Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[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 |
Satellite, Bovingdon |
Chenies |
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No 165 Wing | RAF Horsham St Faith | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)), station in No 12 Group |
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) | |
RAF Station 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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
No 141 Sqn | RAF Dunholme Lodge | Bloodhound (ADM) |
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 | |
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 | St Annes | |
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 | |
HQ, No 24 Air Defence Missile Wing | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
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 | |
No 225 Signals Units | RAF Bishop's Court | |
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 Heseldon | |
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 | Established on RAF Middleton St George |
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 | |
Bridlington | Bempton | |
Bullbarrow Hill (Radar) | Sopley | |
Bungay | Horsham St Faith | |
Burn | Church Fenton | |
Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
Crosslaw | Boulmer | |
Danby Beacon | Goldsborough | |
Detling (W/T) | West Malling | |
Douglas Wood | Leuchars | |
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 | |
Gibbet Hill (Radar) | Odiham | |
Gorleston | Horsham St Faith | |
Halesworth | Horsham St Faith | |
Happisburgh (Radar) | Coltishall | |
Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
Hayscastle Cross | Aberporth | |
Hethal | Horsham St Faith | |
Hill Head | Buchan | |
Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Church Fenton | |
Hopton | Horsham St Faith | |
Ibsley | Sopley | |
Kilchiaran | Turnhouse | |
Langhan | West Raynham | |
Lasham | Odiham | |
Leuchars (Radar) | Leuchars | |
Ludham | Coltishall | |
Macmerry (Technical Site) | Turnhouse | |
Matching | North Weald | |
Morpeth | Ouston | |
Neasham (Croft) | Middle St George | |
Old Buckenham | Horsham St Faith | |
Pocklington | Leconfield | |
Ponteland (M/F D/F) | Acklington | |
Portland | Sopley | |
Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
Ringstead | Portland | |
Rose Park | Edenmore | |
Rye | Wartling | |
St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
Scarinish | Turnhouse | |
School Hill | Inverbervie | |
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 | |
Treleaver | St Mawgan | |
Truleigh Hill (Radar) | Wartling | |
Usworth | Ouston | |
West Beckham | Coltishall | |
Wormingford | Wattisham | |
Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) | Sopley |
Source - SD161 (224th Edition) - May 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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