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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 | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Barton Hall (MTCA) | |
| RAF Station Bovingdon | ||
| Fighter Command Communication Sqn | RAF Bovingdon | Anson/Meteor |
| No 7283 Reserve Flight | RAF Bovington | |
|
Satellite, Bovingdon |
Chenies |
- |
| No 165 Wing | RAF Horsham St Faith | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)), station in No 12 Group |
| Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit | Middle Wallop (Army) | Functionally controlled by the War Office |
| Air Defence Operations Centre | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ (Unit) | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7132 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7133 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7204 Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bawdsey | Group Control Centre | |
| No 7205 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawdsey | |
| Satellite, Bawdsey | Trimley Heath | |
| No 3617 (County of Hampshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Bournemouth | |
| No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
| No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Eastbourne | |
| No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Exeter (Airfield) | Chipmunk/Mosquito/Vampire |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Gloucester | Station in TTC |
| No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | Hartland Point | |
| No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ipswich (Airfield) | |
| RAF Station Kirknewton | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Meteor/Javelin/Valetta |
| C & M Party | Longley Lane | Established on ATCC Barton Hall |
| C & M Party | RAF Llandaff (Cardiff) | |
| No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | London (Queen's Square) | |
| C & M Party | RAF Manston | |
| 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 | |
| C & M Party | RAF North Weald | |
| Satellite, North Weald | Kelvedon Hatch | |
| RAF Station Odiham | ||
| No 46 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Javelin |
| No 54 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Hunter |
| No 7118 Reserve Flight | RAF Odiham | |
| RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
| C & M Party | St Margaret's Bay | Established on RAF Sandwich |
| RAF Component, Joint School of Nuclear and Chemical Ground Defence | Salisbury | Functionally controlled by AM (DGD) |
| C & M Party | RAF Sandwich | |
| RAF Station Sopley | Master Radar Station | |
| School of Fighter Control | RAF Sopley | |
| No 227 Signals Unit (Sopley) | RAF Sopley | GCI |
| No 7211 Reserve Flight | RAF Sopley | |
| RAF Station Stradishall | ||
| No 1 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Hunter |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF Stradishall | Javelin |
| No 7112 Reserve Flight | RAF Stradishall | |
| C & M Party | Treleaver | |
| Satellite, Treleaver | Trelanvean | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| No 23 Signals Unit (Ventnor) | Ventnor | |
| RAF Station Wartling | Master Radar Station | |
| No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
| Satellite, Wartling | Pevensey | |
| RAF Station Wattisham | ||
| No 41 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Javelin |
| No 111 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Hunter |
| No 7113 Reserve Flight | RAF Wattisham | |
| RAF Holding Party | RAF West Malling | |
| RAF Central School of Aircraft Recognition | RAF West Malling | |
| C & M Party | West Myne | |
| RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by USAF |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Guided Weapons Range Unit | Aberporth | |
| C & M Party | RAF Bawburgh | |
| No 146 Signals Unit (Bempton) | RAF Bempton | CHL, CHEL |
| No 7160 Reserve Flight | RAF Bempton | |
| 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 | |
| RAF Station Coltishall | ||
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Javelin |
| No 7109 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| No 7203 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
| RAF Station Duxford | ||
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Javelin |
| No 65 Sqn | RAF Duxford | Hunter |
| No 7114 Reserve Flight | RAF Duxford | |
| C & M Party | RAF Elvington |
Established on RAF Church Fenton |
| RAF Hospital | Ely | |
| No 7285 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
| No 7286 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
| No 7287 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
| C & M Party | Goldsborough | |
| No 14 Signals Unit | Hack Green | |
| C & M Party | Hopton | CHEL |
| RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
| HQ, No 12 Group | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | Hunter |
| No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 2 Fighter Command Modification Centre | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| No 7136 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
| C & M Party | RAF Langtoft | |
| RAF Holding Party | RAF Leconfield | |
| RAF Station Neatishead | Group Control Centre | |
| RAF Station North Coates | ||
| No 264 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Bloodhound (ADM) |
| No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
| RAF Station Patrington | Master Radar Station | |
| No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
| No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
| C & M Party | Prestatyn | |
| C & M Party | St Annes | |
| RAF Station Shepherds Grove | Administered by USAF | |
| No 7271 Reserve Flight | RAF Shepherds Grove | |
| C & M Party | RAF Shipton | |
| C & M Party | Skendleby | |
| No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Sutton-on-Hull | Station in TTC |
| No 432 Signals Unit (Trimingham) | Trimingham | CHEL |
| No 7166 Reserve Flight | Trimingham | |
| No 1 Guided Weapon Trials Sqn | RAF Valley | Station in FTC |
| RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
| No 25 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Meteor |
| No 56 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
| No 7111 Reserve Flight | RAF Waterbeach | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | RAF Watnall | |
| No 7255 Reserve Flight | RAF Watnall | |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Hunter/Javelin |
| No 7108 Reserve Flight | RAF West Raynham | |
| No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Woodvale | Station in FTC |
| No 3609 (West Yorkshire) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | RAF Yeadon | Station in FTC |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Aberdeen | |
| RAF Station Acklington | ||
| No 66 Sqn | RAF Acklington | Hunter |
| No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | C & M |
| Fighter Squadrons' Support Section (NI) | RAF Aldergrove | Station in Coastal Command |
| C & M Party | Barnton Quarry | |
| RAF Station Bishop's Court | ||
| No 7231 Reserve Flight | RAF Bishop's Court | |
| Satellite, Bishop's Court | Killard Point | |
| RAF Station Boulmer | Group Control Centre | |
| No 7229 Reserve Flight | RAF Boulmer | |
| RAF Station Buchan | Master Radar Station | |
| No 7238 Reserve Flight | RAF Buchan | |
| No 7254 Reserve Flight | RAF Buchan | |
| C & M Party | Cold Hesledon | |
| Satellite, Cold Heseldon | Seaton Snook | |
| No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
| 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)) |
| No 3603 (City of Edinburgh) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Edinburgh | |
| No 977 Signals Unit (Inverbervie) | Inverbervie | |
| 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 | |
| RAF Station Middle St George | ||
| No 33 Sqn | RAF Middle St George | Javelin |
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Middle St George | Hunter |
| No 7281 Reserve Flight | RAF Middle St George | |
| C & M Party | Netherbutton | |
| 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 2 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit | RAF Ouston | |
| No 7137 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
| No 1 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit | Perth | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord) | Saxa Vord | |
| C & M Party | RAF Thornaby | |
| RAF Station Turnhouse | ||
| HQ, No 1 RAF Police District | RAF Turnhouse | Functionally controlled by DPM (UK) |
| 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 | |
| Anstruther | Leuchars | |
| Beachy Head | Wartling | |
| Beccles | Horsham St Faith | |
| Birch | Wattisham | |
| Bishopbriggs | Turnhouse | |
| Bottisham | Waterbeach | |
| Boxted | Wattisham | |
| Breighton | Church Fenton | |
| Bullbarrow Hill (Radar) | Sopley | |
| Bungay | Horsham St Faith | |
| Burn | Church Fenton | |
| Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
| Cocklaw (Radar) | ||
| Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
| Crosslaw | Boulmer | |
| Danby Beacon | Goldsborough | |
| Debach | Wattisham | |
| Detling (W/T) | West Malling | |
| Douglas Wood | Leuchars | |
| Drem | Turnhouse | |
| Drone Hill | Boulmer | |
| Dunkirk | Sandwich | |
| Dunsfold | Odiham | |
| East Fortune | Turnhouse | |
| Edzell | Leuchars | |
| Escrick | Church Fenton | |
| Eshott | Acklington | |
| Fairlight | Wartling | |
| Folly | Aberporth | |
| Foreness | Sandwich | |
| Framlingham | Martlesham Heath | |
| Fullarton (Radar) | ||
| Gailes | ATCC Prestwick (MTCA) | |
| Gibbet Hill (Radar) | Odiham | |
| Gorleston | Horsham St Faith | |
| Halesworth | Horsham St Faith | |
| Happisburgh (Radar) | Coltishall | |
| Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hawkshill Down | Sandwich | |
| Hayscastle Cross | Aberpotyh | |
| Hethal | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hill Head | Buchan | |
| Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Church Fenton | |
| Ibsley | Sopley | |
| Kilchiaran | Turnhouse | |
| Langhan | West Raynham | |
| Lasham | Odiham | |
| Leiston | Martlesham Heath | |
| Leuchars (Radar) | Leuchars | |
| Ludham | Coltishall | |
| Macmerry (Technical Site) | Turnhouse | |
| Matching | North Weald | |
| Neasham (Croft) | Middle St George | |
| Nuthampstead | Duxford | |
| Old Buckenham | Horsham St Faith | |
| Pocklington | Leconfield | |
| Ponteland (M/F D/F) | Acklington | |
| Portland | Sopley | |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
| Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
| Ringstead | Portland | |
| Rosehearty (Radar) | Aberdeen (No 3612 FCU) | |
| Rose Park | Edenmore | |
| Rye | Wartling | |
| St Twynells | Aberporth | |
| Scarinish | Turnhouse | |
| School Hill | Inverbervie | |
| 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 | |
| Tayport | Leuchars | |
| Tealing | Leuchars | |
| Templeton | Aberporth | |
| Tibenham | Horsham St Faith | |
| Truleigh Hill (Radar) | Truleigh Hill | |
| Usworth | Ouston | |
| Warmwell | Portland | |
| West Beckham | Coltishall | |
| Winterton | Coltishall | |
| Wormingford | Wattisham | |
| Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) | Sopley |
Source - SD161 (222nd Edition) - March 1959
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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