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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[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 |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
| RAFNI Communication Flight | RAF Aldergrove | Dominie/Anson |
| No 202 (Met) Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Halifax VI |
| No 8202 Servicing Echelon | RAF Aldergrove | |
| No 224 (Met) Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Halifax VI |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Maintenance Command |
| Flying Boat Major Maintenance | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Maintenance Command |
| 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 |
HQ - Gibraltar
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front) | ||
| No 301 AMES | RAF Gibraltar | |
| No 202 Sqn (Detachment) | RAF Gibraltar | Halifax VI |
| Station Equipment Section | RAF Gibraltar |
Source - SD161 (90th Edition) - March 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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