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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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