Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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 |
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 | ||
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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