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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 81 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Barton Hall (MTCA) | |
| No 7259 Reserve Flight | Barton Hall (MTCA) | |
| RAF Station Bovingdon | ||
| Fighter Command Communication Sqn | RAF Bovingdon | Anson/Chipmunk/Meteor |
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Chenies |
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No 400 Signals Unit (Cottam) |
RAF Driffield |
Station in No 13 Group, functionally controlled AM (D of S (1)) |
| Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit | RAF Middle Wallop | Functionally controlled by the War Office, station in No 81 Group |
| Air Defence Operations Centre | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Stanmore | |
| Metropolitan Air Defence Notification Centre | Stanmore (Hill House) | |
| HQ (Unit) | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| Film Production Unit Library | RAF Stanmore Park | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (CIO) |
| No 7132 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7133 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7172 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7204 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Gloucester | Station in Home Command |
| No 7256 Reserve Flight | RAF Gloucester | Station in Home Command |
| HQ, No 11 Group | Hillingdon | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre (Uxbridge) | Hillingdon | |
| No 7135 Reserve Flight | Hillingdon | |
| No 7258 Reserve Flight | Hillingdon | |
| RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
| RAF Component, Joint School of Chemical Warfare | Salisbury | Functionally controlled by AM (DGD) |
| RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by USAF | |
| No 7272 Reserve Flight | RAF Wethersfield | |
| Southern Sector | ||
| No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bournemouth | |
| Southern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Box | |
| Southern Air Defence Notification Centre | RAF Box | |
| C & M Party | Charmy Down | |
| No 7216 Reserve Flight | RAF Chivenor | Station in No 81 Group |
| No 7217 Reserve Flight | RAF Chivenor | |
| C & M Party | Comberton | |
| No 926 Signals Unit | Hope Cove | GCI |
| No 7180 Reserve Flight | Hope Cove | |
| No 1 Fighter Command Modification Centre | RAF Leconfield | Station in No 81 Group |
| C & M Party | RAF Llandaff (Cardiff) | |
| RAF Station Odiham | ||
| No 46 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Javelin |
| No 54 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
| No 247 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
| No 7118 Reserve Flight | RAF Odiham | |
| No 815 Signals Unit | Portland (The Verne) | CEW |
| No 7177 Reserve Flight | Portland (The Verne) | |
| C & M Party | Ringstead | |
| No 991 Signals Unit | St Twynnells | |
| No 383 Signals Unit | Sennen | CH (C & M) |
| No 7182 Reserve Flight | Sennan | |
| No 227 Signals Unit | RAF Sopley | GCI |
| No 7211 Reserve Flight | RAF Sopley | |
| RAF Station Tangmere | ||
| No 1 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hunter |
| No 34 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hunter |
| No 7119 Reserve Flight | RAF Tangmere | |
| No 644 Signals Unit | Treleaver | GCI |
| No 7213 Reserve Flight | Treleaver | |
| Satellite, Treleaver | Drytree | CH |
| Satellite, Treleaver | Trelanvean | CH |
| No 943 Signals Unit | Trerew | CH (C & M) |
| No 7183 Reserve Flight | Trerew | |
| No 607 Signals Unit | Truleigh Hill | CHEL |
| No 7210 Reserve Flight | Truleigh Hill | |
| No 23 Signals Unit | Ventnor | CH, CHL (+CMH), CHEL |
| No 7179 Reserve Flight | Ventnor | |
| No 307 Signals Unit | West Myne | |
| Metropolitan Sector | ||
| No 144 Signals Unit | RAF Bawdsey | CH, CHL, CHEL |
| No 7205 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawdsey | |
| Satellite, Bawdsey | Trimley Heath | |
| No 880 Signals Unit | Beachy Head | CEW |
| No 7168 Reserve Flight | Beachy Head | |
| RAF Station Biggin Hill | ||
| No 41 Sqn | RAF Biggin Hill | Hunter |
| No 7116 Reserve Flight | RAF Biggin Hill | |
| No 3701 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF | Brighton | |
| C & M Party | Dunkirk | |
| RAF Station Duxford | ||
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
| No 65 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Hunter |
| HQ, No 4 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Duxford | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 7114 Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | |
| No 7276 Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | |
| No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Eastbourne | |
| No 229 Signals Unit | Fairlight | CHEL |
| No 7189 Reserve Flight | Fairlight | |
| No 993 Signals Unit | Foreness | CHEL |
| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ipswich (Airfield) | |
| Metropolitan Sector Operations Centre | Kelvedon Hatch | |
| No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | London (Queen's Square) | |
| RAF Station Manston | ||
| No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Margate | |
| RAF Station North Weald | ||
| No 111 Sqn | RAF North Weald | Hunter |
| No 2 Fighter Command Modification Centre | RAF North Weald | |
| No 7115 Reserve Flight | RAF North Weald | |
| No 7167 Reserve Flight | RAF North Weald | |
| No 1 Signals Unit | St Margaret's Bay | CEW |
| No 7169 Reserve Flight | St Margaret's Bay | |
| Satellite, No 1 Signals Unit | Swingate | CH (+CMH), CHEL |
| No 491 Signals Unit | RAF Sandwich | GCI |
| No 7170 Reserve Flight | RAF Sandwich | |
| No 7207 Reserve Flight | RAF Sandwich | |
| No 919 Signals Unit | RAF Wartling | GCI |
| No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
| Satellite, No 919 Signals Unit | Pevensey | CH |
| RAF Station Wattisham | ||
| No 152 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Meteor |
| No 263 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Hunter |
| No 7113 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 7279 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
| RAF Station West Malling | Maidstone, Kent | |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 153 Sqn | RAF West Malling | Meteor |
| No 7117 Reserve Flight | RAF West Malling | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station East Kirkby | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 7273 Reserve Flight | RAF East Kirkby | |
| RAF Station Newton | ||
| HQ, No 12 Group | RAF Newton | |
| No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Newton | |
| No 7136 Reserve Flight | RAF Newton | |
| No 7144 Reserve Flight | RAF Newton | |
| No 7266 Reserve Flight | RAF Newton | |
| No 7278 Reserve Flight | RAF Newton | |
| RAF Station Shepherds Grove | Administered by USAF | |
| No 7271 Reserve Flight | RAF Shepherds Grove | |
| RAF Station Tibenham | Administered by USAF | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Watnall | |
| No 7255 Reserve Flight | RAF Watnall | |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Hunter |
| No 7108 Reserve Flight | RAF West Raynham | |
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Eastern Sector |
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| Eastern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Bawburgh | |
| RAF Station Bentwaters | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 7270 Reserve Flight | RAF Bentwaters | |
| RAF Station Woodbridge | Satellite, Bentwaters | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | ||
| No 7109 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 7203 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 7252 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 250 Signals Unit | Hopton | CHEL |
| No 7192 Reserve Flight | Hopton | |
| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Javelin |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Hunter |
| No 141 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Javelin |
| No 7110 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7202 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7222 Reserve Flight | RAF Langtoft | |
| No 271 Signals Unit | RAF Neatishead | GCI |
| Eastern Air Defence Notification Centre | RAF Neatishead | |
| C & M Party | RAF North Coates | |
| No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
| No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
| No 950 Signals Unit | Skendleby | CHEL |
| No 7219 Reserve Flight | Skendleby | |
| RAF Station Stradishall | ||
| No 89 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Venom |
| No 245 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Hunter |
| No 7112 Reserve Flight | RAF Stradishall | |
| No 432 Signals Unit | Trimmingham | CHEL |
| No 7166 Reserve Flight | Trimmingham | |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 56 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
| No 63 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
| No 253 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Venom |
| No 7111 Reserve Flight | RAF Waterbeach | |
| C & M Party | West Beckham | |
| No 7269 Reserve Flight | RAF Woodbridge | |
| C & M Party | RAF Wymeswold | |
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Western Sector |
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| RAF Station Bishop's Court | ||
| No 7231 Reserve Flight | Bishop's Court | |
| RAF Station Edenmore | ||
| HQ, No 10 RAF Police District | RAF Edenmore | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Edenmore | Station in Home Command |
| No 7280 Reserve Flight | RAF Edenmore | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
| No 3611 (West Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Fazakerley | Station in Home Command |
| No 17 Signals Unit | Hack Green | GCI |
| C & M Party | RAF Honiley | |
| C & M Party | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 7232 Reserve Flight | RAF Hooton Park | |
| No 255 Signals Unit | Killard Point | |
| Western Sector Operations Centre | RAF Longley Lane | |
| Satellite, Longley Lane | Whittingham Lane | |
| No 212 Signals Unit | Murlough Bay | |
| No 130 Signals Unit | Prestatyn | |
| No 3613 (City of Manchester) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Ringway | |
| No 3621 (North Lancashire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Squires Gate | MTCA Airfield |
| No 997 Signals Unit | St Annes | |
| No 7175 Reserve Flight | Warton | Station in Maintenance Command |
| No 7247 Reserve Flight | Warton | |
| No 7250 Reserve Flight | Warton | |
| Western Air Defence Notification Centre | Whittingham Lane | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Kirknewton | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 7275 Reserve Flight | RAF Kirknewton | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| No 7257 Reserve Flight | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| RAF Station Sturgate | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 7274 Reserve Flight | RAF Sturgate | |
| No 275 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Sycamore |
|
Northern Sector |
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| RAF Station Acklington | ||
| No 29 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Meteor |
| No 66 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Hunter |
| No 146 Signals Unit | Bempton | CHL, CHEL |
| No 7160 Reserve Flight | Bempton | |
| No 500 Signals Unit | Boulmer | |
| No 7229 Reserve Flight | Boulmer | |
| RAF Station Church Fenton | ||
| No 19 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Hunter |
| No 72 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
| No 7106 Reserve Flight | RAF Church Fenton | |
| No 891 Signals Unit | Cold Hesledon | CEW |
| No 7162 Reserve Flight | Cold Hesledon | |
| C & M Party | Danby Beacon | |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| No 33 Sqn | RAF Driffield | Venom |
| No 219 Sqn | RAF Driffield | Venom |
| No 7134 Reserve Flight | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Station Elvington | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 39 Signals Unit | Goldsborough | |
| No 7161 Reserve Flight | Goldsborough | |
| RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse | ||
| No 7105 Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| No 7225 Reserve Flight | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | |
| RAF Station Long Benton | ||
| No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Long Benton | |
| RAF Station Middle St George | ||
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Middle St George | Hunter |
| No 264 Sqn | RAF Middle St George | Meteor |
| RAF Station Ouston | ||
| HQ, No 13 Group | RAF Ouston | |
| No 13 Group Communication Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7104 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7137 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7147 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7198 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 336 Signals Unit | RAF Patrington | GCI |
| No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
| No 59 Signals Unit | Seaton Snook | GCI |
| No 7228 Reserve Flight | Seaton Snook | |
| Northern Sector Operations Centre | RAF Shipton | |
| No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| RAF Station Thornaby | ||
| No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | |
| No 7165 Reserve Flight | RAF Watnall | Station in No 12 Group |
| Northern Air Defence Notification Centre | RAF Watnall | |
| No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Station in Home Command |
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Caledonian Sector |
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| No 351 Signals Unit | Anstruther | |
| No 7243 Reserve Flight | Anstruther | |
| No 7233 Reserve Flight | RAF Ballykelly | Station in Coastal Command |
| Caledonian Sector Operations Centre | Barnton Quarry | |
| Caledonian Air Defence Notification Centre | Barnton Quarry | |
| No 7235 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 7242 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 7245 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
| No 409 Signals Unit | Buchan | |
| No 7238 Reserve Flight | Buchan | |
| No 617 Signals Unit | Crosslaw | |
| No 7152 Reserve Flight | Crosslaw | |
| No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
| RAF Station Dyce | ||
| No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Dyce | |
| No 7200 Reserve Flight | RAF Dyce | |
| No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Edinburgh | |
| C & M Party | Faraid Head | |
| Satellite, Faraid Head | Sango | |
| No 3602 (City of Glasgow) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Glasgow | |
| No 977 Signals Unit | Inverbervie | |
| No 7241 Reserve Flight | Inverbervie | |
| No 127 Signals Unit | Kilchiaran | |
| RAF Station Leuchars | ||
| No 43 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hunter |
| No 151 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Javelin |
| No 222 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hunter |
| No 7101 Reserve Flight | RAF Leuchars | |
| C & M Party | Netherbutton | |
| No 320 Signals Unit | Scarinish | |
| C & M Party | School Hill | |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | ||
| RAF Turnhouse Communication Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7102 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7151 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| No 7249 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 7103 Reserve Flight | RAF Acklington |
Station in No 13 Group |
| No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
| RAF Colerne Communication Sqn | RAF Colerne | |
| C & M Party | RAF Filton | |
| No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Filton | |
| HQ, No 6 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Filton | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| No 7277 Reserve Flight | RAF Filton | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
| No 405 Signals Unit | Hartland Point | |
| No 966 Signals Unit | RAF Langtoft | GCI |
| Fighter Weapons School | RAF Leconfield | Meteor/Venom |
| No 7264 Reserve Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
| No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Meteor |
| RAF Station Middle Wallop | ||
| No 288 Sqn | RAF Middle Wallop | Balliol |
| School of Control and Reporting | RAF Middle Wallop | |
| No 238 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF North Luffenham | Brigand/Balliol |
| No 7260 Reserve Flight | RAF North Luffenham | |
| No 233 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Pembrey | Hunter/Vampire |
| No 7265 Reserve Flight | RAF Pembrey | |
| RAF Station Rudloe Manor | ||
| HQ, No 81 Group | RAF Rudloe Manor | |
| No 7145 Reserve Flight | RAF Rudloe Manor | |
| No 7176 Reserve Flight | RAF Rudloe Manor | |
| No 7251 Reserve Flight | RAF Rudloe Manor |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Beccles | Horsham St Faith | |
| Benbecula | Turnhouse | |
| Birch | Wattisham | |
| Bottisham | Waterbeach | |
| Boxted | Wattisham | |
| Bradwell Bay | Wattisham | |
| Branscombe (Radar) | Hope Cove | |
| Breighton | Church Fenton | |
| Burn | Church Fenton | |
| Carew Cheriton | Pembrey | |
| Carnaby | Driffield | |
| Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
| Chipping Onger | North Weald | |
| Cocklaw (Radar) | ||
| Cottam | Driffield | |
| Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
| Debach | Wattisham | |
| Detling | West Malling | |
| Douglas Wood | Anstruther | |
| Drem | Turnhouse | |
| Drone Hill | Crosslaw | |
| Dunsfold | Odiham | |
| Earls Colne | Wattisham | |
| Easington (Radar) | Patrington | |
| East Fortune | Turnhouse | |
| East Moor | Linton-on-Ouse | |
| Escrick | Church Fenton | |
| Eshott | Acklington | |
| Exminster | Hope Cove | |
| Fowlmere | Duxford | |
| Fraserburgh | Dyce | |
| Fullarton (Radar) | ||
| Gailes | ATCC Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| Gorleston | Horsham St Faith | |
| Great Massingham | West Raynham | |
| Halesworth | Horsham St Faith | |
| Happisburgh (Radar) | Coltishall | |
| Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hawkshill Down | Sandwich | |
| High Street, Darsham | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hill Head | Buchan | |
| Holmesley South | Sopley | |
| Husbands Bosworth | North Luffenham | |
| Ibsley | Sopley | |
| Kete (Radar) | Prembrey | |
| Lasham | Odiham | |
| Lavenham | Stradishall | |
| Leicester East | Wymeswold | |
| Little Walden | Duxford | |
| Ludham | Coltishall | |
| Macmerry (Technical Site) | Turnhouse | |
| Matching | North Weald | |
| Melbourne | Leconfield | |
| Melton Mowbray | Wymeswold | |
| Milfield | Crosslaw | |
| Neasham (Croft) | Middle St George | |
| Northan (Radar) | Chivenor | |
| Nuthampstead | Duxford | |
| Pocklington | Leconfield | |
| Poling | Tangmere | |
| Ponteland (M/F D/F) | Acklington | |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
| Raydon | Wattisham | |
| Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
| Rosehearty (Radar) | Dyce | |
| Rye | Wartling | |
| Southburn | Driffield | |
| Staxton Wold | Driffield | |
| Stoke Holy Cross | Horsham St Faith | |
| Sudbury | Stradishall | |
| Talbenny (M/F D/F) | Pembrey | |
| Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
| Tealing | Leuchars | |
| Templeton | Pembrey | |
| Tholthorpe | Linton-on-Ouse | |
| Warmwell | Portland | |
| Winkleigh | Chivenor | |
| Winterton | Coltishall | |
| Wrafton (Radar) | Chivenor |
Source - SD161 (201st Edition) - June 1957
County names used are those in use at the time
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | No 81 Group | Inactive Stations]
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