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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Maintenance Command - October 1961
[Command HQ | Inactive Stations]
| Unit | Location | Function/Remarks |
| No 23 Maintenance Unit | RAF Aldergrove | Aircraft Storage Unit, station in Coastal Command |
| RAF Station Andover | ||
| HQ, Maintenance Command | RAF Andover | |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Andover | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (DST) |
| Command Communication & Ferry Sqn | RAF Andover | |
| No 7750 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Andover | Functionally controlled by the Home Office |
| No 7751 Reserve Flight | RAF Andover | Functionally controlled by the Home Office |
| No 94 Maintenance Unit | RAF Barnham | |
| No 71 Maintenance Unit | RAF Bicester | Repair and Salvage Unit |
| No 7740 Reserve Flight | RAF Bicester | |
| No 6204 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Bicester | |
| RAF Unit (MoA) Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by MoA | |
| RAF Handling Sqn | RAF Boscombe Down | Functionally controlled by AM (DTF) |
| No 217 Maintenance Unit | RAF Cardington | Station in TTC |
| No 14 Maintenance Unit | RAF Carlisle | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
| No 248 Maintenance Unit | RAF Chessington | Medical Equipment Depot |
| Sub-Site of No 248 MU | Stafford | |
| Sub-Site of No 248 MU | RAF Quedgeley | |
| No 11 Maintenance Unit | RAF Chilmark | Ammunition Depot |
| Sub-site of No 11 MU | Dinton | |
| No 60 Maintenance Unit | RAF Church Fenton | Repair and Salvage Unit, station in FTC |
| No 49 Maintenance Unit | RAF Colerne | Repair and Salvage Unit, Station in Transport Command |
| No 236 Maintenance Unit | RAF Cosford | MT Storage Unit, station in TTC |
| No 92 Maintenance Unit | RAF Faldingworth | Ammunition Depot |
| 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) |
| No 21 Maintenance Unit | RAF Fauld | Ammunition Depot |
| No 25 Maintenance Unit | RAF Hartlebury | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
| Central Depository | RAF Hartlebury | |
| Joint Service Air Trooping Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
| Supply Control Centre | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (DGE) |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | RAF Hendon | Functionally controlled by AM (D Mov) |
| No 7771 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Hendon | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Barry | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Belfast | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Chester | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Edinburgh | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Harwich | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Hounslow | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Salisbury | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Southampton | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | Woolwich (Baggage Section) | |
| No 1 Movements Unit (Surface) Detachment | York | |
| No 35 Maintenance Unit | Heywood | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
| No 99 Maintenance Unit | High Ercall | MT Storage Unit |
| No 6221 Bomb Disposal Flight | Hornchurch | Station in FTC |
| RAF Element, Joint Services Bomb Disposal School | Horsham | Functionally controlled by AM (DTT) |
| Satellite, Horsham | Broadbridge Heath | |
| No 5 Maintenance Unit | Kemble | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| 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 (B) |
| No 30 Air Material Base | Langer | Functionally and administratively controlled by RCAF |
| No 33 Maintenance Unit | Lyneham | Aircraft Storage Unit, station in Transport Command |
| Radar Research Flying Unit | Pershore (MoA) | Functionally controlled by MoA |
| No 7 Maintenance Unit | Quedgeley | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
| RAF Station Ruislip (West) | Administered by the USAF | |
| No 19 Maintenance Unit | RAF St Athan | Aircraft Storage Unit, station in TTC |
| No 32 Maintenance Unit | RAF St Athan | Repair Depot |
| No 2 Maintenance Unit | RAF Sealand | |
| No 30 Maintenance Unit | RAF Sealand | Airborne Radio Servicing Unit |
| No 37 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | RAF Sealand | |
| No 27 Maintenance Unit | Shawbury | Aircraft Storage Unit, station in FTC |
| Standing Committee of Adjustment | Southampton (Berth 50) | |
| No 16 Maintenance Unit | RAF Stafford | Aircraft Equipment Depot |
| No 2 MT Sqn | RAF Stafford | Functionally controlled by HQ Maintenance Command |
| No 5131 Bomb Disposal Sqn | RAF Stafford | |
| No 6235 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Stafford | |
| No 7716 Reserve Flight | RAF Stafford | |
| No 7762 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Stafford | Functionally controlled by AM (O.7) |
| Central Servicing Development Establishment | RAF Swanton Morley | Functionally controlled by AM (DG Eng) |
| No 6219 Bomb Disposal Flight | RAF Swanton Morley | |
| RAF Airfield Construction Depot | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | |
| RAF Station Welford | Administered by USAF | |
| No 15 Maintenance Unit | RAF Wroughton | Aircraft Storage Unit |
| No 5003 Airfield Construction (Light) Sqn | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | |
| No 7715 Reserve Flight | RAF Wroughton |
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Active Aviation Fuel Depots |
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| Region | Name of Depot | Parent Unit |
| Southern | Falmouth | No 11 MU, Chilmark |
| Islip | ||
| Purton | ||
| Tiverton | ||
| Wilton | ||
| Eastern | Claydon | No 94 MU, Barnham |
| Hethersett | ||
| Kelmarsh | ||
| Massingham | ||
| Peterborough | ||
| Saffron Walden | ||
| Sandy Heath | ||
| Thetford | ||
| Wye | ||
| Northern | Barton | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Belfast | ||
| Bilton | ||
| Misterton | ||
| Redmile | ||
| Watton | ||
| Scottish | Alnwick | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Bowling | ||
| Forfar | ||
| Hoy | ||
| Inverness | ||
| Thornaby | ||
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Inactive Aviation Fuel Depots |
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| Southern | Fawley | No 11 MU, Chilmark |
| Llandarcy | ||
| Upton-on-Severn | ||
| Eastern | Chapel | No 94 MU, Barnham |
| Ellingham | ||
| South Harefield | ||
| Northern | Heysham | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Much Wenlock | ||
| Scottish | Carlisle | No 21 MU, Fauld |
| Dunragit | ||
| Scapa Bay | ||
| Turriff | ||
Maintenance Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Amport | Andover | |
| Bowlee | Heywood | |
| Calshot | Andover | |
| Chilbolton | Andover | |
| Finmere | Bicester | |
| Foulsham | Swanton Morley | |
| Harpur Hill | Stafford | ? |
| Hawarden | Sealand | |
| Hixon | Stafford | |
| Hooton Park | Sealand | |
| Kirkbride | Carlisle | |
| Lichfield | Stafford | |
| Prestatyn | Sealand | |
| Riseley | No 217 MU | |
| Silloth | Carlisle | |
| Silverstone | Bicester | |
| Wellingborough | No 217 MU | |
| Wendling | Swanton Morley | |
| Wythall | Hartlebury |
Source - SD161/1961(4) - October 1961
[Command HQ | Inactive Stations]
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