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Bomber Command - March 1959


[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Bomber Command Communication Flight Booker  
No 459 Signals Unit (Camp Hill North) Camp Hill North  
Chesil Beach Range Unit Chesil Bank  
No 217 Signals Unit (Chesil Bank) Chesil Bank  
No 112 Signals Unit (Halton Wood) Halton Wood  
No 7006 Reserve Flight RAF High Wycombe  
No 999 Signals Unit (Horseshoe Hill) Horseshoe Hill  

 

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Bassingbourn Canberra
HQ, No 1 Group RAF Bawtry  
No 7007 Reserve Flight RAF Bawtry  
RAF Station Binbrook    
No 9 Sqn RAF Binbrook Canberra
No 12 Sqn RAF Binbrook Canberra
No 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF Binbrook Canberra
No 7001 Reserve Flight RAF Binbrook  
No 388 Signals Unit (Church Lawford) RAF Church Lawford MRPU, station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Coningsby    
Bomber Command Air Crew Holding Unit RAF Coningsby Canberra
RAF Station Driffield    
No 721 Signals Unit (Feltwell) RAF Feltwell Station in No 3 Group
RAF Station Finningley    
No 18 Sqn RAF Finningley Valiant/Canberra
No 101 Sqn RAF Finningley Vulcan
No 1 Group Communications Flight RAF Finningley Anson/Chipmunk
RAF Station Hemswell    
No 97 Sqn RAF Hemswell Thor (SM)
Bomber Command Modification Centre RAF Hemswell Canberra
No 243 Signals Unit (Jurby) Jurby Station in TTC
Bomber Command Bombing School RAF Lindholme Lincoln/Varsity
RAF Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7014 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7820 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 735 Signals Unit (Ouston) RAF Ouston Station in Fighter Command
RAF Station Scampton    
No 617 Sqn RAF Scampton Vulcan
RAF Station Sturgate    
No 149 Signals Unit (Theddlethorpe) Theddlethorpe  
RAF Station Upwood    
No 35 Sqn RAF Upwood Canberra
No 50/40 Sqn RAF Upwood Canberra
No 76 Sqn RAF Upwood Canberra
No 7003 Reserve Flight RAF Upwood  
RAF Station Waddington    
No 83 Sqn RAF Waddington Vulcan
No 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Waddington Vulcan
No 7012 Reserve Flight RAF Waddington  
No 53 Signals Unit (Yeadon) RAF Yeadon MRPU, station in FTC

 

No 3 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Alconbury   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bentwaters   Administered by the USAF
No 7270 Reserve Flight RAF Bentwaters  
RAF Station Woodbridge   Satellite, Bentwaters
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK) RAF Brampton Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (I)), station in TTC
Central Reconnaissance Establishment RAF Brampton
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation RAF Brampton  
No 7010 Reserve Flight RAF Brampton  
RAF Station Brize Norton   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Chelveston   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Cottesmore    
No 10 Sqn RAF Cottesmore Victor
No 15 Sqn RAF Cottesmore Victor
RAF Station Fairford   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Feltwell    
No 77 Sqn RAF Feltwell Thor (SM)
No 232 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Gaydon Valiant/Canberra
No 7013 Reserve Flight RAF Gaydon  
RAF Station Greenham Common   Administered by USAF
No 884 Signals Unit (Holbeach) Holbeach  
RAF Station Honington    
No 7 Sqn RAF Honington Valiant
No 57 Sqn RAF Honington Victor
No 90 Sqn RAF Honington Valiant
No 7011 Reserve Flight RAF Honington  
RAF Station Lakenheath   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Marham    
No 148 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 207 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 214 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 7004 Reserve Flight RAF Marham  
RAF Station Mildenhall   Administered by USAF
HQ, No 3 Group RAF Mildenhall  
No 3 Group Communications Flight RAF Mildenhall Anson/Chipmunk
No 7008 Reserve Flight RAF Mildenhall  
RAF Wordwell   Satellite, Mildenhall
RAF Station Molesworth   Administered by USAF
C & M Party RAF North Luffenham  
RAF Station Sculthorpe   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Tuddenham    
RAF Station Upper Heyford   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Wimpole Park   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Wittering    
No 49 Sqn RAF Wittering Valiant
No 100 Sqn RAF Wittering Canberra
No 138 Sqn RAF Wittering Valiant
Bomber Command Armament School RAF Wittering  
Bomber Command Development Unit RAF Wittering  
No 7009 Reserve Flight RAF Wittering  
RAF Station Wyton    
No 58 Sqn RAF Wyton Canberra
No 543 Sqn RAF Wyton Valiant
Radar Reconnaissance Flight RAF Wyton Victor
No 7005 Reserve Flight RAF Wyton  

 

Bomber Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Bardney Waddington  
Barford St John Upper Heyford  
Barkway (Domestic Site) Bassingbourn  
Boston Coningsby  
Caistor Binbrook  
Carnaby Driffield  
Catfoss Driffield  
Coleby Grange Waddington  
Comberton Wood Bassingbourn  
Cottam Driffield  
Croughton Upper Heyford  
Daventry Gaydon  
Desborough Wittering  
Donna Nook Binbrook  
Dunholme Lodge Scampton  
East Kirkby Coningsby  
Eye Honington  
Fiskerton Scampton  
Goxhill Binbrook
Grafton Underwood Wittering  
Gransden Lodge Bassingbourn  
Grimsby Binbrook  
Honiley Gaydon  
Husbands Bosworth North Luffenham  
Immingham Binbrook  
Kelstern Binbrook  
Kimbolton Wyton  
Lord's Bridge Bassingbourn  
Ludford Magna Hemswell  
Market Deeping (MF/DF) Wittering  
Market Harborough Grafton Underwood  
Melton Mowbray Cottesmore  
Mendlesham Honington  
Mepal Upwood  
Metheringham Coningsby  
Methwold Feltwell  
North Killingholme Binbrook  
North Pickenham Feltwell  
North Witham Cottesmore  
Polebrook Upwood  
Pulham Honington  
Skellingthorpe Waddington  
South Witham Cottesmore  
Spilsby Coningsby  
Staxton Wold Driffield  
Steeple Morden Bassingbourn  
Sutton Bridge Marham  
Warboys Upwood  
Wickenby Hemswell  
Witchford Wyton  
Woolfox Lodge Cottesmore  

Source - SD161 (222nd Edition) - March 1959

[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

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