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Fighter Command - January 1949


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

Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Air Traffic Control Centre Barton Hall (MCA)  
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
RAF Component, Joint School of Chemical Warfare Salisbury Satellite of Old Sarum
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  

 

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 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 43 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 8 GCA Unit RAF Tangmere  
Instrument Training Flight RAF Tangmere Oxford/Harvard
RAF Station Thorney Island    
No 56 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island Meteor
No 63 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Thorney Island Meteor
No 222 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
Metropolitan Sector
Sector Operations Centre RAF Trimley Heath  
RAF Station Duxford   Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 66 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Duxford Meteor
No 92 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Duxford Meteor
RAF Station West Malling Maidstone, Kent Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 29 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 25 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 85 Sqn (Cadre) RAF West Malling Mosquito
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 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 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
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

Sector Operations Centre RAF Neatishead  
RAF Station Coltishall Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk Forward airfield, Eastern Sector.
No 23 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 141 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 264 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
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  
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 (100th Edition) - January 1949

County names used are those in use at the time

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

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