Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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' |
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 |
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 |
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]
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