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Commands/Units - June 1947
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Number |
Group |
Location |
i) RAF Regiment Wing HQs | ||
1300 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
1304 |
84 |
BAFO |
1306 |
84 |
BAFO |
1316 |
84 |
BAFO |
ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons | ||
2501 (AAF) |
62 |
Filton |
2503 (AAF) |
66 |
RAF Turnhouse |
2504 (AAF) |
65 |
RAF Stanmore |
2509 (AAF) |
64 |
Yeadon |
2700 |
22 |
Nethertown |
iii) Armoured Squadrons | ||
2757 |
84 |
BAFO |
2777 |
84 |
BAFO |
iii) Rifle Squadrons | ||
2713 |
85 Wing | BAFO |
2724 |
84 | BAFO |
2750 |
84 |
BAFO |
2770 |
84 |
BAFO |
2786 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
2798 |
84 |
BAFO |
2827 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
2829 |
84 | BAFO |
2865 |
84 | BAFO |
2897 |
84 |
BAFO |
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 |
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5505 Artisan Flight |
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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 |
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No 6010 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 6011 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 6012 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 6013 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 6014 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 6015 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5352 ACW |
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No 5355 Airfield Construction Wing - No 84 Group | ||
No 6005 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW |
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No 6006 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW |
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No 6007 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW |
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No 6009 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5355 ACW |
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No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing - AHQ BAFO | ||
No 6001 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW |
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No 6003 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW |
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No 6004 Airfield Construction Supervisory Unit No 5357 ACW |
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No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) No 85 Wing |
Source - SD161 (81st Edition) - Jun 1947
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