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Coastal Command - April 1951


[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'    

 

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

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/Shackleton MR 1
No 120/220 Sqn RAF Kinloss Shackleton MR 1
No 18 Group Communication Flt RAF Leuchars Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Woodhaven   Satellite, Leuchars
Joint Anti-Submarine School RAF Londonderry  

 

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

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
C & M Party RAF St Mawgan  

 

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station North Front    
No 224/269 Sqn RAF North Front Halifax
No 301 AMES RAF North Front

 

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
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
Mullaghmore Ballykelly S
Newford (Radar) St Eval R
Pen Olver (Radar) St Eval R
Perranporth St Eval S
Predannock St Eval R
St Angelo Castle Archdale S
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 (127th Edition) - April 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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