Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[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 |
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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 |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
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 705 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Kenley | Station in TTC |
Bomber Command Bombing School | RAF Lindholme | Hastings/Varsity |
No 721 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Lindholme | |
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 |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Station Alconbury | Administered by USAF | |
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | Canberra |
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation | RAF Bassingbourn | |
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 |
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 |
Satellite, Marham | Holbeach | |
HQ, No 3 Group | RAF Mildenhall | Station administered by USAF |
No 7008 Reserve Flight | RAF Mildenhall | |
Satellite, Mildenhall | Wordwell | |
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 | |
Molesworth | Wyton | |
North Pickenham | Marham | |
St Margaret's Bay | Manston | |
Sandwich | Manston | |
Shepherd's Grove | Feltwell | |
Spilsby | Coningsby | |
Sturgate | Hemswell | |
Theddlethorpe | Coningsby | |
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 |
Kirton-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 |
Source - SD161/1965(2) - April 1965
[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
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