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Bomber Command - May 1960


[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  

 

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 
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

 

No 3 Group

 
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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