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Home Command - May 1956


[Home Command | RAF Record Office | No 61 Group | No 62 Group | No 63 Group | No 64 Group | No 65 Group | No 66 Group | Inactive Stations]

Home Command

HQ - RAF White Waltham

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Staff College RAF Bracknell Functional control by AM (DST)
Home Command Communication Sqn RAF White Waltham Anson/Balliol/Chipmunk
Home Command Examining Unit RAF White Waltham Anson/Chipmunk/Mosquito

RAF Record Office

Unit Location/Address Notes
HQ, RAF Record Office RAF Gloucester  
Medical Survey Office RAF Gloucester Functionally controlled by HQ Home Command (PMO)
No 1 Base Accounts Office Innsworth (Elmbridge Court) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (B) - P7)
RAF Station Innsworth    
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Innsworth  
No 7803 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
No 7804 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7821 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
HQ, No 33 Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
No 15 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
No 16 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
No 48 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Rudloe Manor Station in Fighter Command

No 61 (Eastern) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 2600 (City of London) (LAA) Sqn (RAuxAF) RAF Biggin Hill Station in Fighter Command
No 58 Recruiting Centre Blackheath  
Air Crew Allocation Unit Booker Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DD Sel)
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment RAF Boscombe Down Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
RAF Handling Sqn RAF Boscombe Down Functionally controlled by AM (DTF)
No 55 Recruiting Centre Brighton  
Cambridge UAS Cambridge Chipmunk/Harvard
Cambridge University Fighter Control Flight Cambridge  
No 45 Recruiting Centre Cambridge  
No 53 Recruiting Centre Chatham  
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), Western Command HQ Chester Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
No 52 Recruiting Centre Croydon  
C & M Party RAF Detling  
No 57 Recruiting Centre Ealing  
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), Scottish Command HQ Edinburgh Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
RAF Hospital Ely  
No 7808 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7818 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7819 Reserve Flight Ely  
RAF Unit (M of S) Farnborough Farnborough (MoS)
Institute of Aviation Medicine Farnborough (MoS) Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
Meteorological Research Flight Farnborough (MoS) Hastings/Mosquito
Home Command Gliding Centre Hawkinge Station in TTC
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Headley Court
No 1958 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Hendon Auster, station in Transport Command
No 1961 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Henlow Auster, station in TTC
Parachute Test Unit RAF Henlow Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
No 1 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF Hornchurch Spitfire/Chipmunk, station in FTC
No 1959 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Hornchurch Auster, station in TTC
HQ, No 160 Wing RAF RAF Hornchurch Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), Eastern Command HQ Hounslow Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
No 50 Recruiting Centre Ilford  
No 47 Recruiting Centre Ipswich (Town)  
RAF Station Kenley
HQ, No 61 Group RAF Kenley  
No 61 Group Reserve Centre RAF Kenley  
No 61 Group Communication Flight RAF Kenley Chipmunk/Oxford
No 661 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Kenley  
No 3661 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Kenley  
No 1957 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Kenley Auster
No 1960 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Kenley Auster
University of London Air Sqn RAF Kenley Chipmunk
No 7825 Reserve Flight RAF Kenley  
No 4 MT Sqn RAF Kidbrooke

Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)

RAF Movements School RAF Kidbrooke

Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)

No 2 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF Langham Spitfire
AMMRU (O & M) London Functionally controlled by AM (D of O)
Central Medical Establishment London Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
No 1 Movements Unit (Embarkation) London Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7805 Reserve Flight London Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
Central Recruiting Office London Kingsway, WC2
University of London Fighter Control Flight London  
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), London District HQ London Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
HQ, Provost and Security Services (UK) London (Acton) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS)
No 1 Air Intelligence Unit RAFVR London (Balham)  
Armament & Instrument Experimental Unit RAF Martlesham Heath Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
No 49 Recruiting Centre Norwich  
Air Ministry Unit RAF Ruislip  
HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops 3)
No 7802 Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OPs))
HQ, Task Force Buffalo RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
HQ, Task Force Grapple RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
No 6 Joint Services Trials Unit RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR))
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), Southern Command HQ Salisbury Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
No 60 Recruiting Centre Surbiton  
RAF Element, Joint Guided Weapons Trials Unit Ty Croes (Army) Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR))
RAF Hospital RAF Uxbridge Station in TTC
No 7831 Reserve Flight RAF Uxbridge  
RAF Station West Drayton   Administered by USAF
No 7830 Reserve Flight RAF West Drayton  
RAF Movement Unit (Road & Rail), Northern Command HQ York Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)

No 62 (Southern) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 36 Recruiting Centre Bristol  
No 662 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Colerne Station in Fighter Command
No 3662 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Colerne  
No 1956 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Colerne Auster
No 1963 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Colerne Auster
No 7826 Reserve Flight RAF Colerne  
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit Exeter (Airfield) Mosquito/Vampire
No 37 Recruiting Centre Exeter (Town)  
No 1903 (AOP) Flight RAF Feltwell Station in FTC
Bristol UAS RAF Filton Chipmunk/Harvard, station in Fighter Command
No 2501 (County of Gloucestershire) (LAA) Sqn, RAuxAF RAF Filton  
Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit Gosport (RNAS) Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton Station in TTC
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton  
Dental Training Establishment RAF Halton Functionally controlled by AM (DDS)
No 7809 Reserve Flight RAF Halton  
Oxford UAS RAF Kidlington Chipmunk, station in Maintenance Command
No 7824 Reserve Flight RAF Locking  
No 7822 Reserve Flight RAF Melksham  
No 651 (AOP) SQn HQ RAF Middle Wallop Station in Fighter Command
No 1906 (AOP) Flight RAF Middle Wallop Sycamore
No 1913 (Light Liaison) Flight RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 1962 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Middle Wallop Auster
No 39 Recruiting Centre Oxford  
Oxford University Fighter Control Flight Oxford  
No 40 Recruiting Centre Plymouth  
RAF Station Pucklechurch    
HQ, No 62 Group RAF Pucklechurch  
No 62 Group Reserve Centre RAF Pucklechurch  
No 42 Recruiting Centre Reading  
Southampton UAS Southampton Chipmunk
No 44 Recruiting Centre Southampton  
No 2 Movements Unit (Embarkation) Southampton Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7806 Reserve Flight Southampton Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
Southampton University Technical Flight Southampton  
No 2 Base Accounts Office RAF Titchfield Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (B))
Central Depository RAF Titchfield  
RAF Hospital Wroughton  
No 7810 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, Wroughton  
No 7823 Reserve Flight RAF Yatesbury Station in TTC

 

No 63 (Western & Welsh) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Unit (MOS) Aberporth Aberporth Functionally controlled by M of S
Satellite, Aberporth Llanbedr (M of S)  
No 21 Recruiting Centre Birmingham  
University of Birmingham Airfield Construction Flight Birmingham  
No 22 Recruiting Centre Cardiff  
RAF Station Castle Bromwich    
No 1954 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Castle Bromwich Auster
University of Birmingham Air Sqn RAF Castle Bromwich Chipmunk
HQ, No 7 RAF Police District (UK) RAF Castle Bromwich Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford Station in TTC
No 7811 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, Cosford  
No 25 Recruiting Centre Coventry  
RAF Station Cranage   Administered by the USAF
Radar Research Flying Unit Defford (MoS) Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
RAF Station Fazakerley    
RAF Station Hawarden    
HQ, No 63 Group RAF Hawarden  
No 63 Group Reserve Centre RAF Hawarden  
No 63 Group Communication Flight RAF Hawarden  
No 2605 (County of Warwick) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Honiley Station in Fighter Command
No 663 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ RAF Hooton Park Station in Fighter Command
No 3663 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park  
No 1953 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park Auster
No 1955 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Hooton Park Auster
No 7827 Reserve Flight RAF Hooton Park  
No 26 Recruiting Centre Liverpool  
No 3 Movements Unit (Embarkation) Liverpool Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7807 Reserve Flight Liverpool Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit Llanbedr Vampire/Mosquito
No 1952 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Llandow Auster
No 27 Recruiting Centre Manchester  
RAF Hospital RAF Padgate Station in TTC
No 7812 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, Padgate  
No 29 Recruiting Centre Preston  
No 1951 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Ringway Auster, station in Fighter Command
RAF Hospital RAF St Athan Station in TTC
No 7816 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, St Athan  
No 32 Recruiting Centre Swansea  
Transient Families Unit RAF Warton Station in Maintenance Command, functionally control by AM (DPS)
Medical Training Establishment RAF Warton Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
RAF Element, Home Office Fire Service Training Centre Washington Hall, Chorley  
RAF Hospital RAF Weeton Station in TTC
No 7813 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, Weeton  
RAF Hospital RAF West Kirby Station in TTC
No 7814 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, West Kirby  
RAF Hospital RAF Wilmslow Station in TTC
No 7815 Reserve Flight RAF Hospital, Wilmslow  
No 34 Recruiting Centre Wolverhampton  
RAF Station Woodvale    
Manchester UAS RAF Woodvale Chipmunk/Harvard
University of Liverpool Air Sqn RAF Woodvale Chipmunk/Harvard
No 2611 (West Lancashire) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Woodvale  
No 35 Recruiting Centre Worcester  
No 30 Recruiting Centre Wrexham  

 

No 64 (Northern) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
C & M Party Alvaston, Derby  
No 8 Recruiting Centre Bradford  
No 23 Recruiting Centre Carlisle  
No 9 Recruiting Centre Derby  
RAF Unit RAF Harrogate  
No 664 (AOP) Sqn RAuxAF HQ Hucknall Station in Maintenance Command
No 3664 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF Hucknall  
No 1970 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF Hucknall Auster
No 2504 (County of Nottingham) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment Hucknall  
No 7828 Reserve Flight Hucknall  
No 11 Recruiting Centre Hull  
Hull UAS Hull Chipmunk
No 14 Recruiting Centre Leeds  
Leeds University Airfield Construction Flight Leeds  
No 12 Recruiting Centre Leicester  
No 13 Recruiting Centre Lincoln  
No 15 Recruiting Centre Middlesborough  
No 16 Recruiting Centre Newcastle  
Nottingham UAS RAF Newton Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
RAF Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7817 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7820 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 2616 (South Yorkshire) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Norton Station in No 90 Group
No 17 Recruiting Centre Nottingham  
Nottingham University Technical Flight Nottingham  
RAF Station Rufforth    
HQ, No 64 Group RAF Rufforth  
No 64 Group Reserve Centre RAF Rufforth  
No 64 Group Communication Flight RAF Rufforth  
No 19 Recruiting Centre Sheffield  
No 2608 (North Riding) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Thornaby  
Durham UAS RAF Usworth Chipmunk
No 1965 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Usworth Auster
No 1969 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Wymeswold Auster, station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Yeadon    
No 2609 (West Riding) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Yeadon  
Leeds UAS RAF Yeadon Chipmunk
No 1964 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Yeadon Auster

No 66 (Scottish) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 1967 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RNAS Abbotsinch Auster
No 1 Recruiting Centre Aberdeen  
No 2602 (City of Glasgow) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Bishopbriggs Station in No 90 Group
HQ, No 66 Group Butlaw Camp, Port Edgar (RN)  
St Andrews UAS RNAS Crail Chipmunk
C & M Party RAF Dumfries  
No 3 Recruiting Centre Dundee  
No 2612 (County of Aberdeen) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Dyce Station in Fighter Command
Aberdeen UAS RAF Dyce Chipmunk
No 4 Recruiting Centre Edinburgh  
No 5 Recruiting Centre Glasgow  
No 6 Recruiting Centre Inverness  
Glasgow UAS Perth Chipmunk
No 66 Group Reserve Centre Perth  
No 666 (AOP) RAuxAF Sqn HQ Perth  
No 3666 (AOP) Mobile Servicing Section RAuxAF Perth  
No 1966 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF Perth Auster
No 7829 Reserve Flight Perth  
Edinburgh UAS RAF Turnhouse Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
No 1968 (AOP) Flight RAuxAF RAF Turnhouse Auster
No 2603 (City of Edinburgh) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Turnhouse  
RAF Station West Freugh  
Bombing Trials Unit West Freugh Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply

No 67 (Northern Ireland) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 67 Group Communication Flight RAF Aldergrove Station in Coastal Command
No 2502 (Ulster) (LAA) Sqn RAuxAF Regiment RAF Aldergrove  
No 59 Recruiting Centre Belfast  
Northern Ireland Signals Centre Dundonald  
HQ, No 67 Group Edenmore  
HQ, No 10 RAF Police District Edenmore Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
Queen's UAS RAF Sydenham Chipmunk/Harvard

 

Home Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Aston Hill (W/T Station) Hawarden  
Borve Castle (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Brenish (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Burifa Hill (GEE) HQ No 66 Group  
Calveley Hawarden  
Capenhurst (M/F D/F) Hawarden  
Castle Kennedy West Freugh  
Crustan (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Deerness (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Doonies Hill (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Dunnet Head (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Eorodale (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Fairoaks HQ (Unit) Home Command  
Framlingham Martlesham Heath  
Greian Head (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Leiston Martlesham Heath  
Marston Moor Rufforth  
North Cairn (AMES) West Freugh  
Noss Hill (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Poulton Hawarden  
Rhuddlan (Radar) Hawarden  
St Cyrus (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Saligo Bay (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Scousborough (GEE) HQ No 66 Group  
Skaw (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Ulbster (Radar) HQ No 66 Group  
Wigtown West Freugh  
Windy Head (GEE) HQ No 66 Group  
Wrexham Hawarden  
York Rufforth  

Source - SD161 (188th Edition) - May 1956

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