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Coastal Command - February 1948


[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 'Adastral'    
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 Greencastle    
C & M Party RAF Greencastle  
RAF Station Londonderry    
Anti-Submarine School RAF Londonderry  
RAF Station Long Kesh    
RAF Station Mullaghmore    
C & M Party RAF Mullaghmore  
RAF Station Ramsey    
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit RAF Ramsey  

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 Boston    
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit RAF Boston  
RAF Station Bridlington    
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit RAF Bridlington  
RAF Station Immingham    
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit RAF Immingham  
RAF Station Invergordon    
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit RAF Invergordon  
RAF Auxiliary 'Bridlington' RAF Invergordon  
RAF Station Kinloss    
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Kinloss Various
RAF Station Leuchars Leuchars, Fife  
No 120 Sqn RAF Leuchars Lancaster III
No 8120 Sqn Servicing Echelon RAF Leuchars  
No 18 Group Communication Flt RAF Leuchars  
No 3502 Servicing Unit RAF Leuchars
No 12 GCA Unit RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Woodhaven   Satellite, Leuchars

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Calshot Calshot Spit, Hampshire  
No 201 Sqn RAF Calshot Sunderland
No 8201 Servicing Echelon RAF Calshot  
No 230 Sqn RAF Calshot Sunderland
No 8230 Servicing Echelon RAF Calshot  
No 235 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Calshot Sunderland
RAF Station Felixstowe Felixstowe, Suffolk Station in Maintenance Command
No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Felixstowe  
Flying Boat Major Maintenance RAF Felixstowe  
RAF Station Fowey Felixstowe, Suffolk  
No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit RAF Fowey  
No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit RNAS Gosport  
RAF Auxiliary 'Bridport' RNAS Gosport  
No 19 Group Communication Flt Harrowbeer (MCA) Dominie/Anson
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 203 Sqn RAF St Eval Lancaster III
No 8203 Sqn Servicing Echelon RAF St Eval  
No 210 Sqn RAF St Eval Lancaster III
No 8210 Servicing Echelon RAF St Eval  
No 7 GCA Unit RAF St Eval  
RAF Station Thorney Island Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire Station in Fighter Command
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF Thorney Island Various
Survival and Rescue Training Unit RAF Thorney Island Sea Otter
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit RAF Thorney Island  

Central Photographic Establishment

HQ - Fifield House, Benson, Oxfordshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Benson Benson, Oxfordshire  
No 58 Sqn RAF Benson Anson
No 82 Sqn RAF Benson Lancaster PR 1/Dakota
No 8082 Servicing Echelon RAF Benson  
No 540 Sqn RAF Benson Mosquito
No 541 Sqn RAF Benson Spitfire/Harvard
Air Photography Development Unit RAF Benson Mosquito/Spitfire
No 237 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Benson Various
RAF Station Nuneham Park    
Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Unit (UK) 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 (89th Edition) - February 1948

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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