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Fighter Command - April 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

 

No 11 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
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
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 7106 Reserve Flight RAF Leconfield  
No 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Leeming Meteor/Javelin/Valetta
No 7288 Reserve Flight RAF Leeming  
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 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 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

 

No 12 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
C & M Party RAF Bawburgh  
RAF Station Bawdsey   Group Control Centre
No 7205 Reserve Flight RAF Bawdsey  
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 7114 Reserve Flight RAF Duxford  
RAF Hospital Ely  
No 7285 Reserve Flight 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  
RAF Station Manston    
No 242 Sqn RAF Marham Bloodhound (ADM), station in Bomber Command
C & M Party RAF Martlesham Heath  
C & M Party 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  
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 Shipton  
RAF Station Stradishall  
No 1 Sqn RAF Stradishall Hunter
No 54 Sqn RAF Stradishall Hunter
No 7112 Reserve Flight RAF Stradishall  
RAF Station Trimingham)    
No 7166 Reserve Flight RAF 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 Lightning
No 111 Sqn RAF Wattisham Lightning
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    
Central Fighter Establishment RAF West Raynham Hunter/Javelin
No 85 Sqn RAF West Raynham Javelin
No 7108 Reserve Flight RAF West Raynham  
RAF Station Wethersfield    

 

Air Traffic Service HQ

Unit Location Status
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Bishop's Court) RAF Bishop's Court  
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Hack Green) Hack Green  
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 Sub-Centre RAF Watnall  
Northern Regional Air Traffic Service Centre RAF Weeton Station in TTC

Fighter Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Alvaston Watnall  
Anstruther Leuchars  
Beachy Head Wartling  
Beccles Horsham St Faith  
Boxted Wattisham  
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  
Old Catton Horsham St Faith  
Portland Sopley  
Rattlesden Wattisham  
Ridgewell Stradishall  
St Margaret's Bay Sandwich  
St Twynnells Aberporth  
Sandwich Manston  
School Hill Inverbervie  
Staxton Wold Bempton  
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: -

Source - SD161/1961(2) - April 1961

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

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