Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Maintenance Command - August 1960
[Command HQ | No 40 Group | No 41 Group | Inactive Stations]
HQ - Amport
Location | Unit | Function |
RAF Unit (M of A) Bedford | Bedford | Functionally controlled by MoA |
RAF Unit (MoA) Boscombe Down | RAF Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by MoA |
RAF Handling Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by AM (DTF) |
C & M Party | RAF Burtonwood | |
Command Ground Defence School | Calshot | Station in No 41 Group |
Equipment (XF) Training Unit | Calshot | Station in No 41 Group |
RAF Movements Staff (Western Command HQ) | Chester | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
RAF Movements Staff (Scottish Command HQ ) | Edinburgh | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
RAF Unit (M of S) Farnborough | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
RAF Element, Empire Test Pilots' School (MoA) | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
Meteorological Research Flight | Farnborough (MoA) | Functionally controlled by AM (DG Met O) |
Joint Service Air Trooping Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
RAF Element, Joint Services Bomb Disposal School | Horsham | Functionally controlled by AM (DTT) |
Satellite, Horsham | Broadbridge Heath | |
RAF Movements Staff (Eastern Command HQ ) | Hounslow | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
No 4 MT Sqn | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
RAF Movements School | RAF Kidbrooke |
Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
Air Publications and Forms Store | RAF Kidbrooke | Functionally controlled by AM (D of E (C) |
No 7770 Reserve Flight | RAF Kidbrooke | |
No 30 Air Material Base | Langer | Functionally and administratively controlled by RCAF |
No 1 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | London | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
RAF Movements Staff (London District HQ) | London | |
No 7771 (Misc) Reserve Flight | London | |
No 7772 (Misc) Reserve Flight | London | |
No 7773 (Misc) Reserve Flight | London | |
No 7775 (Misc) Reserve Flight | London | |
Radar Research Flying Unit | Pershore (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
RAF Station Ruislip (West) | Administered by the USAF | |
RAF Movements Staff (Southern Command HQ ) | Salisbury | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D Mov) |
Standing Committee of Adjustment | Southampton (Berth 50) | |
Central Servicing Development Establishment | RAF Swanton Morley | Functionally controlled by AM (DG Eng) |
RAF Station Welford | Administered by USAF | |
RAF Movements Staff (Northern Command HQ ) | York | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
Location | Unit | Function |
Barnham | No 94 Maintenance Unit | |
Bicester | RAF Station | |
HQ, No 40 Group | ||
No 7740 Reserve Flight | ||
No 6204 Bomb Disposal Flight | ||
Calshot (Station in No 41 Group) | No 6226 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Cardington (Station in TTC) | No 217 Maintenance Unit | Gas Production and Storage Unit |
Wellingborough | Sub-Site of No 217 MU | |
Carlisle | No 14 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
Chessington | No 248 Maintenance Unit | Medical Equipment Depot Functionally controlled by AM (DGMS) |
Stafford |
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Sub-Site of No 248 MU |
Quedgeley |
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Sub-Site of No 248 MU |
Chilmark | No 11 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
Dinton | Sub-site of No 11 MU | |
Cosford (Station in TTC) | No 236 Maintenance Unit | MT Storage Unit |
Faldingworth | No 92 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
Fauld | No 21 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
Harpur Hill | No 28 Maintenance Unit | Ammunition Depot |
Hartlebury | No 25 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
Central Depository | ||
Heywood | No 35 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
High Ercall | No 99 Maintenance Unit | MT Storage Unit |
Hornchurch (Station in FTC) | No 6221 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Little Rissington (Station in FTC) | No 250 Maintenance Unit | MT Storage Unit |
Newton (Station in TTC) | No 6217 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Quedgeley | No 7 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
Sealand (Station in No 41 Group) | No 2 Maintenance Unit | |
Stafford | No 16 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
No 2 MT Sqn | Functionally controlled by HQ Maintenance Command | |
No 7716 Reserve Flight | ||
No 7762 (Misc) Reserve Flight | Functionally controlled by AM (O.7) | |
No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn | ||
No 6235 Bomb Disposal Flight | ||
Swanton Morley | No 6219 Bomb Disposal Flight | |
Aviation Fuel Depots |
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Location | Parent Station | Remarks |
Alnwick | Harpur Hill | |
Barrow | Harpur Hill | |
Beeston Castle | Harpur Hill | |
Belfast | Harpur Hill | |
Bilton | Harpur Hill | |
Bowling | Harpur Hill | |
Bromborough | Harpur Hill | |
Caernarvon | Harpur Hill | |
Carlisle | Harpur Hill | |
Chapel | Barnham | |
Claydon | Barnham | |
Dunragit | Harpur Hill | |
Ellingham | Barnham | |
Falmouth | Chilmark | |
Fawley | Chilmark | |
Forfar | Harpur Hill | |
Gloucester | Chilmark | |
Hethersett | Barnham | |
Heysham | Harpur Hill | |
Hoy | Harpur Hill | |
Inverness | Harpur Hill | |
Islip | Chilmark | |
Kelmarsh | Fauld | |
Llandarcy | Chilmark | |
Massingham | Barnham | |
Milford Haven | Chilmark | |
Misterton | Harpur Hill | |
Much Wenlock | Fauld | |
Peterborough | Barnham | |
Purton | Chilmark | |
Redmile | Fauld | |
Saffron Walden | Barnham | |
Sandy Heath | Barnham | |
Scapa Bay | Harpur Hill | |
Shustoke | Fauld | |
South Harefield | Chilmark | |
Stonesby | Fauld | |
Thetford | Barnham | |
Thornaby | Harpur Hill | |
Tiverton | Chilmark | |
Turriff | Harpur Hill | |
Upton | Fauld | |
Watton | Harpur Hill | |
Wilton | Chilmark | |
Wye | Chilmark | |
Avoil Depots |
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Avonmouth | Chilmark | |
Barton | Harpur Hill |
Location | Unit | Function |
Aldergrove (Station in Coastal Command) | No 23 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Andover | RAF Station | |
HQ, No 41 Group | ||
RAF Staff College | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DST) | |
Command Communication Sqn | ||
Aston Down | No 20 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Bicester (Station in No 40 Group) | No 71 Maintenance Unit | Repair and Salvage Unit |
Calshot | No 238 Maintenance Unit | Marine Craft Repair and Storage Unit |
Church Fenton (Station in FTC) | No 60 Maintenance Unit | Repair and Salvage Unit |
Colerne (Station in Transport Command) | No 49 Maintenance Unit | Repair and Salvage Unit |
Kemble | No 5 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Kirkbride | No 12 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Lyneham (Station in Transport Command) | No 33 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
St Athan (Station in TTC) | No 19 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
No 32 Maintenance Unit | Repair Depot | |
Sealand | No 30 Maintenance Unit | Airborne Radio Servicing Unit |
Shawbury (Station in FTC) | No 27 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Silloth | No 22 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
Wellesbourne Mountford | RAF Airfield Construction Depot | |
No 5003 Airfield Construction (Light) Sqn | Functionally controlled by HQ, Maintenance Command | |
Church Lawford | Satellite, Wellesbourne Mountford | |
Wroughton | No 15 Maintenance Unit | Aircraft Storage Unit |
No 7715 Reserve Flight |
Maintenance Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Ashbourne | Harpur Hill | |
Bottesford | Newton | |
Bowlee | Heywood | |
Chilbolton | Andover | |
Croft | Burtonwood | |
Crosby-on-Eden | Carlisle | |
Dumfries | Carlisle | |
Finmere | Bicester | |
Foulsham | Swanton Morley | |
Great Orton | Carlisle | |
Handforth | Heywood | |
Harpur Hill | Stafford | |
Hawarden | Sealand | |
Hixon | Stafford | |
Hooton Park | Sealand | |
Lichfield | Stafford | |
Prestatyn | Sealand | |
Riseley | No 217 MU | |
Silverstone | Bicester | |
Wendling | Swanton Morley | |
West Kirby | Sealand | |
Wythall | Hartlebury |
Source - SD161 (239th Edition) - August 1960
[Command HQ | No 40 Group | No 41 Group | Inactive Stations]
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