 8254 Servicing Echelon	RAF North Coates
No 21 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF North Coates
No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF North Coates
RAF Station Donna Nook		Satellite airfield (North Coates)
No 2854 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Donna Nook
RAF Station Thorney Island	Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
No 415 Sqn RCAF Detachment	RAF Thorney Island	Albacore
No 2772 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Thorney Island
Air Sea Rescue Marine Craft Units administered by HQ Coastal Command through No 16 Group: -
ASR Marine Craft Unit	Location	Parent Station
No 21 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Bridlington	RAF Filey Town
No 22 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Grimsby	RAF North Coates
No 23 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Wells on Sea	RAF Bircham Newton
No 24 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Gorleston-on-Sea	RAF Beccles
No 24 ASR Marine Craft Unit Detachment	Lowestoft	RAF Beccles
No 25 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lowestoft	RAF Coltishall
No 26 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Felixstowe
No 27 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Ramsgate	RAF Manston
No 28 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Newhaven	RAF Brighton
No 29 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Littlehampton	RAF Ford
No 30 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Cowes	RAF Calshot
No 31 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Sheerness	RAF Eastchurch
No 32 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Calshot
No 33 ASR Marine Craft Unit	RAF Calshot

No 17 (Training) Group

HQ - 58 Melville Street, Edinburgh 3

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 1674 Conversion Unit	RAF Aldergrove	Liberator III/V
RAF Station Alness
No 4 OTU	RAF Alness	Sunderland
No 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Alness
RAF Station East Fortune
No 132 OTU	RAF East Fortune	Beaufighter/Beaufort/Mosquito II & VI
RAF Station Haverfordwest	C & M Party
RAF Station Templeton		Satellite airfield (Haverfordwest)
RAF Station Killadeas
No 131 OTU	RAF Killadeas	Catalina/Sunderland III
RAF Station St Angelo		Satellite airfield (Killadeas)
No 12 (Operational) Flying Instructors School	St Angelo
RAF Station Oban
No 302 Ferry Training Unit	RAF Oban	Catalina/Sunderland
RAF Floating Dock	RAF Oban
No 37 Embarkation Unit	RAF Oban
RAF Station Connell		Satellite airfield (Oban)
RAF Station Silloth	Silloth, Carlisle, Cumberland
No 6 OTU	RAF Silloth	Wellington
No 281 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Silloth	Warwick II/Sea Otter
No 8281 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Silloth
No 282 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Silloth	Warwick I
No 8282 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Silloth
RAF Station Great Orton		Satellite airfield (Silloth)
RAF Station Squires Gate	Squire's Gate, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
No 3 School of General Reconnaissance	RAF Squire's Gate	Anson
No 1510 Flt	RAF Squire's Gate	Anson
RAF Station Warton		Satellite airfield (Squires Gate)
RAF Station Turnberry
No 5 OTU	RAF Turnberry	Warwick I/Beaufighter VIC/Ventura/Hudson
No 24 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Turnberry
RAF Auxiliary 'Adastral'	RAF Turnberry
RAF Auxiliary 'Cawley'	RAF Turnberry
RAF Station Turnhouse		Station in No 13 Group
No 17 Group Communication Flt	RAF Turnhouse	Various

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Banff
No 143 Sqn	RAF Banff	Mosquito VI
No 8143 Servicing Echelon	RAF Banff
No 235 Sqn	RAF Banff	Mosquito VI
No 8235 Servicing Echelon	RAF Banff
No 248 Sqn	RAF Banff	Mosquito VI/XVIII
No 8248 Servicing Echelon	RAF Banff
No 333 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Banff	Mosquito VI
No 8333 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Banff
No 23 Mobile Torpedo Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Banff
RAF Station Fraserburgh		Satellite airfield (Banff)
RAF Station Dallachy
No 281 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Dallachy
No 8281 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Dallachy
No 21 Mobile Torpedo Servicing Unit (Torpedo)	RAF Dallachy
No 144 Sqn	RAF Dallachy	Beaufighter X
No 8144 Servicing Echelon	RAF Dallachy
No 404 (RCAF) Sqn	RAF Dallachy	Beaufighter XI
No 84044 Servicing Echelon	RAF Dallachy
No 455 (RAAF) Sqn	RAF Dallachy	Beaufighter X
No 8455 Servicing Echelon	RAF Dallachy
No 489 Sqn	RAF Dallachy	Beaufighter X
No 8489 Servicing Echelon	RAF Dallachy
RAF Station Greenock
No 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Greenock
No 8330 Servicing Echelon	RAF Greenock
RAF Station Helensburgh	Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment	RAF Helensburgh	Various
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 333 (Norwegian) Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Catalina
No 8333 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 3 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Leuchars	Lysander
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars
No 206 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Liberator V/VI
No 8206 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 547 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Wellington XI/XIII
No 8547 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
No 8311 Servicing Echelon	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Woodhaven		Satellite airfield (Leuchars)
RAF Station Milltown
No 224 Sqn	RAF Milltown	Liberator
No 8224 Servicing Echelon	RAF Milltown
No 502 Sqn	RAF Milltown	Halifax II
No 8502 Servicing Echelon	RAF Milltown
RAF Station Stornoway
No 58 Sqn	RAF Stornoway	Halifax II
No 8058 Servicing Echelon	RAF Stornoway
RAF Station Sullom Voe	Sullon Voe, Shetlands
No 210 Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Catalina
No 8210 Servicing Echelon	RAF Sullom Voe
No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn	RAF Sullom Voe	Sunderland
No 8330 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Sullom Voe
RAF Station Scatsta		Satellite airfield (Sullom Voe)
RAF Station Sumburgh	Sumburgh, Shetlands
No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Sumburgh	Mosquito
No 1693 Flt	RAF Sumburgh	Anson
RAF Station Tain
No 86 Sqn	RAF Tain	Liberator V
No 8086 Servicing Echelon	RAF Tain
No 311 (Czech) Sqn	RAF Tain	Liberator V
No 8311 Servicing Echelon (Detachment)	RAF Tain
RAF Station Thornaby
No 279 ASR Sqn	RAF Thornaby	Warwick I
No 8279 Servicing Echelon	RAF Thornaby
No 280 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Thornaby	Warwick I
No 6209 (Bomb Disposal) Flt	RAF Thornaby	5131 Sqn
RAF Station Wick	Wick, Caithness
No 519 (Meteorological) Sqn	RAF Wick	Hudson III/Spitfire VI
No 8519Servicing Echelon	RAF Wick
No 281 ASR Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Wick	Warwick II/Sea Otter
No 8281 Servicing Echelon (Deatachment)	RAF Wick
RAF Station Skitten		Satellite airfield (Wick)
Air Sea Rescue Marine Craft Units administered by HQ Coastal Command through No 18 Group: -
ASR Marine Craft Unit	Location	Parent Station
No 1 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lerwick	RAF Sumburgh
No 2 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Shapinsay	RAF Kirkwall
No 3 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Thurso	RAF Wick
No 4 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Wick	RAF Wick
No 5 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Meikle Ferry	RAF Tain
No 6 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Cromarty	RAF Alness
No 7 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Burghead	RAF Kinloss
No 8 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Buckie	RAF Dallachy
No 9 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Fraserburgh	RAF Banff
No 10 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Aberdeen	RAF Dyce
No 11 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Montrose	RAF Montrose
No 12 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Tayport	RAF Leuchars
No 13 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Methil	RAF Leuchars
No 14 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Berwick-on-Tweed	RAF Charter Hall
No 15 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Blyth	RAF Acklington
No 16 ASR Marine Craft Unit	West Hartlepool	RAF Acklington
No 17 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Scalloway	RAF Sumburgh

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Chivenor	Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon
No 14 Sqn	RAF Chivenor	Wellington XIV
No 8014 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
No 407 Sqn RCAF	RAF Chivenor	Wellington XII/XIV
No 8407 Servicing Echelon	RAF Chivenor
RAF Station Davidstow Moor	C & M Party
No 2708 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2743 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2748 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2802 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2810 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2846 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2852 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
No 2896 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF Davidstow Moor
RAF Station Dunkeswell
RAF Station Mount Batten
No 10 Sqn RAAF	RAF Mount Batten	Sunderland
RAF Station Roborough		Satellite airfield (Mount Batten)
No 19 Group Communication Flt	RAF Roborough	Various
RAF Station Pembroke Dock	Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire
No 422 Sqn RCAF	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 8422 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 461 Sqn RAAF	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 8461 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 228 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 8228 Servicing Echelon	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit	RAF Pembroke Dock
RAF Station Angle		Satellite airfield (Pembroke Dock)
Coastal Command Development Unit	RAF Angle
RAF Station Perranporth	C & M Party
RAF Station St Davids
No 517 Sqn	RAF St David	Halifax V
No 8517 Servicing Echelon	RAF St David
No 8220 Servicing Echelon	RAF St David
RAF Station Brawdy		Satellite airfield (St Davids)
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 179 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Warwick V
No 8179 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 282 ASR Sqn	RAF St Eval	Warwick I
No 8282 Servicing Echelon	RAF St Eval
No 541 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF St Eval	Spitfire X/XI/XIV
No 2782 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment	RAF St Eval
RAF Station Talbenny		Station in Transport Command
No 4 Armament Practice Camp	RAF Talbenny	Lysander
Air Sea Rescue Marine Craft Units administered by HQ Coastal Command through No 19 Group: -
ASR Marine Craft Unit	Location	Parent Unit
No 36 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Poole	RAF Holmsley South
No 37 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Lyme Regis	RAF Warmwell
No 39 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Torquay	RAF Torquay
No 40 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Portlad	RAF Warmwell
No 41 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Salcombe	RAF Mount Batten
No 42 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Newlyn (Detachment)	No 959 (Balloon) Sqn
No 44 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Padstow	RAF St Eval
No 45 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Barry	RAF St Athan
No 46 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Porthcawl	RAF Stormy Down
No 47 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Aberystwyth	RAF Aberystwyth
No 48 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Tenby	RAF Pembroke Dock
No 49 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Fishguard	RAF St Davids
No 40 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Weymouth
No 43 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Mount Batten
This group controlled the following Airfield Construction Units: -
No  5356 Airfield Construction Wing comprising: -		Bristol
No  5018 Airfield Construction Sqn comprising		Cheltenham
No 4711 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4827 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4828 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4829 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4831 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4832 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4833 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4834 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4835 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4839 Airfield Construction Flt
No 5555 Artisan Flt
No 5556 Artisan Flt
No 5557 Artisan Flt
No  5027 Airfield Construction Sqn comprising		West Malling
No 4627 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4680 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4699 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4840 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4842 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4845 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4847 Airfield Construction Flt
No 5503 Artisan Flt
No 5534 Artisan Flt
No 5535 Artisan Flt
No 5545 Artisan Flt
No 5551 Artisan Flt
No 5560 Artisan Flt
No  5206 Plant Sqn		Pen Park
No  5154 M and E  Sqn comprising		No 18 Group - Glasgow
No 5701 M and E Flt
No 5702 M and E Flt
No 5703 M and E Flt
No 5704 M and E Flt
No 5705 M and E Flt
No 5706 M and E Flt
No 5708 M and E Flt
No 5709 M and E Flt
No  5010 Airfield Construction Sqn comprising		No 18 Group - Glasgow
No 4710 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4729 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4730 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4732 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4733 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4734 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4735 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4736 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4737 Airfield Construction Flt
No 4738 Airfield Construction Flt
No 5528 Artisan Flt
No 5529 Artisan Flt
No 5530 Artisan Flt

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	Mosquito
No 541 Sqn	RAF Benson	Spitfire X/XI/XIX
No 542 Sqn	RAF Benson	Spitfire X/XI/XIX
No 544 Sqn	RAF Benson	Mosquito IX/XVI/Spitfire XI
No 309 Ferry training Unit	RAF Benson	Master
RAF Station Dyce
No 8 OTU	RAF Dyce	Mosquito/Spitfire
No 1509 (BAT) Flt	RAF Dyce	Wellington XIII
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
No 220 Sqn	RAF Azores	Liberator V/VI
No 269 Sqn	RAF Azores	Spitfire V/Warwick I/Martinet
No 8269 Servicing Echelon	RAF Azores
No 74 Staging Post	RAF Azores
No 84 Embarkation Unit	RAF Azores
Repair and Salvage Unit	RAF Azores
No 242 Maintenance Unit	RAF Azores
This group controlled the following Airfield Construction Units: -
No  5020 Airfield Construction Sqn comprising
No 4629 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4686 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4723 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4747 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4783 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4830 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 4838 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Azores
No 5554 Artisan Flt	RAF Azores
No 5558 Artisan Flt	RAF Azores
No 5751 M & E Construction Flt	RAF Azores

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Giraltar
No 520 Sqn	RAF Gibraltar
No 8520 Servicing Echelon	RAF Gibraltar
No 1500 (Target Towing) Flt	RAF Gibraltar	Martinet
No 71 Marine Craft Unit	Gibraltar
No 541 Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Gibraltar	Anson
No 40 Embarkation Unit	RAF Gibraltar
No 301 AMES	RAF Gibraltar
No 4866 Airfield Construction Flt	RAF Gibraltar
No 73 Staging Post	RAF Gibraltar

RAF Iceland

HQ - Reykjavik

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Reykjavik
No 53 Sqn	RAF Reykjavik	Liberator V
No 8053 Sqn Servicing Echelon	RAF Reykjavik
No 251 Sqn	RAF Reykjavik	Hudson III/IIIA
No 8251 Sqn Servicing Echelon	RAF Reykjavik
No 279 ASR  Sqn (Detachment)	RAF Reykjavik	Warwick I
No 162 (RCAF) Sqn	RAF Reykjavik	Canso
No 13 Embarkation Unit	RAF Reykjavik
No 9 MT Company	RAF Reykjavik
No 86 Staging Post	RAF Reykjavik
No 5021 Airfield Construction Sqn	RAF Reykjavik
Repair and Salvage Section
No 70 ASR Marine Craft Unit	Reykjavik

The following unit had been reduced to a 'Number Only' basis: -

No 102 Wing

No 246 Sqn

No 1405 Fl

No 1408 Flt

Source - SD161 (51st Edition) - December 1944

County names used are those in use at the time

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