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Fighter Command - August 1950


[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Air Traffic Control Centre Barton Hall (MCA)  
Fighter Command Communication Sqn Bovingdon (MCA)
Air Traffic Control Centre Gloucester Station in Reserve Command
RAF Station Old Sarum
RAF School of Land/Air Warfare RAF Old Sarum Anson/Spitfire/Proctor
RAF Component, Joint School of Chemical Warfare Salisbury Satellite of Old Sarum
Air Traffic Control Centre Prestwick  
RAF Station Stanmore    
Royal Observer Corps RAF Stanmore  
RAF Station Stanmore Park    
Film Production Unit Library RAF Stanmore Park Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CIO)
RAF Station Uxbridge    
Air Traffic Unit RAF Uxbridge  
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Uxbridge  
Air Traffic Control Centre Watnall  

 

No 11 Group

HQ - Hillingdon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Southern Sector
RAF Station Sopley    
Sector Operations Centre RAF Sopley  
RAF Station Biggin Hill   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 600 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Biggin Hill Meteor/Harvard
No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Biggin Hill Spitfire/Harvard
No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF Filton Vampire/Harvard/Meteor, station in Reserve Command
No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Llandow Vampire/Meteor/Harvard, station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station North Weald   Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 72 Sqn (Cadre) RAF North Weald Vampire
No 601 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF North Weald Vampire/Meteor/Harvard
No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF North Weald Vampire/Meteor/Harvard
RAF Station Odiham   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 54 Sqn RAF Odiham Vampire
No 247 Sqn RAF Odiham Vampire
No 15 GCA Unit RAF Odiham  
CH Station Poling  
CH Station Ringstead  
CHEL Station The Verne Satellite of Ringstead
CHL Station Westcliff Satellite of Ringstead
RAF Station Tangmere   Forward airfield, Southern Sector
No 1 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 43 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Tangmere Meteor
No 8 GCA Unit RAF Tangmere  
CHEL Station, Truleigh Hill  
CHL (+CMH), CHEL Station Ventnor  
Metropolitan Sector
Sector Operations Centre RAF Trimley Heath  
RAF Station Bawdsey    
No 5 Radio School RAF Bawdsey  
CH, CHL, CHEL Station RAF Bawdsey Suffolk
RAF Station Duxford   Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
CH Station Rye  
CH (+ CMH), CHEL Station Fairlight Satellite of Rye
CH (+ CMH), CHL Station Swingate  
CHEL Station St Margarets Bay Satellite of Swingate
RAF Station West Malling Maidstone, Kent Forward airfield, Metropolitan Sector
No 29/22 Sqn RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 25 Sqn RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 85/145 Sqn RAF West Malling Mosquito
No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF West Malling Meteor/Harvard/Oxford
No 19 GCA Unit RAF West Malling  
Non-Operational Stations
RAF Station Felixstowe    
Fighter Command Control unit Heathrow (MCA)  
RAF Station Middle Wallop    
No 657 Sqn RAF Middle Wallop  
No 1900 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 1901 (AOP) Flight Type 'A' RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 1906 (AOP) Flight RAF Middle Wallop Auster
AOP School RAF Middle Wallop Various
Fighter Command Control and Reporting School RAF Middle Wallop Spitfire
RAF Station Ibsley   Satellite, Middle Wallop
RAF Station Sandwich  
GCI Station RAF Sandwich  
RAF Station Waterbeach  
No 56/87 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Waterbeach Meteor
No 63 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Waterbeach Meteor
No 17 GCA Unit RAF Waterbeach  
RAF Station Wartling  
GCI Station RAF Wartling  
RAF Station Wattisham    

No 12 Group

HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes

Yorkshire Sector

Sector Operations Centre RAF Patrington  
CHL, CHEL Station Bempton  
RAF Station Church Fenton    
No 19/152 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Hornet
No 41/253 Sqn RAF Church Fenton Hornet
No 18 GCA Unit RAF Church Fenton  
CHEL Station Easington  
CHL Station Humberston  
RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse   Forward airfield, Yorkshire Sector
No 64 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Hornet
No 65 Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Hornet
No 66/111 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Linton-on-Ouse Meteor
No 92 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Linton-on-Ouse Meteor
No 14 GCA Unit RAF Linton-on-Ouse  
No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Ouston Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
CHEL Station Skendleby  
CH Station Stenigot  
No 608 (North Riding) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Thornaby Vampire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Woodvale Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF Yeadon Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command

Eastern Sector

Sector Operations Centre RAF Neatishead  
RAF Station Coltishall Scottow, Norwich, Norfolk Forward airfield, Eastern Sector.
No 23/151 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 141/42 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 264/79 Sqn RAF Coltishall Mosquito
No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Finningley Meteor/Mosquito/Harvard, station in FTC
CHL Station Happisburgh  
No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Honiley Vampire/Meteor/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
CHL (+ CMH), CHEL Station Hopton  
RAF Station Horsham St Faith Norwich, Norfolk  
No 74 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 245/266 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 257 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 263 Sqn (Cadre) RAF Horsham St Faith Meteor
No 34 (AAC) Sqn RAF Horsham St Faith Various
No 13 GCA Unit RAF Horsham St Faith  
No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF Ringway Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
CH Station Stoke Holy Cross  
CHEL Station Trimmingham  
CH (+ CMH), CHEL Station West Beckham  
CHL (+ CMH) Station Bard Hill Satellite of West Beckham
RAF Station Wymeswold    
No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Wymeswold Meteor/Harvard/Spitfire

Scottish Sector

No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Turnhouse Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command
No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RNAS Abbotsinch Spitfire/Harvard
No 502 (Ulster) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Aldergrove Spitfire/Harvard, station in Coastal Command
No 222 Sqn RAF Leuchars Meteor, station in Coastal Command
No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF RAF Dyce Spitfire/Harvard, station in Reserve Command

Non-Operational Stations

RAF Station Acklington    
Armament Practice Station RAF Acklington  
RAF Station Bentwaters    
C & M Party RAF Bentwaters  
RAF Chivenor    
No 5 (AAC) Sqn RAF Chivenor Various
No 17 (AAC) Sqn RAF Chivenor Various
RAF Station Comberton  
GCI Station RAF Comberton  
RAF Station Dirleton  
GCI Station RAF Dirleton  
RAF Station Langtoft  
GCI Station RAF Langtoft  
RAF Station Leeming    
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Various
RAF Station Stradishall    
No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (Cadre) RAF Stradishall
No 16 GCA Unit RAF Stradishall  
RAF Station Valley    
No 20 (AAC) Sqn RAF Valley Spitfire/Martinet
RAF Station West Raynham    
Central Fighter Establishment RAF West Raynham Various
No 9 GCA Unit RAF West Raynham  
Instrument Training Flight RAF West Raynham Oxford/Meteor

Fighter Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Beccles Horsham St Faith R
Birch Wattisham S
Boxted Wattisham R
Bradwell Bay Wattisham S
Burn Church Fenton S
Castle Camps Stradishall S
Charlton Horethorne Old Sarum S
Chedburgh Stradishall S
Chipping Onger North Weald S
Debach Bentwaters S
Dunsfold Odiham R
Earls Colne Wattisham S
East Moor Linton-on-Ouse R
Elvington Linton-on-Ouse S
Eshott Acklington S
Framlingham Bentwaters S
Great Massingham West Raynham R
Halesworth Bentwaters S
Hardwick Horsham St Faith R
Langer Newton S
Lasham Odiham R
Lavenham Stradishall R
Leiston Bentwaters S
Little Walden Duxford S
Llanbedr Valley R
Ludham Coltishall S
Merryfield Chivenor R
Mona Valley S
Penrhos Valley S
Rattlesdon Wattisham S
Raydon Wattisham S
Sunbury Wattisham S
Tarrant Rushton Old Sarum R
Wratting Common Stradishall S

S = Surplus to long-term requirements

R = Retention is currently required

Source - SD161 (119th Edition) - August 1950

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Inactive Stations]

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