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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Reserve Command and Other Home Units - April 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]
HQ - RAF White Waltham
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Reserve Command Communication Sqn | RAF White Waltham | Various |
| 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 |
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 |
| RAF Antarctic Flight | RAF Hendon | |
| 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)) |
| British Bombing Survey Unit | London | |
| AMMRU (O & M) | London | |
| 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 |
| RAF Station Booker | ||
| Joint Services Staff College Flight | RAF Booker | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| No 101 Personnel Dispersal Centre | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 21 Personnel Transit Centre | RAF Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| 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 | |
| RAuxAF Air Traffic Control | RAF Wymeswold | Station in Fighter Command |
| No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Yeadon | |
| RAuxAF Air Traffic Control | Yeadon | |
| No 1964 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAuxAF | Yeadon | Auster |
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 Park | 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 |
| 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 |
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 431 Equipment Depot |
| No 110 | Hook of Holland | HQ BAFO |
| 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 |
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16 |
- | 2 | RAF Sundern |
| ii) Anti-Aircraft Squadrons | |||
|
15 |
- |
38 |
RAF Netheravon |
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16 |
- |
38 |
RAF Watchet |
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17 |
- |
2 |
RAF Celle |
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18 |
- |
2 |
RAF Celle |
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19 |
- |
2 |
RAF Sundern |
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20 |
- |
2 |
RAF Sundern |
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2501 (County of Gloucestershire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
62 |
Filton |
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2502 (Ulster) (RAuxAF) |
- |
RAFNI |
RAF Aldergrove |
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2504 (County of Nottingham) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
Hucknall |
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2600 (City of London) (RAuxAF) |
- |
65 |
RAF Stanmore |
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2602 (City of Glasgow) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Bishopbriggs |
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2603 (City of Edinburgh) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Turnhouse |
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2605 (County of Warwick) (RAuxAF) |
- |
63 |
RAF Honiley |
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2608 (North Riding) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
RAF Thornaby |
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2609 (West Riding) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
Yeadon |
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2611 (West Lancashire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
63 |
RAF Woodvale |
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2612 (County of Aberdeen) (RAuxAF) |
- |
66 |
RAF Dyce |
|
2616 (South Yorkshire) (RAuxAF) |
- |
64 |
Doncaster |
| iii) Armoured Squadrons | |||
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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 (115th Edition) - April 1950
[Reserve Command | 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]
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