Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Home Commands/Units - June 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
Reserve Command HQ Unit	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 5 RAF RAF Reserve Centre	Cambridge
No 22 Reserve Flying School	Cambridge
Cambridge UAS	Cambridge
No 61 Group Communication Flight	RAF Kenley
No 4 RAF Reserve Centre	Rochester
No 24 Reserve Flying School	Rochester	Tiger Moth
No 2 RAF Reserve Centre	Sywell	Station in FTC
No 6 Reserve Flying School	Sywell	Tiger Moth
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
Oxford UAS	Abingdon	Station in Transport Command
Southampton UAS	Calshot
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 RAF RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Pucklechurch
No 24 RAF Reserve Centre	Reading
No 1 Police Wing	RAF Staverton
No 23 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Titchfield
No 8 Reserve Flying School	Woodley	Tiger Moth

No 63 (Western & Welsh Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hawarden

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 41 RAF Reserve Centre	Cardiff (Llandaff)
No 44 RAF Reserve Centre	Castle Bromwich
Birmingham UAS	Castle Bromwich
No 42 RAF 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 45 RAF Reserve Centre	Wolverhampton
No 25 Reserve Flying School	Wolverhampton	Tiger Moth
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 RAF Reserve Centre	Alvaston, Derby
No 4 Reserve Flying School	Brough
Leeds UAS	RAF Church Fenton
No 16 Reserve Flying School	Derby	Tiger Moth
No 69 RAF Reserve Centre	Desford
No 7 Reserve Flying School	Desford	Tiger Moth
No 61 RAF Reserve Centre	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
Nottingham UAS	RAF Hucknall	Station in TTC
No 64 Group Communication Flight	RAF Linton-on-Ouse	Station in Fighter Command
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Ouston	Spitfire/Harvard, station in FTC
Durham UAS	RAF Ouston
No 62 RAF 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
London UAS	RAF Biggin Hill
No 84 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Chessington	Station in TTC
No 18 Reserve Flying School	Fairoaks	Tiger Moth
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 1 Reserve Flying School	Panshanger	Tiger Moth
No 83 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Stanmore	Station in Fighter 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 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Bishopsbriggs
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Dyce	Spitfire/Harvard
Aberdeen UAS	RAF Dyce
St Andrews UAS	RAF Leuchars
No 11 Reserve Flying School	Perth	Tiger Moth
No 103 RAF Reserve Centre	Perth
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Turnhouse	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Fighter Command
No 66 Group Communication Flight	RAF Turnhouse
Edinburgh UAS	RAF Turnhouse

RAF Northern Ireland (Coastal Command)

 

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

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)
AHQ BAFO: -
No 6203 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6207 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6210 Flt	No 84 Group
No 6212 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 3 (Detachment)	Bishopbriggs	No 3 MU (E) Liverpool
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 2	Southampton	No 28 Group

RAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)

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 - AHQ BAFO
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

Source - SD161 (81st Edition) - Jun 1947
 

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