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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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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 |
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) |
HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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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 |
| 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 |
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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 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 |
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Non-Operational Stations |
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| 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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