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Fighter Command - April 1963


[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | No 13 (|Scottish) Sector | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]

Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Guided Weapons Range Unit Aberporth  
Fighter Command Missile Practice Camp Aberporth  
Satellite, Aberporth RAF Valley Station in FTC
RAF Station Bovingdon    
Fighter Command Communication Sqn RAF Bovingdon Anson/Meteor
No 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Chivenor Hunter
RAF Station Edzell   Administered by the USAF
RAF Hospital Ely  
No 7285 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7286 Reserve Flight Ely  
No 7287 Reserve Flight Ely  
RAF Station Fylingdales    
No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) Hartland Point  
RAF Station Middle St George    
No 7281 Reserve Flight RAF Middle St George  
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  
HQ Fighter Command RAF Stanmore  
Air Defence Operations Centre RAF Stanmore  
HQ, Royal Observer Corps RAF Stanmore  
HQ Fighter Command (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
RAF Station Wethersfield   Administered by the USAF

 

No 11 (Northern) Sector

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Binbrook    
No 64 Sqn RAF Binbrook Javelin
Central Fighter Establishment RAF Binbrook Hunter/Javelin/Lightning/Meteor
No 21 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Servicing Wing 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 Leconfield    
HQ, No 11 (Northern) Sector RAF Leconfield  
No 19 Sqn RAF Leconfield Hunter
No 92 Sqn RAF Leconfield Hunter
No 7106 Reserve Flight RAF Leconfield  
RAF Station North Coates    
No 148 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Servicing 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 85 Sqn RAF West Raynham Canberra, station in Transport Command

 

No 12 (East Anglian) Sector

 
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 74 Sqn RAF Coltishall Lightning
No 7109 Reserve Flight RAF Coltishall  
RAF Station Horsham St Faith    
HQ, No 12 (East Anglian) Sector RAF Horsham St Faith  
C & M Party RAF Neatishead  
No 151 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Servicing 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
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) Servicing 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

 

No 13 (Scottish) Sector

Unit Location Status
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) Aird Uig  
RAF Station Boulmer   Master Radar Station
HQ, No 13 (Scottish) Sector RAF Boulmer  
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  
RAF Station Leuchars  
No 23 Sqn RAF Leuchars Javelin
No 7101 Reserve Flight RAF Leuchars  
No 91 Signals Unit Saxa Vord Satellite Radar Uniot

 

Air Traffic Service HQ

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  
HQ, Military Air Traffic Control Operations Stanmore - Bentley Priory Functionally controlled by NATCS
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  
Martlesham Heath Wattisham  
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: -

Source - SD161/1963(2) - April 1963

[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | No 13 (|Scottish) Sector | Air Traffic Service HQ | Inactive Stations]

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