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Bomber Command - January 1946

[No 1 Group | No 3 Group | No 26 Group | No 91 Group]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Bardney RAF Dalton RAF Thorpe Abbotts
RAF Blyton RAF Eye RAF Topcliffe
RAF Burn RAF Framlingham RAF Wigsley
RAF Bury St Edmunds RAF Knettishall RAF Woodhall Spa
No 13 Aircraft Modification Unit
Nos 7, 13 and 28 Air Crew Holding Units

No 1 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Binbrook    
No 101 Sqn RAF Binbrook Lancaster I/III
No 12 Sqn RAF Binbrook Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Kelstern Care and Maintenance Satellite of Binbrook
RAF Station Coningsby, RAF Coningsby  
No 83 Sqn RAF Coningsby Lancaster I/III
No 97 (Straits Settlement) Sqn RAF Coningsby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station East Kirkby   Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station Woodhall Spa   Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station Faldingworth    
No 300 (Polish) Sqn RAF Faldingworth Lancaster I/III
No 1 Group Communications Flight RAF Finningley Station in No 7 Group
RAF Station Glatton    
No 15 Movement Control Unit (Air) RAF Glatton  
RAF Station Kirmington Care and Maintenance  
RAF Station Leeming RAF Leeming  
No 427 Sqn RCAF RAF Leeming Lancaster I/III
No 429 Sqn RCAF RAF Leeming Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Lindholme    
No 1 Group Major Servicing Unit RAF Lindholme  
RAF Station Metheringham    
No 106 Sqn RAF Metheringham Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Scampton    
No 57 Sqn RAF Scampton Lincoln I/II & Lancaster I/III
No 100 Sqn RAF Scampton Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Hemswell    
No 1687 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Hemswell Spitfire/Hurricane
No 109 Sqn RAF Hemswell Mosquito XVI/PR XVI
RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale    
RAF Station Sturgate    
No 50 Sqn RAF Sturgate Lancaster I/III
No 61 Sqn RAF Sturgate Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Waddington  
No 9 Sqn RAF Waddington Lancaster I/III
No 617 Sqn RAF Waddington Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Wickenby Care and Maintenance  

No 3 Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bourn    
No 9 Instructors School (EVT) RAF Bourn  
RAF Station Downham Market    
RAF Station Feltwell    
Central Bombing Establishment RAF Feltwell  
Bomber Command Radar School RAF Feltwell  
No 1688 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt RAF Feltwell Spitfire/Hurricane
RAF Station Graveley    
No 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF Graveley Lancaster I/III
No 115 Sqn RAF Graveley Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Marham   Satellite of Graveley
RAF Station Mildenhall    
No 15 Sqn RAF Mildenhall Lancaster I/III
No 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF Mildenhall Lancaster I/III, Lincoln I/II
RAF Station Methwold    
No 149 Sqn RAF Methwold Lancaster I/III
No 207 Sqn RAF Methwold Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Tuddenham    
No 90 Sqn RAF Tuddenham Lancaster I/III
No 138 Sqn RAF Tuddenham Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Gosfield    
RAF Station Mepal    
No 7 Sqn RAF Mepal Lancaster I/III
No 49 Sqn RAF Mepal Lancaster I/III
No 3 Group Communications Flight RAF Snailwell Station in Technical Training Command
RAF Station Tibenham    
No 14 Movement Control Unit (Air) RAF Tibenham  
RAF Station Hardwick   Satellite of Tibenham
RAF Station Upwood    
No 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF Upwood Mosquito IV/XVI
No 105 Sqn RAF Upwood Mosquito IX/XVI
Mosquito Major Servicing Section RAF Upwood  
RAF Station Woodbridge    
Emergency Runway RAF Woodbridge  
Bomb Ballistic Unit RAF Woodbridge A Ministry of Aircraft Production unit
Blind Landing Experimental Unit RAF Woodbridge  
RAF Station Wyton    
No 3 Group Major Servicing Unit RAF Wyton  

No 26 (Signals) Group

HQ - Langley Hall, Slough, Buckinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Baginton Coventry  
No 2 Storage Unit RAF Baginton  
RAF Station Blackbrook    
North-West Signals Centre controlling: -
  • W/T Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
  • LRCR D/F Station
 RAF Blackbrook
  • Aston Hill
  • Ballywattick
  • Butser
  • Dyce
  • Old Boston
  • St Eval
  • Sungerdi (Iceland)
RAF Station Bushmills    
Consuls Station RAF Bushmills  
RAF Station Canterbury Canterbury, Kent  
No 363 Wireless Unit RAF Canterbury  
RAF Station Cheadle    
No 361 Wireless Unit controlling: -
  • No 10 D/F Station
  • No 9 D/F Station
  • No 1 D/F Station
  • No 8 D/F Station
  • No 1 Alternative Station
  • No 7 D/F Station
  • No 3 D/F Station
  • No 2 D/F Station
  • No 6 D/F Station
 RAF Cheadle
  • Bradwell
  • Highbridge
  • Kinnaber
  • Marston Montgomery
  • Oakhill, Tean
  • Pendeen
  • Sutton Valence
  • Waddington
  • Wick
RAF Station Cheddington    
Radio Vehicle Disposal Unit RAF Cheddington  
Overseas Packing Unit (Signals Equipment) RAF Cheddington  
RAF Station Chicksands    
European Signals Centre RAF Chicksands  
No 362 Wireless Unit controlling: -
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
  • D/F Station
 RAF Chicksands
  • Montrose
  • Pendeen
  • Sutton Valence
  • Waddington
RAF Station Chigwell administering: -
  • W/T Field Exercise Camp
  
  • West Kingsdown
RAF Station Church Green    
No 372 Wireless Unit administering: -
  • W/T Station
  • No 2 Temporary Office Building
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
 RAF Church Green
  • Cannon's Corner
  • Eastcote
  • Greatworth
  • Stoke Hammond
RAF Station Fazakerley    
No 2 Signals Depot RAF Fazakerley  
RAF Station Great Witcombe    
No 81 Signals Wing administering:
  • Care & Maintenance Party
  • No 2 Western Area Signals Office
  • W/T Station
  • No 5 Western Area Signals Office
  • W/T Station
  • No 1 Western Area Signals Office
 RAF Great Witcombe
  • Bodmin
  • Gloucester
  • Hartlebury
  • Stonehouse
  • Winstone
  • Worcester
RAF Station Hawthorn    
South West Signals Centre RAF Hawthorn  
RAF Station Hendon Hall    
RAF Station Hinton-in-the-Hedges    
RVSU RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges  
RAF Station Honiley   No units listed and Baginton and Stratford shown as satellites
RAF Station Stanbridge    
RAF Central Signals Centre administering: -
  • RAF Central Teleprinter Exchange
  • RAF Inter-Command W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • W/T Station
  • AM Meteorological Centre
  • RAF Signals Office, Whitehall
 RAF Stanbridge
  • RAF Stanbridge
  • RAF Stanbridge
  • Cardington
  • Dagnall
  • Greenford
  • Weyhill
  • Dunstable
  • London
RAF Station West Drayton    
No 1 Signals Depot controlling: -
  • Inter-Service Ionesphere Prediction Bureau
 West Drayton, Middlesex
  • Great Baddow

No 91 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Abingdon, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon Abingdon, Berkshire  
No 10 OTU RAF Abingdon Wellington III/X
No 91 Group Communication Flt RAF Abingdon Various
RAF Station Stanton Harcourt   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Acaster Malbis    
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe    
No 11 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Bruntingthorpe  
Power Jets Unit (MAP) RAF Bruntingthorpe  
RAF Station Cottesmore    
No 1668 Conversion Unit RAF Cottesmore Lancaster I/III & Mosquito XIX
RAF Station Finningley    
Bomber Command Instructors' School, including: -
  • Engine Control Demonstration Unit
  • Bombing Analysis School
  • Central Night Vision Training School
 RAF Finningley (Worksop)  
RAF Station Gamston    
No 9 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Gamston  
RAF Station Moreton in Marsh    
No 21 OTU RAF Moreton in Marsh, Wellington III/X
RAF Station North Luffenham RAF North Luffenham  
No 1653 Conversion Unit RAF North Luffenham Lancaster I/III, Beaufighter VI, Mosquito XIX
RAF Station Langer    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Langer
RAF Station Silverstone    
No 17 OTU RAF Silverstone Wellington III/X
RAF Station Turweston   Satellite of Silverstone
RAF Station Swinderby    
No 1660 Conversion Unit RAF Swinderby Lancaster I/III
RAF Station Tholthorpe    
RAF Station Upper Heyford    
No 16 OTU RAF Upper Heyford Mosquito
RAF Station Westcott    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Westcott
RAF Station Oakley   Satellite of Westcott
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Oakley
RAF Station Wing    
No 26 OTU RAF Wing Wellington III/X/Hurricane/Master

All OTUs also operated Ansons as well as the operational types shown above.

Source - SD161 (64th Edition) - January 1946

County names used are those in use at the time

[No 1 Group | No 3 Group | No 26 Group | No 91 Group]

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