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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 | RAF Gloucester | Station in Home Command |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MCA) | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Stanmore | |
| RAF Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF Stanmore | |
| Film Production Unit Library | RAF Stanmore Park | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CIO) |
| Air Traffic Unit | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Uxbridge | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Watnall |
HQ - Hillingdon
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| C & M Party | RAF Beaulieu | |
| C & M Party | RAF Bentwaters | Allocated to USAF |
| RAF Station Felixstowe | ||
| Fighter Command Control unit | Heathrow (MCA) | |
| AOP School | RAF Middle Wallop | Various |
| 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 | Hoverfly |
| Fighter Command Control and Reporting School | RAF Middle Wallop | Spitfire |
| RAF Station Ibsley | Satellite, Middle Wallop | |
| RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson/Spitfire/Proctor, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
| RAF Component, Joint School of Chemical Warfare | Salisbury | Satellite of Old Sarum, functionally controlled by AM (DGD) |
| C & M Party | RAF Shepherds Grove | Allocated to USAF |
| C & M Party | RAF Wethersfield | |
| Southern Sector | ||
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | ||
| No 41/253 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Meteor |
| No 600 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Biggin Hill | Meteor |
| No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Biggin Hill | Meteor |
| No 21 GCA Unit | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bournemouth | |
| Sector Operations Centre | RAF Box | |
| GCI Station | RAF Comberton | |
| No 3512 (County of Devon (Exeter)) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Exeter | |
| GCI Station | Exminster | |
| No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Filton | Vampire, station in Home Command |
| GCI Station | Hope Cove | |
| No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Llandow | Vampire, station in Maintenance Command |
| No 5 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Llandow | |
| RAF Station North Weald | ||
| No 72 Sqn (Cadre) | RAF North Weald | Vampire |
| No 601 (City of London) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF North Weald | Vampire |
| No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF North Weald | Vampire |
| RAF Station Odiham | ||
| No 54 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 247 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 421 (RCAF) Sqn | RAF Odiham | Vampire |
| No 15 GCA Unit | RAF Odiham | |
| CH Station | Pevensey | Rebuilding |
| No 3513 (County of Devon (Plymouth)) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Plymouth | |
| CH Station | Poling | |
| CH Station | Ringstead | |
| CHEL Station | The Verne | Satellite, Ringstead |
| CHL Station | Westcliff | Satellite, Ringstead |
| No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Rudloe Manor | Station in Home Command |
| GCI Station | RAF Sopley | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | ||
| No 1 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Meteor |
| No 29/22 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Mosquito |
| No 8 GCA Unit | RAF Tangmere | |
| CHEL Station, | Truleigh Hill | |
| CHL (+CMH), CHEL Station | Ventnor | |
| CH Station | Ventnor | Rebuilding |
| GCI Station | RAF Wartling | |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 56/87 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Meteor |
| No 63 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Meteor |
| No 17 GCA Unit | RAF Waterbeach | |
| Metropolitan Sector | ||
| CH, CHL, CHEL Station | RAF Bawdsey | Suffolk |
| CH Station | Dunkirk | |
| RAF Station Duxford | ||
| No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Eastbourne | |
| CH (+ CMH), CHEL Station | Fairlight | |
| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ipswich (Airfield) | |
| No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | London (Queen's Square) | |
| No 3700 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF | London (Hallam Street) | |
| RAF Station Manston | Allocated to USAF | |
| No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Margate | |
| CH Station | Rye | |
| CHEL Station | St Margaret's Bay | |
| RAF Station Sandwich | ||
| GCI Station | RAF Sandwich | |
| CH (+ CMH), CHL Station | Swingate | |
| Sector Operations Centre | RAF Trimley Heath | |
| RAF Station Wattisham | ||
| No 257 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| No 263 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Vampire |
| No 85/145 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Mosquito |
| No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 19 GCA Unit | RAF West Malling | |
HQ - RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Armament Practice Station | RAF Acklington | |
| RAF Station Chivenor | ||
| No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Mosquito |
| RAF Station Newton | ||
| No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Newton | |
| C & M Party | RAF Pembrey | |
| No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (Cadre) | RAF Stradishall | Meteor |
| No 16 GCA Unit | RAF Stradishall | |
| No 20 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Valley | Spitfire/Martinet, station in FTC |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Various |
| Instrument Training Flight | RAF West Raynham | Meteor/Mosquito |
| No 9 GCA Unit | RAF West Raynham | |
|
Northern Sector |
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| CHL, CHEL Station | Bempton | |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | ||
| No 19/152 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Church Fenton | Vampire |
| No 18 GCA Unit | RAF Church Fenton | |
| CHEL Station | Easington | |
| CHL Station | Humberstone | |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | ||
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 65 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 66/111 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 14 GCA Unit | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Long Benton | |
| GCI Station | Northstead | |
| GCI Station | Orby | |
| No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Ouston | Spitfire, station in Home Command |
| Sector Operations Centre | RAF Patrington | |
| GCI Station | Seaton Snook | |
| CHEL Station | Skendleby | |
| CH Station | Stenigot | |
| No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| No 608 (North Riding) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | Vampire, station in Home Command |
| No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | |
| No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Woodvale | Spitfire, station in Home Command |
| No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Station in Home Command |
|
Eastern Sector |
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| CHL (+ CMH) Station | Bard Hill | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | ||
| 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, station in FTC |
| CHL Station | Happisburgh | |
| CH Station | High Street, Darsham | Rebuilding |
| No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Honiley | Vampire, station in Home Command |
| No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | Meteor, station in Home Command |
| CHL (+ CMH), CHEL Station | Hopton | |
| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
| No 34 (AAC) Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Beaufighter/Spitfire |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Meteor |
| No 245/266 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Meteor |
| No 13 GCA Unit | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| GCI Station | RAF Langtoft | |
| Sector Operations Centre | RAF Neatishead | |
| No 3504 (County of Nottingham) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Nottingham | |
| No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
| No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
| No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | Ringway | Spitfire, station in Home Command |
| CH Station | Stoke Holy Cross | |
| CHEL Station | Trimmingham | |
| CH (+ CMH), CHEL Station | West Beckham | |
| RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
| No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Wymeswold | Meteor |
|
Western Sector |
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| GCI Station | Ballywooden | |
| No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Belfast | |
| No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bowlee | Station in Home Command |
| No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Cardiff (Llandaff) | Station in Home Command |
| No 3605 (County of Warwick) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Castle Bromwich | Station in Home Command |
| No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Fazakerley | Station in Home Command |
| GCI Station | Hack Green | |
| Sector HQ | Longley Lane | |
| No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Stoke-on-Trent | |
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Scottish Sector |
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| No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RNAS Abbotsinch | Vampire |
| No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Aberdeen | |
| No 502 (Ulster) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Aldergrove | Vampire, station in Coastal Command |
| No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Bishopsbriggs | Station in Home Command |
| GCI Station | RAF Dirleton | |
| No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
| No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Dyce | Spitfire, station in Home Command |
| No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Edinburgh | |
| No 3510 (County of Inverness) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Inverness | |
| RAF Station Leuchars | ||
| Sector Operations Centre | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 43 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Meteor |
| No 222 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Meteor |
| No 22 GCA Unit | RAF Leuchars | |
| RAF Station Barnton Quarry | Satellite, Leuchars | |
| No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn (Cadre) RAuxAF | RAF Turnhouse | Spitfire, station in Home Command |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Beachey Head (Radar) | Wartling | R |
| Beccles | Horsham St Faith | R |
| Benacre (Radar) | Horsham St Faith | S |
| Birch | Wattisham | S |
| Boxted | Wattisham | R |
| Bradwell Bay | Wattisham | S |
| Branscombe (Radar) | Chivenor | S |
| Burn | Church Fenton | S |
| Castle Camps | Stradishall | S |
| Charlton Horethorne | Old Sarum | S |
| Chedburgh | Stradishall | S |
| Chipping Onger | North Weald | S |
| Cockburnspath (Radar) | R | |
| Cocklaw (Radar) | R | |
| Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | R |
| Debach | Bentwaters | S |
| Dunsfold | Odiham | R |
| Dymchurch (Radar) | West Malling | S |
| Earls Colne | Wattisham | S |
| East Moor | Linton-on-Ouse | R |
| Elvington | Linton-on-Ouse | S |
| Eshott | Acklington | S |
| Foreness (Radar) | Sandwich | R |
| Framlingham | Bentwaters | S |
| Fullarton (Radar) | R | |
| Goldsborough (Radar) | R | |
| Great Bromley (Radar) | Felixstowe | S |
| Great Massingham | West Raynham | R |
| Halesworth | Bentwaters | S |
| Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | R |
| Hartland Point (Radar) | Chivenor | R |
| Kingsgarth (Radar) | R | |
| Langer | Newton | S |
| Lasham | Odiham | R |
| Lavenham | Stradishall | R |
| Leicester East | Wymeswold | S |
| Leiston | Bentwaters | S |
| Little Walden | Duxford | S |
| Ludham | Coltishall | S |
| Merryfield | Chivenor | R |
| Northan (Radar) | Chivenor | S |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | S |
| Raydon | Wattisham | S |
| Sunbury | Wattisham | S |
| Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | R |
| Thorpeness (Radar) | Wattisham | S |
| Walton-on-Naze (Radar) | Felixstowe | S |
| Wrafton (Radar) | Chivenor | R |
| Wratting Common | Stradishall | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
Source - SD161 (130th Edition) - July 1951
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Inactive Stations]
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