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Fighter Command - February 1960


[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Bovingdon    
Fighter Command Communication Sqn RAF Bovingdon Anson/Meteor

Satellite, Bovingdon

Chenies

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No 165 Wing London (Whitehall Gardens)  
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
RAF Station Duxford    
No 64 Sqn RAF Duxford Javelin
No 65 Sqn RAF Duxford Hunter
No 7114 Reserve Flight RAF Duxford  
No 3618 (County of Sussex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Eastbourne  
No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit Exeter (Airfield) Chipmunk/Mosquito/Vampire
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) Hartland Point  
No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Ipswich (Airfield)  
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Meteor/Javelin/Valetta
C & M Party Longley Lane Established on ATCC Barton Hall
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  
C & M Party 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  
C & M Party 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 56 Sqn RAF Wattisham Hunter
No 111 Sqn RAF Wattisham Hunter
No 7113 Reserve Flight RAF Wattisham  
RAF Station West Malling    
No 85 Sqn RAF West Malling Javelin
No 7117 Reserve Flight RAF West Malling  
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 Coltishall    
No 23 Sqn RAF Coltishall Javelin
No 74 Sqn RAF Coltishall Hunter
Air Fighting Development Sqn RAF Coltishall  
No 7109 Reserve Flight RAF Coltishall  
No 141 Sqn RAF Dunholme Lodge Bloodhound (ADM)
RAF Hospital Ely  
No 7285 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7286 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7287 Reserve Flight Ely  
C & M Party Goldsborough  
RAF Station Horsham St Faith    
HQ, No 12 Group RAF Horsham St Faith  
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 Station Leconfield    
No 19 Sqn RAF Leconfield Hunter
No 72 Sqn RAF Leconfield Javelin
No 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF RAF Leconfield  
No 7106 Reserve Flight RAF Leconfield  
No 3609 (West Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF Leeds (Wheatfields)  
No 242 Sqn RAF Marham Bloodhound (ADM), station in Bomber Command
RAF Station Neatishead   Group Control Centre
No 7203 Reserve Flight RAF Neatishead  
RAF Station North Coates    
No 264 Sqn RAF North Coates Bloodhound (ADM)
No 151 (Air Defence Missile) Wing RAF North Luffenham Station in Bomber Command
No 62 Sqn RAF Woolfox Lodge Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, North Luffenham
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  
RAF Station Stradishall  
No 1 Sqn RAF Stradishall Hunter
No 54 Sqn RAF Stradishall Hunter
No 7112 Reserve Flight RAF Stradishall  
C & M Party RAF Sutton-on-Hull  
No 432 Signals Unit (Trimingham) Trimingham  
No 7166 Reserve Flight Trimingham  
No 1 Guided Weapon Trials Sqn RAF Valley Station in FTC
RAF Station Waterbeach  
No 25 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Javelin
No 46 Sqn RAF Waterbeach Javelin
No 7111 Reserve Flight RAF Waterbeach  
No 7255 Reserve Flight RAF Watnall  
HQ, No 24 Air Defence Missile Wing RAF Watton Station in Signals Command
No 263 Sqn RAF Watton Bloodhound (ADM), station in Signals Command
No 266 Sqn RAF Rattlesden Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, Watton
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 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  
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 7282 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  
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  
No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord) Saxa Vord  
C & M Party RAF Thornaby Established on RAF Middleton St George

 

Air Traffic Service HQ

Unit Location Status
No 16 Signals Unit RAF Bishop's Court Station in No 13 Group
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Gloucester Station in TTC
No 14 Signals Unit Hack Green  
Air Traffic Control Centre Preston (MTCA)  
Air Traffic Control Centre Prestwick (MTCA)  
No 15 Signals Unit RAF Sopley Station in No 11 Group
Air Traffic Services HQ RAF Stanmore Functionally controlled by AM (D of Ops (M, Nav and ATC))
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Uxbridge Station in TTC
Air Traffic Control Centre RAF Watnall  

Fighter Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Alvaston Watnall  
Anstruther Leuchars  
Beachy Head Wartling  
Beccles Horsham St Faith  
Birch Wattisham  
Bottisham Waterbeach  
Boxted Wattisham  
Bullbarrow Hill (Radar) Sopley  
Bungay Horsham St Faith  
Castle Camps Stradishall  
Chesil Bank Sopley  
Cold Heseldon Middleton St George  
Seaton Snook Middleton St George Satellite, Cold Heseldon
Creswell (Radar) Acklington  
Crosslaw Boulmer  
Danby Beacon Goldsborough  
Douglas Wood Leuchars  
Drone Hill Boulmer  
Dunkirk Sandwich  
Dunsfold Odiham  
Edzell Leuchars  
Eshott Acklington  
Fairlight Wartling  
Folly Aberporth  
Foreness Sandwich  
Framlingham Martlesham Heath  
Gibbet Hill (Radar) Odiham  
Gorleston Horsham St Faith  
Halesworth Horsham St Faith  
Hardwick Horsham St Faith  
Hayscastle Cross Aberporth  
Hethal Horsham St Faith  
Hill Head Buchan  
Hopton Horsham St Faith  
Ibsley Sopley  
Langhan West Raynham  
Lasham Odiham  
Leuchars (Radar) Leuchars  
Ludham Coltishall  
Matching North Weald  
Morpeth Ouston  
Old Buckenham Horsham St Faith  
Pocklington Leconfield  
Ponteland (M/F D/F) Acklington  
Portland Sopley  
Rattlesden Wattisham  
Ridgewell Stradishall  
Rose Park Edenmore  
Rye Wartling  
St Margaret's Bay Sandwich  
St Twynnells Aberporth  
School Hill Inverbervie  
Stoke Holy Cross Horsham St Faith  
Sutton-on-Hull Patrington  
Sutton Valence (Radar) West Malling  
Tarrant Rushton Old Sarum  
Tayport Leuchars  
Templeton Aberporth  
Truleigh Hill (Radar) Wartling  
Usworth Ouston  
West Beckham Coltishall  
West Myne Chivenor  
Wormingford Wattisham  
Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) Sopley  

Source - SD161 (233rd Edition) - February 1960

[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | No 13 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]

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