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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]
Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| HQ Bomber Command | RAF High Wycombe | |
| No 7006 Reserve Flight | RAF High Wycombe | |
| Satellite, High Wycombe | Chenies |
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| No 112 Signals Unit | Stornoway (MoA) |
Central Reconnaissance Establishment
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Reconnaissance Establishment | RAF Brampton | |
| Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (UK) | RAF Brampton | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS 1), station in TTC |
| No 7010 Reserve Flight | RAF Brampton | Administered by JSPI, RAF Bassingbourn |
| RAF Station Wyton | ||
| No 51 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Canberra/Comet |
| No 58 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Canberra |
| No 543 Sqn | RAF Wyton | Valiant |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 231 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | Canberra |
| Joint School of Photographic Interpretation | RAF Bassingbourn | |
| HQ, No 1 Group | RAF Bawtry | |
| No 7007 Reserve Flight | RAF Bawtry | |
| No 388 Mobile Signals Unit | Bishopbriggs | Station in MOW |
| RAF Station Coningsby | ||
| No 9 Sqn | RAF Coningsby | Vulcan |
| No 12 Sqn | RAF Coningsby | Vulcan |
| No 35 Sqn | RAF Coningsby | Vulcan |
| Satellite, Coningsby | Wainfleet | |
| RAF Station Driffield | ||
| RAF Station Finningley | ||
| No 1 Group Communications Flight | RAF Finningley | Anson/Chipmunk |
| Bomber Command Development Unit | RAF Finningley | |
| No 230 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Finningley | Vulcan |
| Electronic Counter Measures Modification Unit | RAF Finningley | |
| No 53 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Haydock | Station in Signals Command |
| No 705 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Kenley | Station in TTC |
| Bomber Command Bombing School | RAF Lindholme | Hastings/Varsity |
| No 721 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Lindholme | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Lindholme | Functionally controlled by MATO |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Nocton Hall | |
| No 7015 Reserve Flight | RAF Nocton Hall | |
| No 735 Signals Unit | RAF Ouston | Station in FTC |
| RAF Station Scampton | Detachment at Burtonwood | |
| No 27 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
| No 83 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
| No 617 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
| No 18 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF Scampton | Functionally controlled by AM (ACAS (OR)) |
| Maintenance Detachment | RAF Burtonwood | |
| RAF Station Waddington | ||
| No 44 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
| No 50 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
| No 101 Sqn | RAF Finningley | Vulcan |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Alconbury | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Bentwaters | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Woodbridge | Satellite, Bentwaters | |
| RAF Station Brize Norton | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Chelveston | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Cottesmore | ||
| No 15 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Victor |
| RAF Station Fairford | Administered by USAF | |
| No 232 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Gaydon | Valiant/Canberra |
| RAF Station Greenham Common | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Honington | ||
| No 55 Sqn | RAF Honington | Victor |
| No 57 Sqn | RAF Honington | Victor |
| No 90 Sqn | RAF Honington | Valiant |
| RAF Station Lakenheath | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Manston | ||
| RAF Station Marham | ||
| No 49 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
| No 148 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
| No 207 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
| No 214 Sqn | RAF Marham | Valiant |
| Satellite, Marham | Holbeach | |
| HQ, No 3 Group | RAF Mildenhall | Station administered by USAF |
| No 3 Group Communications Flight | RAF Mildenhall | Anson/Chipmunk |
| No 7008 Reserve Flight | RAF Mildenhall | |
| Satellite, Mildenhall | Wordwell | |
| RAF Station Molesworth | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Sculthorpe | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Upper Heyford | Administered by USAF | |
| RAF Station Wittering | ||
| No 100 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Victor |
| No 139 Sqn | RAF Wittering | Victor |
| Bomber Command Armament School | RAF Wittering |
Bomber Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Bardney | Coningsby | |
| Barford St John | Upper Heyford | |
| Barkway (Domestic Site) | Bassingbourn | |
| Barnham | Honington | |
| Booker | High Wycombe | |
| Bruntingthorpe | Cottesmore | |
| Church Lawford | Gaydon | |
| Coleby Grange | Waddington | |
| Croughton | Upper Heyford | |
| Donna Nook | Coningsby | |
| East Kirkby | Coningsby | |
| Foreness | Manston | |
| Hawkinge (G) | Manston | |
| Langtoft | Wittering | |
| Lord's Bridge | Bassingbourn | |
| Mepal | Wyton | |
| Misson | Lindholme | |
| North Pickenham | Marham | |
| St Margaret's Bay | Manston | |
| Sandwich | Manston | |
| Shepherd's Grove | Feltwell | |
| Spilsby | Coningsby | |
| Sturgate | Hemswell | |
| Theddlethorpe | Coningsby | |
| Tibenham | Honington | |
| Wellesbourne Mountford | Gaydon | |
| Woodhall Spa | Coningsby |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -
No 7 Sqn
Source - SD161/1964(3) - July 1964
[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations]
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