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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[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 |
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 | ||
HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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Yorkshire Sector |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Scottish Sector |
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| 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 |
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Non-Operational Stations |
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| 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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