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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Other Home Commands/Units - May 1948
[Reserve Command | No 61 Group | No 62 Group | No 63 Group | No 64 Group | No 65 Group | No 66 Group | RAFNI | Bomb Disposal | Embarkation Units | RAF Regiment | Airfield Construction]
HQ - RAF White Waltham
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| 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 | |
| RAF Station Detling | ||
| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Air Defence Unit | Ipswich | |
| No 61 Group Communication Flight | RAF Kenley | |
| No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Air Defence Unit | Old Catton, Norwich | |
| No 4 RAF Reserve Centre | Rochester | |
| No 24 Reserve Flying School | Rochester | Tiger Moth |
| No 3500 (County of Kent) Air Defence Unit | Sandwich | |
| 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 | Vampire/Harvard/Spitfire, station in Fighter Command |
No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group
HQ - RAF Middle Wallop
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Oxford UAS | RAF Abingdon | Station in Transport Command |
| No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Air Defence Unit | Bournemouth | |
| No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Filton | Spitfire/Harvard |
| No 12 Reserve Flying School | RAF Filton | Tiger Moth |
| No 14 Reserve Flying School | Hamble | Tiger Moth |
| No 62 Group Communication Flight | RAF Middle Wallop | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 22 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Pucklechurch | |
| No 24 RAF Reserve Centre | Reading | |
| No 3507 (County of Somerset) Air Defence Unit | RAF Rudloe Manor | Station in Fighter Command |
| Southampton UAS | Southampton | |
| No 1 RAF Police Wing | RAF Staverton | |
| No 23 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Titchfield | |
| No 3618 (County of Sussex) Air Defence Unit | RAF Wartling | |
| No 8 Reserve Flying School | Woodley | Tiger Moth |
No 63 (Western & Welsh Reserve) Group
HQ - RAF Hawarden
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 43 RAF Reserve Centre | Bowlee | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 1 Welsh Wing | Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
| No 41 RAF Reserve Centre | Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
| No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Air Defence Unit | Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
| No 44 RAF Reserve Centre | Castle Bromwich | |
| No 5 Reserve Flying School | Castle Bromwich | Tiger Moth |
| Birmingham UAS | Castle Bromwich | |
| No 42 RAF Reserve Centre | Fazakerley | |
| No 3611 (West Lancashire) Air Defence Unit | Fazakerley | |
| No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Honiley | Vampire/Harvard/Spitfire |
| 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 |
| Manchester UAS | Manchester | |
| No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Ringway | Spitfire/Harvard |
| No 3509 (County of Stafford) Air Defence Unit | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| 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 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 9 Reserve Flying School | Doncaster | Tiger Moth |
| No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Finningley | Mosquito/Harvard/Spitfire, station in Flying Training Command |
| No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Hucknall | Harvard/Spitfire, station in Maintenance Command |
| No 64 Group Communication Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 64 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Long Benton | |
| Nottingham UAS | RAF Newton | |
| No 3504 (County of Northampton) Air Defence Unit | Nottingham | |
| No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Ouston | Spitfire/Harvard, station in FTC |
| Durham UAS | RAF Ouston | |
| No 3506 (County of Nottingham) Air Defence Unit | Peterborough | |
| No 62 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| No 3505 (East Riding) Air Defence Unit | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| No 608 (North Riding) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Thornaby | Harvard/Spitfire |
| No 3608 (North Riding) Air Defence Unit | RAF Thornaby | |
| RAF Station Watnall | ||
| No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Yeadon | Harvard/Spitfire |
| Leeds UAS | RAF Yeadon |
HQ - RAF Hendon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 84 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Chessington | Station in TTC |
| No 600 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre) | Fairoaks | Spitfire/Harvard |
| London UAS | Fairoaks | |
| 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 85 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Kenley | |
| No 1 Reserve Flying School | Panshanger | Tiger Moth |
| No 15 Reserve Flying School | Redhill | Tiger Moth |
| No 83 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Stanmore | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Air Defence Unit | 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 |
| Glasgow UAS | RNAS Abbotsinch | |
| No 101 RAF Reserve Centre | RAF Bishopsbriggs | |
| No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Air Defence Unit | RAF Bishopsbriggs | |
| No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Dyce | Spitfire/Harvard |
| Aberdeen UAS | RAF Dyce | |
| No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Air Defence Unit | Edinburgh | |
| No 13 Reserve Flying School | Grangemouth | Tiger Moth |
| St Andrews UAS | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 11 Reserve Flying School | Perth | Tiger Moth |
| No 103 RAF Reserve Centre | Perth | |
| RAF Station Tealing | ||
| 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 Sydenham |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HQ Bomb Disposal Wing | Abbots Ripton | Administered by No 40 Group, Maintenance Command |
| 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 |
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 Wing |
| No 110 | Hook of Holland | No 85 Wing |
| No 21 | Hull | Mersey and District Ports Liverpool |
| No 3 | Liverpool | No 28 Group |
| No 1 | London | No 28 Group |
| No 2 | Southampton | No 28 Group |
RAF and RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)
|
Number |
Group |
Location |
| i) RAF Regiment Wing HQs | ||
| 1 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
| 2 |
38 |
RAF Upavon |
| 4 | BAFO | |
| 6 | BAFO | |
|
16 |
BAFO | |
| ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons | ||
|
15 |
38 |
RAF Nethertown |
|
16 |
38 |
RAF Watchet |
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2501 (County of Gloucestershire) (RAuxAF) |
62 |
Filton |
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2502 (Ulster) (RAuxAF) |
RAFNI |
RAF Aldergrove |
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2504 (County of Nottingham) (RAuxAF) |
64 |
Hucknall |
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2602 (City of Glasgow) (RAuxAF) |
66 |
RAF Bishopbriggs |
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2603 (City of Edinburgh) (RAuxAF) |
66 |
RAF Turnhouse |
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2604 (City of Middlesex) (RAuxAF) |
65 |
RAF Stanmore |
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2605 (County of Warwick) (RAuxAF) |
63 |
RAF Honiley |
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2608 (North Riding) (RAuxAF) |
64 |
RAF Thornaby |
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2609 (West Riding) (RAuxAF) |
64 |
Yeadon |
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2611 (West Lancashire) (RAuxAF) |
63 |
RAF Woodvale |
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2612 (County of Aberdeen) (RAuxAF) |
66 |
RAF Dyce |
|
2616 (South Yorkshire) (RAuxAF) |
64 |
Doncaster |
| iii) Armoured Squadrons | ||
|
1 |
BAFO | |
|
3 |
BAFO | |
| iii) Rifle Squadrons | ||
|
51 |
85 Wing | BAFO |
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54 |
BAFO | |
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55 |
BAFO | |
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56 |
BAFO | |
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57 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
|
59 |
BAFO | |
|
60 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
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61 |
BAFO | |
|
63 |
38 | RAF Upavon |
|
64 |
85 Wing |
BAFO |
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Works Unit |
Flight |
Location |
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RAF Plant Depot No 40 Group, Maintenance Command |
Church Lawford | |
| 5708 M & E Flight | Church Lawford | |
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No 5002 (Type A) Airfield Construction Sqn No 40 Group |
HQ |
Church Lawford |
| 4636 | ||
| 4637 | ||
| 4638 | ||
| 4639 | ||
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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 | ||
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No 5352 Airfield Construction Wing AHQ BAFO |
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No 5357 Airfield Construction Wing AHQ BAFO |
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No 52 Repair Unit (Plant) AHQ BAFO |
Source - SD161 (92nd Edition) - May 1948
[Reserve Command | No 61 Group | No 62 Group | No 63 Group | No 64 Group | No 65 Group | No 66 Group | RAFNI | Bomb Disposal | Embarkation Units | RAF Regiment | Airfield Construction]
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