Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Coastal Command - November 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) |
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 1100 Marine Craft Unit | Alness | |
RAF Station Ballykelly | ||
No 240/204 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Shackleton |
No 269 Sqn | RAF Ballykelly | Shackleton |
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit | Blyth | |
No 1109 Marine Craft Unit | Boston | |
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit | Bridlington | |
C & M Party | RAF Castle Archdale | Establishment includes Command General Service Training School |
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit | Drummore | |
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit | Immingham | |
RAF Station Kinloss | ||
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Kinloss | Shackleton |
No 217 Sqn | RAF Kinloss | Neptune |
C & M Party | RAF Langford Lodge | |
No 18 Group Communication Flt | RAF Leuchars | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Station Woodhaven | Satellite, Leuchars | |
RAF Element, Joint Anti-Submarine School | Londonderry | Shackleton |
HMAFV 'Bridlington' | Londonderry | |
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit | Tayport |
HQ - RAF Mount Batten
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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 | |
RAF Station Mount Batten | ||
Marine Craft Training School | RAF Mount Batten | |
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 |
Flying Boat Training 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 | Shackleton |
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 | |
Angle | Pembroke Dock | |
Bolt Tail (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
Carew Cheriton | Pembroke Dock | |
Dallachy | Kinloss | |
Downderry (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
Greystones (Radar) | Aldergrove | |
Kete (Radar) | Pembroke Dock | |
Kingswear (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
Maghaberry | Aldergrove | |
Marks Castle (Radar) | St Eval | |
Maydown | Ballykelly | |
Mullaghmore | Ballykelly | |
Newford (Radar) | St Eval | |
Pen Olver (Radar) | St Eval | |
Perranporth | St Eval | |
Predannock | St Eval | |
St Angelo | Castle Archdale | |
Skipton-on-Swale | Topcliffe | |
Skitten | Kinloss | |
Tain | Kinloss | |
Talbenny | Pembroke Dock | |
Templeton | Pembroke Dock | |
Wombleton | Topcliffe |
Source - SD161 (158th Edition) - November 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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