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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Fighter Command - January 1963
[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 |
| 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 |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF Binbrook | Hunter/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 |
| RAF Station Edzell | ||
| RAF Station Fylingdales | ||
| 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 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 |
| RAF Station Middle St George | ||
| No 7281 Reserve Flight | RAF Middle St George | |
| No 148 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Wing | RAF North Coates | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 Raynham | Administered by the USAF | |
| 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 | Stanmore - Bentley Priory | Functionally controlled by AM (D of Ops (M, Nav and ATC)) |
| 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 | |
| Satellite, Weeton | Whittingham Lane |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Beachy Head | Wartling | |
| Beccles | Horsham St Faith | |
| Boxted | Wattisham | |
| Chesil Bank | Sopley | |
| Chigwell | North Weald | |
| Cold Heseldon | Middleton St George | |
| Seaton Snook | Middleton St George | Satellite, Cold Heseldon |
| Dengie Flats (Range) | Wattisham | |
| Dunholme Lodge | North Coates | |
| Fairlight | Wartling | |
| Framlingham | Martlesham Heath | |
| Goldsborough | Middleton St George | |
| Great Bromley (Radar) | Wattisham | |
| Hethal | Horsham St Faith | |
| Hill Head | Buchan | |
| Hopton | Horsham St Faith | |
| Ipswich | Bawdsey | |
| Kinnaber | Edzell | |
| Old Catton | Horsham St Faith | |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
| St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
| Staxton Wold | Patrington | |
| Stoke Holy Cross | Horsham St Faith | |
| Tarrant Rushton | Old Sarum |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -
No 25 Sqn
No 65 Sqn
Source - SD161/1963(1) - January 1963
[Command HQ | No 11 Group | No 12 Group | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]
This page was last updated on 07/11/23©
