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Coastal Command - December 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 Sqn RAF Aldergrove Halifax
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit Amble  
RAF Station Ballykelly    
Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) RAF Ballykelly Lancaster GR3
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit Boston  
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit Bridlington  
C & M Party RAF Castle Archdale  
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit Immingham  
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit Invergordon  
HMAFV 'Bridlington' Invergordon  
RAF Station Kinloss    
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Kinloss Shackleton
No 120 Sqn RAF Kinloss Shackleton
No 18 Group Communication Flt RAF Leuchars Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Woodhaven   Satellite, Leuchars
Joint Anti-Submarine School Londonderry  
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit Tayport  

 

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 Fowey  
No 1111 Marine Craft Base Unit Lyme Regis  
No 1107 Marine Craft Base Unit 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 Porthcawl  
No 19 Group Communication Flt Roborough (MCA) Anson/Sea Otter
RAF Station St Eval St Eval, nr Wadebridge, Cornwall  
No 203/36 Sqn RAF St Eval Lancaster GR 3
No 210/217 Sqn RAF St Eval Lancaster GR 3
No 220 Sqn RAF St Eval Shackleton
RAF Station St Mawgan  
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF St Mawgan Lancaster/Sunderland/Anson
School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF St Mawgan Lancaster
Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation and Modification Flight RAF St Mawgan  

 

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station North Front    
No 224/269 Sqn RAF North Front Shackleton
No 57 Signals Unit RAF North Front AMES

 

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
Greystones (Radar) Aldergrove S
Kete (Radar) Pembroke Dock R
Kilkeel (Radar) Aldergrove S
Kirkistown Aldergrove S
Langford Lodge Aldergrove NYD
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 (135th Edition) - December 1951

County names used are those in use at the time

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Inactive Stations]

This page was last updated on 30/07/23©

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