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Other Home Commands/Units - March 1947


[Reserve Command | No 61 Group | No 62 Group | No 63 Group | No 64 Group | No 65 Group | No 66 Group | RAFNI | Bomb Disposal | Embarkation Units | RAF Regiment | Airfield Construction | Schools in Rhodesia]

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 4 Reserve Centre Rochester  
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 22 Reserve Centre RAF Pucklechurch  
No 23 Reserve Centre RAF Titchfield  
No 8 Reserve Flying School Woodley  

No 63 (Western & Welsh Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hawarden

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 41 Reserve Centre Cardiff (Llandaff)  
No 44 Reserve Centre Castle Bromwich  
No 42 Reserve Centre Fazakerley  
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
No 65 Reserve Centre Alvaston, Derby  
No 4 Reserve Flying School Brough  
No 61 Reserve Centre Doncaster  
No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) RAF Finningley Mosquito/Oxford, station in Bomber Command
No 64 Group Communication Flight RAF Finningley 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 62 Reserve Centre RAF Sutton-on-Hull Station in TTC
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 101 Reserve Centre RAF Bishopsbriggs  
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre) RAF Dyce Spitfire/Harvard
No 11 Reserve Flying School Perth  
No 103 Reserve Centre Perth  
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 Administered by No 40 Group, Maintenance Command
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 84 Group  
No 6203 Flt No 84 Group  
No 6205 Flt, No 84 Group  
No 6207 Flt No 84 Group  
No 6229 Flt No 84 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 21 Hull Mersey and District Ports Liverpool [sic]
No 3 Liverpool No 28 Group
No 1 London No 28 Group
No 6 Newport No 54 Wing [sic]
No 2 Southampton No 28 Group
No 90 Toulon RAF Delegation (France)


RAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)

Number

Group

Location

i) RAF Regiment Wing HQs

1300

2

 

1304

84

 

1306

84

 

1316

2

 
ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons

2700

22

Nethertown
iii) Armoured Squadrons

2757

2

 

2777

84

 
iii) Rifle Squadrons

2713

2  

2724

84  

2750

2

 

2770

2

 

2786

2

 

2798

84

 

2827

2  

2829

84  

2865

84  

2897

2

 

Airfield Construction Units

 

Works Unit

Flight

Location

RAF Plant Depot

No 40 Group, Maintenance Command

  Hatfield
5708 M & E Flight    

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
No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing - No 85 Wing

No 6008 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6010 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6011 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6012 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6013 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6014 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   

No 6015 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit

No 5352 ACW

   
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 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 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

   


RAF Units in Southern Rhodesia

Administered by the Air Training Wing, Southern Rhodesia

 
School Location Notes
HQ Air Training Wing

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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 (78th Edition) - March 1947

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