Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - March 1949

[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Central Photographic Establishment | RAF Gibraltar]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Flying Boat Depot Ship 'Adastral'
RAF Technical Mission	Azores

RAF Northern Ireland

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 202 (Met) Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Halifax VI
RAFNI Communication Flight	RAF Aldergrove	Anson/Sea Otter/Proctor
RAF Station Ballykelly
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	RAF Ballykelly	Lancaster GR 3
Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment)	RAF Ballykelly	Lancaster GR 3
RAF Station Castle Archdale
C & M Party	RAF Castle Archdale
RAF Station Londonderry
Joint Anti-Submarine School	RAF Londonderry

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Amble
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Amble
RAF Station Boston
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Boston
RAF Station Bridlington
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Bridlington
RAF Station Immingham
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Immingham
RAF Station Invergordon
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Invergordon
RAF Auxiliary 'Bridlington'	RAF Invergordon
RAF Station Kinloss
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Kinloss	Lancaster GR 3, Oxford
RAF Station Leuchars	Leuchars, Fife
No 120/220 Sqn	RAF Leuchars	Lancaster III
No 237 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Leuchars	Various
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars
RAF Station Woodhaven		Satellite, Leuchars

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Mount Wise, Plymouth

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Calshot	Calshot Spit, Hampshire
No 235 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Calshot	Sunderland
No 1103 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Felixstowe
Flying Boat Major Maintenance	RAF Felixstowe
RAF Station Fowey	Felixstowe, Suffolk
No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Fowey
No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit	RNAS Gosport
RAF Auxiliary 'Bridport'	RNAS Gosport
RAF Station Lyme Regis
No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Lyme Regis
RAF Station Newhaven
No 1107 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Newhaven
RAF Station Pembroke Dock
No 201 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
No 230/240 Sqn	RAF Pembroke Dock	Sunderland
RAF Station Porthcawl
No 1105 Marine Craft Base Unit	RAF Porthcawl
RAF Station St Eval	St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall
No 203/26 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Lancaster GR 3
No 210/217 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Lancaster GR 3
No 19 Group Communication Flt	RAF St Eval	Anson/Sea Otter
No 7 GCA Unit	RAF St Eval
Survival and Rescue Training Unit	RAF Thorney Island	Anson, station in Fighter Command
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Thorney Island	Station in Fighter Command

Central Photographic Establishment

HQ - Beggarsbush Hill, Benson, Oxfordshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Benson	Benson, Oxfordshire
No 58 Sqn	RAF Benson	Anson/Mosquito
No 82 Sqn	RAF Benson	Lancaster PR 1/Dakota
No 8082 Servicing Echelon	RAF Benson
No 540 Sqn	RAF Benson	Mosquito
No 541 Sqn	RAF Benson	Spitfire/Harvard
Air Photography Development Unit	RAF Benson	Mosquito/Spitfire/Lancaster
RAF Station Nuneham Park
Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Unit (UK)	RAF Nuneham Park

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Gibraltar (North Front)
No 301 AMES	RAF Gibraltar
No 224/269 Sqn	RAF Gibraltar	Halifax Met 6

Source - SD161 (102nd Edition) - March 1949

County names used are those in use at the time

[RAF Northern Ireland | No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Central Photographic Establishment | RAF Gibraltar]

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