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Coastal Command - June 1946


[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 16 Wing | No 106 Group | Azores | RAF Gibraltar | ASR MCU (Home)]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Flying Boat Depot Ship 'Freisenland'    

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RNAS Ballyhalbert RAF Station Stornoway No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit
RAF Station Benbecula RAF Station Tiree No 12 Modification and Preparation Unit
RAF Station East Fortune No 248 Sqn  
RAF Station Port Ellen No 48 ASR Marine Craft Unit  

RAF Northern Ireland

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove    
No 280 Sqn (Detachment) RAF Aldergrove Warwick II
No 518 Sqn RAF Aldergrove Halifax III
No 8518 Servicing Echelon RAF Aldergrove  
RAF Station Ballykelly    
C & M Party RAF Ballykelly  
RAF Station Cluntoe    
C & M Party RAF Cluntoe  
RAF Station Greencastle    
C & M Party RAF Greencastle  
RAF Station Kirkistown    
RAF Station Long Kesh    
RAF Station Mullaghmore    
C & M Party RAF Mullaghmore  
RAF Station Newtownards    
C & M Party RAF Newtownards  
RAF Station Nutt's Corner    
RAF Station Sydenham    
RAFNI Communication Flight RAF Sydenham Various

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Alness    
No 4 OTU RAF Alness Sunderland V/Spitfire V
RAF Station Bridlington    
No 1104 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Bridlington  
RAF Station Kinloss    
No 6 OTU RAF Kinloss Warwick I/II
No 1100 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Kinloss  
RAF Station Milltown   Satellite, Kinloss
RAF Station Leuchars Leuchars, Fife  
No 160 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Leuchars Liberator
No 8160 Sqn Servicing Echelon RAF Leuchars  
No 203 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Leuchars Liberator
No 8203 Sqn Servicing Echelon RAF Leuchars  
No 18 Group Communication Flt RAF Leuchars  
RAF School of General Reconnaissance RAF Leuchars Anson
No 3502 Servicing Unit RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Woodhaven   Satellite airfield (Leuchars)
RAF Station Lossiemouth    
RAF Station Oban    
C & M Party RAF Oban  
RAF Station Connell   Satellite airfield (Oban)
RAF Station Sullom Voe Sullom Voe, Shetlands  
C & M Party RAF Sullom Voe  
RAF Station Scatsta   Satellite airfield (Sullom Voe)
     
C & M Party RAF Stornoway  
RAF Station Sumburgh Sumburgh, Shetlands  
C & M Party RAF Sumburgh  
RAF Station Tain    
No 4 OTU (Detachment) RAF Tain Sunderland V/Spitfire V
No 518 Sqn (Detachment) RAF Tain Halifax V
No 1 Torpedo Training Unit RAF Tain Beaufighter X
No 280 Sqn (Detachment) RAF Tain Warwick II
No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) RAF Tain  

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Calshot Calshot Spit, Hampshire  
Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool) RAF Calshot  
Survival and Rescue Training Unit RAF Calshot Sea Otter
RAF Station Chivenor Chivenor, Barnstable, Devon  
No 517 Sqn RAF Chivenor Halifax III/V
No 8517 Servicing Echelon RAF Chivenor  
No 21 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Chivenor  
RNAS Roborough   Satellite airfield (Chivenor)
No 19 Group Communication Flt RNAS Roborough Various
RAF Station Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire  
No 201 Sqn RAF Pembroke Dock Sunderland
No 8201 Servicing Echelon RAF Pembroke Dock  
No 230 Sqn  (Cadre) RAF Pembroke Dock Sunderland
No 8230 Servicing Echelon RAF Pembroke Dock  
RAF Station Porthcawl    
No 1105 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Porthcawl  
RAF Station St Davids  
C & M Party RAF St Davids  
RAF Station St Eval St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall  
No 179 Sqn RAF St Eval Lancaster III
No 8179 Servicing Echelon RAF St Eval  
No 224 Sqn RAF St Eval Liberator V/VI/VIII
No 8224 Servicing Echelon RAF St Eval  
No 280 ASR Sqn (Detachment) RAF St Eval Warwick I

No 16 Wing

HQ - Black Lion Fields, Gillingham, Kent

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Beccles    
C & M Party RAF Beccles  
RAF Station Felixstowe Felixstowe, Suffolk  
No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Felixstowe  
Flying Boat Major Maintenance RAF Felixstowe  
Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment RAF Felixstowe  
RAF Martlesham Heath Satellite of Felixstowe
RNAS Gosport Gosport, Hampshire
Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit (MAP) RNAS Gosport Various
RAF Station Halton Station in TTC
ATDU Detachment RAF Halton  
RAF Station Langham
Rochester (Ministry of Supply)
No 16 Wing Communication Flt Rochester Various
RAF Station Thornaby    
No 280 Sqn RAF Thornaby Warwick I
No 8280 Servicing Echelon RAF Thornaby  
Airborne Lifeboat  Preparation Unit RAF Thornaby  
RAF Station Thorney Island Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire  
No 254 Sqn RAF Thorney Island Beaufighter
No 8254 Servicing Echelon RAF Thorney Island  
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF Thorney Island Various
No 20 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Thorney Island  
No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Thorney Island  
No 280 Sqn (Detachment) RAF Thorney Island Warwick I

No 106 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Fifield House, Benson, Oxfordshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
No 106 Group Communication Flight RAF Benson Anson/Meteor III
No 8 OTU RAF Benson Various
No 541 Sqn RAF Benson Spitfire X/XI/XIX/Lancaster VII
No 8541 Servicing Echelon RAF Benson  
No 540 Sqn RAF Benson Mosquito PR Mk 34
No 8540 Servicing Echelon RAF Benson  
Photographic Reconnaissance Development Unit RAF Benson  
RAF Station Chalgrove   Satellite (Benson)
RAF Station Nuneham Park    
Central Interpretation Unit RAF Nuneham Park
RAF Station Mount Farm    
C & M Party RAF Mount Farm  

Azores

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 242 Maintenance Unit Angra, Terceira, Azores  

 

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front)    
No 301 AMES RAF Gibraltar
No 73 Staging Post RAF Gibraltar

 

ASR Marine Craft Units - Home

ASR Marine Craft Unit Location Group/Wing Parent Unit
No 102 ASR Marine Craft Unit Fraserburgh 18 RAF Lossiemouth
No 24 ASR Marine Craft Unit Gorleston-on-Sea

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RAF Horsham St Faith
No 40 ASR Marine Craft Unit Guensey 19 RAF Tarrant Rushton
No 102 ASR Marine Craft Unit Lerwick (Detachment) 18 RAF Lossiemouth
No 28 ASR Marine Craft Unit Newhaven 16 RAF Brighton
No 54 ASR MCU (Detachment) Ramsey, Isle of Man RAFNI RAF Andreas

Source - SD161 (69th Edition) - June 1946

County names used are those in use at the time

[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | No 16 Wing | No 106 Group | Azores | RAF Gibraltar | ASR MCU (Home)]

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