Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Coastal Command - November 1959

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton/Sycamore, station in No 18 Group
Coastal Command Communication Flight	RAF Bovingdon	Station in Fighter Command
RAF Element, Joint Anti-Submarine School	Londonderry	Shackleton
RAF Element, HQ Air Eastlant/RAF Element, Allied Maritime C-in-C Channel Command	RAF Northwood
No 7301 Reserve Flight	RAF Northwood
RAF Element, HQ Allied Forces Northern Europe/Allied Air Forces Northern Europe	Oslo (Norway)	Functionally controlled by SHAPE

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Aldergrove
No 118 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Sycamore
No 202 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Hastings
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit	Alness
RAF Station Ballykelly
No 203 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 204 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 210 Sqn	RAF Ballykelly	Shackleton
No 7313 Reserve Flight	RAF Ballykelly
C & M Party	Barnton Quarry	Established on RAF Turnhouse
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit	Bridlington
No 1106 Marine Craft Unit	Drummore
No 1113 Marine Craft Unit	Holyhead
RAF Station Kinloss
No 120 Sqn	RAF Aldergrove	Shackleton
Maritime Operational Training Unit	RAF Kinloss	Shackleton
No 7352 Reserve Flight	RAF Kinloss
No 228 Sqn	RAF Leconfield	Sycamore, station in Fighter Command
No 18 Group Communication Flt	RAF Leuchars	Anson/Dakota, station in Fighter Command
HQ, No 18 Group	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 7311 Reserve Flight	RAF Pitreavie Castle
No 1114 Marine Craft Unit	Ramsey
RAF Station Turnhouse
HQ, No 1 RAF Police District	RAF Turnhouse	Functionally controlled by DPM (UK)
No 7303 (Misc) Reserve Flight	RAF Turnhouse	Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM))

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
No 1102 Marine Craft Unit	Falmouth
C & M Party	Hope Cove
No 1111 Marine Craft Unit	Lyme Regis
HQ, No 19 Group	RAF Mount Batten
Marine Craft Training School	RAF Mount Batten
School of Search. Survival & Rescue	RAF Mount Batten
No 7351 Reserve Flight	RAF Mount Batten
No 1107 Marine Craft Unit	Newhaven
No 19 Group Communication Flt	Roborough (MTCA)	Anson/Chipmunk
RAF Station St Mawgan
No 22 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Whirlwind
No 42 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton
No 201 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton
No 206 Sqn	RAF St Mawgan	Shackleton

RAF Gibraltar

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station North Front
No 224 Sqn	RAF North Front	Shackleton
HQ, No 8 RAF Police District	RAF North Front	Functionally controlled by HQ, P & SS (UK)
No 9 (Gibraltar) Radio Fitting Party	RAF North Front
AHQ Gibraltar	RAF North Front

Maritime HQ

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Element, Maritime HQ	Chatham
No 7302 Reserve Flight	Chatham

Coastal Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Alness	Kinloss
Bishopbriggs	Turnhouse
Castle Archdale	Ballykelly
Castle Kennedy	HQ (Unit) No 18 Group
Collaton Cross	Mount Batten
Dalcross	Kinloss
East Fortune	Turnhouse
Faraid Head	Kinloss
Fowey	Mount Batten
Greencastle	Aldergrove
Kilchiaran	Turnhouse
Kirkistown	Aldergrove
Macmerry (Technical Site)	Turnhouse
Murlough Bay	Ballykelly
North Cairn (AMEU)	HQ (Unit) No 18 Group
Nutts Corner	Aldergrove
Rosevalley	Kinloss
St Eval	St Mawgan
St Merryn	St Mawgan
Scarinish	Turnhouse
Scousborough (GEE)	Kinloss
Sennen	St Mawgan
Stornoway (Radar)	Kinloss
Sumburgh (M/F D/F)	Kinloss
Tain	Kinloss
Treleaver	St Mawgan
Trerew	St Mawgan
West Prawle (Radar)	HQ (Unit) No 19 Group
Wick (Radar)	Kinloss
Wig Bay	HQ (Unit) No 18 Group

Source - SD161 (230th Edition) - November 1959

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | RAF Gibraltar | Maritime HQ | Inactive Stations]

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