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Coastal Command - October 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    
Maritime Operational Training Unit RAF Kinloss  
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
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
RAF Station Topcliffe    
No 36 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 (193rd Edition) - October 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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