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Coastal Command - February 1947


[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Central Photographic Establishment | RAF Gibraltar]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Flying Boat Depot Ship 'Freisenland'    
RAF Technical Mission Azores  

RAF Northern Ireland

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove    
RAFNI Communication Flight RAF Andover Dominie/Anson
No 202 (Met) Sqn RAF Aldergrove Halifax VI
No 8202 Servicing Echelon RAF Aldergrove  
RAF Station Ballyhalbert    
RAF Station Ballykelly    
Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) RAF Ballykelly  
RAF Station Castle Archdale    
C & M Party RAF Castle Archdale  
RAF Station Cluntoe    
C & M Party RAF Cluntoe  
RAF Station Greencastle    
C & M Party RAF Greencastle  
RAF Station Kirkistown    
RAF Station Londonderry    
Anti-Submarine School RAF Londonderry  
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    

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Alness    
RAF Station Amble    
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit RAF Amble  
RAF Station Bridlington    
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit RAF Bridlington  
RAF Station Invergordon    
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit RAF Invergordon  
RAF Station Kinloss    
No 6 OTU RAF Kinloss Various
RAF Station Tain   Satellite, Kinloss
RAF Station Leuchars Leuchars, Fife  
No 120 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Leuchars Lancaster III
No 8120 Sqn Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Leuchars  
No 203 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Leuchars Lancaster III
No 8203 Sqn Servicing Echelon (Cadre) 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, Leuchars
RAF Station Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire  
No 4 OTU RAF Pembroke Dock Sunderland V/Spitfire V
Prestwick    
RAF Unit Prestwick  
No 12 GCA Unit Prestwick  
RAF Station Ramsey    
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit RAF Ramsey  
RAF Station St Davids  
C & M Party RAF St Davids  
Airborne Lifeboat  Preparation Unit RAF Thornaby Station in Reserve Command

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Boston    
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit RAF Boston  
RAF Station Calshot Calshot Spit, Hampshire  
No 201 Sqn  (Cadre) RAF Calshot Sunderland
No 8201 Servicing Echelon  (Cadre) RAF Calshot  
No 230 Sqn  (Cadre) RAF Calshot Sunderland
No 8230 Servicing Echelon RAF Calshot  
Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool) RAF Calshot  
RNAS Roborough   Satellite airfield (Calshot)
No 19 Group Communication Flt RNAS Roborough Various
RAF Station Felixstowe Felixstowe, Suffolk  
No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Felixstowe  
Flying Boat Major Maintenance RAF Felixstowe  
RAF Martlesham Heath Satellite, Felixstowe
RAF Station Fowey Felixstowe, Suffolk  
No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Fowey  
RNAS Gosport Gosport, Hampshire
No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit RNAS Gosport  
ATDU Detachment RAF Halton Station in TTC
RAF Station Immingham    
No 1110 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Immingham  
RAF Station Lyme Regis    
No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Lyme Regis  
RAF Station Newhaven    
No 1107 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Newhaven  
RAF Station Porthcawl    
No 1105 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Porthcawl  
RAF Station St Eval St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall  
No 210 Sqn (Cadre) RAF St Eval Lancaster III
No 8210 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF St Eval  
No 224 Sqn (Cadre) RAF St Eval Lancaster III
No 8224 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF St Eval  
No 7 GCA Unit RAF St Eval  
RAF Station Thorney Island Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire  
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF Thorney Island Various
No 42 Sqn RAF Thorney Island Beaufighter
No 8042 Servicing Echelon RAF Thorney Island  
No 36 Sqn RAF Thorney Island Mosquito
No 8036 Servicing Echelon RAF Thorney Island  
Survival and Rescue Training Unit RAF Thorney Island Sea Otter
No 1 Torpedo Training Unit RAF Thorney Island Beaufighter X
No 22 Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) RAF Thorney Island  

Central Photographic Establishment

HQ - Fifield House, Benson, Oxfordshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
No 82 Sqn RAF Benson Spitfire XIX/Lancaster PR 1
No 8082 Servicing Echelon RAF Benson  
No 58 Sqn RAF Benson Mosquito PR Mk 34
No 8058 Servicing Echelon RAF Benson  
Photographic Reconnaissance Development Unit RAF Benson Mosquito/Spitfire
RAF Station Chalgrove   Satellite, Benson
No 8 OTU RAF Chalgrove Various
No 21 Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Chalgrove
RAF Station Nuneham Park    
Central Interpretation Unit RAF Nuneham Park

 

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front)    
No 301 AMES RAF Gibraltar
No 202 Sqn (Detachment) RAF Gibraltar
Station Equipment Section RAF Gibraltar

Source - SD161 (77th Edition) - February 1947

County names used are those in use at the time

[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Central Photographic Establishment | RAF Gibraltar]

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