Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
The Balloon Unit | RAF Cardington | |
No 7414 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Cardington | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
No 7415 (MFC) Reserve Flight | RAF Cardington | Functionally controlled by The Home Office |
RAF Station Christmas Island | ||
Detachment, RAF Christmas Island | Honolulu (Hickham AFB) | |
RAF Support Unit (Australia) | RAAF Edinburgh Field | |
No 4 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAAF Edinburgh Field | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
No 15 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAAF Edinburgh Field | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
RAF Station Lyneham | ||
No 99 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 216 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Comet |
No 511 Sqn | RAF Lyneham | Britannia |
No 7410 Reserve Flight | RAF Lyneham | |
RAF Station Northolt | ||
HQ, No 5 RAF Police District (UK) | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
Metropolitan Communication Sqn | RAF Northolt | Anson/Chipmunk/Sycamore/Devon |
No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit | RAF Northolt | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (D of Ops (M, Nav & ATC)) |
Helicopter Development Unit (RAF Element) | RAF Old Sarum | Station in Fighter Command, functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (Ops)) |
RAF Liaison Party | Orange, France | |
No 18 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Scampton | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)), station in Bomber Command |
No 242 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Thorney Island | Hastings/Valetta/Beverley |
RAF Station Upavon | ||
HQ Transport Command | RAF Upavon | |
Transport Command Communication Flight | RAF Upavon | |
No 17 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Upavon | Functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (OR)) |
Transport Command Parachute Servicing Unit | RAF Upper Heyford | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Hospital | Wroughton |
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
RAF Station Abingdon | ||
No 1 Parachute Training School | RAF Abingdon | Hastings |
No 47 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
No 53 Sqn | RAF Abingdon | Beverley |
Air Movements Development Unit | RAF Abingdon | |
RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green | Satellite of Abingdon | |
No 118 Sqn | RAF Aldergrove | Sycamore, station in Coastal Command |
RAF Station Benson | Benson, Oxfordshire | |
No 105 Sqn | RAF Benson | Argosy |
No 114 Sqn | RAF Benson | Argosy |
The Queen's Flight | RAF Benson | Heron/Whirlwind, functionally controlled by Air Ministry (ACAS (Ops)) |
Transport Command Examining Unit | RAF Benson | |
RAF Station Colerne | ||
No 24 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
No 36 Sqn | RAF Colerne | Hastings |
RAF Station Odiham | ||
HQ No 38 Group | RAF Odiham | |
No 26 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Belvedere |
No 66 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Belvedere |
No 72 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Belvedere |
No 225 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Whirlwind |
No 230 Sqn | RAF Odiham | Pioneer |
RAF Station Waterbeach | ||
No 1 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
No 54 Sqn | RAF Waterbeach | Hunter |
Transport Command, Inactive Stations
Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
Clyffe Pypard | Lyneham | |
Cowden Range | Waterbeach | |
Filton | Colerne | |
Pucklechurch | Colerne |
Source - SD161/1962(3) - July 1962
[No 38 Group | Inactive Stations]
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