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Coastal Command - February 1953


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

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Coastal Command Communication Flight Bovingdon (MCA)  

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

HQ - Pitreavie Castle, Rosyth, Dunfermline

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove    
No 120 Sqn RAF Aldergrove Shackleton
No 202 Sqn RAF Aldergrove Hastings
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit Amble  
RAF Station Ballykelly    
No 240 Sqn RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
No 269 Sqn RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
Joint Anti-Submarine School (Detachment) RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit Boston  
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit Bridlington  
C & M Party RAF Castle Archdale  
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit Drummore  
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 217 Sqn RAF Kinloss Neptune
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 Falmouth  
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 Sqn RAF Pembroke Dock Sunderland
HMAFV 'Bridport' Plymouth  
No 1105 Marine Craft Unit Porthcawl  
HMAFV 'Adastral' Portsmouth  
No 19 Group Communication Flt Roborough (MCA) Anson/Sea Otter
RAF Station St Eval  
No 42 Sqn RAF St Eval Shackleton
No 206 Sqn RAF St Eval Shackleton
No 220 Sqn RAF St Eval Shackleton
RAF Station St Mawgan  
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF St Mawgan Shackleton/Sunderland/Anson
School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF St Mawgan Lancaster
Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation and Modification Flight RAF St Mawgan  
No 203/36 Sqn RAF Topcliffe Lancaster GR 3, station in Transport Command
No 210 Sqn RAF Topcliffe Lancaster GR 3

 

RAF Gibraltar

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station North Front    
No 224 Sqn RAF North Front Shackleton
No 8 Mobile Oxygen Unit RAF North Front Shackleton

 

Maritime HQ

HQ - Gibraltar

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Element, Maritime HQ Chatham  

 

Coastal Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Aberporth Pembroke Dock S
Alness Kinloss R
Angle Pembroke Dock S
Carew Cheriton Pembroke Dock S
Dallachy Kinloss R
Greystones (Radar) Aldergrove S
Kete (Radar) Pembroke Dock R
Maghaberry Aldergrove S
Marks Castle (Radar) St Eval R
Maydown Ballykelly -
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 (149th Edition) - February 1953

County names used are those in use at the time

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

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