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 |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF 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 | MPBW Bishopbriggs | |
Station HQ Establishment | Cottesmore | |
No 9 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Vulcan |
No 12 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Vulcan |
No 35 Sqn | RAF Cottesmore | Vulcan |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF 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 735 Mobile Signals Unit | RAF Ouston | Station in FTC |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Scampton | |
No 27 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
No 83 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
No 617 Sqn | RAF Scampton | Vulcan |
Maintenance Detachment | RAF Burtonwood | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Waddington | |
No 44 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
No 50 Sqn | RAF Waddington | Vulcan |
No 101 Sqn | RAF Finningley | Vulcan |
Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
RAF Liaison Party | RAF Alconbury | Administered by USAF |
No 231 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Bassingbourn | Canberra |
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation | RAF Bassingbourn | |
RAF Liaison Party | RAF Bentwaters | Administered by the USAF |
Satellite, Bentwaters | RAF Woodbridge | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Coningsby | |
Satellite, Coningsby | RAF Wainfleet | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Honington | |
No 57 Sqn | RAF Honington | Victor |
RAF Liaison Party | RAF Lakenheath | Administered by USAF |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Manston | |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF Marham | |
No 55 Sqn | RAF Marham | Victor |
Satellite, Marham | Holbeach | |
HQ, No 3 Group | RAF Mildenhall | Station administered by USAF |
No 7008 Reserve Flight | RAF Mildenhall | |
Satellite, Mildenhall | RAF Wordwell | |
Bomber Command Range Unit | RAF Ramsey | |
RAF Liaison Party | RAF Upper Heyford | Administered by USAF |
Station HQ Establishment | RAF 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 | |
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 | |
Misson | Lindholme | |
Molesworth (G) | Wyton | |
North Pickenham | Marham | |
Norton | Finningley | |
St Margaret's Bay | Manston | |
Shepherd's Grove | Feltwell | |
Spilsby | Coningsby | |
Sturgate | Hemswell | |
Theddlethorpe | Coningsby |
Squadrons on Number Only basis: -
Married Quarters (at Detached sites)
Married Quarters | Parenting Unit |
Bardney | Coningsby |
Barnham | Honington |
Booker | High Wycombe |
Bruntingthorpe | Wittering |
Hawkinge | Manston |
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 |
Source - SD161/1965(4) - October 1965
[HQ | Central Reconnaissance Establishment | No 1 Group | No 3 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
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