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Fighter Command - August 1958


[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 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 11 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  

 

No 11 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Gloucester Station in Home Command
No 7256 Reserve Flight RAF Gloucester Station in Home Command
Air Traffic Control Centre (Uxbridge) 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 Nuclear and Chemical Ground Defence Salisbury Functionally controlled by AM (DGD)
Southern Sector
No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Bournemouth  
C & M Party RAF Box  
No 3507 (County of Somerset) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Bristol  
No 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Chivenor Hunter/Vampire
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) Hartland Point  
School of Fighter Control Hope Cove  
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Meteor/Javelin
C & M Party RAF Llandaff (Cardiff)  
RAF Station Middle Wallop  
RAF Station Odiham    
No 46 Sqn RAF Odiham Javelin
No 54 Sqn RAF Odiham Hunter
No 7118 Reserve Flight RAF Odiham  
C & M Party RAF Pembrey  
No 815 Signals Unit (Portland ) Portland (The Verne) CEW
No 991 Signals Unit (St Twynnells) St Twynnells  
No 227 Signals Unit (Sopley) RAF Sopley GCI
No 7211 Reserve Flight RAF Sopley  
RAF Station Tangmere    
No 7119 Reserve Flight RAF Tangmere  
No 644 Signals Unit (Treleaver) Treleaver GCI
Satellite, Treleaver Drytree CH
Satellite, Treleaver Trelanvean CH
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  
C & M Party Beachy Head  
No 3701 Radar Reporting Unit RAuxAF Brighton  
No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Eastbourne  
No 229 Signals Unit (Fairlight) Fairlight CHEL
No 993 Signals Unit (Foreness) Foreness CHEL
No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Ipswich (Airfield)  
C & M Party 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  
RAF Station Martlesham Heath    
HQ, No 11 Group RAF Martlesham Heath  
No 11 Group Communication Flight RAF Martlesham Heath  
No 7135 Reserve Flight RAF Martlesham Heath  
RAF Station North Weald    
No 111 Sqn RAF North Weald Hunter
No 2 Fighter Command Modification Centre RAF North Weald  
C & M Party St Margaret's Bay  
RAF Station Sandwich    
RAF Station Stradishall  
No 1 Sqn RAF Stradishall Hunter
No 89 Sqn RAF Stradishall Javelin
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  
RAF Holding Party RAF West Malling  
RAF Central School of Aircraft Recognition RAF West Malling  

 

No 12 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Guided Weapons Range Unit Aberporth  
Satellite, Aberporth Llanbedr  
RAF Station Newton    
No 12 Group Communication Flight RAF Newton  
No 7144 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

C & M Party 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 Javelin
No 7109 Reserve Flight RAF Coltishall  
No 7203 Reserve Flight RAF Coltishall  
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 39 Signals Unit (Goldsborough) Goldsborough  
No 250 Signals Unit (Hopton) Hopton CHEL
RAF Station Horsham St Faith    
HQ, No 12 Group RAF 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  
C & M Party RAF Langtoft  
No 271 Signals Unit (Neatishead) RAF Neatishead GCI
RAF Station North Coates    
C & M Party RAF North Luffenham  
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 (Trimingham) Trimingham CHEL
No 7166 Reserve Flight Trimingham  
RAF Station Waterbeach  
No 25 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Meteor
No 56 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Hunter
No 63 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Hunter
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

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  
RAF Holding Party RAF Leconfield  
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

 

No 13 Group

Unit Location/Address Notes
Air Traffic Control Centre Prestwick (MTCA)  
No 7257 Reserve Flight Prestwick (MTCA)  

Northern Sector

RAF Station Acklington    
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
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 Javelin, station in No 11 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 7104 Reserve Flight RAF Ouston  
No 7137 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

No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Aberdeen  
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) Aird Uig C & M
C & M Party Anstruther  
Air Defence Notification Centre (North) Barnton Quarry
RAF Station Benbecula    
No 409 Signals Unit (Buchan) Buchan  
No 7238 Reserve Flight Buchan  
No 7254 Reserve Flight Buchan  
No 617 Signals Unit (Crosslaw) 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 127 Signals Unit (Kilchiaran) Kilchiaran  
RAF Station Leuchars  
No 29 Sqn RAF Leuchars Javelin
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 Party Scarinish  
RAF Station Turnhouse  
HQ, No 1 RAF Police District RAF Turnhouse Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
No 7102 Reserve Flight RAF Turnhouse  
No 7242 Reserve Flight RAF Turnhouse  
No 7249 Reserve Flight RAF Turnhouse  
No 7282 Reserve Flight RAF Turnhouse  
No 7284 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Turnhouse Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))

 

Fighter Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Alvaston Watnall  
Beachy Head Wartling  
Beccles Horsham St Faith  
Birch Wattisham  
Bottisham Waterbeach  
Boxted Wattisham  
Bradwell Bay Wattisham  
Branscombe (Radar) Hope Cove  
Breighton Church Fenton  
Bullbarrow Hill (Radar) Sopley  
Bungay Horsham St Faith  
Burn Church Fenton  
Castle Camps Stradishall  
Chipping Onger North Weald  
Cocklaw (Radar)    
Creswell (Radar) Acklington  
Danby Beacon Goldsborough  
Debach Wattisham  
Detling West Malling  
Douglas Wood Anstruther  
Drem Turnhouse  
Drone Hill Crosslaw  
Dunkirk Sandwich  
Dunsfold Odiham  
Easington (Radar) Patrington  
East Fortune Turnhouse  
Edzell Leuchars  
Escrick Church Fenton  
Eshott Acklington  
Exminster Hope Cove  
Framlingham Martlesham Heath  
Fraserburgh Dyce  
Fullarton (Radar)    
Gailes ATCC Prestwick (MTCA)  
Gibbet Hill (Radar) Odiham  
Gorleston Horsham St Faith  
Grangemouth Turnhouse  
Great Massingham West Raynham  
Halesworth Horsham St Faith  
Happisburgh (Radar) Coltishall  
Hardwick Horsham St Faith  
Hawkshill Down Sandwich  
Hethal Horsham St Faith  
High Street, Darsham Horsham St Faith  
Hill Head Buchan  
Holme-on-Spalding Moor Church Fenton  
Hucknall (RAF Site) Watnall  
Husbands Bosworth North Luffenham  
Ibsley Sopley  
Lasham Odiham  
Leiston Martlesham Heath  
Leuchars (Radar) Leuchars  
Longley Lane ATCC Barton Hall (MTCA)  
Ludham Coltishall  
Macmerry (Technical Site) Turnhouse  
Matching North Weald  
Melbourne Leconfield  
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  
Sennen (Domestic Site) Treleaver  
Sherburn-in-Elmet Church Fenton  
Stoke Holy Cross Horsham St Faith  
Sudbury Stradishall  
Sutton Valence (Radar) West Malling  
Tarrant Rushton Old Sarum  
Tealing Leuchars  
Tibenham Horsham St Faith  
Trerew Treleaver  
Truleigh Hill (Radar) Truleigh Hill  
Usworth Ouston  
Warmwell Portland  
West Beckham Coltishall  
West Prawle (Radar) Hope Cove  
Whittingham Lane ATCC Barton Hall (MTCA)  
Winkleigh Chivenor  
Winterton Coltishall  
Wormingford Wattisham  
Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) Sopley  
Wrafton (Radar) Chivenor  

Source - SD161 (215th Edition) - August 1958

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | Inactive Stations]

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