Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[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 |
No 7283 Reserve Flight | RAF Bovington | |
Satellite, Bovingdon |
Chenies |
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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 | |
Air Defence Notification Centre (South) | Stanmore (Hill House) | |
HQ (Unit) | RAF Stanmore Park | |
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) |
Southern Sector | ||
No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bournemouth | |
C & M Party | RAF Box | |
No 7216 Reserve Flight | RAF Chivenor | Station in No 81 Group |
No 7217 Reserve Flight | RAF Chivenor | |
C & M Party | Comberton | |
No 1 Fighter Command Modification Centre | RAF Driffield | Station in No 13 Group |
C & M Party | RAF Llandaff (Cardiff) | |
RAF Station Odiham | ||
No 46 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Javelin |
No 54 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
No 7118 Reserve Flight | RAF Odiham | |
No 815 Signals Unit (Portland ) | Portland (The Verne) | CEW |
No 7177 Reserve Flight | Portland (The Verne) | |
No 991 Signals Unit (St Twynnells) | St Twynnells | |
C & M Party | Sennen | |
No 227 Signals Unit (Sopley) | RAF Sopley | GCI |
No 7211 Reserve Flight | RAF Sopley | |
RAF Station Tangmere | ||
No 1 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Hunter |
No 25 Sqn | RAF Tangmere | Meteor |
No 7119 Reserve Flight | RAF Tangmere | |
No 644 Signals Unit (Treleaver) | Treleaver | GCI |
Satellite, Treleaver | Drytree | CH |
Satellite, Treleaver | Trelanvean | CH |
C & M Party | Trerew | |
C & M Party | Truleigh Hill | |
No 23 Signals Unit (Ventnor) | Ventnor | CH, CHL (+CMH), CHEL |
No 7179 Reserve Flight | Ventnor | |
No 307 Signals Unit (West Myne) | West Myne | |
Metropolitan Sector | ||
No 144 Signals Unit (Bawdsey) | RAF Bawdsey | CH, CHL, CHEL |
No 7205 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawdsey | |
Satellite, Bawdsey | Trimley Heath | |
No 880 Signals Unit (Beachy Head) | Beachy Head | CEW |
No 7168 Reserve Flight | Beachy Head | |
No 3701 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF | Brighton | |
RAF Station Duxford | ||
No 64 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Meteor |
No 65 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Hunter |
HQ, No 4 RAF Police District | RAF Duxford | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
No 7114 Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | |
No 7276 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Eastbourne | |
No 229 Signals Unit (Fairlight) | Fairlight | CHEL |
No 7189 Reserve Flight | Fairlight | |
No 993 Signals Unit (Foreness) | 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 | Administered by the USAF | |
No 3500 (County of Kent) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Margate | |
C & M Party | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
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) | St Margaret's Bay | CEW |
No 7169 Reserve Flight | St Margaret's Bay | |
No 491 Signals Unit (Sandwich) | RAF Sandwich | GCI |
No 7170 Reserve Flight | RAF Sandwich | |
No 7207 Reserve Flight | RAF Sandwich | |
RAF Station Stradishall | ||
No 89 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Venom |
No 152 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Meteor |
No 263 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Hunter |
No 7112 Reserve Flight | RAF Stradishall | |
No 919 Signals Unit (Wartling) | RAF Wartling | GCI |
No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
Satellite, No 919 Signals Unit | Pevensey | CH |
RAF Holding Party | RAF Wattisham | |
No 7113 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
No 7279 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
RAF Holding Party | RAF West Malling | |
RAF Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF West Malling | |
No 7117 Reserve Flight | RAF West Malling |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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 Element, Joint Guided Weapons Trials Unit | Ty Croes (Army) | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (AD)) |
Guided Weapons Development Sqn | RAF Valley | Station in FTC |
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 | |
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 23 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Javelin |
No 41 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Hunter |
No 7109 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
No 7203 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
No 7252 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
No 39 Signals Unit (Goldsborough) | Goldsborough | |
No 7161 Reserve Flight | Goldsborough | |
No 250 Signals Unit (Hopton) | Hopton | CHEL |
No 7192 Reserve Flight | Hopton | |
RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
No 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Hunter |
No 7110 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 7202 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 271 Signals Unit (Neatishead) | RAF Neatishead | GCI |
RAF Station North Coates | ||
No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
C & M Party | Skendleby | |
No 432 Signals Unit (Trimmingham) | Trimmingham | CHEL |
No 7166 Reserve Flight | Trimmingham | |
RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
No 56 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
No 63 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
No 153 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Meteor |
No 7111 Reserve Flight | RAF Waterbeach | |
No 7269 Reserve Flight | RAF Woodbridge | |
No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Station in Home Command |
Western Sector |
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No 146 Signals Unit (Bempton) | Bempton | CHL, CHEL |
No 7160 Reserve Flight | Bempton | |
RAF Station Church Fenton | ||
No 19 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Hunter |
No 72 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
No 85 Sqn | RAF Church Fenton | Meteor |
No 7106 Reserve Flight | RAF Church Fenton | |
C & M Party | Hack Green | |
C & M Party | RAF Honiley | |
RAF Holding Party | RAF Leconfield | |
No 7264 Reserve Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
C & M Party | RAF Longley Lane | |
Satellite, Longley Lane | Whittingham Lane | |
No 336 Signals Unit (Patrington) | RAF Patrington | GCI |
No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
No 130 Signals Unit (Prestatyn) | Prestatyn | |
C & M Party | RAF Ringway | |
C & M Party | St Annes | |
No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
No 7257 Reserve Flight | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
Northern Sector |
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RAF Station Acklington | ||
No 29 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Javelin |
No 66 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Hunter |
Fighter Squadrons' Support Section (NI) | RAF Aldergrove | Station in Coastal Command |
RAF Station Bishop's Court | ||
No 255 Signals Unit (Killard Point) | RAF Bishop's Court | |
No 7231 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishop's Court | |
Satellite, Bishop's Court | Killard Point | |
No 500 Signals Unit (Boulmer) | Boulmer | |
No 7229 Reserve Flight | Boulmer | |
No 891 Signals Unit (Cold Hesledon) | Cold Hesledon | CEW |
No 7162 Reserve Flight | Cold Hesledon | |
C & M Party | Danby Beacon | |
RAF Station Driffield | ||
Fighter Weapons School | RAF Driffield | Meteor/Hunter |
No 7134 Reserve Flight | RAF Driffield | |
RAF Station Edenmore | ||
No 3502 (Ulster) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Edenmore | |
HQ, No 10 RAF Police District | RAF Edenmore | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
No 7280 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Edenmore | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
RAF Station Elvington | Administered by the USAF | |
No 33 Sqn | RAF Leeming | Meteor, station in No 81 Group) |
RAF Station Middle St George | ||
No 7281 Reserve Flight | RAF Middle St George | |
No 212 Signals Unit (Murlough Bay) | Murlough Bay | |
No 3508 (County of Northumberland) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Newcastle | |
RAF Station Ouston | ||
HQ, No 13 Group | RAF Ouston | |
No 13 Group Communication Flight | RAF Ouston | |
No 735 Signals Unit | RAF Ouston | |
No 7104 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
No 7137 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
No 7147 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
C & M Party | Seaton Snook | |
C & M Party | RAF Shipton | |
RAF Station Thornaby | ||
No 92 Sqn | RAF Thornaby | Hunter |
No 3608 (North Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Thornaby | |
Caledonian Sector |
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No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Aberdeen | |
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | C & M |
C & M Party | Anstruther | |
No 7233 Reserve Flight | RAF Ballykelly | Station in Coastal Command |
Air Defence Notification Centre (North) | Barnton Quarry | |
RAF Station Benbecula | ||
No 7235 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
No 7242 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in No 90 Group |
No 409 Signals Unit (Buchan) | Buchan | |
No 7238 Reserve Flight | Buchan | |
No 7254 Reserve Flight | Buchan | |
No 617 Signals Unit (Crosslaw) | Crosslaw | |
No 7152 Reserve Flight | Crosslaw | |
No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
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) | Inverbervie | |
No 7241 Reserve Flight | Inverbervie | |
No 127 Signals Unit (Kilchiaran) | Kilchiaran | |
RAF Station Leuchars | ||
No 43 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Hunter |
No 151 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Javelin |
No 7101 Reserve Flight | RAF Leuchars | |
C & M Party | Netherbutton | |
No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord) | Saxa Vord | C & M |
C & M Party | Scarinish | |
RAF Station Turnhouse | ||
RAF Turnhouse Communication Sqn | RAF Turnhouse | |
HQ, No 1 RAF Police District | RAF Turnhouse | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
No 7102 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
No 7249 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse | |
No 7282 Reserve Flight | RAF Turnhouse |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 7103 Reserve Flight | RAF Acklington |
Station in No 13 Group |
No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bristol | |
No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
No 81 Group Communication Sqn | RAF Colerne | Station in Transport Command |
C & M Party | RAF Filton | |
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | Hartland Point | |
School of Fighter Control | Hope Cove | |
No 7180 Reserve Flight | Hope Cove | |
No 966 Signals Unit (Langtoft) | RAF Langtoft | GCI |
No 7222 Reserve Flight | RAF Langtoft | |
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Meteor/Javelin |
RAF Station Middle Wallop | ||
School of Fighter Plotting | RAF Middle Wallop | |
No 238 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF North Luffenham | Brigand/Balliol |
No 7260 Reserve Flight | RAF North Luffenham | |
C & M Party | 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 |
Alvaston | Watnall | |
Beccles | Horsham St Faith | |
Birch | Wattisham | |
Bottisham | Waterbeach | |
Boxted | Wattisham | |
Bradwell Bay | Wattisham | |
Branscombe (Radar) | Hope Cove | |
Breighton | Church Fenton | |
Bungay | Horsham St Faith | |
Burn | Church Fenton | |
Carnaby | Driffield | |
Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
Charmy Down | Rudloe Manor | |
Chipping Onger | North Weald | |
Cocklaw (Radar) | ||
Cottam | Driffield | |
Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
Debach | Wattisham | |
Detling | West Malling | |
Douglas Wood | Anstruther | |
Drem | Turnhouse | |
Drone Hill | Crosslaw | |
Dunkirk | Sandwich | |
Dunsfold | Odiham | |
Earls Colne | Wattisham | |
Easington (Radar) | Patrington | |
East Fortune | Turnhouse | |
Escrick | Church Fenton | |
Eshott | Acklington | |
Edzell | Leuchars | |
Exminster | Hope Cove | |
Fowlmere | Duxford | |
Framlingham | Martlesham Heath | |
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 | |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Church Fenton | |
Holmesley South | Sopley | |
Hucknall (RAF Site) | Watnall | |
Husbands Bosworth | North Luffenham | |
Ibsley | Sopley | |
Lasham | Odiham | |
Lavenham | Stradishall | |
Leiston | Martlesham Heath | |
Little Walden | Duxford | |
Ludham | Coltishall | |
Macmerry (Technical Site) | Turnhouse | |
Matching | North Weald | |
Melbourne | Leconfield | |
Milfield | Crosslaw | |
Neasham (Croft) | Middle St George | |
Northan (Radar) | Chivenor | |
Nuthampstead | Duxford | |
Old Buckenham | Horsham St Faith | |
Pocklington | Leconfield | |
Poling | Tangmere | |
Ponteland (M/F D/F) | Acklington | |
Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
Raydon | Wattisham | |
Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
Ringstead | Portland | |
Rosehearty (Radar) | Aberdeen (No 3612 FCU) | |
Rye | Wartling | |
School Hill | Buchan | |
Seething | Horsham St Faith | |
Sherburn-in-Elmet | Church Fenton | |
Southburn | Driffield | |
Staxton Wold | Driffield | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Horsham St Faith | |
Sudbury | Stradishall | |
Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
Tealing | Leuchars | |
Tibenham | Horsham St Faith | |
Usworth | Ouston | |
Warmwell | Portland | |
West Beckham | Coltishall | |
Winkleigh | Chivenor | |
Winterton | Coltishall | |
Wrafton (Radar) | Chivenor |
Source - SD161 (210th Edition) - March 1958
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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