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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[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) |
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 | Blyth | |
| RAF Station Ballykelly | ||
| No 240/204 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 | |
| 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 | |
| HMAFV 'Bridlington' | 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 | 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/Sycamore |
| School of Maritime Reconnaissance | RAF St Mawgan | Lancaster |
| Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation and Modification Flight | RAF St Mawgan | |
| RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
| No 36 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
| No 203 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
| No 210 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
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 | |
| HQ, Gibraltar RAF Police District | RAF North Front |
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 |
| Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | S |
| Skitten | Kinloss | S |
| Tain | Kinloss | R |
| Talbenny | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Templeton | Pembroke Dock | S |
| Wombleton | Topcliffe | S |
S = Surplus to long-term requirements
R = Retention is currently required
NYD = Not yet decided
Source - SD161 (154th Edition) - July 1953
County names used are those in use at the time
[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]
This page was last updated on 17/08/23©
