Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Bomber Command Communication Flight | Booker | |
No 459 Signals Unit (Camp Hill North) | Camp Hill North | |
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Chenies |
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No 999 Signals Unit | Colliers Law | |
No 7006 Reserve Flight | RAF High Wycombe |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | Canberra |
HQ, No 1 Group | RAF Bawtry | |
No 7007 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawtry | |
No 388 Mobile Signals Unit (Bishopbriggs) | RAF Bishopbriggs | Station in Coastal Command |
No 705 Mobile Signals Unit (Church Lawford) | RAF Church Lawford | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Station Coningsby | ||
No 9 Sqn | RAF Coningsby | Canberra |
No 12 Sqn | RAF Coningsby | Canberra |
No 7016 Reserve Flight | RAF Coningsby | |
RAF Station Driffield | ||
No 98 Sqn | RAF Driffield | Thor (SM) |
No 102 Sqn | RAF Full Sutton | Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield |
No 150 Sqn | RAF Carnaby | Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield |
No 226 Sqn | RAF Catfoss | Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield |
No 240 Sqn | RAF Breighton | Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield |
No 721 Mobile Signals Unit (Feltwell) | RAF Feltwell | Station in No 3 Group |
RAF Station Finningley | ||
No 18 Sqn | RAF Finningley | Valiant/Canberra |
No 101 Sqn | RAF Finningley | Vulcan |
No 1 Group Communications Flight | RAF Finningley | Anson/Chipmunk |
Bomber Command Development Unit | RAF Finningley | |
No 53 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Haydock | Station in Signals Command |
RAF Station Hemswell | ||
No 97 Sqn | RAF Hemswell | Thor (SM) |
No 104 Sqn | RAF Ludford Magna | Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell |
No 106 Sqn | RAF Bardney | Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell |
No 142 Sqn | RAF Coleby Grange | Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell |
No 269 Sqn | RAF Caistor | Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell |
Bomber Command Modification Centre | RAF Hemswell | Canberra |
Bomber Command Bombing School | RAF Lindholme | Lincoln/Varsity |
RAF Hospital | RAF Nocton Hall | |
No 7014 Reserve Flight | RAF Nocton Hall | |
No 7820 Reserve Flight | RAF Nocton Hall | |
No 735 Signals Unit (Ouston) | RAF Ouston | Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Station Scampton | ||
No 617 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
RAF Station Sturgate | ||
No 149 Signals Unit (Theddlethorpe) | Theddlethorpe | |
RAF Station Upwood | ||
No 35 Sqn | RAF Upwood | Canberra |
No 76 Sqn | RAF Upwood | Canberra |
RAF Aero-Medical Training Centre | RAF Upwood | |
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation | RAF Upwood | |
No 7003 Reserve Flight | RAF Upwood | |
RAF Station Waddington | ||
No 83 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
No 230 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Alconbury | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Bentwaters | Administered by the USAF | |
RAF Station Woodbridge | Satellite, Bentwaters | |
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK) | RAF Brampton | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (I)), station in TTC |
Central Reconnaissance Establishment | RAF Brampton | |
No 7010 Reserve Flight | RAF Brampton | |
RAF Station Brize Norton | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Chelveston | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
No 10 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Victor |
No 15 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Victor |
RAF Station Fairford | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Feltwell | ||
No 77 Sqn | RAF Feltwell | Thor (SM) |
No 82 Sqn | RAF Shepherd's Grove | Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell |
No 107 Sqn | RAF Tudenham | Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell |
No 113 Sqn | RAF Mepal | Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell |
No 220 Sqn | RAF North Pickenham | Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell |
No 232 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Gaydon | Valiant/Canberra |
RAF Station Greenham Common | Administered by USAF | |
No 884 Signals Unit (Holbeach) | Holbeach | |
RAF Station Honington | ||
No 7 Sqn | RAF Honington | Valiant |
No 57 Sqn | RAF Honington | Victor |
No 90 Sqn | RAF Honington | Valiant |
No 243 Signals Unit (Jurby) | Jurby | Station in TTC |
RAF Station Lakenheath | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Marham | ||
No 148 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
No 207 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
No 214 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
RAF Station Mildenhall | Station administered by USAF | |
HQ, No 3 Group | RAF Mildenhall | |
No 3 Group Communications Flight | RAF Mildenhall | Anson/Chipmunk |
No 7008 Reserve Flight | RAF Mildenhall | |
RAF Wordwell | Satellite, Mildenhall | |
RAF Station Molesworth | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station North Luffenham | ||
No 130 Sqn | RAF Polebrook | Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham |
No 144 Sqn | RAF North Luffenham | Thor (SM) |
No 218 Sqn | RAF Harrington | Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham |
No 223 Sqn | RAF Folkingham | Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham |
No 254 Sqn | RAF Melton Mowbray | Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham |
RAF Station Sculthorpe | Administered by USAF | |
C & M Party | RAF Shepherd's Grove | |
RAF Station Upper Heyford | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Wimpole Park | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Station Wittering | ||
No 49 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Valiant |
No 138 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Valiant |
Bomber Command Armament School | RAF Wittering | |
RAF Station Wyton | ||
No 58 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Canberra |
No 543 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Valiant |
Radar Reconnaissance Flight | RAF Wyton | Victor |
Bomber Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Bardney | Waddington | |
Barford St John | Upper Heyford | |
Barkway (Domestic Site) | Bassingbourn | |
Breighton | Driffield | |
Caistor | Hemswell | |
Carnaby | Driffield | |
Catfoss | Driffield | |
Coleby Grange | Hemswell | |
Comberton Wood | Bassingbourn | |
Croughton | Upper Heyford | |
Daventry | Gaydon | |
Donna Nook | Binbrook | |
East Kirkby | Coningsby | |
Fiskerton | Scampton | |
Folkingham | North Luffenham | |
Goxhill | Binbrook | |
Gransden Lodge | Bassingbourn | |
Harrington | North Luffenham | |
Honiley | Gaydon | |
Husbands Bosworth | North Luffenham | |
Kelstern | Binbrook | |
Kimbolton | Wyton | |
Lord's Bridge | Bassingbourn | |
Ludford Magna | Hemswell | |
Market Deeping (MF/DF) | Wittering | |
Market Harborough | Grafton Underwood | |
Melton Mowbray | Cottesmore | |
Mendlesham | Honington | |
Mepal | Upwood | |
Methwold | Feltwell | |
North Killingholme | Binbrook | |
North Pickenham | Feltwell | |
Polebrook | Upwood | |
Pulham | Honington | |
Shepherd's Grove | Feltwell | |
Skellingthorpe | Waddington | |
Spilsby | Coningsby | |
Staxton Wold | Driffield | |
Sutton Bridge | Marham | |
Tibenham | Honington | |
Tuddenham | Feltwell | |
Warboys | Upwood | |
Wickenby | Hemswell | |
Witchford | Wyton | |
Woodhall Spa | Coningsby | |
Woolfox Lodge | Cottesmore |
Source - SD161 (236th Edition) - May 1960
[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]
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