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Fighter Command - June 1959


[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  

 

No 11 Group

 
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))
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 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

 

No 12 Group

 
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 RAF Shipton  
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 Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF RAF Yeadon Station in FTC

 

No 13 Group

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  
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  
Cold Heseldon Middleton St George  
Seaton Snook Middleton St George Satellite, Cold Heseldon
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  
Prestatyn Valley  
Rattlesden Wattisham  
Ridgewell Stradishall  
Rose Park Edenmore  
Rye Wartling  
St Margaret's Bay Sandwich  
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  
Truleigh Hill (Radar) Wartling  
Usworth Ouston  
West Beckham Coltishall  
Wormingford Wattisham  
Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) Sopley  

Source - SD161 (225th Edition) - June 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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