Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Fighter Command - January 1961
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 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 |
No 165 Wing | London (Whitehall Gardens) | |
HQ Fighter Command | RAF Stanmore | |
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 | |
Air Defence Missile Operations Training School | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
No 3612 (County of Aberdeen) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Aberdeen | |
Guided Weapons Range Unit | Aberporth | |
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | |
No 146 Signals Unit (Bempton) | RAF Bempton | |
No 7160 Reserve Flight | RAF Bempton | |
Holding Party | RAF Binbrook | |
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 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
No 3511 (City of Dundee) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Dundee | |
RAF Station Edzell | ||
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | Hartland Point | |
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 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leeming | Meteor/Javelin/Valetta |
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 | |
No 21 (Air Defence Missile) Wing | RAF Lindholme | Station in Bomber Command |
No 94 Sqn | RAF Misson | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, Lindholme |
No 112 Sqn | RAF Breighton | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, Lindholme |
No 247 Sqn | RAF Carnaby | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, Lindholme |
C & M Party | Longley Lane | |
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 | |
No 148 (Air Defence Missile) Wing | RAF North Coates | |
No 264 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Bloodhound (ADM) |
No 141 Sqn | RAF Dunholme Lodge | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite North Coates |
No 222 Sqn | RAF Woodhall Spa | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite North Coates |
RAF Station Ouston | ||
HQ, No 11 Group | RAF Ouston | |
No 11 Group Communication Flight | RAF Ouston | |
No 2 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit | RAF Ouston | |
No 7137 Reserve Flight | RAF Ouston | |
RAF Station Patrington | Master Radar Station | |
No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
No 1 Civilian Fighter Control Co-operation Unit | Perth | |
No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord) | Saxa Vord | |
C & M Party | RAF Thornaby | |
No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Woodvale | Station in FTC |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
C & M Party | RAF Bawburgh | |
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 | |
RAF Station Coltishall | ||
No 23 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Javelin |
No 74 Sqn | RAF Coltishall | Lightning |
Air Fighting Development Sqn | RAF Coltishall | |
No 7109 Reserve Flight | RAF Coltishall | |
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 | |
RAF Hospital | Ely | |
No 7286 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
No 7287 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Exeter (Airfield) | Chipmunk/Mosquito/Vampire |
RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
HQ, No 12 Group | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
Fighter Command Modification Centre | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 7110 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 7136 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 3619 (County of Suffolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Ipswich (Airfield) | |
No 3609 (West Riding) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Leeds (Wheatfields) | |
No 3604 (County of Middlesex) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | London (Queen's Square) | |
RAF Station Manston | ||
No 242 Sqn | RAF Marham | Bloodhound (ADM), station in Bomber Command |
C & M Party | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
RAF Station Neatishead | Group Control Centre | |
No 7203 Reserve Flight | RAF Neatishead | |
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 257 Sqn | RAF Warboys | Bloodhound (ADM), satellite, North Luffenham |
C & M Party | RAF North Weald | |
Satellite, North Weald | Kelvedon Hatch | |
No 3620 (County of Norfolk) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Old Catton, Norwich | |
RAF School of Land/Air Warfare | RAF Old Sarum | Anson/Chipmunk/Vampire, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
No 3506 (County of Northampton) Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF | Peterborough | |
RAF Component, Joint School of Nuclear and Chemical Ground Defence | Salisbury | Functionally controlled by AM (DGD) |
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 | |
No 432 Signals Unit (Trimingham) | Trimingham | |
No 7166 Reserve Flight | Trimingham | |
No 1 Guided Weapon Trials Sqn | RAF Valley | Station in FTC |
RAF Station Wartling | Master Radar Station | |
No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
No 25 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Javelin |
No 46 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Javelin |
No 7111 Reserve Flight | RAF Waterbeach | |
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 | |
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 |
RAF Station West Malling | ||
No 85 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Javelin |
Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Hunter/Javelin |
No 7108 Reserve Flight | RAF West Raynham | |
RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by USAF |
Unit | Location | Status |
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Bishop's Court) | RAF Bishop's Court | |
Gloucester Air Traffic Control Sub-Centre | RAF Gloucester | Station in TTC |
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Hack Green) | Hack Green | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Preston (MoA) | |
Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MoA) | |
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Sopley) | RAF Sopley | |
Air Traffic Services HQ | RAF Stanmore | Functionally controlled by AM (D of Ops (M, Nav and ATC)) |
Satellite, Stanmore | Bentley Priory | |
Southern Regional Air Traffic Service Centre (Uxbridge) | 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 | |
Boxted | Wattisham | |
Bullbarrow Hill (Radar) | Sopley | |
Castle Camps | Stradishall | |
Chesil Bank | Sopley | |
Cold Heseldon | Middleton St George | |
Seaton Snook | Middleton St George | Satellite, Cold Heseldon |
Creswell (Radar) | Acklington | |
Crosslaw | Boulmer | |
Douglas Wood | Leuchars | |
Drone Hill | Boulmer | |
Dunkirk | Sandwich | |
Fairlight | Wartling | |
Foreness | Sandwich | |
Framlingham | Martlesham Heath | |
Goldsborough | Middleton St George | |
Gorleston | Horsham St Faith | |
Goxhill | Binbrook | |
Halesworth | Horsham St Faith | |
Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
Hethal | Horsham St Faith | |
Hill Head | Buchan | |
Hopton | Horsham St Faith | |
Kelstern | Binbrook | |
Langhan | West Raynham | |
Ludham | Coltishall | |
Matching | North Weald | |
Morpeth | Ouston | |
North Killingholme | Binbrook | |
Portland | Sopley | |
Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
St Margaret's Bay | Sandwich | |
St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
School Hill | Inverbervie | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Horsham St Faith | |
Sutton-on-Hull | Patrington | |
Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
Tayport | Leuchars | |
Usworth | Ouston | |
Ventnor | Sopley | |
West Beckham | Coltishall | |
West Myne | Chivenor | |
Wormingford | Wattisham | |
Worth Matravers (Domestic Site) | Sopley |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -
No 66 Sqn
Source - SD161/1961(i) - January 1961
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]
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