Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[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 | |
Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Training School | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
Guided Weapons Range Unit | Aberporth | |
Fighter Command Missile Practice Camp | Aberporth | |
Satellite, Aberporth | RAF Valley | Station in FTC |
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | |
RAF Station Binbrook | ||
No 64 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Javelin |
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 | |
Satellite, Buchan | Inverbervie | |
No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter/Vampire |
RAF Station Edzell | ||
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | Hartland Point | |
RAF Station Leconfield | ||
HQ, No 11 Group | RAF Leconfield | |
No 19 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Hunter |
No 92 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Hunter |
No 11 Group Communication Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
No 7106 Reserve Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
No 7137 Reserve Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
RAF Station Leuchars | ||
No 25 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Javelin |
No 29 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Javelin |
No 7101 Reserve Flight | RAF Leuchars | |
No 21 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing Main | RAF Lindholme | Station in Bomber Command |
No 21 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing Rear | RAF Church Fenton | Station in FTC |
No 94 Sqn | RAF Misson | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme |
No 112 Sqn | RAF Breighton | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme |
No 247 Sqn | RAF Carnaby | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Lindholme |
C & M Party | Longley Lane | |
Satellite, Longley Lane | Brass Pan Lane | |
Satellite, Longley Lane | Whittingham Lane | |
RAF Station Middle St George | ||
No 33 Sqn | RAF Middle St George | Javelin |
No 7281 Reserve Flight | RAF Middle St George | |
No 148 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing | RAF North Coates | |
No 264 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Bloodhound (SAM) |
No 141 Sqn | RAF Dunholme Lodge | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates |
No 222 Sqn | RAF Woodhall Spa | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates |
RAF Station Patrington | Master Radar Station | |
No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
Satellite, Patrington | RAF Bempton | |
No 91 Signals Unit (Saxa Vord) | Saxa Vord |
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 Hospital | Ely | |
No 7285 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
No 7286 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
No 7287 Reserve Flight | Ely | |
RAF Station Horsham St Faith | ||
HQ, No 12 Group | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 12 Group Communication Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
No 7136 Reserve Flight | RAF Horsham St Faith | |
RAF Station Manston | ||
C & M Party | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
C & M Party | RAF Neatishead | |
No 151 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing | RAF North Luffenham | Station in Bomber Command |
No 62 Sqn | RAF Woolfox Lodge | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Luffenham |
No 257 Sqn | RAF Warboys | Bloodhound (SAM), 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 Trimingham | ||
No 7166 Reserve Flight | RAF Trimingham | |
RAF Station Wartling | Master Radar Station | |
No 7208 Reserve Flight | RAF Wartling | |
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 Surface-to-Air Missile Wing | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
No 263 Sqn | RAF Watton | Bloodhound (SAM), station in Signals Command |
No 242 Sqn | RAF Marham | Bloodhound (SAM), station in Bomber Command |
No 266 Sqn | RAF Rattlesden | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Watton |
RAF Station West Malling | ||
Central Fighter Establishment | RAF West Raynham | Hunter/Javelin |
No 85 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Javelin |
Fighter Command Target Facilities Sqn | RAF West Raynham | |
No 7108 Reserve Flight | RAF West Raynham | |
RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by the USAF |
Unit | Location | Status |
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Bishop's Court) | RAF Bishop's Court | |
Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Boulmer | |
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 |
C & M Party | RAF Watnall | |
Northern Regional Air Traffic Service Centre | RAF Weeton | Station in TTC |
Satellite, Weeton | Barton Hall |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Beccles | Horsham St Faith | |
Boxted | Wattisham | |
Chesil Bank | Sopley | |
Cold Heseldon | Middleton St George | |
Seaton Snook | Middleton St George | Satellite, Cold Heseldon |
Crosslaw | Boulmer | |
Dengie Flats (Range) | Wattisham | |
Dunholme Lodge | North Coates | |
Fairlight | Wartling | |
Foreness | Sandwich | |
Framlingham | Martlesham Heath | |
Goldsborough | Middleton St George | |
Hardwick | Horsham St Faith | |
Hethal | Horsham St Faith | |
Hill Head | Buchan | |
Hopton | Horsham St Faith | |
Ipswich | Bawdsey | |
Ludham | Coltishall | |
Old Catton | Horsham St Faith | |
Portland | Sopley | |
Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
St Margaret's Bay | Sandwich | |
St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
Sandwich | Manston | |
Staxton Wold | Bempton | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Horsham St Faith | |
Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum | |
West Beckham | Coltishall | |
Wormingford | Wattisham |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -
No 65 Sqn
Source - SD161/1962(3) - July 1962
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]
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