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USAF Units in the UK - January 1962


 
Location Type of Unit Station in/Notes
*RAF Alconbury Tactical Reconnaissance

Tactical Depot

Special Supply Depot

Bomber Command
Barkway Microwave Relay Bomber Command
*RAF Bentwaters Tactical Fighter Bomber Command
RAF Bovingdon HQ Admin Flying

Medical Air Evacuation (Admin)

Radio-Radar Facility Checking

Fighter Command, RAF Liaison through HQ, RAF Bovingdon
*RAF Brize Norton Heavy Bomber/Strategic Reconnaissance Manoeuvres

Medium Bomber Reflex/Rotation

Aviation Depot

Bomber Command
*RAF Bruntingthorpe Tactical Reconnaissance Bomber Command
Burderop Hospital  
RAF Burtonwood Subsistence and Disposal Depot Maintenance Command
Bushey Park Dependants School

HQ Support

Signals Service

Squadron HQ (Weather)

Ministry of Works
*RAF Chelveston Tactical Reconnaissance Bomber Command
*RAF Chicksands Priory Mobile Radio

DF Annex

Signals Command
RAF Croughton

Satellites: -

  • Barford St John
  • Christmas Common
  • Kingston Wood
Strategic Communications Bomber Command
Denham HQ Support Group  
Eastcote Dependents School

Airways and Air Communication Service

 
*RAF Edzell US Navy Fighter Command
RAF Elvington TACAN Annex FTC
*RAF Fairford Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres

Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres

Aviation Depot

Dependents School
Bomber Command
*RAF Greenham Common Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres

Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres

Aviation Depot

Beacon Annex
Bomber Command
RAF High Wycombe Command HQ (7th Air Division)

Combat Operations Centre

Bomber Command, RAF Liaison by OC, RAF West Drayton
*RAF Kirknewton Mobile Radio Coastal Command
*RAF Lakenheath Tactical Fighter or Reconnaissance

Aviation Depot

Dependents School

Bomber Command
Liverpool Admin Port Facilities Gladstone Docks and Royal Liver Building
London US Navy

Miscellaneous

 
Londonderry US Navy Station in Coastal Command
RAF Menwith Hill (Harrogate) US Army RAF Liaison by OC, RAF Church Fenton
RAF Mildenhall MATS Terminal

Air Rescue Manoeuvres

Weather Reconnaissance

Aviation Depot

Bomber Command, RAF Liaison through HQ, No 3 Group
*RAF Molesworth Storage (Alconbury) Bomber Command
RAF Northolt HQ Admin Flying (VIP)

HQ Support Units

Transport Command
Prestwick MATS Terminal

Air Rescue

TACAN Annex
Ministry of Aviation, RAF Liaison through Senior RAF Control Officer
RAF Ruislip (West) MT Maintenance Maintenance Command, Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters
RAF Ruislip (South) Command HQ (3rd Air Force)

Hospital

Resident Liaison Officer for HQ Staff Matters
*RAF Sculthorpe Tactical Bomber

Air Refuelling

Tactical Depot

Bomber Command
*RAF Upper Heyford Heavy Bomber Manoeuvres

Medium Bomber Reflex/Manoeuvres

Aviation Depot

Bomber Command
RAF Uxbridge/Hillingdon Combat Operations Centre TTC
RAF Wattisham Communications-Electronic Navigation Aids Fighter Command
*RAF Welford Explosives Depot Maintenance Command
RAF West Malling US Navy Fighter Command
*RAF Wethersfield Tactical Fighter

Radio Beacon Annex

Fighter Command
RAF Woodbridge Tactical Fighter Bomber Command, RAF Liaison through OC, RAF Bentwaters

*Indicates Resident RAF Commander and Senior Liaison Officer

Source - SD161/1962(1) - January 1962

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