Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

Maintenance Command - January 1966

[Command HQ | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

 

Unit	Location	Function/Remarks
No 23 Maintenance Unit	RAF Aldergrove	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Unit
Station HQ Establishment	RAF Andover
HQ, Maintenance Command	RAF Andover
RAF Staff College	RAF Andover	Functionally controlled by Air Ministry DCST (RAF)
RAF Chaplains' School (C of E)	Amport satellite, Andover	Functionally controlled by Chaplain-in-Chief
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Northern Ireland)	Belfast
No 71 Maintenance Unit	RAF Bicester	Repair and Salvage Unit
Maintenance Command Ground Defence School	RAF Bicester
No 6204 Bomb Disposal Flight	RAF Bicester
RAF Gliding and Soaring Association Centre	RAF Bicester
No 7740 Reserve Flight	RAF Bicester
RAF Unit (MoA)	Boscombe Down	Functionally controlled by MoA
RAF Handling Sqn	Boscombe Down	Functionally controlled by DTF (RAF)
No 13 Joint Services Trials Unit	Boscombe Down	Functionally controlled by Air Ministry ACAS (OR)
No 217 Maintenance Unit	RAF Cardington	Compressed Gas Supply Depot, station in Transport Command
No 14 Maintenance Unit	RAF Carlisle	Equipment Supply Depot
No 248 Maintenance Unit	RAF Chessington	Medical Equipment Depot, station in TTC
Sub-Site of No 248 MU	RAF Stafford
Sub-Site of No 248 MU	RAF Quedgeley
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Western)	Chester
No 11 Maintenance Unit	RAF Chilmark	Ammunition Supply Depot
Sub-site of No 11 MU	Dinton
No 236 Maintenance Unit	RAF Cosford	MT Supply Depot, station in TTC
No 6221 Bomb Disposal Flight	RAF Debden	Station in TTC
No 60 Maintenance Unit	RAF Dishforth	Repair and Salvage Unit, station in FTC
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Scotland)	Edinburgh
No 92 Maintenance Unit	RAF Faldingworth	Ammunition Supply Depot
RAF Unit (MoA)	MOA Farnborough	Functionally controlled by MoA
RAF Element, Empire Test Pilots' School (MoA)	MOA Farnborough	Functionally controlled by MoA
Meteorological Research Flight	MOA Farnborough	Functionally controlled by DG Met O
Institute of Aviation Medicine	MOA Farnborough	Functionally controlled by DGMS (RAF)
No 21 Maintenance Unit	RAF Fauld	Ammunition Supply Depot
No 25 Maintenance Unit	RAF Hartlebury	Equipment Supply Depot
Joint Service Air Trooping Centre	RAF Hendon	Functionally controlled by D Mov (RAF)
RAF Supply Control Centre	RAF Hendon	Functionally controlled by DGE (RAF)
Exhibition, Design and Display Unit	RAF Hendon	Functionally controlled by DPR (RAF)
No 35 Maintenance Unit	RAF Heywood	Equipment Supply Depot
RAF Element, Joint Services Bomb Disposal School	AD Horsham	Functionally controlled by DTT 2 (RAF)
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Eastern)	AD Hounslow
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Eastern) (Baggage Section)	Woolwich
No 5 Maintenance Unit	RAF Kemble	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot
No 4 MT Sqn	RAF Kidbrooke	Functionally controlled by Air Ministry D Mov (RAF)
Air Publications and Forms Store	RAF Kidbrooke	Functionally controlled by D of E 2 (RAF)
Joint Services Continental Booking Centre RAF Element	London Rochester Row	Functionally controlled by D of M, Army
No 33 Maintenance Unit	RAF Lyneham	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in Transport Command
No 6217 Bomb Disposal Flight	RAF Newton	Station in TTC
Radar Research Flying Unit	MOA Pershore	Functionally controlled by MoA
No 7 Maintenance Unit	RAF Quedgeley	Equipment Supply Depot
No 19 Maintenance Unit	RAF St Athan	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in TTC
No 32 Maintenance Unit	RAF St Athan	General Engineering Unit
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Southern)	AD Salisbury
No 2 Maintenance Unit	RAF Sealand	Equipment Supply Depot
No 30 Maintenance Unit	RAF Sealand	Electronics Servicing Unit
No 27 Maintenance Unit	RAF Shawbury	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot, station in FTC
No 16 Maintenance Unit	RAF Stafford	Equipment Supply Depot
No 2 MT Sqn	RAF Stafford
No 7716 Reserve Flight	RAF Stafford
Central Servicing Development Establishment	RAF Swanton Morley	Functionally controlled by DG Eng (RAF)
RAF Airfield Construction Depot	RAF Waterbeach
No 5003 Airfield Construction Light Sqn	RAF Waterbeach
RAF Liaison Party	Welford	Administered by USAF
No 15 Maintenance Unit	RAF Wroughton	Aircraft Supply and Servicing Depot
RAF Surface Movement Unit (Northern)	York

 

Active Petroleum Supply Depots
Region	Name of Depot	Parent Unit
Northern	Alnwick	No 14 MU, Carlisle
	Belfast
	Bowling
	Forfar
	Inverness
	Stornoway Town
	Turriff
	Thornaby
Central	Barton	No 21 MU, Fauld
	Bilton
	Claydon
	Kelmarsh
	Massingham
	Misterton
	Peterborough
	Redmile
	Thetford
	Watton, Yorkshire
Southern	Falmouth	No 11 MU, Chilmark
	Islip
	Purton
	Sandy Heath
	Wilton
	Wye
Inactive Petroleum Supply Depots
Northern	Hoy	No 14 MU, Carlisle
Central	Hethersett	No 21 MU, Fauld
	Much Wenlock
Southern	Saffron Walden	No 11 MU, Chilmark
	Tiverton

Maintenance Command, Inactive Stations

 

Inactive Station	Parent Station	Status
Greenham Common (G)	Andover
Harpur Hill	Stafford
Kirkbride (G)	Carlisle
Riseley	No 217 MU
Tenterden Grove	Hendon
Wythall	Hartlebury

Married Quarters (at detached sites)

 

Married Quarters	Parenting Unit
Amport	Andover
Bawburgh	Swanton Morley
Calshot	Andover
Hawarden	Sealand
Hooton Park	Sealand
Howrigg Bank Estate	Carlisle
Kirkbride	Carlisle
Lichfield	Stafford
Silloth	Carlisle
West Kirby	Sealand

Source - SD161/1965(4) - January 1966

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