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Bomber Command - February 1947


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

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Ossington RAF Thurleigh RAF Warboys

No 1 (Bomber) Group

HQ - Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, West Yorkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Binbrook    
No 9 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Binbrook Lincoln II
No 12 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Binbrook Lincoln II
No 101 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Binbrook Lincoln II
No 617 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Binbrook Lincoln II
RAF Station Kelstern   Satellite of Binbrook
RAF Station Coningsby, RAF Coningsby  
No 109 Sqn RAF Coningsby Mosquito B XVI/PR XVI
No 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF Coningsby Mosquito B XVI
RAF Station East Kirkby   Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station Spilsby   Satellite of Coningsby
RAF Station Faldingworth    
No 1 Group Communications Flight RAF Finningley Station in No 91 Group
RAF Station Hemswell    
No 83 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Hemswell Lincoln II
No 97 (Straits Settlement) Sqn (Cadre) RAF Hemswell Lincoln II
No 100 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Hemswell Lincoln II
RAF Station Sturgate   Satellite of Hemswell
RAF Station Scampton    
No 1 Group Major Servicing Unit RAF Scampton  
Bomber Command Instructors' School RAF Scampton  
RAF Station Waddington  
No 50 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Waddington Lincoln II
No 57 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Waddington Lincoln II
No 61 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Waddington Lincoln II
RAF Station Metheringham   Satellite of Waddington

No 3 Group

HQ - Exning, nr Newmarket, Cambridgeshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Marham    
Central Bomber Establishment RAF Marham Various
RAF Station Downham Market   Satellite of Marham
RAF Station Little Snoring   Satellite of Marham
RAF Station Sculthorpe   Satellite of Marham
C & M Party RAF Sculthorpe  
RAF Station Mildenhall    
No 3 Group Communications Flight RAF Mildenhall  
No 3 Group Major Servicing Unit RAF Mildenhall  
RAF Station Stradishall    
No 35 (Madras Presidency) Sqn (Cadre) RAF Stradishall Lancaster B I (FE)
No 115 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Stradishall Lancaster B I (FE)
No 149 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Stradishall Lancaster B I (FE)
No 207 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Stradishall Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Lavenham   Satellite of Stradishall
RAF Station Tuddenham    
RAF Station Upwood    
No 7 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Upwood Lancaster B I (FE)
No 49 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Upwood Lancaster B I (FE)
No 148 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Upwood Lancaster B I (FE)
No 214 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Upwood Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Woodbridge    
Emergency Runway RAF Woodbridge  
RAF Station Eye   Satellite of Woodbridge
RAF Station Wyton    
No 15 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Wyton Lancaster B I (FE)
No 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF Wyton Lancaster B I (FE)
No 90 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Wyton Lancaster B I (FE)
No 138 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Wyton Lancaster B I (FE)
RAF Station Glatton   Satellite of Wyton
Care and Maintenance Party RAF Glatton  
RAF Station Gransdon Lodge   Satellite of Wyton
RAF Station Meoldsworth   Satellite of Wyton

No 91 (Bomber OTU) Group

HQ - Abingdon, Berkshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon Abingdon, Berkshire Station in Transport Command
No 91 Group Communication Flt RAF Abingdon Various
RAF Station Stanton Harcourt   Satellite of Abingdon
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe    
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Bruntingthorpe  
Power Jets Unit (MoS) RAF Bruntingthorpe  
RAF Station Cottesmore    
No 16 OTU (Cadre) RAF Cottesmore Mosquito/Oxford
RAF Station Langer   Satellite of Cottesmore
Care & Maintenance Party RAF Langer
RAF Station Finningley    
No 21 OTU RAF Finningley Wellington III/X
RAF Station Gamston   Satellite of Finningley
RAF Station Lindholme    
No 1653 Conversion Unit RAF Lindholme Lancaster I/III, Mosquito XIX
RAF Station Silverstone    
RAF Station Swinderby    
No 17 OTU RAF Swinderby Wellington III/X
RAF Station Wigsley   Satellite of Swinderby

Source - SD161 (77th Edition) - February 1947

County names used are those in use at the time

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

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