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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Fighter Command - January 1947
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]
Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex
Units and stations not yet allocated: -
| Greenford W/T Station |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Fighter Command Communication Sqn | Bovingdon (MCA) | |
| RAF Station Dalcross | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Dalcross | |
| RAF Station East Fortune | Satellite airfield (Dalcross) | |
| RAF Station Grimsetter | Satellite airfield (Dalcross) | |
| RAF Station Wick | Satellite airfield (Dalcross) | |
| No 1 Film Production Unit | RAF Stanmore Park |
HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Southern Sector | ||
| RAF Station Middle Wallop | ||
| Sector HQ | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| No 1012 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| RAF Station Chilbolton | Satellite, Middle Wallop | |
| RAF Station Ibsley | Satellite, Middle Wallop | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Ibsley | |
| RAF Station Bolthead | Satellite, Middle Wallop | |
| Care & Maintenance Party | RAF Bolthead | |
| RAF Station Odiham | Forward airfield, Southern Sector | |
| No 54 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 6054 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | |
| No 63 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Spitfire |
| No 6063 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | |
| No 130 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 6130 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | |
| No 247 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 6247 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | |
| RAF Station Predannack | Forward airfield, Southern Sector | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | Forward airfield, Southern Sector | |
| No 1 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | Meteor |
| No 6001 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 85 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | Mosquito |
| No 6085 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 222 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | Meteor |
| No 6222 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 1 Refuelling & Re-arming Party | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 1013 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Tangmere | |
| RAF Station Friston | Satellite airfield, Tangmere | |
| C & M Party | RAF Friston | |
| Metropolitan Sector | ||
| RAF Station North Weald | North Weald, Epping, Essex | Station in TTC |
| Sector HQ | RAF North Weald | |
| RAF Station Castle Camps | Satellite airfield, North Weald | |
| C & M Party | RAF Castle Camps | |
| RAF Station Duxford | Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector | |
| No 66 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
| No 6066 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Duxford | |
| No 91 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
| No 6091 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Duxford | |
| No 1011 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Duxford | |
| RAF Station Wattisham | Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector | |
| No 56 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| No 6056 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 1002 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 266 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| No 6266 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 1008 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Wattisham | |
| RAF Station Boxted | Satellite airfield, Wattisham | |
| RAF Station Bradwell Bay | Satellite airfield, Wattisham | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector |
| No 29 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF West Malling | Mosquito |
| No 6029 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF West Malling | |
| No 25 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF West Malling | Mosquito |
| No 6025 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF West Malling | |
| No 1019 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF West Malling | |
| Non-Operational Stations | ||
| RAF Chivenor | ||
| No 691 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Chivenor | Various |
| No 1014 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Chivenor | |
| RAF Station Exeter | Exeter Air Port, Honiton Clyst, Devon | Satellite airfield, Chivenor |
| RAF Station Weston Zoyland | Satellite airfield, Chivenor | |
| RAF Station Hartlebury | ||
| W/T Station | RAF Hartlebury | |
| RAF Northolt (MCA) | ||
| No 11 Group Communication Flight | RAF Northolt | |
| RAF Station Old Sarum | ||
| RAF School of Air Support | RAF Old Sarum | Various |
| RAF Pembrey | ||
| No 595 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Pembrey | Various |
| RAF Station Fairwood Common | Satellite airfield, Pembrey | |
| C & M Party | RAF Fairwood Common | |
| RAF Station Talbenny | Satellite airfield, Pembrey | |
| C & M Party | RAF Talbenny | |
| RAF Station Podington | ||
| C & M Party | RAF Podington | |
| RAF Station Rudloe Manor | ||
| Fighter Command Control and Reporting School | RAF Rudloe Manor | Spitfire |
| RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
| Air Traffic HQ | RAF Uxbridge | |
| Advanced Landing Grounds | ||
| Selsey | ||
HQ - Watnall, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
|
Yorkshire Sector |
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| RAF Station Church Fenton | Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire | |
| Sector HQ | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 257 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 6257 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 263 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 6263 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Church Fenton | |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | Forward airfield, Yorkshire Sector | |
| No 64 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Hornet |
| No 6064 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 65 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Hornet |
| No 6065 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 74 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 6074 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 245 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 6245 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 264 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Mosquito |
| No 6264 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 1004 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| RAF Station East Moor | Satellite airfield, Linton-on-Ouse | |
|
Eastern Sector |
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| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Sector HQ | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 307 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Mosquito |
| No 6307 Servicing Echelon | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 695 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| RAF Station Bentwaters | Forward airfield, Eastern Sector. | |
| No 226 OCU | RAF Bentwaters | |
| No 1006 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Bentwaters | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk | Forward airfield, Eastern Sector. |
| No 306 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 6306 Servicing Echelon | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 309 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 6309 Servicing Echelon | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 315 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 6315 Servicing Echelon | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 315 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
| RAF Station Hethal | Forward airfield, Eastern Sector. | |
| No 302 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hethal | |
| No 6302 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hethal | |
| No 303 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hethal | |
| No 6303 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hethal | |
| No 308 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hethal | |
| No 6308 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hethal | |
| No 316 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hethal | |
| No 6316 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hethal | |
| No 317 (Polish) Sqn | RAF Hethal | |
| No 6317 Servicing Echelon | RAF Hethal | |
| HQ, No 131 (Polish) Wing | RAF Hethal | |
| RAF Station Hardwick | Satellite airfield, Hethal | |
| RAF Station Wittering | Forward airfield, Eastern Sector | |
| No 19 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | Hornet |
| No 6019 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | |
| No 41 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | Hornet |
| No 6041 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | |
| No 141 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | Mosquito |
| No 6141 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | |
| No 23 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | Mosquito |
| No 6023Servicing Echelon (Cadre) | RAF Wittering | |
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Non-Operational Stations |
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| RAF Station Acklington | Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland | |
| No 1005 Servicing Wing HQ | RAF Acklington | |
| RAF Station Andover | ||
| No 43 OTU | RAF Andover | Various |
| No 657 Sqn | RAF Andover | |
| RAF Station Barton Hall | ||
| RAF Station Blakelaw | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Operations Room (C & M) | RAF Blakelaw | |
| RAF Cardington | Balloon Development Unit | Station in TTC |
| RAF Station Keevil | ||
| No 61 OTU | RAF Keevil | Various |
| RAF Element of VISTRE | RAF Keevil | |
| RAF Station Leeming | ||
| No 54 OTU (Cadre) | RAF Leeming | Various |
| C & M Party | RAF Charter Hall | |
| RAF Station Llanbedr | ||
| No 631 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Llanbedr | Spitfire/Vengence |
| RAF Station Middleton St George | ||
| No 13 OTU (Cadre) | RAF Middleton St George | Various |
| C & M Party | RAF Middleton St George | |
| RAF Station Croft | Satellite, Middleton St George | |
| RAF Station Newton | ||
| No 12 Group Communication Flt | RAF Newton | |
| RAF Station Watnall | Satellite, Newton | |
| RAF Station Twinwood Farm | Ministry of Supply | |
| AI Conversion Flight | RAF Twinwood Farm | Beaufighter |
| C & M Party | RAF Twinwood Farm | |
| RAF Station West Raynham | ||
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Various |
| RAF Station Great Massingham | Satellite airfield, West Raynham | |
| C & M Party | RAF Milfield | |
| RAF Station Walcot Hall | Satellite, West Raynham | |
| C & M Party | RAF Walcot Hall | |
Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]
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