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Home Command - January 1959


[Home Command | RAF Record Office | No 61 Group | No 64 Group | Inactive Stations]

Home Command

HQ - RAF White Waltham

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Christmas Island    
HQ, No 11 RAF Police District RAF Christmas Island Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops))
RAF Staging Post Honolulu (Hickham AFB) Functionally control through RAF Christmas Island
RAF Support Unit (Australia) RAAF Edinburgh  
RAF Holding Unit (Australia) RAAF Edinburgh  
No 8 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (AD))
No 12 Joint Services Trials Unit RAAF Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR))
HQ, Task Force 'Grapple' London (Whitehall Gardens) Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops))
Home Command Communication Sqn RAF White Waltham Anson/Balliol/Chipmunk
Home Command Examining Unit RAF White Waltham Anson/Chipmunk/Mosquito
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit RAF White Waltham Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR))

 

RAF Record Office

Unit Location/Address Notes
HQ, RAF Record Office RAF Gloucester Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
Medical Survey Office RAF Gloucester Functionally controlled by HQ Home Command (PMO)
RAF Base Accounts Office Innsworth (Elmbridge Court) Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (B) - P7)
RAF Station Innsworth    
No 1 Personnel Holding Unit RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by HQ RAF Record Office
No 5 Personnel Despatch Centre RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by HQ RAF Record Office
No 7803 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth Functionally controlled by AM (DGM)
No 7804 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7852 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7894 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7895 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
No 7896 Reserve Flight RAF Innsworth  
HQ, No 33 Wing, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  
No 15 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment RAF Innsworth  

No 61 (Southern) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 7850 Reserve Flight RAF Abingdon Station in Transport Command
No 7845 Reserve Flight RAF Andover Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Unit (M of S) Bedford Bedford
RAF Station Biggin Hill    
University of London Air Sqn RAF Biggin Hill Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
No 58 Recruiting Centre Blackheath Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment RAF Boscombe Down Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
RAF Handling Sqn RAF Boscombe Down Functionally controlled by AM (DTF)
No 7833 Reserve Flight RAF Brampton Station in TTC
No 55 Recruiting Centre Brighton Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 36 Recruiting Centre Bristol Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Cambridge UAS Cambridge Chipmunk/Harvard
No 45 Recruiting Centre Cambridge Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 53 Recruiting Centre Chatham Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Chessington
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Collaton Cross
No 52 Recruiting Centre Croydon Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 57 Recruiting Centre Ealing Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Hospital Ely  
No 7808 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7818 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7819 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 37 Recruiting Centre Exeter (Town) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Unit (M of S) Farnborough Farnborough (MoS) Functionally controlled by MoS
Bristol UAS Filton Chipmunk
Princess Mary's RAF Hospital RAF Halton Station in TTC
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine RAF Halton  
Dental Training Establishment RAF Halton Functionally controlled by AM (DDS)
No 7809 Reserve Flight RAF Halton  
Southampton UAS Hamble Chipmunk
No 1 Home Command Gliding Centre RAF Hawkinge Station in TTC
RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit RAF Headley Court
RAF Station Hendon    
Joint Service Air Trooping Centre RAF Hendon Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
Parachute Test Unit RAF Henlow Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply, station in TTC
No 7840 Reserve Flight RAF Horsham St Faith Station in Fighter Command
No 50 Recruiting Centre Ilford Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 47 Recruiting Centre Ipswich (Town) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Kenley
HQ, No 61 Group RAF Kenley  
No 7842 Reserve Flight RAF Kenley  
No 7870 Reserve Flight RAF Kidbrooke  
Oxford UAS RAF Kidlington Chipmunk
No 7856 Reserve Flight RAF Leighton Buzzard Station in FTC
Central Medical Establishment London Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS)
No 1 Movements Unit (Embarkation) London Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7805 (Misc) Reserve Flight London Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
Inspectorate of  Recruiting London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Central Recruiting Office London (Kingsway, WC2) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7851 Reserve Flight RAF Lyneham Station in Transport Command
No 7841 Reserve Flight RAF Mildenhall Station in Bomber Command
No 7848 Reserve Flight RAF Mount Batten Station in Coastal Command
RAF Station North Pickenham   Administered by USAF
No 7838 Reserve Flight RAF North Weald Station in Fighter Command
No 49 Recruiting Centre Norwich Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 39 Recruiting Centre Oxford Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 40 Recruiting Centre Plymouth Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 42 Recruiting Centre Reading Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Air Ministry Unit RAF Ruislip  
RAF Movements Staff: -
  • York (Northern Command HQ )
  • Salisbury (Southern Command HQ )
  • Hounslow (astern Command HQ )
  • Chester (Western Command HQ)
  • Edinburgh (Scottish Command HQ )
  • London (London District HQ)
RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov)
No 7802 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops))
No 7832 Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip  
No 7883 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7884 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7887 (Misc) Reserve Flight (Movements Staff) RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7891 (Misc) Reserve Flight RAF Ruislip Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))
No 7849 Reserve Flight RAF St Mawgan Station in Coastal Command
No 7846 Reserve Flight RAF Sopley Station in Fighter Command
No 44 Recruiting Centre Southampton Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7806 (Misc) Reserve Flight Southampton Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 7889 (Misc) Reserve Flight (Bristol Channel Movements Area) Southampton Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
Southampton University Technical Flight Southampton  
No 60 Recruiting Centre Surbiton Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Swanton Morley    
Central Servicing Development Establishment RAF Swanton Morley Functionally controlled by AM (DG Eng)
No 7844 Reserve Flight RAF Tangmere Station in No 90 Group
RAF Station Titchfield    
Central Depository RAF Titchfield  
RAF Hospital RAF Uxbridge Station in TTC
No 7831 Reserve Flight RAF Uxbridge  
No 7839 Reserve Flight RAF Wattisham Station in Fighter Command
'D' Unit RAF West Drayton RAF West Drayton administered by USAF
No 7830 Reserve Flight RAF West Drayton  
No 7843 Reserve Flight RAF West Malling Station in Fighter Command
No 7810 Reserve Flight RAF Wroughton  

 

No 64 (Northern) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 1 Recruiting Centre Aberdeen  
No 7861 Reserve Flight RAF Aldergrove  
No 7837 Reserve Flight RAF Bawtry Station in Bomber Command
No 59 Recruiting Centre Belfast  
No 21 Recruiting Centre Birmingham Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
University of Birmingham Airfield Construction Flight Birmingham  
No 8 Recruiting Centre Bradford Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Hull UAS Brough Chipmunk
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe   Administered by USAF
No 7868 Reserve Flight RAF Buchan Station in Fighter Command
No 22 Recruiting Centre Cardiff Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 23 Recruiting Centre Carlisle (Town) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7866 Reserve Flight RAF Carlisle Station in Maintenance Command
No 7864 Reserve Flight RAF Catterick Station in TTC
RAF Hospital RAF Cosford Station in TTC
No 7811 Reserve Flight RAF Cosford  
No 25 Recruiting Centre Coventry Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 9 Recruiting Centre Derby Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 3 Recruiting Centre Dundee Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Aberdeen UAS Dyce (MTCA) Chipmunk
C & M Party RAF East Kirkby  
No 4 Recruiting Centre Edinburgh Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Fazakerley    
No 5 Recruiting Centre Glasgow Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7855 Reserve Flight RAF Hartlebury Station in Maintenance Command
No 11 Recruiting Centre Hull Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 6 Recruiting Centre Inverness Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7860 Reserve Flight Jurby  
No 7869 Reserve Flight RAF Kinloss Station in Coastal Command
No 7862 Reserve Flight RAF Leconfield Station in Fighter Command
No 14 Recruiting Centre Leeds Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Leeds University Airfield Construction Flight Leeds  
No 12 Recruiting Centre Leicester Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
St Andrews UAS RAF Leuchars Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
No 13 Recruiting Centre Lincoln Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 26 Recruiting Centre Liverpool Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7807 (Misc) Reserve Flight Liverpool Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov)
No 27 Recruiting Centre Manchester Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7858 Reserve Flight RAF Market Drayton Station in TTC
No 15 Recruiting Centre Middlesborough Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 16 Recruiting Centre Newcastle Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Nottingham UAS RAF Newton Chipmunk, station in TTC
No 2 Home Command Gliding Centre RAF Newton  
RAF Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7817 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7820 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 17 Recruiting Centre Nottingham Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
Nottingham University Technical Flight Nottingham  
Durham UAS RAF Ouston Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
No 7865 Reserve Flight RAF Ouston  
Radar Research Flying Unit Pershore (MoS) Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
Glasgow UAS Perth Chipmunk
No 7867 Reserve Flight RAF Pitreavie Castle Station in Coastal Command
No 29 Recruiting Centre Preston Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Rufforth    
HQ, No 64 Group RAF Rufforth  
No 7863 Reserve Flight RAF Rufforth  
RAF Hospital RAF St Athan Station in TTC
No 7816 Reserve Flight RAF St Athan  
No 7853 Reserve Flight RAF St Athan  
University of Birmingham Air Sqn RAF Shawbury Chipmunk, station in FTC
No 19 Recruiting Centre Sheffield Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 32 Recruiting Centre Swansea Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 7835 Reserve Flight RAF Swinderby Station in FTC
Queen's UAS RAF Sydenham Chipmunk/Provost
Edinburgh UAS RAF Turnhouse Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Warton    
Transient Families Unit RAF Warton Functionally control by HQ RAF Record Office
No 7836 Reserve Flight RAF Watnall Station in Fighter Command
RAF Hospital RAF Weeton Station in TTC
No 7813 Reserve Flight RAF Weeton  
No 7857 Reserve Flight RAF Wellesbourne Mountford Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Unit (MOS), West Freugh West Freugh (MoS) Functionally controlled by Ministry of Supply
No 7815 Reserve Flight RAF Wilmslow  
No 7859 Reserve Flight RAF Wilmslow  
No 7834 Reserve Flight RAF Wittering Station in Bomber Command
No 34 Recruiting Centre Wolverhampton Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Woodvale    
Manchester UAS RAF Woodvale Chipmunk/Anson
University of Liverpool Air Sqn RAF Woodvale Chipmunk
No 35 Recruiting Centre Worcester Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
No 30 Recruiting Centre Wrexham (Town) Functionally controlled by AM (D of M)
RAF Station Yeadon    
Leeds UAS RAF Yeadon Chipmunk

 

Home Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Acaster Malbis Rufforth
Attlebridge Swanton Morley  
Castle Kennedy West Freugh  
Fairoaks HQ (Unit) Home Command  
Foulsham Swanton Morley  
Hockering Swanton Morley  
Marston Moor Rufforth  
North Cairn (AMES) West Freugh  
Riccall Rufforth  
Wendling Swanton Morley  
Wig Bay West Freugh  

Source - SD161 (220th Edition) - January 1959

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