Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex
Units controlled directly by HQ Coastal Command: -
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
HM Air Force Vessel 'Adastral' |
HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Aldergrove | ||
No 202 (Met) Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Halifax |
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Amble | |
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3, Sunderland GR5, Anson C12/C19 |
Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) | RAF Ballykelly | Lancaster GR3 |
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Boston | |
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Bridlington | |
C & M Party | RAF Castle Archdale | |
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Immingham | |
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 |
No 120/220 Sqn | RAF Kinloss | Lancaster GR 3, |
No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Station Woodhaven | Satellite, Leuchars | |
Joint Anti-Submarine School | RAF Londonderry |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten (Station in Maintenance Command)
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Calshot | Calshot Spit, Hampshire | |
No 235 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Calshot | Sunderland |
Marine Craft Training School | RAF Calshot | |
No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Calshot | |
No 1103 Marine Craft Unit | RAF Felixstowe | Station in Fighter Command |
No 1101 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Fowey | |
No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit | RAF Lyme Regis | |
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 | |
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 | |
RAF Station Valley |
HQ - Gibraltar
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station North Front | ||
No 224/269 Sqn | RAF Gibraltar | Halifax |
No 301 AMES | RAF Gibraltar |
Coastal Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Aberporth | Pembroke Dock | S |
Alness | Kinloss | R |
Angle | Pembroke Dock | S |
Ballyhalbert | Aldergrove | S |
Bishops Court | Aldergrove | R |
Carew Cheriton | Pembroke Dock | S |
Dalcross | Kinloss | R |
Dallachy | Kinloss | R |
Greencastle | Aldergrove | S |
Kete (Radar) | Pembroke Dock | R |
Kirkistown | Aldergrove | S |
Langford Lodge | Aldergrove | NYD |
Llanbedr | Valley | R |
Maghaberry | Aldergrove | S |
Marks Castle (Radar) | St Eval | R |
Mona | Valley | S |
Mullaghmore | Ballykelly | S |
Newford (Radar) | St Eval | R |
Pen Olver (Radar) | St Eval | R |
Pembrey | Pembroke Dock | R |
Penrhos | Valley | S |
Perranporth | St Eval | S |
Predannock | St Eval | R |
St Angelo | Castle Archdale | S |
St Mawgan | St Eval | R |
Skitten | Kinloss | S |
Tain | Kinloss | R |
Talbenny | Pembroke Dock | S |
Templeton | Pembroke Dock | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
NYD = Not yet decided
Source - SD161 (126th Edition) - March 1951
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Inactive Stations]
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