Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - July 1956

[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 (MTCA)
RAF Element, Joint Anti-Submarine School	Londonderry	Shackleton
No 7301 Reserve Flight	RAF Northwood
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton/Sycamore, station in No 19 Group

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 120 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Shackleton
No 202 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Hastings
No 7312 Reserve Flight	RAF Aldergrove
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit	Alness
RAF Station Ballykelly
No 204 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 240 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 269 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 7313 Reserve Flight	RAF Ballykelly
No 1108 Marine Craft Unit	Blyth
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 1113 Marine Craft Unit	Holyhead
No 1110 Marine Craft Unit	Immingham
RAF Station Kinloss
No 236 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Kinloss	Shackleton/Neptune
No 217 Sqn	RAF Kinloss	Neptune
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars	Anson/Dakota, station in Fighter Command
HQ, No 18 Group	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 7311 Reserve Flight	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 1114 Marine Craft Unit	Ramsey
No 1112 Marine Craft Unit	Tayport

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 1102 Marine Craft Unit	Falmouth
No 1103 Marine Craft Unit	RAF Felixstowe	Station in TTC
No 1101 Marine Craft Unit	Fowey
No 1111 Marine Craft Unit	Lyme Regis
HQ, No 19 Group	RAF Mount Batten
Marine Craft Training School	RAF Mount Batten
No 7351 Reserve Flight	RAF Mount Batten
No 1107 Marine Craft 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
No 7354 Reserve Flight	RAF Pembroke Dock
HMAFV 'Bridlington'	Plymouth
HMAFV 'Bridport'	Plymouth
No 1105 Marine Craft Unit	Porthcawl
No 19 Group Communication Flt	Roborough (MTCA)	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
No 228 Sqn	RAF St Eval	Shackleton
No 7353 Reserve Flight	RAF St Eval
RAF Station St Mawgan
No 22 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Whirlwind
School of Maritime Reconnaissance	RAF St Mawgan	Lancaster
RAF Station Topcliffe
No 36 Sqn	RAF Topcliffe	Neptune
No 203 Sqn	RAF Topcliffe	Neptune
No 210 Sqn	RAF Topcliffe	Neptune
No 7352 Reserve Flight	RAF Topcliffe

RAF 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, No 8 RAF Police District (Gibraltar)	RAF North Front	Functionally controlled by HQ, P & SS (UK)
No 331 Signals Unit	RAF North Front
AHQ Gibraltar	RAF North Front

Maritime HQ

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Element, Maritime HQ	Chatham

Coastal Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Alness	Kinloss
Ballyhalbert	Aldergrove
Carew Cheriton	Pembroke Dock
Comber (Belfast) (M/F D/F)	Aldergrove
Dallachy	Kinloss
Dalton	Topcliffe
Downderry (Radar)	Mount Batten
Drummossie	Kinloss
Greencastle	Aldergrove
Greystones (Radar)	Aldergrove
Keith	Kinloss
Kete (Radar)	Pembroke Dock
Kilkeel (Radar)	Aldergrove
Kirkistown	Aldergrove
Langford Lodge	Aldergrove
Maghaberry	Aldergrove
Maydown	Ballykelly
Mullaghmore	Ballykelly
Newford (Radar)	St Eval
Nutts Corner	Aldergrove
Perranporth	St Eval
Plympton (M/F D/F)	Mount Batten
Predannock	St Eval
St Angelo	Castle Archdale
Skipton-on-Swale	Topcliffe
Skitten	Kinloss
Sullom Voe	Kinloss
Tain	Kinloss
Talbenny (M/F D/F)	Pembroke Dock
Templeton	Pembroke Dock
Wombleton	Topcliffe

Source - SD161 (190th Edition) - July 1956

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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