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Fighter Command - August 1945

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

Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex

Balloon Wing

HQ - Stanmore

Location/Address Unit Notes
Cardington, Bedfordshire RAF Station Cardington Station in TTC
RAF Cardington Balloon Development Establishment
RAF Cardington Polish Balloon Unit
RAF Cardington Balloon Training Unit
RAF Stanmore Middlesex  
RAF Stanmore HQ The Balloon Wing Being disbanded
RAF Stanmore Balloon Repair Unit Being disbanded
Dover Meteorological Balloon  
Fairlop  159 Balloon Wing and Rear Party  
Fairlop No 965 Sqn Being disbanded
Fairlop No 967 Sqn Being disbanded
Fairlop No 970 Sqn Being disbanded
Fairlop No 998 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 951 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 974 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 976 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 991 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 992 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 996 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 997 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford No 999 Sqn Being disbanded
Great Sampford 'M' Balloon Unit Being disbanded
Petersham AA School Calibration Balloon  
Plymouth Meteorological Balloon  
Port Patrick Meteorological Balloon  
Portsmouth Meteorological Balloon  
Ringway Paratroop Training Balloons  
Staines Meteorological Balloon  
Ynys-Las Meteorological Balloon  

No 103 Wing

HQ - Harrow, Middlesex

Under the functional control of British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany)

No 11 Group

HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aberporth    
No 595 (AAC) Sqn RAF Aberporth Vengence TT/Spitfire
RAF Station Biggin Hill Biggin Hill, Westerham, Kent Sector Station, station in Transport Command
Sector Operations Room RAF Biggin Hill
RAF Station Hawkinge Hawkinge, nr Folkestone, Kent Forward airfield, Biggin Hill Sector
No 567 (AAC) Sqn RAF Hawkinge Vengence TT/Oxford/Spitfire
No 1018 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 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 1019 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Manston
RAF Station Mill Green   Biggin Hill Sector
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 Tempest
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
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 Various
No 1014 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 1009 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Predannack  
RAF Warmwell   Forward Airfield, Exeter Sector
No 14 Armament Practice Camp RAF Warmwell Master/Lysander/Martinet
No 17 Armament Practice Camp RAF Warmwell Master/Lysander/Martinet
RNAS Gosport   Vengeance/Oxford/Spitfire
No 667 (AAC) Sqn RAF Gosport Vengeance/Oxford/Spitfire
RAF Station Ipswich    
RAF Station Manorbier
Pilotless Aircraft Unit RAF Manorbier Queen Bee
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 Gatwick   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Gatwick  
RAF Station Friston   Satellite airfield, Nether Wallop Sector
C & M Party RAF Friston  
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, station in Transport Command
Sector Operations Room RAF North Weald
Fighter Command Radar School RAF North Weald
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 64 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Mustang
No 6064 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 65 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Spitfire
No 6065 Servicing Echelon RAF Bentwaters  
No 118 Sqn RAF Bentwaters Mustang
No 6118 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 Also shown at RAF Acklington
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 287 (AAC) Sqn RAF Bradwell Bay Spitfire/Tempest/Oxford
No 1011 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Bradwell Bay  
RAF Station Castle Camps   Forward airfield, North Weald Sector
No 25 Sqn RAF Castle Camps Mosquito
No 6025 Servicing Echelon RAF Castle Camps  
No 85 Sqn RAF Castle Camps Mosquito
No 6085 Servicing Echelon RAF Castle Camps  
No 1008 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Castle Camps  
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 Stapleford Tawney   Satellite airfield, North Weald Sector
RAF Station Weston Zoyland
No 587 (AAC) Sqn RAF Weston Zoyland Spitfire/Vengence/Harvard
No 3505 (AAC) Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland
No 3506 (AAC) Servicing Unit RAF Weston Zoyland
Advanced Landing Ground: -    
Selsey

 

No 12 Group

HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Andover
No 43 OTU RAF Andover Auster
No 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Andover  
No 1023 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Andover  
RAF Station Bircham Newton   Station in Coastal Command
No 695 (AAC) Sqn RAF Bircham Newton Spitfire/Vengence
RAF Station Blakelaw Newcastle upon Tyne Sector Station
Sector Operations Room RAF Blakelaw  
RAF Station Acklington Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland Forward airfield, Newcastle Sector
No 19 Sqn RAF Acklington Spitfire
No 6019 Servicing Echelon RAF Acklington  
No 1010 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Acklington Also shown at RAF Bentwaters
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 Morpeth   Satellite airfield, Newcastle Sector
C & M Party RAF Morpeth  
RAF Station Bodorgan    
RAF Station Castle Bromwich C & M Party
No 577 (AAC) Sqn RAF Castle Bromwich Hurricane/Oxford
No 3507 Servicing Unit RAF Castle Bromwich
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 288 Sqn RAF Hutton Cranswick Spitfire/Vengence
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 Mustang
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 11 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.
C & M Party 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, station in TTC
Sector Operations Room RAF Digby  
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
No 1017 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Molesworth  
RAF Station Harwell    
No 13 OTU RAF Harwell Various
RAF Station Finmere   Satellite, RAF Harwell
RAF Station Hampstead Norris   Satellite, RAF Harwell
RAF Station Hucknall Station in FTC  
No 12 Group Communication Flt RAF Hucknell Various
RAF Station Keevil   Forward airfield, Digby Sector
No 61 OTU RAF Keevil Various
RAF Station Middleton St George    
RAF Station Croft   Satellite, RAF Middleton St George

Non-Operational Stations
RAF Station Chedworth    
C & M Party RAF Chedworth  
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 247 Sqn RAF Chilbolton Spitfire
No 6247 Servicing Echelon RAF Chilbolton  
No 1007 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Chilbolton  
RAF Station Cranfield    
No 16 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Cranfield
RAF Station Twinwood Farm   Satellite airfield (Cranfield)
AI Conversion Unit RAF Twinwood Farm Beaufighter
No 19 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Twinwood Farm
RAF Station Hawarden    
C & M Party RAF Hawarden  
RAF Station Poulton   Satellite airfield (Hawarden)
RAF Station Kirton-in-Lindsey    
No 6 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey
RAF Station Hibaldstow   Satellite airfield (Kirton-in-Lindsey)
RAF Station Llanbedr    
No 631 (AAC) Sqn RAF Llanbedr Spitfire/Vengence
RAF Station Milfield    
No 56 OTU RAF Milfield Various
RAF Station Brunton   Satellite airfield (Milfield)
RAF Station Ouston    
No 80 (French) OTU RAF Ouston Spitfire/Master/Martinet/Dominie
RAF Station Rednal    
C & M Party RAF Rednal  
RAF Station Montford Bridge   Satellite airfield (Rednal)
C & M Party RAF Montford Bridge  
RAF Station West Raynham    

No 13 Group

HQ - Drummossie, Inverness

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Kirkwall    
Sector Operations Room RAF Kirkwall  
RAF Station Skeabrae   Forward airfield, Kirkwall Sector.
No 603 Sqn RAF Skeabrae Spitfire
No 6603 Servicing Echelon RAF Skeabrae  
No 1020 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Skeabrae  
RAF Station Lerwick    
Sector Operations Room RAF Lerwick  
RAF Station Turnhouse Edinburgh 12, Midlothian  
No 164 Sqn RAF Turnhouse Spitfire
No 6164 Servicing Echelon RAF Turnhouse  
No 1024 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
No 1025 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Turnhouse  
RNAS Drem Gullane Drem, East Lothian Forward airfield, Turnhouse Sector.
RAF Station Dyce   Forward airfield, Lerwick Sector.
No 122 Sqn RAF Dyce Mustang
No 6122 Servicing Echelon RAF Dyce  
No 234 Sqn RAF Dyce Mustang
No 6234 Servicing Echelon RAF Dyce  
No 1005 Servicing Wing HQ 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 611 Sqn RAF Peterhead Mustang
No 6611 Servicing Echelon RAF Peterhead  
No 1015 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Peterhead  
No 14 Fighter Command Servicing Unit RAF Peterhead  
RAF Station West Freugh   Station in FTC
No 1353 (AAC) Flight RAF West Freugh Spitfire/Vengeance
RAF Station Wick   Station in FTC
RAF Station Castletown   Satellite station, RAF Wick
RAF Station Skitten   Satellite station, RAF Wick

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) Wing Equipment 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 Control Leighton Buzzard  
Radar Controlled Air Survey Unit    
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 Head, 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 Sango, 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 TTC
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
†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 Anne's Head, Pembrokeshire 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 88 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 129 Sqn    
No 6129 Servicing Echelon    
No 130 Sqn    
No 6130 Servicing Echelon    
No 165 Sqn    
No 665 Servicing Echelon    
No 276 ASR Sqn    
No 330 (Norwegian) Sqn    
No 6330 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon    
No 331 (Norwegian) Sqn    
No 6331 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon    
No 332 (Norwegian) Sqn    
No 6332 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon    
No 333 (Norwegian) Sqn    
No 6333 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon    
No 334 (Norwegian) Sqn    
No 6334 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon    
No 128 Wing HQ    
No 129 Wing HQ    
No 130 Wing HQ    
No 132 (Norwegian) Wing HQ    
No 350 Mobile Signals Servicing Unit    
No 55085 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55086 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55087 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55088 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55089 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55090 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55091 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 55092 Mobile Signals Unit    
No 6477 AMES Type 6    
No 6478 AMES Type 6    
No 14072 AMES Type 14    
No 15063 AMES Type 15    
No 15064 AMES Type 15    
No 88 Group Communication Sqn    
No 8801 Air Disarmament Wing    

Source - SD161 (59th Edition) - August 1945

County names used are those in use at the time

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