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Coastal Command - May 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
HM Air Force Vessel '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  
HMAFV '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 GR 3
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 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  
HMAFV '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 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  

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 (104th Edition) - May 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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