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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[No 1 Group | No 3 Group | No 91 Group]
Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Units and stations not yet allocated: -
| RAF Bardney | RAF East Wretham | RAF Thorpe Abbotts |
| RAF Burn | RAF Eye | RAF Thurleigh |
| RAF Bury St Edmunds | RAF Framlingham | RAF Turweston |
| RAF Dalton | RAF Gosfield | RAF Warboys |
| RAF East Kirkby | RAF Knettishall | RAF WEstcott |
HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Binbrook | ||
| No 9 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Binbrook | Lancaster I/III |
| No 12 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Binbrook | Lancaster I/III |
| No 101 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Binbrook | Lancaster I/III |
| No 617 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Binbrook | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Kelstern | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Kelstern | |
| RAF Station Coningsby, | RAF Coningsby | |
| No 83 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Coningsby | Lancaster I/III |
| No 97 (Straits Settlement) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Coningsby | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Woodhall Spa | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Woodhall Spa | |
| RAF Station Faldingworth | ||
| No 300 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Faldingworth | Lancaster I/III |
| No 1 Group Communications Flight | RAF Finningley | Station in No 91 Group |
| RAF Station Glatton | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Glatton | |
| RAF Station Leeming | RAF Leeming | |
| RAF Station Lindholme | ||
| No 57 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Lindholme | Lincoln I/II & Lancaster I/III |
| No 100 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Lindholme | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Scampton | ||
| No 1 Group Major Servicing Unit | RAF Scampton | |
| RAF Station Hemswell | ||
| No 1687 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt | RAF Hemswell | Spitfire/Hurricane |
| No 109 Sqn | RAF Hemswell | Mosquito XVI/PR XVI |
| No 139 (Jamaica) Sqn | RAF Hemswell | Mosquito IV/XVI |
| RAF Station Kirmington | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Kirmington | |
| RAF Station Tholthorpe | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Tholthorpe | |
| RAF Station Skipton-on-Swale | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Skipton-on-Swale | |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
| No 8 (RCAF) Personnel Depot | RAF Topcliffe | |
| RAF Station Waddington | ||
| No 50 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Waddington | Lancaster I/III |
| No 61 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Metheringham | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Metheringham |
HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Feltwell | Station in TTC | |
| Bomber Command Radar School | RAF Feltwell | |
| RAF Station Graveley | ||
| No 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn | RAF Graveley | Lancaster I/III |
| No 115 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Graveley | Lancaster FE I |
| RAF Station Marham | ||
| Central Bomber Establishment | RAF Marham | Various |
| RAF Station Downham Market | ||
| RAF Station Mildenhall | ||
| No 15 Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Lancaster I/III |
| No 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn | RAF Mildenhall | Lancaster I/III, Lincoln I/II |
| No 3 Group Communications Flight | RAF Mildenhall | |
| RAF Station Methwold | ||
| RAF Station Tuddenham | ||
| No 90 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tuddenham | Lancaster I/III |
| No 138 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tuddenham | Lancaster I/III |
| No 149 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tuddenham | Lancaster I/III |
| No 207 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tuddenham | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Mepal | ||
| No 7 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Mepal | Lancaster I/III |
| No 49 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Mepal | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Tibenham | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Tibenham | |
| RAF Station Hardwick | ||
| Care and Maintenance Party | RAF Hardwick | |
| 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 13 Aircraft Modification Unit | RAF Wyton | |
| No 1688 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt | RAF Wyton | Spitfire/Hurricane |
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 | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Stanton Harcourt | |
| RAF Station Bruntingthorpe | ||
| No 11 Air Crew Holding Unit | RAF Bruntingthorpe | |
| Power Jets Unit (MAP) | RAF Bruntingthorpe | |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 16 OTU | RAF Cottesmore | Mosquito/Oxford |
| RAF Station Langer | ||
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Langer | |
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| Bomber Command Instructors' School | RAF Finningley | |
| Central Night Vision Training School | RAF Finningley | |
| RAF Station Worksop | Satellite of Finningley | |
| RAF Station Gamston | Satellite of Finningley | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | 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 Silverstone | ||
| No 17 OTU | RAF Silverstone | Wellington III/X |
| RAF Station Swinderby | ||
| No 1660 Conversion Unit | RAF Swinderby | Lancaster I/III |
| RAF Station Wigsley | Satellite of Swinderby | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Wigsley | |
| RAF Station Wing | ||
| No 26 OTU | RAF Wing | Wellington III/X/Hurricane/Master |
| RAF Station Oakley | Satellite of Wing | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Oakley |
All OTUs also operated Ansons as well as the operational types shown above.
Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - Jun 1946
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 1 Group | No 3 Group | No 91 Group]
This page was last updated on 23/06/23©
