Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Home Commands/Units - January 1947

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Reserve Command

HQ - RAF White Waltham

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 1 Welsh Wing	Newport, Monmouthshire
HQ Reserve Command Communication Sqn	RAF White Waltham

No 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Kenley

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Biggin Hill	Spitfire/Harvard
No 61 Group Communication Flight	RAF Kenley
No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF West Malling	Mosquito/Oxford, station in Fighter Command

No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Middle Wallop

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Filton	Spitfire/Harvard
No 62 Group Communication Flight	RAF Middle Wallop	Station in Fighter Command

No 63 (Western & Welsh Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hawarden

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Honiley	Mosquito/Oxford
No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hooton Park	Spitfire/Harvard
No 63 Group Communication Flight	RAF Hooton Park	Station in Fighter Command
No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Llandow	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Maintenance Command
No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Ringway	Spitfire/Harvard
No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Woodvale	Spitfire/Harvard

No 64 (Northern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Norton, Sheffield

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Castle Bromwich
No 64 Group Communication Flight	RAF Church Fenton	Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Doncaster
No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Finningley	Mosquito/Oxford, station in Bomber Command
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hucknall	Mosquito/Oxford, station in TTC
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Ouston	Spitfire/Harvard, station in FTC
No 608 (North Riding) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Thornaby	Mosquito/Oxford
No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Yeadon	Mosquito/Oxford

No 65 (London Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hendon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 600 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Biggin Hill	Spitfire/Harvard
No 601 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hendon	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Transport Command
No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hendon	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Transport Command

No 66 (Scottish Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Turnhouse

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn (Cadre)	RNAS Abbotsinch	Spitfire/Harvard
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Dyce	Spitfire/Harvard
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Turnhouse	Spitfire/Harvard
No 66 Group Communication Flight	RAF Turnhouse	Station in Fighter Command

RAF Northern Ireland (Coastal Command)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 502 (Ulster) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Aldergrove	Mosquito/Oxford, station in Coastal Command

Bomb Disposal Units

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
a) United Kingdom
HQ Bomb Disposal Wing	Abbots Ripton
No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Rufforth
No 6202 Flt	RAF Grangemouth
No 6204 Flt	RAF Rufforth
No 6235 Flt	RAF Dishforth
No 5133 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Waterbeach
No 6215 Flt	RAF Digby
No 6217 Flt	RAF Waterbeach
No 6219 Flt	RAF Feltwell
No 6221 Flt	RAF Hornchurch
No 5134 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Biggin Hill
No 6209 Flt	RAF Biggin Hill
No 6226 Flt	RAF Chalgrove
b) British Forces of Occupation (Germany) (Air Disarmament)
No 5135 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	No 2 Group
No 6203 Flt	No 2 Group
No 6205 Flt,	No 2 Group
No 6207 Flt	No 2 Group
No 6229 Flt	No 2 Group
No 5140 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	No 84 Group
No 6210 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6212 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6216 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6228 Flt	No 84 Group

Embarkation Units

Operational control and personnel matters relating to officers manning the Embarkation Units was vested in the Director of Movements at the Air Ministry but the parent stations were responsible for pay, accounting and administration of airmen.

 

Unit	Location/Address	Parent Unit
No 11	Belfast	RAFNI
No 89	Calais	RAF Delegation (France)
No 40	Gibraltar	Gibraltar
No 8	Glasgow	No 28 Group
No 86	Hamburg	No 85 Group
No 110	Hook of Holland	BAFO
No 21	Hull	Mersey and District Ports Liverpool [sic]
No 3	Liverpool	No 28 Group
No 1	London	No 28 Group
No 90	Marseilles	RAF Delegation (France)
No 6	Newport	No 54 Wing
No 2	Southampton	No 28 Group
No 90 (Detachment)	Toulon	RAF Delegation (France)

RAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)

Airfield Construction Units

 

Works Unit	Flight	Location
RAF Plant Depot No 40 Group, Maintenance Command		Hatfield
No 5002 (Type A) Airfield Construction Sqn No 40 Group	HQ	Mill Green
	4636
	4637
	4638
	4639
	5504 Artisan Flight
	5505 Artisan Flight
	5390 (Type I) Plant Flight
	5391 (Type I) MT Flight
	5392 (Type I) Workshop Flight
	5708 M & E Flight
No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing - No 85 WING
No 6010 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 6011 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 6012 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 6013 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 6014 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 6015 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW	HQ
No 5353 Airfield Construction Wing - ACSEA
No 5403 (Type II) Workshop Flight No 5353 ACW
No 5404 (Type II) Plant Flight No 5353 ACW
No 5405 (Type II) MT Flight No 5353 ACW
No 5008  (Type A) Airfield Construction Supervisory Sqn No 5353 ACW	HQ
	4708 AC Supervisory Flight
	4709 AC Supervisory Flight
	4712 AC Supervisory Flight
	5397 (Type I) Plant Supervisory Flight
	5398 (Type I) MT Supervisory Flight
	5399 (Type I) Workshop Supervisory Flight
No 5355 Airfield Construction Wing - No 84 Group
No 6005 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW
No 6006 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW
No 6007 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW
No 6008 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW
No 6009 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW
No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing - No 2 Group
No 6001 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW
No 6002 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW
No 6003 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW
No 6004 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW
No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) No 85 Wing

Stations transferred to USAAF

RAF Units in Southern Rhodesia

Administered by the Air Training Wing, Southern Rhodesia

 

School	Location	Notes
HQ Air Training Wing	-
Staging Post	Kumalo, Bulawayo
RAF Station	Cranborne, Salisbury
RAF Station	Thornhill, Gwelo
RAF Station	Heany, Bulawayo
Central Maintenance Unit	Heany, Bulawayo
Area Control	Belvedere

Source - SD161 (76th Edition) - January 1947

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