Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[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 |
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 |
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 |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten
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 | |
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 |
HMAFV 'Bridport' | Plymouth | |
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 |
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 (107th Edition) - August 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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