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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[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]
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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
[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]
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