Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Coastal
Command - January 1957
[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 | Station in Fighter Command |
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 |
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 |
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/Prentice |
RAF Station St Eval | ||
No 42 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
No 206 Sqn | RAF St Eval | Shackleton |
No 7353 Reserve Flight | RAF St Eval | |
RAF Station St Mawgan | ||
No 22 Sqn | RAF St Mawgan | Whirlwind |
No 220 Sqn | RAF St Mawgan | Shackleton |
No 228 Sqn | RAF St Mawgan | Shackleton |
RAF Station Topcliffe | ||
No 36 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
No 210 Sqn | RAF Topcliffe | Neptune |
No 7352 Reserve Flight | RAF Topcliffe |
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 |
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 | |
Castle Rock | Ballykelly | |
Comber (Belfast) (M/F D/F) | Aldergrove | |
Dallachy | Kinloss | |
Dalton | Topcliffe | |
Downderry (Radar) | Mount Batten | |
Drummossie | Kinloss | |
Forres | Kinloss | |
Greencastle | Aldergrove | |
Greystones (Radar) | Aldergrove | |
Keith | Kinloss | |
Kete (Radar) | Pembroke Dock | |
Kilkeel (Radar) | Aldergrove | |
Kirkistown | Aldergrove | |
Langford Lodge | Aldergrove | |
Maydown | Ballykelly | |
Mullaghmore | Ballykelly | |
Newford (Radar) | St Eval | |
Nutts Corner | Aldergrove | |
Perranporth | St Eval | |
Plympton (M/F D/F) | Mount Batten | |
Rosevalley | Kinloss | |
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 (196th Edition) - January 1957
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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