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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Fighter Command - January 1956
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 81 Group | No 80 Wing | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Barton Hall (MTCA) | |
| Fighter Command Communication Sqn | Bovingdon (MTCA) | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Gloucester | Station in Home Command |
| Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit | RAF Middle Wallop | Functionally controlled by the War Office, station in No 81 Group |
| No 3 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Ruislip | Functionally controlled by the AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 6 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Ruislip | Functionally controlled by the AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 8 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Ruislip | Functionally controlled by the AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| No 12 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Ruislip | Functionally controlled by the AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| Air Defence Operations Centre | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Stanmore | |
| Metropolitan Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | Stanmore (Hill House) | |
| HQ (Unit) | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| Film Production Unit Library | RAF Stanmore Park | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CIO) |
| No 7172 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7194 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7204 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| C & M Party | RAF Beaulieu | |
| HQ, No 11 Group | Hillingdon | |
| RAF Unit | Northolt (MTCA) | |
| RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
| RAF Component, Joint School of Chemical Warfare | Salisbury | Satellite of Old Sarum, functionally controlled by AM (DGD) |
| RAF Station Shepherds Grove | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by USAF | |
| Southern Sector | ||
| No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bournemouth | |
| Southern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Box | |
| Southern Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | RAF Box | |
| C & M Party | Charmy Down | |
| No 7216 Reserve Flight | RAF Chivenor | Station in No 81 Group |
| No 909 Signals Unit | Comberton | GCI |
| No 7215 Reserve Flight | Comberton | |
| No 3512 (County of Devon (Exeter)) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Exeter (Town) | |
| RAF Station Filton | ||
| No 501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Filton | Vampire |
| HQ, No 6 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Filton | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 7120 Reserve Flight | RAF Filton | |
| No 508 Signals Unit | Folly | CH (C & M) |
| No 7181 Reserve Flight | Folly | |
| No 405 Signals Unit | Hartland Point | |
| No 392 Signals Unit | Haycastle Cross | CH (C & M) |
| No 7185 Reserve Flight | Haycastle Cross | |
| No 926 Signals Unit | Hope Cove | GCI (C & M) |
| No 7180 Reserve Flight | Hope Cove | |
| RAF Station Cardiff (Llandaff) | ||
| No 3614 (County of Glamorgan) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Cardiff (Llandaff) | |
| No 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Llandow | Vampire, station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Station Odiham | ||
| No 46 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Meteor |
| No 54 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
| No 247 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
| No 12 Group Modification Centre | RAF Odiham | |
| No 7118 Reserve Flight | RAF Odiham | |
| No 7218 Reserve Flight | Pembrey | |
| No 3513 (County of Devon (Plymouth)) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Plymouth | |
| No 87 Signals Unit | Poling | CH |
| No 7190 Reserve Flight | Poling | |
| No 815 Signals Unit | Portland (The Verne) | CEW |
| No 7177 Reserve Flight | Portland (The Verne) | |
| C & M Party | Ringstead | |
| No 7191 Reserve Flight | Ringstead | |
| No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Rudloe Manor | Station in No 81 Group |
| No 991 Signals Unit | St Twynnells | |
| No 383 Signals Unit | Sennen | CH (C & M) |
| No 7182 Reserve Flight | Sennan | |
| No 227 Signals Unit | RAF Sopley | GCI |
| No 7211 Reserve Flight | RAF Sopley | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | ||
| No 1 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hunter |
| No 29 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Meteor |
| No 34 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hunter |
| No 7119 Reserve Flight | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 7126 Reserve Flight | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 7196 Reserve Flight | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 644 Signals Unit | Treleaver | GCI |
| Satellite, Treleaver | Drytree | CH |
| Satellite, Treleaver | Trelanvean | CH |
| No 7213 Reserve Flight | Treleaver | |
| No 7214 Reserve Flight | Treleaver | |
| No 943 Signals Unit | Trerew | CH (C & M) |
| No 7183 Reserve Flight | Trerew | |
| No 607 Signals Unit | Truleigh Hill | CHEL |
| No 7210 Reserve Flight | Truleigh Hill | |
| No 23 Signals Unit | Ventnor | CH, CHL (+CMH), CHEL |
| No 7179 Reserve Flight | Ventnor | |
| No 620 Signals Unit | West Prawle | CH (C & M) |
| No 7184 Reserve Flight | West Prawle | |
| Metropolitan Sector | ||
| No 144 Signals Unit | RAF Bawdsey | CH, CHL, CHEL |
| No 7205 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawdsey | |
| Satellite, Bawdsey | Trimley Heath | |
| No 880 Signals Unit | Beachy Head | CEW |
| No 7168 Reserve Flight | Beachy Head | |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | ||
| No 41 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Hunter |
| No 600 (City of London) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Biggin Hill | Meteor |
| No 615 (Country of Surrey) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Biggin Hill | Meteor |
| No 7116 Reserve Flight | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| No 3701 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF | Brighton | |
| No 3631 (County of Essex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Chelmsford | |
| No 136 Signals Unit | Chenies | Functionally controlled by HQ, No 90 Group |
| No 7244 Reserve Flight | Chenies | |
| C & M Party | Dunkirk | |
| No 7206 Reserve Flight | Dunkirk | |
| RAF Station Duxford | ||
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
| No 65 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
| HQ, No 4 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Duxford | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 7114 Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | |
| No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Eastbourne | |
| No 229 Signals Unit | Fairlight | CHEL |
| No 7189 Reserve Flight | Fairlight | |
| No 993 Signals Unit | Foreness | CHEL |
| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ipswich (Airfield) | |
| Metropolitan Sector Operations Centre | Kelvedon Hatch | |
| No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | London (Queen's Square) | |
| No 3700 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF | London (Devonshire Street) | |
| RAF Station Manston | ||
| No 7123 Reserve Flight | RAF Manston | |
| No 7170 Reserve Flight | RAF Manston | |
| No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Margate | |
| RAF Station North Weald | ||
| No 111 Sqn | RAF North Weald | Hunter |
| No 601 (City of London) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF North Weald | Meteor |
| No 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF North Weald | Meteor |
| No 7115 Reserve Flight | RAF North Weald | |
| No 7167 Reserve Flight | RAF North Weald | |
| No 860 Signals Unit | Rye | CH |
| No 7188 Reserve Flight | Rye | |
| No 1 Signals Unit | St Margaret's Bay | CEW |
| Satellite, No 1 Signals Unit | Swingate | CH (+CMH), CHEL |
| No 7169 Reserve Flight | St Margaret's Bay | |
| No 7187 Reserve Flight | St Margaret's Bay | |
| No 491 Signals Unit | RAF Sandwich | GCI |
| No 7207 Reserve Flight | RAF Sandwich | |
| No 919 Signals Unit | RAF Wartling | GCI |
| Satellite, No 919 Signals Unit | Pevensey | CH |
| No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
| No 7209 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
| RAF Station Wattisham | ||
| No 152 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| No 257 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Hunter |
| No 263 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Hunter |
| No 289 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 7113 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 7127 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 153 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 7117 Reserve Flight | RAF West Malling | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station East Kirkby | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Newton | ||
| HQ, No 12 Group | RAF Newton | |
| No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Newton | |
| RAF Station Watnall | ||
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Watnall | |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Hunter |
| No 7108 Reserve Flight | RAF West Raynham | |
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Eastern Sector |
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| Eastern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Bawburgh | |
| RAF Station Bentwaters | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Woodbridge | Satellite, Bentwaters | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | ||
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Venom |
| No 141 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Venom |
| No 7109 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 7203 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| C & M Party | High Street, Darsham | CH (C & M) |
| No 7224 Reserve Flight | High Street, Darsham | |
| No 250 Signals Unit | Hopton | CHEL |
| No 7192 Reserve Flight | Hopton | |
| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Meteor |
| No 12 Group Modification Centre | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7110 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7197 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7202 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 966 Signals Unit | RAF Langtoft | GCI |
| No 7222 Reserve Flight | RAF Langtoft | |
| No 271 Signals Unit | RAF Neatishead | GCI |
| Eastern Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | RAF Neatishead | |
| No 3504 (County of Nottingham) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Nottingham | |
| No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
| No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
| No 950 Signals Unit | Skendleby | CHEL |
| No 7219 Reserve Flight | Skendleby | |
| No 178 Signals Unit | Stenigot | CH |
| No 7193 Reserve Flight | Stenigot | |
| No 353 Signals Unit | Stoke Holy Cross | CH |
| No 7223 Reserve Flight | Stoke Holy Cross | |
| RAF Station Stradishall | ||
| No 89 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Venom |
| No 125 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Venom |
| No 245 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Meteor |
| No 7112 Reserve Flight | RAF Stradishall | |
| No 432 Signals Unit | Trimmingham | CHEL |
| No 7166 Reserve Flight | Trimmingham | |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 56 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
| No 63 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Meteor |
| No 253 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Venom |
| No 7111 Reserve Flight | RAF Waterbeach | |
| No 820 Signals Unit | West Beckham | CH (+ CMH), CHEL |
| No 7221 Reserve Flight | West Beckham | |
| No 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Worksop | Meteor, station in FTC |
| RAF Station Wymeswold | ||
| No 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Wymeswold | Meteor |
| No 7107 Reserve Flight | RAF Wymeswold | |
|
Western Sector |
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| No 502 (Ulster) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Aldergrove | Vampire, station in Coastal Command |
| No 197 Signals Unit | Ballywooden | GCI |
| C & M Party | Bishop's Court | |
| No 7231 Reserve Flight | Bishop's Court | |
| No 3605 (County of Warwick) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Castle Bromwich | Station in Home Command |
| C & M Party | Castle Rock | |
| C & M Party | RAF Cluntoe |
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| No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Fazakerley | Station in Home Command |
| No 17 Signals Unit | Hack Green | GCI |
| No 7230 Reserve Flight | Hack Green | |
| RAF Station Honiley | ||
| No 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Honiley | Vampire |
| RAF Station Hooton Park | ||
| No 610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | Meteor |
| No 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Hooton Park | Meteor |
| No 7121 Reserve Flight | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 7122 Reserve Flight | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 7232 Reserve Flight | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 255 Signals Unit (C & M) | Killard Point | |
| Western Sector Operations Centre | Longley Lane | |
| No 613 (City of Manchester) Sqn RAuxAF | Ringway | Vampire, station in Home Command |
| No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ringway | Station in Home Command |
| No 3621 (North Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Squires Gate | MTCA Airfield |
| No 997 Signals Unit | St Annes | |
| No 3509 (County of Stafford) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| No 7175 Reserve Flight | Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 7199 Reserve Flight | Warton | |
| No 7247 Reserve Flight | Warton | |
| No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Whiteabbey | Station in Home Command |
| Western Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | Whittingham Lane | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Blyton | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Full Sutton | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Kirknewton | Administered by the USAF | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| C & M Party | RAF Sandtoft | |
| RAF Station Sturgate | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 275 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Sycamore |
| No 533 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Thornaby | |
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Northern Sector |
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| No 146 Signals Unit | Bempton | CHL, CHEL |
| No 7160 Reserve Flight | Bempton | |
| No 500 Signals Unit | Boulmer | |
| No 7229 Reserve Flight | Boulmer | |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | ||
| No 19 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 72 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 609 (West Yorkshire) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 7106 Reserve Flight | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 7125 Reserve Flight | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 891 Signals Unit | Cold Hesledon | CEW |
| No 7162 Reserve Flight | Cold Hesledon | |
| No 573 Signals Unit | Danby Beacon | CH (C & M) |
| No 7163 Reserve Flight | Danby Beacon | |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 33 Sqn | RAF Driffield | Venom |
| No 219 Sqn | RAF Driffield | Venom |
| No 39 Signals Unit | Goldsborough | |
| No 7161 Reserve Flight | Goldsborough | |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | ||
| No 66 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Sabre |
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Sabre |
| No 264 Sqn | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Meteor |
| No 7105 Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 7128 Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 7225 Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| RAF Station Long Benton | ||
| No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Long Benton | |
| RAF Station Ouston | ||
| HQ, No 13 Group | RAF Ouston | |
| No 13 Group Communication Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Ouston | Vampire |
| No 7104 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7198 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 336 Signals Unit | RAF Patrington | GCI |
| No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
| No 59 Signals Unit | Seaton Snook | GCI |
| No 7228 Reserve Flight | Seaton Snook | |
| Northern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Shipton | |
| C & M Party | Staxton Wold | CH |
| No 7164 Reserve Flight | Staxton Wold | |
| No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| RAF Station Thornaby | ||
| No 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | Vampire |
| No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | |
| No 7165 Reserve Flight | RAF Watnall | Station in No 12 Group |
| Northern Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | RAF Watnall | |
| No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Station in Home Command |
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Caledonian Sector |
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| No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAuxAF | RNAS Abbotsinch | Vampire |
| No 351 Signals Unit | Anstruther | |
| No 7243 Reserve Flight | Anstruther | |
| No 7159 Reserve Flight | RAF Ballykelly | Station in Coastal Command |
| No 7233 Reserve Flight | RAF Ballykelly | Station in Coastal Command |
| Caledonian Sector Operations Centre | Barnton Quarry | |
| Caledonian Centralised Filter Plotting Centre | Barnton Quarry | |
| No 7157 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 7239 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 7242 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 7245 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 409 Signals Unit | Buchan | |
| No 7238 Reserve Flight | Buchan | |
| No 617 Signals Unit | Crosslaw | |
| No 7152 Reserve Flight | Crosslaw | |
| No 7237 Reserve Flight | Dalcross | Station in No 81 Group |
| No 51 Signals Unit | Douglas Wood | CH |
| No 7186 Reserve Flight | Douglas Wood | |
| No 633 Signals Unit | Drone Hill | CH |
| No 7154 Reserve Flight | Drone Hill | |
| No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
| No 7235 Reserve Flight | Dundonald | |
| RAF Station Dyce | ||
| No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Dyce | Vampire |
| No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Dyce | |
| No 7124 Reserve Flight | RAF Dyce | |
| No 7200 Reserve Flight | RAF Dyce | |
| No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Edinburgh | |
| No 32 Signals Unit | Faraid Head | |
| No 167 Signals Unit | Gailes | |
| No 7236 Reserve Flight | Gailes | |
| No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Glasgow | |
| No 170 Signals Unit | Hill Head | CH (C & M) |
| No 7155 Reserve Flight | Hill Head | |
| No 977 Signals Unit | Inverbervie | |
| No 7241 Reserve Flight | Inverbervie | |
| No 3510 (County of Inverness) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Inverness | |
| RAF Station Leuchars | ||
| No 43 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hunter |
| No 151 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Venom |
| No 222 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hunter |
| No 7101 Reserve Flight | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 401 Signals Unit | Netherbutton | CH (C & M) |
| No 7158 Reserve Flight | Sango | |
| No 320 Signals Unit | Scarnish | |
| No 625 Signals Unit | School Hill | CH (C & M) |
| No 7156 Reserve Flight | School Hill | |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | ||
| RAF Turnhouse Communication Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAuxAF | RAF Turnhouse | Vampire |
| No 7102 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7129 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7130 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7151 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Armament Practice Station | RAF Acklington | Meteor |
| No 7103 Reserve Flight | RAF Acklington | |
| No 7131 Reserve Flight | RAF Acklington | |
| No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
| No 238 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Colerne | Brigand/Balliol |
| RAF Colerne Communication Sqn | RAF Colerne | |
| C & M Party | RAF Dalcross | |
| Fighter Weapons School | RAF Leconfield | Meteor/Venom |
| No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Meteor |
| RAF Station Middle Wallop | ||
| Light Aircraft School | RAF Middle Wallop | Auster |
| No 288 Sqn | RAF Middle Wallop | Balliol |
| School of Control and Reporting | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| RAF Station North Luffenham | ||
| No 233 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Pembrey | Hunter/Vampire |
| RAF Station Rudloe Manor | ||
| HQ, No 81 Group | RAF Rudloe Manor | |
| No 7176 Reserve Flight | RAF Rudloe Manor | |
| No 48 (Rifle) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Rudloe Manor |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 869 Signals Unit | Bletchley | Functionally controlled by the Air
Defence Operations Centre Stations in No 90 Group |
| No 253 Signals Unit | RAF Chigwell | |
| No 41 Signals Unit | RAF Dyce | Stations in No 13 Group |
| No 863 Signals Unit | RAF Horsham St Faith | Stations in No 12 Group |
| No 82 Signals Unit | RAF Ouston | Stations in No 13 Group |
| HQ, No 80 Wing | RAF Stanmore | |
| No 896 Signals Unit | RAF Tangmere | Stations in No 11 Group |
| No 484 Signals Unit | Trimley Heath | |
| No 982 Signals Unit | RAF Woodvale | Station in Home Command |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Birch | Wattisham | |
| Bottisham | Waterbeach | |
| Boxted | Wattisham | |
| Bradwell Bay | Wattisham | |
| Branscombe (Radar) | Hope Cove | |
| Burn | Church Fenton | |
| Carnaby | Driffield | |
| Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
| Catfoss | Driffield | |
| Chipping Onger | North Weald | |
| Cocklaw (Radar) | ||
| Cottam | Driffield | |
| Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
| Drem | Turnhouse | |
| Dunsfold | Odiham | |
| Earls Colne | Wattisham | |
| Easington (Radar) | Patrington | |
| East Fortune | Turnhouse | |
| East Moor | Linton-on-Ouse | |
| Elvington | Church Fenton | |
| Eshott | Acklington | |
| Exminster | Hope Cove | |
| Fraserburgh | Dyce | |
| Fullarton (Radar) | ||
| Gorleston | Horsham St Faith | |
| Great Massingham | West Raynham | |
| Halesworth | Horsham St Faith | |
| Happisburgh (Radar) | Coltishall | |
| Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hawkshill Down | Sandwich | |
| Hutton Cranswick | Driffield | |
| Ibsley | Sopley | |
| Lasham | Odiham | |
| Lavenham | Stradishall | |
| Leicester East | Wymeswold | |
| Ludham | Coltishall | |
| Macmerry (Technical Site) | Turnhouse | |
| Matching | North Weald | |
| Northan (Radar) | Chivenor | |
| Nuthampstead | Duxford | |
| Orby (Radar) | Stenigot | |
| Ponteland (M/F D/F) | Acklington | |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
| Rose Hearty (Radar) | Dyce | |
| Southburn | Driffield | |
| Sudbury | Stradishall | |
| Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
| Winterton | Coltishall | |
| Wrafton (Radar) | Chivenor |
Source - SD161 (184th Edition) - January 1956
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 81 Group | No 80 Wing | Inactive Stations]
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