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Fighter Command - April 1948


[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]

Command HQ - RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Area Traffic Control Centre RAF Barton Hall  
Fighter Command Communication Sqn Bovingdon (MCA)
Area Traffic Control Centre Gloucester  
Area Traffic Control Centre Inverness  
RAF Station Old Sarum
RAF School of Land/Air Warfare RAF Old Sarum Anson/Spitfire/Proctor
Area Traffic Control Centre Prestwick  
RAF Station Stanmore Park    
No 1 Film Production Unit RAF Stanmore Park  
RAF Station Uxbridge    
Air Traffic Unit RAF Uxbridge  
Area Traffic Control Centre RAF Uxbridge  
Area Traffic Control Centre Watnall  

 

No 11 Group

HQ - Uxbridge, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Southern Sector
RAF Station Sopley    
Sector Operations Centre RAF Sopley  
RAF Station Odiham   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 54 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Odiham Vampire
No 6054 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Odiham
No 72 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Odiham Vampire
No 6072 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Odiham  
No 247 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Odiham Vampire
No 6247 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Odiham  
No 1007 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Odiham  
RAF Station Tangmere   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 1 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 6001 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Tangmere  
No 222 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 6222 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Tangmere
No 266 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 6266 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Tangmere  
No 8 GCA Unit RAF Tangmere  
No 1013 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Tangmere  
Metropolitan Sector
Sector Operations Centre RAF Trimley Heath  
RAF Station Duxford   Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 66 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Duxford Meteor
No 6066 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Duxford  
No 92 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Duxford Meteor
No 6092 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Duxford
No 1011 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Duxford  
RAF Station Thorney Island    
No 56 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island Meteor
No 6056 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island
No 63 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island Meteor
No 6063 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island
RAF Station West Malling Maidstone, Kent Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 29 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 6029 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF West Malling  
No 25 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 6025 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF West Malling  
No 85 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 6085 Servicing Echelon (Cadre) RAF West Malling  
No 1019 Servicing Wing HQ RAF West Malling
Non-Operational Stations
RAF Station Middle Wallop    
No 657 Sqn RAF Middle Wallop  
No 1900 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 1901 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 227 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Middle Wallop Various
Fighter Command Control and Reporting School RAF Middle Wallop Spitfire
RAF Station Chilbolton   Satellite, Middle Wallop
RAF Station Ibsley   Satellite, Middle Wallop
RAF Station Wattisham   Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
RAF Publicity Unit RAF Wattisham Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DPR)
AM Servicing Development Unit RAF Wattisham Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DGSM)
No 1008 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Wattisham  

 

No 12 Group

HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes

Yorkshire Sector

Sector Operations Centre RAF Patrington  
RAF Station Church Fenton Church Fenton, nr Tadcaster, West Yorkshire  
No 19 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Hornet
No 41 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Hornet
No 6041 Servicing Echelon RAF Church Fenton  
No 1009 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Church Fenton  
RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse   Forward airfield, Yorkshire Sector
No 64 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Hornet
No 6064 Servicing Echelon RAF Linton-on-Ouse  
No 65 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Linton-on-Ouse Hornet
No 6065 Servicing Echelon RAF Linton-on-Ouse  
No 6019 Servicing Echelon RAF Linton-on-Ouse  
No 1004 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Linton-on-Ouse  

Eastern Sector

Sector Operations Centre RAF Neatishead  
RAF Station Coltishall Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk Forward airfield, Eastern Sector.
No 23 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 6023 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 141 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 6141 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 264 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 6264 Servicing Echelon RAF Coltishall  
No 1014 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Coltishall  
RAF Station Horsham St Faith Norwich, Norfolk  
No 74 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 245 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 257 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 263 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 695 Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith Spitfire/Martinet/Oxford

Non-Operational Stations

RAF Station Acklington Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland  
No 1005 Servicing Wing HQ RAF Acklington  
RAF Station Bentwaters   Forward airfield, Eastern Sector.
No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (Cadre) RAF Bentwaters
Balloon Development Unit RAF Cardington Station in TTC
RAF Chivenor    
No 203 Advance Flying School RAF Chivenor Various
No 691 (AAC) Sqn RAF Chivenor Various
RAF Station Leeming    
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Various
RAF Station Llanbedr    
No 631 (AAC) Sqn RAF Llanbedr Spitfire/Martinet
RAF Station Newton    
No 12 Group Communication Flt RAF Newton  
RAF Pembrey    
No 595 (AAC) Sqn RAF Pembrey Various
RAF Station West Raynham    
Central Fighter Establishment RAF West Raynham Various
No 9 GCA Unit RAF West Raynham  

Source - SD161 (91st Edition) - April 1948

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]

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