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Reserve Command and Other Home Units - March 1950


[Reserve Command | RAF Record Office | No 61 Group | No 62 Group | No 63 Group | No 64 Group | No 65 Group | No 66 Group | RAFNI | Bomb Disposal | Embarkation Units | RAF Regiment]

Reserve Command

HQ - RAF White Waltham

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

RAF Record Office, Ruislip

Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Gloucester    
RAF Record Office RAF Gloucester  
RAF Station Innsworth   Satellite, Gloucester
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth
Base Accounts Unit RAF Innsworth  
Educational Book Depot RAF Innsworth
RAF Station Ruislip    
RAF Record Office RAF Ruislip  

No 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Kenley

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Biggin Hill Station in Fighter Command
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 1958 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Hendon Auster, station in Transport Command
RAF Antarctic Flight RAF Hendon Station in Transport Command
No 1959 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Henlow Auster, station in TTC
No 1961 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Henlow Auster, station in TTC
No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Ipswich  
No 61 Group Communication Flight RAF Kenley  
No 661 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Kenley  
No 3661 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Kenley  
No 1957 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Kenley Auster
No 1960 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF RAF Kenley Auster
No 4 MT Company RAF Kidbrooke

Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Movements)

Air Publication and Forms Store RAF Kidbrooke Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ADST (AP))
No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF 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 RAuxAF RAF Sandwich Station in Fighter Command
Air Ministry Unit RAF West Drayton  
'D' Unit RAF West Drayton  
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF West Malling Station in Fighter Command

No 62 (Southern Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Middle Wallop

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Bournemouth  
RAF Staff College Bracknell  
No 662 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Colerne Station in Maintenance Command
No 3662 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Colerne  
No 1956 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Colerne Auster
No 1963 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Colerne Auster
No 27 RAF Reserve Centre Exeter  
No 3512 (County of Devon (Exeter)) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Exeter  
No 10 Reserve Flying School Exeter Tiger Moth/Anson
GCI Station Exminster  
No 12 Reserve Flying School Filton Tiger Moth/Anson
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control Filton  
GCI Station Hack Green  
No 14 Reserve Flying School Hamble Tiger Moth/Anson
GCI Station Hope Cove  
Oxford UAS Kidlington Station in Maintenance Command
No 62 Group Communication Flight RAF Middle Wallop Station in Fighter Command
No 1962 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Middle Wallop Auster
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 RAuxAF Plymouth  
No 22 RAF Reserve Centre RAF Pucklechurch  
No 24 RAF Reserve Centre Reading  
No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF RAF Rudloe Manor  
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 RAuxAF RAuxAF 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 RAuxAF Bowlee  
No 1 Welsh Wing Cardiff (Llandaff)  
No 41 RAF Reserve Centre Cardiff (Llandaff)  
No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Cardiff (Llandaff)  
No 3 Reserve Flying School Cardiff Airport Tiger Moth/Anson
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 RAuxAF Castle Bromwich  
Birmingham UAS Castle Bromwich  
No 20 Personnel Transit Centre RAF Cranage  
No 22 Personnel Transit Centre RAF Croft  
No 42 RAF Reserve Centre Fazakerley  
No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Fazakerley  
RAF Station Hawarden    
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Hednesford  
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Honiley  
Command Major Servicing Unit RAF Honiley  
Instrument Training Flight RAF Honiley Harvard
No 63 Group Communication Flight RAF Hooton Park  
No 663 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Hooton Park  
No 3663 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park  
No 1953 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park Auster
No 1955 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Hooton Park  
No 1952 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Llandow Auster, station in Maintenance Command
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Llandow  
Manchester UAS Manchester  
No 1951 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF Ringway Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control Ringway  
No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
No 21 Personnel Transit Centre RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command
No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Stoke-on-Trent  
No 45 RAF Reserve Centre Wolverhampton  
No 25 Reserve Flying School Wolverhampton Tiger Moth/Anson
No 1954 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF Wolverhampton Auster
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 1969 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF Desford Auster
No 61 RAF Reserve Centre Doncaster  
No 9 Reserve Flying School Doncaster Tiger Moth/Anson
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Finningley  
RAF Unit RAF Harrogate  
No 664 (AOP) Sqn RAuxAF HQ Hucknall Station in Maintenance Command
No 3664 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF Hucknall  
No 1970 (AOP) Flight Type 'B' RAuxAF Hucknall Auster
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 RAuxAF RAF Long Benton  
Nottingham UAS RAF Newton Station in Fighter Command
GCI Station Northstead  
No 3504 (County of Nottingham) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Nottingham  
No 1965 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Ouston Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Ouston  
No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Peterborough  
GCI Station Seaton Snook  
No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF RAF Sutton-on-Hull Station in TTC
No 2 RAF Reserve Centre Sywell  
No 6 Reserve Flying School Sywell Tiger Moth/Anson
No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF 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    
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Wymeswold  
No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Yeadon  
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control Yeadon  
No 1964 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF Yeadon Auster

No 65 (London Reserve) Group

HQ - RAF Hendon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 84 RAF Reserve Centre RAF Chessington Station in TTC
University of London Air Sqn 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 RAuxAF London  
No 3700 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF London  
No 81 RAF Reserve Centre London  
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF North Weald Station in Fighter Command
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
Glasgow UAS RNAS Abbotsinch  
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RNAS Abbotsinch  
No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Aberdeen  
No 101 RAF Reserve Centre RAF Bishopsbriggs  
No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF RAF Bishopsbriggs  
GCI Station Dirleton  
No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Dundee  
Aberdeen UAS RAF Dyce  
No 1967 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Dyce Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Dyce  
No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Edinburgh  
No 3510 (County of Inverness) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Inverness  
St Andrews UAS RAF Leuchars Station in Coastal Command
No 11 Reserve Flying School Perth Tiger Moth/Anson
No 103 RAF Reserve Centre Perth  
No 666 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ Perth  
No 3666 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF Perth  
No 1966 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF Perth Auster
No 66 Group Communication Flight RAF Turnhouse  
Edinburgh UAS RAF Turnhouse  
No 1968 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF RAF Turnhouse Auster
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Turnhouse  

RAF Northern Ireland (Coastal Command)

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAuxAF Air Traffic Control RAF Aldergrove Station in Coastal Command
Queen's UAS RAF Sydenham  
No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Whiteabbey  

 


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 3 Liverpool No 63 Group
No 1 London No 61 Group
No 2 Southampton No 62 Group


RAF and RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons (Home)

Number

Wing

Group

Location

i) RAF Regiment Wing HQs
1 -

85

RAF Fassberg
2 -

38

RAF Upavon
4 - 85 RAF Luneburg
6 - 2 RAF Celle

16

- 2 RAF Sundern
ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons

15

-

38

RAF Netheravon

16

-

38

RAF Watchet

17

-

2

RAF Celle

18

-

2

RAF Celle

19

-

2

RAF Sundern

20

-

2

RAF Sundern

2501 (County of Gloucestershire) (RAuxAF)

-

62

Filton

2502 (Ulster) (RAuxAF)

-

RAFNI

RAF Aldergrove

2504 (County of Nottingham) (RAuxAF)

-

64

Hucknall

2600 (City of London) (RAuxAF)

-

65

RAF Stanmore

2602 (City of Glasgow) (RAuxAF)

-

66

RAF Bishopbriggs

2603 (City of Edinburgh) (RAuxAF)

-

66

RAF Turnhouse

2605 (County of Warwick) (RAuxAF)

-

63

RAF Honiley

2608 (North Riding) (RAuxAF)

-

64

RAF Thornaby

2609 (West Riding) (RAuxAF)

-

64

Yeadon

2611 (West Lancashire) (RAuxAF)

-

63

RAF Woodvale

2612 (County of Aberdeen) (RAuxAF)

-

66

RAF Dyce

2616 (South Yorkshire) (RAuxAF)

-

64

Doncaster
iii) Armoured Squadrons

1

4 85 RAF Luneburg

3

4 85 RAF Luneburg
iii) Rifle Squadrons

51

1 85 RAF Fassberg

54

4 85 RAF Luneburg

56

4 85 RAF Luneburg

57

1

85

RAF Fassberg

60

1

85

RAF Fassberg

63

2 38 RAF Upavon

Source - SD161 (114th Edition) - March 1950

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