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Fighter Command - July 1945


[Command HQ | No 103 Wing | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 60 Group | No 70 Group | No 88 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex

No 103 Wing

HQ - Harrow, Middlesex

No 11 Group

HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Biggin Hill Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent Sector Station
No 1020 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Station Harwell   Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Finmere   Satellite, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Hampstead Norris   Satellite, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Hawkinge Hawkinge, nr Folkestone, Kent Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
No 1009 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Hawkinge  
No 6 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Hawkinge  
RAF Station Lympne   Satellite airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
Care and Maintenance Party RAF Lympne  
RAF Station Kenley Whyteleafe, Surrey Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Manston Manston, nr Ramsgate, Kent Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
No 29 Sqn RAF Manston Mosquito
No 6219 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
No 310 (Czech) Sqn RAF Manston Spitfire
No 6310 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
No 312 (Czech) Sqn RAF Manston Spitfire
No 6312 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
No 313 (Czech) Sqn RAF Manston Spitfire
No 6313 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
SCR No 584 Training Unit RAF Manston  
No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Manston  
No 2 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Manston  
No 3 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Manston  
No 1001 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Manston
No 1007 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Manston
No 1019 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Manston
RAF Station Mill Green    
RAF Station West Malling Maidstone, Kent Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector.
No 111 Personnel Centre (Refresher) RAF West Malling  
RAF Station Detling   Satellite airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Penshurst   Satellite airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
RAF Station Chilbolton Station in No 12 Group Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector.
No 183 Sqn RAF Chilbolton Spitfire
No 6183 Servicing Echelon RAF Chilbolton
RAF Station Exeter Exeter Air Port, Honiton Clyst, Devon Station in Flying Training Command
Sector Operations Room RAF Exeter
RAF Station Colerne Colerne, Bath, Wiltshire Forward airfield, Exeter Sector
No 74 Sqn RAF Colerne Meteor
No 6074 Servicing Echelon RAF Colerne
No 1335 Conversion Unit RAF Colerne Meteor
No 1006 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Colerne  
Ships Personnel Holding Unit RAF Colerne  
RAF Defford   Forward Airfield, Colerne Sector
Telecommunications Flying Unit RAF Defford Various
RAF Fairwood Common nr Swansea, Glamorganshire Forward Airfield, Colerne Sector
No 11 Armament Practice Camp RAF Fairwood Common Master/Lysander/Martinet
No 18 Armament Practice Camp RAF Fairwood Common Master/Lysander/Martinet
RAF Station Harrowbeer   Forward airfield, Exeter Sector
No 329 (French) Sqn RAF Harrowbeer Spitfire
No 6329 (French) Servicing Echelon RAF Harrowbeer  
No 275 (ASR) Sqn RAF Harrowbeer Spitfire/Walrus/Sea Otter
No 691 (AAC) Sqn RAF Harrowbeer Martinet/Vengeance TT/ Hurricane/Oxford
No 1023 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Harrowbeer  
RAF Station Bolthead Satellite airfield, Exeter Sector
RAF Station Cleave Satellite airfield, Exeter Sector
RAF Station Predannack   Forward airfield, Exeter Sector
No 10 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Predannack  
No 151 Sqn RAF Predannack Mosquito
No 6151 Servicing Echelon RAF Predannack  
No 406 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Predannack Mosquito
No 6406 Servicing Echelon RAF Predannack
No 1024 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Predannack  
RAF Station Rudloe Manor   Exeter Sector
RAF Warmwell   Forward Airfield, Colerne Sector
No 14 Armament Practice Camp RAF Warmwell Master/Lysander/Martinet
No 17 Armament Practice Camp RAF Warmwell Master/Lysander/Martinet
RAF Station Nether Wallop   Sector Station
Sector Operations Room RAF Nether Wallop  
RAF Station Northolt   Station in Transport Command
Fighter Command Communication Sqn RAF Northolt
No 11 Group Communication Flight RAF Northolt
RAF Station Dunsfold   Forward airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
RAF Station Friston   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Friston  
RAF Station Gatwick   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Gatwick  
RAF Station Lasham   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
RAF Station Tangmere   Forward airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
Central Fighter Establishment RAF Tangmere Various
No 1 Refuelling & Re-arming Party RAF Tangmere  
No 9 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Tangmere  
RAF Station Ford   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
No 8 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Ford  
RAF Station Merston   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Merston  
RAF Station Shoreham   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Shoreham  
RAF Station Westhampnett   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
RAF Station North Weald North Weald, Epping, Essex Sector Station
Fighter Command Radar School RAF North Weald
No 1015 Servicing Wing HQ RAF North Weald  
No 1494 (Target Towing) Flight RAF North Weald  
RAF Station Stapleford Tawney   Satellite airfield, North Weald Sector
RAF Station Andrews Field   Forward airfield, North Weald Sector
No 133 (Polish) Wing HQ RAF Andrews Field  
No 306 (Polish) Sqn RAF Andrews Field Mustang
No 6306 Servicing Echelon RAF Andrews Field  
No 309 (Polish) Sqn RAF Andrews Field Mustang
No 6309 Servicing Echelon RAF Andrews Field  
No 315 (Polish) Sqn RAF Andrews Field Mustang
No 6315 Servicing Echelon RAF Andrews Field  
No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flt RAF Andrews Field  
No 1021 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Andrews Field  
RAF Station Bentwaters   Forward airfield, North Weald Sector
No 118 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Mustang
No 6118 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters
No 64 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Mustang
No 6064 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 65 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Spitfire
No 6065 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 126 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Spitfire
No 6126 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 1002 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bentwaters  
No 1010 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bentwaters  
No 1013 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bentwaters  
No 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Bentwaters  
RAF Station Bradwell Bay   Forward airfield, North Weald Sector
No 5 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Bradwell Bay  
No 1011 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bradwell Bay  
RAF Station Castle Camps   Forward airfield, North Weald Sector
No 25 Sqn RAF Castle Camps  
No 6025 Servicing Echelon RAF Castle Camps  
No 1018 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Castle Camps  
Advanced Landing Ground: -    
Selsey

 

No 12 Group

HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Church Fenton Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire Sector Station
No 125 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Beaufighter
No 6125 Servicing Echelon RAF Church Fenton  
No 1022 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Church Fenton  
No 12 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Church Fenton  
No 112 Personnel Centre (Refresher) RAF Church Fenton  
RAF Station Hutton Cranswick Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, East Yorkshire Forward airfield, Church Fenton Sector
No 124 Sqn RAF Hutton Cranswick Spitfire
No 6124 Servicing Echelon RAF Hutton Cranswick
No 1016 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 13 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Hutton Cranswick  
No 4 Aircraft Delivery Unit RAF Hutton Cranswick  
RAF Station York   Forward airfield, Church Fenton Sector
C & M Party RAF York  
RAF Station Coltishall Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk Sector Station
No 303 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Spitfire
No 6303 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 307 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 6307 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 316 (Polish) Sqn RAF Coltishall Mustang
No 6316 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 13 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Coltishall  
No 1004 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Coltishall  
RAF Station Ludham   Satellite airfield, Coltishall Sector.
No 1 Sqn RAF Ludham Spitfire
No 6001 Servicing Echelon RAF Ludham  
No 91 Sqn RAF Ludham Spitfire
No 6091 Servicing Echelon RAF Ludham
No 1012 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Ludham  
RAF Station Matlask   Satellite airfield, Coltishall Sector.
No 1017 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Matlask
RAF Station Fersfield   Forward airfield, Coltishall Sector
RAF Station Hethel   Forward airfield, Coltishall Sector
RAF Station Horsham St Faith   Forward airfield, Coltishall Sector
RAF Station Digby Digby, Lincolnshire Sector Station, C & M Party
No 441 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Digby Mustang
No 6441 Servicing Echelon RAF Digby  
No 442 (RCAF) Sqn RAF Digby Mustang
No 6442 Servicing Echelon RAF Digby  
No 1003 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Digby  
RAF Station Molesworth   Forward airfield, Digby Sector
RAF Station Hucknall Station in FTC Forward airfield, Digby Sector
No 12 Group Communication Flt RAF Hucknell Various
RAF Station Keevil   Forward airfield, Digby Sector
No 61 OTU RAF Keevil Spitfire/Mustang
RAF Station Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Sector Operations Room only
RAF Station Acklington Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland Forward airfield, Newcastle Sector
No 19 Sqn RAF Acklington Spitfire
No 6019 Servicing Echelon RAF Acklington  
RAF Station Boulmer   Satellite airfield, Newcastle Sector
C & M Party RAF Boulmer  
RAF Station Eshott   Satellite airfield, Newcastle Sector
C & M Party RAF Eshott  
RAF Station Ouston   Satellite airfield, Newcastle Sector
C & M Party RAF Ouston  

Non-Operational Stations

RAF Station Aston Down    
C & M Party RAF Aston Down  
RAF Station Chedworth   Satellite airfield (Aston Down)
RAF Station Barton Hall    
No 4 Instructors School (EVT) RAF Barton Hall  
RAF Station Charter Hall    
No 54 OTU RAF Charter Hall Beaufort/Beaufighter/Mosquito
RAF Station Winfield   Satellite airfield (Charter Hall)
RAF Station Chilbolton    
No 26 Sqn RAF Chilbolton Spitfire
No 6026 Servicing Echelon RAF Chilbolton  
RAF Station Cranfield    
C & M Party RAF Cranfield  
RAF Station Twinwood Farm   Satellite airfield (Cranfield)
AI Conversion Unit RAF Twinwood Farm Beaufighter
RAF Station Hawarden    
C & M Party RAF Hawarden  
RAF Station Poulton   Satellite airfield (Hawarden)
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey    
RAF Station Hibaldstow   Satellite airfield (Kirton-in-Lindsey)
RAF Station Llanbedr    
RAF Station Milfield    
No 56 OTU RAF Milfield Mosquito
RAF Station Brunton   Satellite airfield (Milfield)
RAF Station Morpeth    
No 80 (French) OTU RAF Morpeth Spitfire/Master/Martinet/Dominie
RAF Station Ouston    
RAF Station Rednal    
C & M Party RAF Rednal  
RAF Station Montford Bridge   Satellite airfield (Rednal)
C & M Party RAF Montford Bridge  

 

No 13 Group

HQ - Drummossie, Inverness

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Kirkwall    
Sector Operations Room RAF Kirkwall  
RAF Station Castletown   Forward airfield, Kirkwall Sector
RAF Station Skeabrae   Forward airfield, Kirkwall Sector.
No 603 Sqn RAF Skeabrae Spitfire
No 6603 Servicing Echelon RAF Skeabrae  
No 1008 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Skeabrae  
No 1026 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Skeabrae  
RAF Station Lerwick    
Sector Operations Room RAF Station Lerwick  
RAF Station Turnhouse Edinburgh 12, Midlothian  
No 1025 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
RNAS Drem Gullane Drem, East Lothian Forward airfield, Turnhouse Sector.
No 164 Sqn RNAS Drem Spitfire
No 6164 Servicing Echelon RNAS Drem  
RAF Station Dyce   Forward airfield, Lerwick Sector.
No 129 Sqn RAF Dyce Spitfire
No 6129 Servicing Echelon RAF Dyce  
No 165 Sqn RAF Dyce Spitfire
No 6165 Servicing Echelon RAF Dyce  
No 1006 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Dyce  
No 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Dyce  
RAF Station Inverness   Forward airfield, Lerwick Sector.
No 13 Group Communication Flt RAF Inverness Various
RAF Station Peterhead   Forward airfield, Turnhouse Sector.
No 122 Sqn RAF Peterhead Mustang
No 6122 Servicing Echelon RAF Peterhead  
No 234 Sqn RAF Peterhead Mustang
No 6234 Servicing Echelon RAF Peterhead  
No 611 Sqn RAF Peterhead Mustang
No 6611 Servicing Echelon RAF Peterhead  
No 1005 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Peterhead  
No 1014 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Peterhead  
No 14 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Peterhead  

No 60 (Signals) Group

HQ - 'Oxenden', Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2 Installation Unit RAF Kidbrooke  
RAF Station Longcross    
RAF Station Malvern    
RAF Station Renscombe Down    
No 21 Signals Training Unit RAF Renscombe Down  
RAF Station Hampton Gorse    
Units Controlled by No 70 (Signals) Wing: -  
No 70 (Signals) Wing Bunchrew House, Inverness  
No 70 (Signals) WingEquipment Section Loth, Sutherland  
No 70 (Signals) Wing Detachment RAF Greystones, County Down  
No 70 (Signals) Wing Equipment Detachment Paisley  
No 72 (Signals) Wing Attached to No 85 Group  
Radar Navigational Aids Contol Leighton Buzzard  
and the following radar stations: -    
Anstruther, Fife Barrapoll, Isle of Tiree (C & M) Ben Hough, Isle of Tiree
Borve Castle, Benbecula Brennish, Isle of Lewis Broad Bay, Isle of Lewis
Burifa Hill, Thurso Clett, Whalsay, Shetlands Cockburnspath, Berwickshire
Cocklaw, Peterhead Crannock Hill, Banff Crustan, Orkneys
Deerness, Orkneys Dirleton, East Lothian (Drem) Doonies Hill, Gregness, Aberdeen
Douglas Wood, Monikie, Angus Drone Hill, Berwickshire Dunnet Head, Thurso
Eorodale, Isle of Lewis Fair Isle, Shetlands (N) Fair Isle North, Shetlands (N)
Fair Isle South, Shetlands (N) Greian Hill, Barra Grutness, Shetlands
Hillhead, Fraserburgh Islivick, Isle of Lewis Kilchiaran, Islay
Lamberton Moor, Berwickshire Loth, Sutherland (C & M) Netherbutton, Holm, Orkneys
North Cairn, Stranraer Noss Hill, Shetlands Port Errol, Aberdeenshire
Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire Russland, Orkneys (Skeabrae) St Cyrus, Kincardineshire
Saligo, Islay Singo, Lairg, Sutherland Saxa Vord, Shetlands (N)
School Hill, Portlethan, Aberdeen Scousburgh, Shetlands Scaw, Unst, Shetlands
South Ronaldsay, Orkneys Tannach, Wick, Caithness Ulbster, Caithness
Watsness, Walls, Shetlands Whale Head, Sanday, Orkneys Windyhead, Aberdeen
Ballymartin, Co Down (C & M) Ballywoodan, Co Down (Bishops Court) Castlerock, Co Derry
Downhill, Co Derry Glenarm, Co Antrim Greystone, Co Down
Kilkeel, Co Down (C & M) Roddans Port, C Down  
Units Controlled by No 73 (Signals) Wing: -  
No 73 (Signals) Wing Boston Spa, West Yorkshire  
No 73 (Signals) Wing Detachment Cambridge  
No 527 (Calibration) Sqn RAF Digby Station in No 12 Group
and the following radar stations: -    
Bamburgh, Northumberland Bard Hill. Salthouse, Holt, Norfolk Barkway, Royston Hertfordshire
Bempton, East Yorkshire Benacre, Lowestoft, Suffolk Burbage Moor, nr Sheffield
Cleadon, South Shields, Durham Clee Hill, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire Comberton, Pershore, (C & M)
Cregneish, Isle of Man Cresswell, Morpeth, Northumberland Dalby, Isle of Man
Danby Beacon, North Yorkshire Daventry, Northamptonshire Dimlington Highland, Hull, East Yorkshire
Goldsborough, Whitby, North Yorkshire Great Ormes Head, Llandudno Hack Green, Nantwich, Cheshire (C & M)
Happisburgh, Norwich Happisburgh (GCI) (No 73 Wing) Hawcoat, Barrow in Furness
Hopton, Yarmouth Humberston, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire Kinley Hill, Dawdown, Seaham Harbour, Co Durham
Langtoft, Peterborough (Wittering) (C & M) †Neatishead, Wrexham, Norfolk (Wittering) Nevin, Caernarvonshire
†Northstead, Northumberlad (Acklington) †Orby, Skegness (Skegness) †Patrington, Hull, East Yorkshire (Hutton Cranswick)
Pen y Bryn, Llyn Prestatyn, Flintshire (C & M) Ravenscar, North Yorkshire
Rhuddlan, Flintshire Seaton Snook, Durham (Thornaby) Skendleby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire
South Stack, Anglesey (C & M) Staxton Wold, Scarborough Stenigot, Louth, Lincolnshire
Stoke Holy Cross, Swainsthorpe, Norwich Trewan Sands, Anglesey (Valley) Trimmingham, Norfolk
West Beckham, Holt, Norfolk Winterton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Wylfa, Anglesey (C & M)
Units Controlled by No 75 (Signals) Wing: -  
No 75 (Signals) Wing Broadstairs, Kent  
No 75 Wing Equipment Section Tonbridge, Kent
No 529 Sqn RAF Henley Station in FTC
and the following radar stations: -    
Bawdsey, Woodbridge, Suffolk Beachy Head, Sussex Bembridge, Isle of Wight
Black Gang, Isle of Wight (Tangmere) Boniface Down, Ventnor, Isle of Wight Canewdon, Rochford, Essex
Dengie, Essex Dunkirk, Faversham, Kent Dunwich, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Durrington, West Worthing (Ford) Dymchurch, Newchurch, Kent †East Hill, Dunstable (Halton)
Fairlight, Hastings †Foreness, Cliftonville, (Manston) Gibbett Hill, Hindhead
Grangewood, Hastings Great Bromley, Colchester Hawkshill Down, Walmer
High Street, Darsham, Suffolk Hythe, Kent (Hornchurch) Needles, Isle of Wight
North Foreland, Kent Pevensey, Sussex Poling, Sussex
Rye, Isle of Wight St Lawrence, Isle of Wight St Margarets Bay, Dover
†Sandwich, Kent (Manston) Swingate, Dover Thorpeness, Felixstowe
†Trimley Heath (Martlesham) Truleigh Hill, Shoreham, Sussex Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Walton, Walton on the Naze, Essex †Wartling, Pevensey (Friston) Whitstable, Kent
Units Controlled by No 78 (Signals) Wing: -  
No 78 (Signals) Wing Holne Park, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon  
and the following radar stations: -    
Beer Head, Seaton Bolt Tail, Kingsbridge, Devon Branscombe, Salcombe Sands
Bullbarrow Hill, Dorset Carn Brae, Sennen Downderry, Cornwall
Dry Tree, Helston, Cornwall Dunderhole Point, North Cornwall Exminster, Exeter (Exeter)
Flat Point, Somerset Folly, Pembrokeshire (C & M) Hartland Point, Devon
Hayscastle Cross, Pembrokeshire Hope Cove, Salcolmbe, Devon (Exeter) Kete, Pembrokeshire
Kingswear, Devon Long Load, Somerset (Weston Zoyland) Marks Castle, Land's End
Newford, Scilly Isles (Portreath) Northam, Devon (C & M) Penolver, Lizard, Cornwall
Rame Chapel, Tor Point, Cornwall Rame Head, Tor Point, Cornwall Rhossili Bay, Glamorgan
Ringstead, Dorset Ripperston, Pembrokeshire (Talbenny) St Agnes Beacon, Newquay
St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire St Twynells (C & M) Sennen, Cornwall
Sharpitor, Yelverton, Devon Sopley, Christchurch, Hampshire (Holmsley South) Southbourne, Bournemouth
Start Point, Devon Strumble Head, Fisguard The Jacka, Truro, Cornwall
The Verne, Portland, Dorset Tilly Whim, Swanage Trelanvean, Cornwall (Predannack)
Treleaver, Cornwall (Predannack) Trerew, Newquay Trevose Head, Newquay
Westcliff, Portland Dorset West Prawle, Devon Worth Matravers, Swanage
†Wrafton, Braunton, Devon (Chivenor)

Stations marked † are under the relevant Wing for technical maintenance but administered by the station shown in brackets.

Stations marked (N) are operated by the Admiralty

No 70 (Training) Group

HQ - Farnborough, Hampshire

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aberporth    
No 595 (AAC) Sqn RAF Aberporth Martinet/Vengence/Hurricane/Spitfire
RAF Station Andover
No 43 OTU RAF Andover Auster
RAF Station Bircham Newton   Station in Coastal Command
No 695 (AAC) Sqn RAF Bircham Newton Martinet/Vengence/Hurricane
RAF Station Bodorgan    
No 3506 (AAC) Servicing Unit RAF Bodorgan
RAF Station Bradwell Bay   Station in No 11 Group
No 287 (AAC) Sqn RAF Gatwick Oxford/Hurricane
RAF Station Castle Bromwich C & M Party
No 577 (AAC) Sqn RAF Castle Bromwich Hurricane/Oxford
No 3507 Servicing Unit RAF Castle Bromwich
C & M Party RAF Castle Bromwich
RAF Station Church Fenton   Station in No 12 Group
No 288 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Oxford/Hurricane
RAF Station Farnborough   Station in TTC
No 70 Group Communications Flt RAF Farnborough Various
RAF Station Gosport   Station in Coastal Command
No 667 (AAC) Sqn RAF Gosport Various
RAF Station Hawkinge   Station in No 11 Group
No 567 (AAC) Sqn RAF Hornchurch Martinet/Vengence TT/Hurricane
RAF Station Ipswich    
RAF Station Llanbedr Station in No 12 Group
No 631 (AAC) Sqn RAF Llanbedr Martinet/Vengence/Hurricane
RAF Station Manorbier
Pilotless Aircraft Unit RAF Manorbier Queen Bee
RAF Station Old Sarum
RAF School of Air Support RAF Old Sarum Various
RAF Station Oatlands Hill   Satellite airfield (Old Sarum)
C & M Party RAF Oatlands Hill Satellite airfield (Old Sarum)
RAF Station Weston Zoyland
No 587 (AAC) Sqn RAF Weston Zoyland Martinet/Vengence/Hurricane
No 2 Cylinder Block Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland
No 3505 Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland

No 88 Group

HQ - Edinburgh

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Andrews Field   Station in No 11 Group
No 276 ASR Sqn RAF Andrews Field Walrus/Sea Otter
RAF Station Banff   Station in Coastal Command
No 333 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF Banff Catalina/Mosquito
No 6333 Servicing Echelon RAF Banff  
RAF Station Dyce   Station in No 13 Group
Gardemoeu, Norway    
No 331 (Norwegian) Sqn Gardemoeu Spitfire
No 332 (Norwegian) Sqn Gardemoeu Spitfire
RAF Station Leighton Buzzard   Station in No 60 Group
No 350 Mobile Signals Unit RAF Leighton Buzzard  
RAF Station Sullom Voe   Station in Coastal Command
No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF Sullom Voe  
No 6330 Servicing Echelon RAF Sullom Voe  
RAF Station Turnhouse   Station in No 13 Group
No 128 Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 129 Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 130 Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 132 (Norwegian) Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 6331 Servicing Echelon RAF Turnhouse  
No 6332 Servicing Echelon RAF Turnhouse  
No 88 Group Communication Sqn RAF Turnhouse  
No 6477 AMES Type 6 RAF Turnhouse  
No 6478 AMES Type 6 RAF Turnhouse  
No 14072 AMES Type 14 RAF Turnhouse  
No 15063 AMES Type 15 RAF Turnhouse  
No 15064 AMES Type 15 RAF Turnhouse  
RAF Station Woodhaven   Station in Coastal Command
No 334 (Norwegian) Sqn RAF Woodhaven  
No 6334 Servicing Echelon RAF Woodhaven  
Locations unknown    
No 8801 Air Disarmament Wing    
No 55085 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55092 Mobile Signals Unit    

Source - SD161 (58th Edition) - July 1945

County names used are those in use at the time

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