Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Fighter Command - October 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 |
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 | |
Fighter Command C & M Party | RAF Lindholme | |
No 226 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Middle St George | Lightning |
No 7281 Reserve Flight | RAF Middle St George | |
C & M Party | RAF North Weald | |
Satellite, North Weald | Kelvedon Hatch | |
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 7131 (Misc) Reserve Flight | 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 |
Fighter Command C & M Party | RAF Watton | |
RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by the USAF |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Binbrook | ||
No 64 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Javelin |
No 85 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Canberra |
Central Fighter Establishment | RAF Binbrook | Hunter/Lightning/Meteor |
RAF Station Leconfield | ||
HQ, No 11 (Northern) Sector | RAF Leconfield | |
No 19 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Lightning |
No 92 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Lightning |
No 7106 Reserve Flight | RAF Leconfield | |
RAF Station North Coates | ||
No 148 (Surface-to-Air Missile) Servicing Wing | RAF North Coates | |
No 112 Sqn | RAF Breighton | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Coates |
No 141 Sqn | RAF Dunholme Lodge | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates |
No 222 Sqn | RAF Woodhall Spa | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite North Coates |
No 247 Sqn | RAF Carnaby | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Coates |
RAF Station Patrington | Group Control Centre/Master Radar Station | |
No 7227 Reserve Flight | RAF Patrington | |
Satellite, Patrington | RAF Bempton |
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 | |
HQ, No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | 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 242 Sqn | RAF Marham | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Luffenham, station in Bomber Command |
No 257 Sqn | RAF Warboys | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, North Luffenham |
No 266 Sqn | RAF Rattlesden | Bloodhound (SAM), satellite, Watton |
RAF Station Trimingham | Master Radar Station | |
No 7166 Reserve Flight | RAF Trimingham | |
RAF Station Wartling | ||
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 |
Unit | Location | Status |
No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | Satellite Radar Station |
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 Station |
HQ Military Air Traffic Control Operations
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 |
North 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 |
Beccles | Coltishall | |
Boxted | Wattisham | |
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 | Bawdsey | |
Goldsborough | Middleton St George | |
Great Bromley (Radar) | Wattisham | |
Hethal | Coltishall | |
Hill Head | Buchan | |
Hopton | Coltishall | |
Horsham St Faith (G) | Coltishall | |
Kinnaber | Edzell | |
Pembrey (G) | Aberporth | |
Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
Staxton Wold (G) | Patrington | |
Stoke Holy Cross | Coltishall | |
West Drayton | Stanmore Park |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -
No 25 Sqn
Source - SD161/1963(4) - October 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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