Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Barton Hall | |
Fighter Command Communication Sqn | Bovingdon (MCA) | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Gloucester | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Inverness | |
RAF Station Old Sarum | ||
RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson/Spitfire/Proctor |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick | |
RAF Station Stanmore Park | ||
No 1 Film Production Unit | RAF Stanmore Park | |
RAF Station Uxbridge | ||
Air Traffic Unit | RAF Uxbridge | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Uxbridge | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Watnall |
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 72 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
No 247 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
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 | |
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 | |
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 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 |
HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Yorkshire Sector |
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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 65 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Hornet |
Eastern Sector |
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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 |
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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 | |
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 Valley | ||
C & M Party | RAF Valley | |
RAF Station West Raynham | ||
Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Various |
No 9 GCA Unit | RAF West Raynham |
Source - SD161 (93rd Edition) - June 1948
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group]
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