Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Bomber Command - January 1965

[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

Command HQ - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
HQ Bomber Command	RAF High Wycombe
HQ (Unit) Bomber Command	RAF High Wycombe
Satellite, High Wycombe	Chenies	-
RAF Aero-Medical Training Centre	RAF North Luffenham	Station in Signals Command
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 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

No 1 (Bomber) Group

 

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 MPBW
RAF Station Cottesmore
No 9 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
No 12 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
No 35 Sqn	RAF Cottesmore	Vulcan
RAF Station Finningley
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
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

No 3 Group

 

Unit	Location/Address	Notes
RAF Station Alconbury		Administered by USAF
RAF Station Bentwaters		Administered by the USAF
RAF Station Woodbridge		Satellite, Bentwaters
RAF Station Coningsby
Satellite, Coningsby	Wainfleet
No 232 Operational Conversion Unit	RAF Gaydon	Valiant/Canberra
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 7008 Reserve Flight	RAF Mildenhall
Satellite, Mildenhall	Wordwell
RAF Station Molesworth		Administered by USAF
Bomber Command Range Unit	Ramsey
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
Aird Uig	Stornoway
Bardney	Coningsby
Barford St John	Upper Heyford
Barkway (Domestic Site)	Bassingbourn
Barnham	Honington
Booker	High Wycombe
Bruntingthorpe	Cottesmore
Chelveston	Wyton
Church Lawford	Gaydon
Coleby Grange	Waddington
Croughton	Upper Heyford
Donna Nook	Coningsby
Dunholme Lodge	Scampton
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

Married Quarters (at Detached sites)

 

Married Quarters	Parenting Unit
Bardney	Waddington
Barnham	Honington
Booker	High Wycombe
Bruntingthorpe	Wittering
Church Lawford	Gaydon
Dunkirk	Manston
Hawkinge	Manston
Honiley	Gaydon
Kiryon-in-Lindsey	Scampton
Langtoft	Wittering
Melton Mowbray	Cottesmore
Mepal	Wyton
North Pickenham	Marham
Peterborough	Wittering
Polebrook	Wittering
Sandwich	Manston
Sturgate	Scampton
Sutton Bridge	Marham
Tuddenham	Honington
Wellesbourne Mountford	Gaydon

Squadrons on a Number Only basis: -

• No 7 Sqn

Source - SD161/1965(1) - January 1965

[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

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