Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Other Home Commands/Units - July 1949

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Reserve Command

HQ - RAF White Waltham

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Reserve Command Communication Sqn	RAF White Waltham	Various
Reserve Command HQ Unit	RAF White Waltham

No 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Kenley

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Biggin Hill	Spitfire/Harvard
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Biggin Hill
No 5 RAF RAF Reserve Centre	Cambridge
No 22 Reserve Flying School	Cambridge	Tiger Moth/Anson
Cambridge UAS	Cambridge
Reserve Command Gliding Instructors' School	RAF Detling
No 1959 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Henlow	Auster
No 1961 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Henlow	Auster
No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit	Ipswich
No 661 (AOP) Sqn HQ	RAF Kenley
No 1957 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Kenley	Auster
No 1960 Flight Type 'B'	RAF Kenley	Auster
No 3661 Mobile Servicing Section	RAF Kenley
No 61 Group Communication Flight	RAF Kenley
No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit	Old Catton, Norwich
No 4 RAF Reserve Centre	Rochester
No 24 Reserve Flying School	Rochester	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit	Sandwich
No 2 RAF Reserve Centre	Sywell	Station in FTC
No 6 Reserve Flying School	Sywell	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF West Malling	Meteor/Harvard/Mosquito, station in Fighter Command
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF West Malling

No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Middle Wallop

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit	Bournemouth
No 662 (AOP) Sqn HQ	RAF Colerne	Station in Maintenance Command
No 1956 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Colerne	Auster
No 1963 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Colerne	Auster
No 3662 Mobile Servicing Section	RAF Colerne
No 27 RAF Reserve Centre	Exeter
No 3512 (County of Devon (Exeter)) Fighter Control Unit	Exeter
No 10 Reserve Flying School	Exeter	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn (Cadre)	Filton	Vampire/Harvard
No 12 Reserve Flying School	Filton	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 14 Reserve Flying School	Hamble	Tiger Moth/Anson
Oxford UAS	Kidlington	Station in Maintenance Command
No 62 Group Communication Flight	RAF Middle Wallop	Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Pershore
No 1 RAF Police Wing	RAF Pershore
No 21 RAF Reserve Centre	Plymouth
No 3513 (County of Devon (Plymouth)) Fighter Control Unit	Plymouth
No 22 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Pucklechurch
No 24 RAF Reserve Centre	Reading
No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Rudloe Manor	Station in Fighter Command
Southampton UAS	Southampton
RAF Station Staverton
RAF Police Dog Training Centre	RAF Staverton
No 23 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Titchfield
No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Wartling
No 8 Reserve Flying School	Woodley	Tiger Moth/Anson

No 63 (Western & Welsh Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hawarden

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 2 Reserve Flying School	Barton, Manchester	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 43 RAF Reserve Centre	Bowlee
No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit	Bowlee
No 1 Welsh Wing	Cardiff (Llandaff)
No 41 RAF Reserve Centre	Cardiff (Llandaff)
No 3 Reserve Flying School	Cardiff (Llandaff)	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit	Cardiff (Llandaff)
No 44 RAF Reserve Centre	Castle Bromwich
No 5 Reserve Flying School	Castle Bromwich	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 3605 (County of Warwick) Fighter Control Unit	Castle Bromwich
Birmingham UAS	Castle Bromwich
No 42 RAF Reserve Centre	Fazakerley
No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit	Fazakerley
RAF Station Hawarden
No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Honiley	Vampire/Harvard
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Honiley
Command Major Servicing Unit	RAF Honiley
Instrument Training Flight	RAF Honiley	Harvard
No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Hooton Park	Spitfire/Harvard
No 63 Group Communication Flight	RAF Hooton Park
No 663 (AOP) Sqn HQ	RAF Hooton Park
No 1953 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Hooton Park	Auster
No 1955 Flight Type 'B'	RAF Hooton Park	Auster
No 3663 Mobile Servicing Section	RAF Hooton Park
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Hooton Park
No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Llandow	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Maintenance Command
No 1952 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Llandow	Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Llandow
Manchester UAS	Manchester
No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn (Cadre)	Ringway	Spitfire/Harvard
No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit	Stoke-on-Trent
No 45 RAF Reserve Centre	Wolverhampton
No 25 Reserve Flying School	Wolverhampton	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Woodvale	Spitfire/Harvard
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Woodvale

No 64 (Northern Reserve) Group

HQ - Heslington, York

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 65 RAF Reserve Centre	Alvaston, Derby
Leeds UAS	RAF Church Fenton	Station in Fighter Command
No 16 Reserve Flying School	Derby	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 69 RAF Reserve Centre	Desford
No 7 Reserve Flying School	Desford	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 61 RAF Reserve Centre	Doncaster
No 9 Reserve Flying School	Doncaster	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Finningley	Meteor/Mosquito/Harvard, station in Flying Training Command
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Finningley
No 64 Group Communication Flight	RAF Linton-on-Ouse	Station in Fighter Command
No 64 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Long Benton
No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Long Benton
Nottingham UAS	RAF Newton
No 3504 (County of Nottingham) Fighter Control Unit	Nottingham
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Ouston	Spitfire/Harvard, station in FTC
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Ouston
No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit	Peterborough
No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Sutton-on-Hull	Station in TTC
No 608 (North Riding) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Thornaby	Harvard/Spitfire
No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Thornaby
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Thornaby
RAF Station Usworth
No 23 Reserve Flying School	RAF Usworth	Tiger Moth/Anson
Durham UAS	RAF Usworth
RAF Station Wymeswold
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Wymeswold	Harvard/Spitfire
No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre)	Yeadon	Harvard/Spitfire
No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit	Yeadon
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	Yeadon

No 65 (London Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hendon

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 600 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Biggin Hill	Spitfire/Harvard
No 84 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Chessington	Station in TTC
London UAS	Fairoaks
No 18 Reserve Flying School	Fairoaks	Tiger Moth
No 86 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Hornchurch	Station in TTC
No 17 Reserve Flying School	RAF Hornchurch	Tiger Moth/Anson, station in TTC
No 85 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Kenley
No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit	London
RAF Station North Weald
No 601 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF North Weald	Spitfire/Harvard
No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF North Weald	Spitfire/Harvard
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF North Weald
No 1 Reserve Flying School	Panshanger	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 15 Reserve Flying School	Redhill	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 83 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Stanmore	Station in Fighter Command

No 66 (Scottish Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Turnhouse

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn (Cadre)	RNAS Abbotsinch	Spitfire/Harvard
Glasgow UAS	RNAS Abbotsinch
No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit	Aberdeen
No 101 RAF Reserve Centre	RAF Bishopsbriggs
No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit	RAF Bishopsbriggs
No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit	Dundee
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Dyce	Spitfire/Harvard
Aberdeen UAS	RAF Dyce
No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit	Edinburgh
RAF Station Grangemouth
No 3510 (County of Inverness) Fighter Control Unit	Inverness
St Andrews UAS	RAF Leuchars
No 11 Reserve Flying School	Perth	Tiger Moth/Anson
No 103 RAF Reserve Centre	Perth
No 666 (AOP) Sqn HQ	Perth
No 1966 Flight Type 'A'	Perth	Auster
No 3666 Mobile Servicing Section	Perth
No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Turnhouse	Spitfire/Harvard
No 66 Group Communication Flight	RAF Turnhouse
Edinburgh UAS	RAF Turnhouse
No 1968 Flight Type 'A'	RAF Turnhouse	Auster

RAF Northern Ireland (Coastal Command)

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 502 (Ulster) Sqn (Cadre)	RAF Aldergrove	Spitfire/Harvard, station in Coastal Command
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control	RAF Aldergrove
No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit	Belfast
Queen's UAS	RAF Sydenham

Bomb Disposal Units

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Bomb Disposal Wing	RAF North Coates	Administered by No 24 Group, Technical Training Command
No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Rufforth
No 6202 Flt	RAF Kirknewton
No 6204 Flt	RAF Rufforth
No 6235 Flt	RAF Dishforth
No 5133 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Waterbeach
No 6217 Flt	RAF Waterbeach
No 6219 Flt	RAF Feltwell
No 6221 Flt	RAF Hornchurch
No 5134 Bomb Disposal Sqn comprising: -	RAF Biggin Hill
No 6209 Flt	RAF Biggin Hill
No 6226 Flt	RAF Rye

Movements Units (Embarkation)

Operational control and personnel matters relating to officers manning the Embarkation Units was vested in the Director of Movements at the Air Ministry but the parent stations were responsible for pay, accounting and administration of airmen.

 

Unit	Location/Address	Parent Unit
No 86	Hamburg	No 85 Group
No 110	Hook of Holland	No 85 Group
No 21	Hull	Mersey and District Ports Liverpool
No 3	Liverpool	No 28 Group
No 1	London	No 28 Group
No 2	Southampton	No 28 Group

RAF and RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)

Source - SD161 (106th Edition) - July 1949
 

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