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Bomber Command - July 1962


[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Bomber Command Communication Flight Booker  
HQ Bomber Command RAF High Wycombe  
No 7006 Reserve Flight RAF High Wycombe  
Satellite, High Wycombe Chenies

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No 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (MoA)  
RAF Aero-Medical Training Centre RAF Upwood Station in Signals Command

 

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Bassingbourn Canberra
HQ, No 1 Group RAF Bawtry  
No 7007 Reserve Flight RAF Bawtry  
No 388 Mobile Signals Unit RAF Bishopbriggs Station in MOW
RAF Station Coningsby    
No 9 Sqn RAF Coningsby Vulcan
No 12 Sqn RAF Coningsby Vulcan
RAF Station Driffield    
No 98 Sqn RAF Driffield Thor (SM)
No 102 Sqn RAF Full Sutton Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 150 Sqn RAF Carnaby Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 226 Sqn RAF Catfoss Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 240 Sqn RAF Breighton Thor (SM), station satellite, Driffield
No 721 Mobile Signals Unit RAF Feltwell Station in No 3 Group
RAF Station Finningley    
No 18 Sqn RAF Finningley Valiant/Canberra
No 1 Group Communications Flight RAF Finningley Anson/Chipmunk
Bomber Command Development Unit RAF Finningley  
No 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Finningley Vulcan
No 53 Mobile Signals Unit RAF Haydock Station in Signals Command
RAF Station Hemswell    
No 97 Sqn RAF Hemswell Thor (SM)
No 104 Sqn RAF Ludford Magna Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 106 Sqn RAF Bardney Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 142 Sqn RAF Coleby Grange Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
No 269 Sqn RAF Caistor Thor (SM), station satellite, Hemswell
Bomber Command Modification Centre RAF Hemswell Canberra
No 705 Mobile Signals Unit RAF Hendon Station in Maintenance Command
Bomber Command Bombing School RAF Lindholme Lincoln/Varsity
RAF Hospital RAF Nocton Hall  
No 7015 Reserve Flight RAF Nocton Hall  
No 735 Signals Unit RAF Ouston Station in FTC
RAF Station Scampton   Detachment at Burtonwood
No 27 Sqn RAF Scampton Vulcan
No 83 Sqn RAF Scampton Vulcan
No 617 Sqn RAF Scampton Vulcan
Maintenance Detachment RAF Burtonwood  
RAF Station Waddington    
No 44 Sqn RAF Waddington Vulcan
No 50 Sqn RAF Waddington Vulcan
No 101 Sqn RAF Finningley Vulcan

 

No 3 Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Alconbury   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bentwaters   Administered by the USAF
RAF Station Woodbridge   Satellite, Bentwaters
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK) RAF Brampton Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (I)), station in TTC
Central Reconnaissance Establishment RAF Brampton
No 7010 Reserve Flight RAF Brampton  
RAF Station Brize Norton   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bruntingthorpe   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Chelveston   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Cottesmore    
No 10 Sqn RAF Cottesmore Victor
No 15 Sqn RAF Cottesmore Victor
RAF Station Fairford   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Feltwell    
Bomber Command Strategic Missile School RAF Feltwell  
No 77 Sqn RAF Feltwell Thor (SM)
No 82 Sqn RAF Shepherd's Grove Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 107 Sqn RAF Tudenham Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 113 Sqn RAF Mepal Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 220 Sqn RAF North Pickenham Thor (SM), station satellite, Feltwell
No 232 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Gaydon Valiant/Canberra
Radar Reconnaissance Flight RAF Gaydon Victor
RAF Station Greenham Common   Administered by USAF
No 884 Signals Unit (Holbeach) Holbeach  
RAF Station Honington    
No 55 Sqn RAF Honington Victor
No 57 Sqn RAF Honington Victor
No 90 Sqn RAF Honington Valiant
No 243 Signals Unit Jurby Station in TTC
RAF Station Lakenheath   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Marham    
No 49 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 148 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 207 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
No 214 Sqn RAF Marham Valiant
HQ, No 3 Group RAF Mildenhall Station administered by USAF
No 3 Group Communications Flight RAF Mildenhall Anson/Chipmunk
No 7008 Reserve Flight RAF Mildenhall  
RAF Wordwell   Satellite, Mildenhall
RAF Station Molesworth   Administered by USAF
RAF Station North Luffenham    
No 144 Sqn RAF North Luffenham Thor (SM)
No 130 Sqn RAF Polebrook Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 218 Sqn RAF Harrington Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 223 Sqn RAF Folkingham Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
No 254 Sqn RAF Melton Mowbray Thor (SM), station satellite, North Luffenham
RAF Station Sculthorpe   Administered by USAF
RAF Station Upper Heyford   Administered by USAF
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation RAF Upwood Station in Signals Command
RAF Station Wittering    
No 7 Sqn RAF Honington Valiant
No 100 Sqn RAF Wittering Victor
No 139 Sqn RAF Wittering Victor
Bomber Command Armament School RAF Wittering  
RAF Station Wyton    
No 58 Sqn RAF Wyton Canberra
No 543 Sqn RAF Wyton Valiant

 

Bomber Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Bardney Hemswell  
Barford St John Upper Heyford  
Barkway (Domestic Site) Bassingbourn  
Breighton Driffield  
Caistor Hemswell  
Carnaby Driffield  
Catfoss Driffield  
Coleby Grange Hemswell  
Croughton Upper Heyford  
Daventry Gaydon  
Donna Nook Coningsby  
East Kirkby Coningsby  
Folkingham North Luffenham  
Gransden Lodge Bassingbourn  
Harrington North Luffenham  
Langtoft Wittering  
Lord's Bridge Bassingbourn  
Ludford Magna Hemswell  
Melton Mowbray North Luffenham  
Mepal Upwood  
Methwold Feltwell  
North Pickenham Feltwell  
Peterborough Wittering  
Polebrook North Luffenham  
Pulham Honington  
Shepherd's Grove Feltwell  
Spilsby Coningsby  
Sturgate Hemswell  
Theddlethorpe Coningsby  
Tibenham Honington  
Tuddenham Feltwell  
Wickenby Hemswell  
Woodhall Spa Coningsby  
Woolfox Lodge North Luffenham  

Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -

Source - SD161/1962(3) - July 1962

[HQ | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]

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