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Coastal Command - October 1966


[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

Command HQ - RAF Northwood, Middlesex

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
Station HQ Establishment RAF Gibraltar  
No 224 Sqn RAF Gibraltar Shackleton
HQ, No 8 RAF Police District RAF Gibraltar Functionally controlled by HQ P & SS (RAF) (UK)
Joint Anti-Submarine School (RAF Element) RN Londonderry Shackleton
HQ Coastal Command RAF Northwood  
HQ Air Eastlant (RAF Element) RAF Northwood  
C-in-C Eastern Atlantic Area (RAF Element) RAF Northwood  
HQ Commander Maritime Air Channel Command (RAF Element) RAF Northwood  
No 1 (County of Hertford) Maritime HQ Unit RAuxAF RAF Northwood  
No 7301 Reserve Flight RAF Northwood  
HQ Allied Forces Northern Europe/Allied Air Forces Northern Europe (RAF Element) Oslo (Norway) Functionally controlled by SHAPE

No 18 (Reconnaissance) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 1100 Marine Craft Unit Alness  
Station HQ Establishment RAF Ballykelly  
Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF Ballykelly Shackleton, functionally controlled by HQ, Coastal Command
No 203 Sqn RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
No 204 Sqn RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
No 210 Sqn RAF Ballykelly Shackleton
No 1104 Marine Craft Unit Bridlington  
No 2 (City of Edinburgh) Maritime HQ Unit RAuxAF Edinburgh  
No 1113 Marine Craft Unit Holyhead  
Station HQ Establishment RAF Kinloss  
No 120 Sqn RAF Kinloss Shackleton
No 201 Sqn RAF Kinloss Shackleton
No 206 Sqn RAF Kinloss Shackleton
RAF Liaison Party AD Kirknewton  
No 202 Sqn RAF Leconfield Whirlwind, station in Maintenance Command
Holding Party RAF Machrihanish  
HQ (Unit), No 18 Group RAF Pitreavie Castle  
HQ, No 18 Group RAF Pitreavie Castle  
No 7311 Reserve Flight RAF Pitreavie Castle  
Satellite, Pitreavie Castle RAF Turnhouse  
HQ, No 1 RAF Police District RAF Turnhouse Functionally controlled by HQ P & SS (RAF) (UK)
Satellite, Pitreavie Castle RN Sydenham  
HQ, No 1 RAF Police District Detachment RN Sydenham Functionally controlled by HQ P & SS (RAF) (UK)
Satellite, Pitreavie Castle Balado Bridge  
No 1105 Marine Craft Unit RAF Portrush  

 

No 19 (Reconnaissance) Group

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 1102 Marine Craft Unit Falmouth  
Station HQ Establishment RAF Mount Batten  
HQ, No 19 Group RAF Mount Batten  
School of Combat Survival & Rescue RAF Mount Batten  
No 3 (County of Devon) Maritime HQ Unit RAuxAF RAF Mount Batten  
No 7351 Reserve Flight RAF Mount Batten  
Satellite, Mount Batten Tenby  
No 1107 Marine Craft Unit RAF Newhaven  
Station HQ Establishment RAF St Mawgan  
No 22 Sqn RAF St Mawgan Whirlwind
No 42 Sqn RAF St Mawgan Shackleton

 

Coastal Command, Inactive Stations

 
Inactive Station Parent Station Status
Collaton Cross Mount Batten  
St Eval St Mawgan  
Wick Kinloss  

 

Married Quarters (at Detached sites)

 
Married Quarters Parenting Unit
Collaton Cross Mount Batten
Dalcross Kinloss
Exeter Mount Batten
Hope Cove Mount Batten
St Eval St Mawgan
St Merryn St Mawgan
Turnhouse Pitreavie Castle

Source - SD161/1966(4) - October 1966

[No 18 Group | No 19 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]

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