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RAF Stations - C

[Definition of a RAF Station]


[Cagliari | Cairo West | Caistor | Calafrana | Calshot | Calveley | Cambridge | Camden | Cammeringham | Campo Forimido | Cardiff | Cardington | Carew Cheriton | Cark | Carlisle | Carnaby | Castel Benito | Castle Archdale | Castle Bromwich | Castle Camps | Castle Kennedy | Castletown | Catania | Catfoss | Catterick | Cattewater | Cawnpore | Celle | Chaklala | Chakulia | Chalgrove | Changi | Charmy Down | Charter Hall | Cheadle | Chedburgh | Cheddington | Chelveston | Chessington | ChicksandsChigwell | Chilbolton | Chilmark | China Bay | Chipping Ongar | Chipping Warden | Chivenor | Cholovaram | Christchurch | Church Fenton | Church Lawford | Church Stanton | Cleave | Cluntoe | Coal Aston | Cochin | Cocos Islands | Colerne | Collaton Cross | Collinstown | Colombo | Coltishall | Comilla | Compton Bassett | Congella | Coningsby | Corsewall | Corsham | Cosford | Cottam | Cottesmore | Cowden | Cranage | Cranfield | Cranwell | Croft | Croughton | Croydon | Culmhead | Cuttack]

RAF Cagliari

No Badge authorised

Control: -

Location

Country: - Sardinia

Lat/Long:  39:14:47N  09:03:27E

Height Above Sea Level:  13 ft

Main units: -

This housed a detachment of No 63 Staging Post from nearby RAF Elmas

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RAF Cairo West (Kilo 26, LG224)

RAF Cairo West (No 10 Staging Post)

RAF Cairo West (SP)

No Badge authorised

Main units (LG224 continued): -

70 Sqn (26 - 29 Jun 1942, 6 - 11 Nov 1942)

14 Sqn (9 - 25 Aug 1942)

450 Sqn (2 - 14 Oct 1942)

104 Sqn (7 - 12 Nov 1942)

267 Sqn (19 Jan - 18 Nov 1943)

39 Sqn (3 - 11 Jun 1943)

HQ, No 231 Wing (26 - 29 Jun 1942, 6 - 13 Nov 1942)

Main units (Cairo West): -

216 Sqn (27 Nov 1942 - 15 Jul 1945)

No 6 (Middle East) Ferry Control (24 Jan 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 10 Staging Post (8 Apr 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

No 21 Air Despatch & Reception Unit(9 Apr 1943 - Sep 1944)

No 1 (Middle East) Ferry Control (1 Jul 1943 - 26 Jun 1944)

No 124 Staging Post (18 Sep 1944 - 14 May 1945)

96 Sqn (30 Mar - 1 May 1945)

No 5 Ferry Unit (10 Aug - 1 Dec 1945)

No 1589 Heavy Freight Flt (10 Oct 1945 - 30 Apr 1946)

620 Sqn ( 6 Mar - 14 Jun 1946)

Location

Country: - Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:06:59N  30:54:56E

Height Above Sea Level:  550 ft

Control: -

Opened (Kilo 26) - xx xxx 1942

Renamed LG224 - xx May 1942

SHQ opened (LG224) - xx Jan 1943

SHQ closed - xx xxx xxxx

SHQ reopened - 1 Aug 1945 (from No 10 Staging Post)

SHQ disbanded - 10 Dec 1946

Notes

It was originally known as Kilo 26 and then Landing Ground 224.

It was renamed RAF Cairo West (No 10 Staging Post) on 1 August 1945 and RAF Cairo West (SP) on 1 June 1946.

Main units (Kilo 26): -

6 Sqn (22 Jan - 28 Apr 1942)

Main units (LG224): -

No 1 (Middle East) Ferry Control (20 May 1942 - 1 Jul 1943)

147 Sqn (8 May - 26 Jun 1942)

37 Sqn (26 - 29 Jun 1942, 6 - 13 Nov 1942)

Detachments**

76 Sqn (Oct 1941 - Sep 1942) (LG224)

89 Sqn (Dec 1941 - Jan 1943) (Cairo West)

Ground element 454 Sqn (Apr - Sep 1942) (LG224)

No 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (Aug 1942 - xxx xxxx) (LG224)

46 Sqn (May 1942 - Dec 1944) (LG224)

74 Sqn (23 Oct - 22 Nov 1943) (Cairo West)

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RAF Caistor

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

85 Sqn Detachment (Oct - Nov 1940)

RLG - No 15 (P) AFU (10 Jun - 9 Sep 1942)

Satellite - No 1 Air Armament School (8 Dec 1942 - Jun 1943)

RLG - RAF College SFTS (1 Jun 1943 - 20 Mar 1944)

Satellite - No 53 OTU (xxx 1943 - xxx 1944)

Refresher Flight, No 17 SFTS (20 Mar 1944 - 21 Feb 1945)

Sub-site, No 233 MU (21 Feb 1945 - xxx 1948)

Sub-site, No 93 MU (1 Dec 1948 - 1 Sep 1952)

269 Sqn (22 Jul 1959 - 24 May 1963)

 

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  52:30:15N 00:21:38W

Height Above Sea Level:  100 ft

Control: -

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 18 Nov 1941)

Bomber Command (18 Nov - 19 Dec 1941)

Fighter Command (19 Dec 1941 - 15 May 1942)

FTC (15 May 1942 - 30 Apr 1943)

TTC (30 Apr 1943 - 21 Feb 1945)

No 42 Group (21 Feb 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for Kirton-in-Lindsey was announced on 9 June 1939.

From 1 September 1953 it was parented by RAF Wickenby and was reduced to inactive status on 1 August 1953, with parenting remaining with No 92 MU, Wickenby.

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RAF Calafrana

see RAF Kalafrana

RAF Calshot

RAF Calshot badge

Main units (continued): -

240 Sqn (Aug 1918 - 15 May 1919, 30 Mar 1937 - 12 Aug 1937)

'A' Boat Seaplane Training Flt (8 Aug 1918 - Jan 1919)

'B' Boat Seaplane Training Flt (8 Aug 1918 - Jan 1919)

No 347 (Flying Boat) Flt (11 - 19 Dec 1918)

School of Aerial Navigation (13 Feb - 1 Apr 1920)

School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation (1 Apr 1920 - 5 Feb 1928)

Naval Co-operation Flt (xxx - May 1922)

230 Sqn (7 May 1922 - 1 Apr 1923, 16 Sep 1946 - 16 Feb 1949)

Air Pilotage Flt (5 Feb 1923 - Dec 1926)

Seaplane Training Flt (Feb 1925 - 1 Oct 1931)

Navigation School (Dec 1926 - 6 Jan 1936)

High Speed Flt (Jul - Aug 1927, 24 Feb - Apr 1928, 18 Sep - Nov 1928, Apr - Sep 1929, 10 May - 5 Oct 1931)

201 Sqn (1 Jan 1929 - 29 Sep 1938, 7 Oct 1938 - 9 Aug 1939, 7 Jan 1946 - 18 Jan 1949)

Seaplane Training Sqn (1 Oct 1931 - Sep 1939)

Flying Boat Training Sqn (2 Jan 1939 - 24 Jun 1940)

Floatplane Training Flt (xxx 1939 - 23 Jun 1940)

Detachment - 228 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1941)

No 84 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1941 - 15 Mar 1946)

Marine Craft Section (Ferry Pool), Calshot (Dec 1941 - xxx xxxx)

No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (13 Sep 1943 - xxx 1945)

No 32 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (27 Mar - 12 Oct 1944)

No 33 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (14 Jun - Nov 1944)

No 101 (Long-Range) Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Dec 1944 - 3 Jul 1945)

No 103 (Long-Range) Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Feb - 15 Nov 1945)

School of Air Sea Rescue (12 Feb - 23 Jul 1945)

No 104 (Long-Range) Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Mar - 15 Nov 1945)

No 105 (Long-Range) Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Apr - 15 Nov 1945)

Survival and Rescue Training Unit (23 Jul 1945 - 5 Aug 1946)

No 12 (Flying Boat) Preparation and Modification Unit (1 Sep 1945 - 25 Apr 1946)

No 235 OCU (31 Jul 1947 - 17 Oct 1953)

No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit (8 Aug 1949 - 11 Oct 1952)

No 1 Marine Craft Training School (22 Aug 1949 - 1 Oct 1953)

No 238 Maintenance Unit (17 Oct 1953 - 12 May 1961)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:  50:49:12N  01:18:29W Approx

Grid Ref:    SU489025

Height above sea level:

Control: -

Opened - 29 Mar 1913

RNAS (29 Mar 1913 - 31 Mar 1918)

No 10 Group (1 Apr 1918 - 15 Sep 1919)

Coastal Area (15 Sep 1919 - 1 May 1936)

HQ, Coastal Command (1 May 1936 - 1 Jan 1937)

No 17 Group (1 Jan 1937 - 14 Jun 1939)

No 15 Group (14 Jun - 1 Oct 1939)

No 17 Group (1 Oct 1939 - 1 Mar 1939)

No 16 Group (1 Mar - 14 Jun 1939)

No 17 Group (14 Jun 1939 - 24 Aug 1942)

No 16 Group (24 Aug 1942 - xx xxx 1946)

No 19 Group (xx xxx 1946 - 17 Oct 1953)

No 43 Group (17 Oct 1953 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1 Apr 1961

Notes

Main units: -

HQ No 10 Group (1 Apr - Jun 1918)

No 345 Flt (May 1918 - 15 May 1919)

No 346 Flt (May 1918 - 15 May 1919)

No 410 Flt (31 May 1918 - 15 May 1919)

No 210 Training Depot Station (Jun 1918 - 15 May 1919)

HQ No 74 Wing (8 Aug 1918 - 15 May 1919)

Detachments**

No 30 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (Mar 1942 - Mar 1943)

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RAF Calveley

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

RLG for No 5 Service Flying Training School (19 Jan - 1 Apr 1942)

RLG for No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Apr 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

No 17 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 May 1943 - 1 Feb 1944)

No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Feb 1944 - 1 Jun 1945)

RLG for No 7 Service Flying Training School (30 Dec 1944 - Feb 1945)

No 5 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun 1945 - 18 Sep 1946)

No 22 Service Flying Training School (22 Oct 1945 - 31 May 1946)

Location

County: - Cheshire

Lat/Long:   53:06:45N  02:36:15W

Grid Ref -  SJ595575

Height Above Sea Level - 180 ft

Control: -

Opened: - 1942

Fighter Command (xx xxx - 10 Apr 1942)

No 21 Group (10 Apr 1942 - 26 Oct 1946)

Station abandoned - 26 Oct 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Maintenance Command, parented by RAF Hawarden, but from 1 April 1949 in Reserve Command.

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for Cuddington was issued in December 1940.

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RAF Cambridge

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 54 Maintenance Unit (4 Nov 1939 - 1 Mar 1945)

Detachment - 16 Sqn (27 - 29 Jun 1940, 3 - xx Aug 1940)

16 Sqn (29 Jun - 3 Aug 1940)

No 4 Flying Instructors' School (3 Jul 1940 - 30 Apr 1943)

2 Sqn (1 Aug - 24 Oct 1940)

'B' Flt, 26 Sqn (3 Aug - xxx 1940)

Detachment - 239 Sqn (Sep 1940 - Jan 1940)

Detachment - 268 Sqn (Sep 1940 - Feb 1940)

Cambridge University Air Sqn (8 Oct 1940 - xxx xxxx, Oct 1946 - Sep 1999)

Roc Flt, attached No 2 Sqn (15 Oct - Nov 1940)

No 5 Radio Maintenance Unit (1 Jul - 21 Sep 1940 )

No 826 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2826 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 42 Initial Training Wing (26 Feb - 17 May 1944)

No 105 Gliding School (6 May 1945 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 5 RAF Reserve Centre (24 Mar 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 22 Refresher Flying School (1 May 1947 - 20 Jun 1954)

Detachment - No 2 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jul 1951 - Mar 1953)

No 5 Air Experience Flt (Jul 1958 - Sep 1966, xxx 1967 - Sep 1999)

Location

County: - Cambridgeshire

Lat/Long:   52:12:28N  00:07:21E Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

SHQ was in the city of Cambridge, from which various units in and around the city were controlled.

The Marshall airfield at Teversham is also included in this entry.

Main units: -

No 22 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (1 Feb 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 22 Elementary Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 - 1 May 1947)

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RAF Camden

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

457 Sqn (7 Nov 1942 - 18 Jan 1943)

243 Sqn (Ground Echelon) (27 Jan 1945 - 15 Apr 1946)

No 1315 Flight (17 Apr - 1 May 1945)

No 4243 Servicing Echelon (15 Apr 1945 - 15 Apr 1946)

243 Sqn (Air Echelon) (27 Apr 1945 - 15 Apr 1946)

HQ, No 300 Wing (15 Dec 1944 - 24 Apr 1945)

HQ No 300 Group (24 Apr 1945 - Jan 1946)

Location

County: -

Lat/Long:  34:02:24S 150:41:12E

Height above sea level: 230 ft

Control: -

Opened (RAAF) - xx xxx 1940

SHQ opened - xx Jun 1945

No 300 Group (xx Jun 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

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RAF Cammeringham

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

RLG for No 11 Service Flying Training School (Oct - Nov 1941)

300 Sqn (18 May 1942 - 31 Jan 1943, 22 Jun 1943 - 2 Mar 1944)

199 Sqn (3 Feb - 20 Jun 1943)

305 Sqn (22 Jun - 5 Sep 1943)

RLG for No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School (11 Dec 1943 - 2 Feb 1944)

No 1687 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (5 Jun 1943 - 4 Dec 1944)

No 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt (7 Mar - 4 Dec 1944)

Night Bomber Tactical School/Unit (10 Mar - May 1944)

Bomber Command Tactical School (xx xxx xxxx - 20 Jan 1945)

No 4971 (Airfield Construction) Flt (24 Mar - 23 May 1945)

No 16 (Polish) School of Technical Training (9 Jul 1945 - 7 Dec 1946)

No 4 (Polish) Holding Unit (14 Nov 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:20:28N  00:33:18W

Grid Ref -  SK945838

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 1 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 18 Jun 1945)

TTC (18 Jun 1945 - 7 Aug 1948)

Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - 7 Aug 1948

Notes

Originally opened as a satellite airfield as RAF Ingham, it became a Sub-station on 3 Jul 1944 and it changed its name on 24 Nov 1944.

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RAF Campo Formido (SP)

See RAF Udine

RAF Cardiff

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn AuxAF (1 Jun 1937 - 2 Oct 1939)

815 Sqn FAA (5 Feb - 8 Apr 1940)

No 43 Maintenance Unit (3 Feb - 6 Mar 1940)

No 52 Maintenance Unit (6 Mar 1940 - 31 Oct 1945)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (9 Nov 1940 - 1 Dec 1943)

No 4 Ferry Pilot Pool (27 Apr - 7 Nov 1940)

No 762 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2762 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

Detachment - 286 Sqn (xxx 1942 - xxx 1944)

No 6212 Bomb Disposal Flight (xx xxx xxxx - xxx xxx xxxx)

No 5017 Airfield Construction Sqn (xx xxx xxxx - xxx xxx xxxx)

No 6 Embarkation Unit (xx xxx xxxx - xxx xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 214 Maintenance Unit (xx xxx xxxx - xxx xxx xxxx)

Detachment - 587 Sqn (Apr - Oct 1944)

75th Infantry Division, US Army (Dec 1944)

No 62 Gliding School (xxx 1947 - 4 Aug 1948)

No 3 Refresher Flying School (15 Aug 1948 - 31 Jul 1953)

No 1952 Reserve AOP Flt, 663 Sqn (15 Oct 1950 - 29 Jun 1953)

Location

County: - Glamorganshire (City of Cardiff)

Lat/Long:   51:29:08N  03:07:56W

Grid Ref -  ST215770

Height Above Sea Level - 23 ft

Railway Station -

Control: -

No 6 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 14 Nov 1938)

No 22 Group (14 Nov 1938 - xx xxx xxxx)

Opened - xx Sep 1939 (for use by NAC)

C & M (3 Oct 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 22 Group, Fighter Command (1 - 24 May 1940)

No 22 Group (24 Jun - 1 Dec 1940)

No 70 Group ( 1 Dec 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ closed - 6 Dec 1943

No 53 Wing (6 Dec 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

Transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation - 12 Sep 1946

Notes

Originally known as Pengam Moors

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RAF Cardington

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 9 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (8 Jul 1940 - 18 Mar 1944)

959 (Balloon) Sqn (26 Jul - 14 Aug 1940)

No 19 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (15 Aug 1940 - 18 Mar 1944)

No 19 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (18 Aug 1940 - 18 Mar 1944)

954 (Balloon) Sqn (12 - 18 Sep 1940)

970 (Balloon) Sqn (18 - 23 Sep 1940, 15 Oct 1940 - xxx xxxx, 6 Jan - 1 Jul 1941)

971 (VLA Balloon) Sqn (15 - 31 Oct 1940)

963 (Balloon) Sqn (24 Nov - 28 Dec 1940)

955 (Balloon) Sqn (22 Jan - 18 Feb 1941)

972 (Balloon) Sqn (28 Jan - 6 Feb 1941)

973 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - xxx 1941)

974 (Balloon) Sqn (1 Apr - 15 Aug 1941)

HQ, No 260 (Balloon) Wing (13 - 14 Jul 1941)

975 (Balloon) Sqn (15 Jul - 18 Aug 1941)

990 (Balloon) Sqn (15 Jul - 15 Aug 1941)

No 802 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2802 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

976 (Balloon) Sqn (Aug - 25 Sep 1941)

986 (Balloon) Sqn (3 Jul 1943 - 1 Jan 1944)

967 (Balloon) Sqn (1 - xx Nov 1944)

No 1440 Flt (7 Dec 1942 - 8 Jan 1943)

Training Aids Development Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1946)

HQ, No 72 (Signals) Wing (1 - 2 Sep 1944)

No 60 Repair Unit (MT) (Dec 1944 - 15 Mar 1945)

Polish Balloon Unit (15 Mar 1945 - 9 Dec 1946)

No 1 Glider Servicing School (21 Mar 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 2 Reception Unit (26 Aug 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)1

TTC MT Light Repair Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 21 Apr 1950)

Mobile Classroom Operating Section (21 Apr 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 274 Maintenance Unit (15 Apr 1948 - 17 Jan 1955)

No 2 School of Recruit Training (1 Nov 1948 - 4 Oct 1950)

No 172 Personnel Transit Centre (26 May - 12 Sep 1952)

No 14 Joint Services Trials Unit (2 - 9 Nov 1959)

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:06:25N  00:25:08W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Royal Airship Works (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Dec 1936)

SHQ opened - 15 Dec 1936

No 24 Group (15 Dec 1936 - xx xxx xxxx)

Balloon Command (xx xxx xxxx - 21 Mar 1945)

No 28 Group (21 Mar 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ closed

Closed -

Notes

Prior to opening as a RAF Station, it was the Royal Airship Works.

RAF Station, Cardington comprised: -

  • SHQ

  • No 1 Balloon Training Unit

  • Royal Airship Works (Technical direction - Air Ministry)

  • AID Test Establishment (Technical direction - Air Ministry)

  • Maintenance Unit

1On 4 October 1950, No 2 Reception Unit became the Station Commanding Unit.

Main units: -

Aircraft Storage Section (2 Aug 1932 - xxx 1933)

No 2 Aircraft Storage Unit (xxx 1933 - 10 Feb 1938)

No 1 Balloon Training Unit (1 Jan 1937 - 25 Nov 1943)

No 2 RAF Depot (30 Sep 1937 - 7 Sep 1939)

No 26 Maintenance Unit (10 Feb 1938 - 2 Feb 1939, 1 Jul 1940 - 15 Apr 1947)

Ferry Flt, Cardington (xx - 16 Jan 1939)

Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1939 - 31 Aug 1956)

No 4 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 7 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 2 Recruit Depot (7 Sep 1939 -

'A' Mobile Balloon Sqn (1 Mar - 20 May 1940)

957 (Balloon) Sqn (20 May - 4 Jun 1940)

956 (Balloon) Sqn (2 Jun 1940 - 5 Sep 1944)

958 (Balloon) Sqn (1 Jul - 12 Aug 1940)

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RAF Carew Cheriton

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

818 Sqn FAA (14 - 18 Jun 1940)

825 Sqn FAA (20 - 27 Jun 1940)

321 Sqn (24 Jun 1940 - 18 Jan 1941)

Coastal Command Tactical Development Unit (22 Oct - 22 Nov 1940)

Coastal Command Development Unit (22 Nov 1940 - 6 Dec 1941)

320 Sqn (18 Jan - 20 Mar 1941)

236 Sqn (21 Mar 1941 - 9 Feb 1942)

No 750 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2750 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 19 Group Armament Practice Camp (xxx - 5 Nov 1941)

No 4 Armament Training Camp (5 Nov 1941 - 24 Jul 1942)

254 Sqn (11 Feb - 1 Jun 1942)

RLG for No 1 Air Gunners School (24 Jul - 5 Oct 1942)

No 4 Radio Direction Finding School (5 Oct 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)

No 1607 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 3 Nov 1943, 11 Nov - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1447 Flt (11 - 15 Dec 1942)

No 10 Radio School (1 Jan 1943 - 24 Nov 1945)

No 74 Gliding School (Jun - Dec 1946)

RAF Pembroke Dock Station Flt, (26 Aug 1952 - 14 Nov 1953)

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire

Lat/Long:   51:41:15N  04:48:45W

Grid Ref -  SN002655

Height Above Sea Level - 100 ft

Control: -

Opened (Satellite to St Eval) - 1939

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 27 Sep 1939)

No 15 Group (27 Sep 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ Formed - 1 Apr 1940

No 19 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 24 Jul 1942)

No 25 Group (24 Jul - Oct 1942)

No 27 Group (1 Oct 1942 - 24 Nov 1945)

SHQ Closed - 24 Nov 1945

Closed on transfer to the Ministry of Works - 1 May 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Coastal Command, parented by RAF Pembroke Dock.

Notes

Main units: -

No 4 Radio Direction Finding School (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

'B' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (14 Apr - 1 Sep 1939, 5 Sep 1939 - 2 Oct 1941, 9 Mar - 1 Nov 1942)

No 5 Coastal Patrol Flt (1 Mar - 27 May 1940)

'L' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (5 Apr - 29 Oct 1940)

Detachments**

217 Sqn (3 Sep 1939 - 20 Jul 1940)

206 Sqn (16 Sep - 11 Oct 1939)

'A' Flt, 75 Sqn (1 - 11 Nov 1939)

22 Sqn (9 Mar - Apr 1940)

42 Sqn (xxx 1940 - xxx xxxx)

48 Sqn (12 Jul - 29 Aug 1940)

320 Sqn (30 Oct 1940 - 30 Jan 1941)

235 Sqn (11 Dec 1940 - xxx xxxx)

32 Sqn (Apr - Jun 1941)

238 Sqn (Apr 1941)

300 Sqn (28 Aug 1941 - xxx xxxx)

500 Sqn (28 Aug 1941 - xxx xxxx)

286 Sqn (Apr - May 1942)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Apr - May 1943)

587 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 8 May 1944)

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RAF Cark

RAF Cark badge#

Main units: -

'F' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (7 Jan - 1 Nov 1942)

'R' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (7 Jan  - 1 Oct 1942)

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (15 Mar 1942 - 8 Mar 1943)

Staff Pilot Training Unit (17 Mar - 14 Nov 1942, 12 Mar 1943 - 31 Dec 1945)

No 1614 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942- 1 Dec 1943)

Detachment - 289 Sqn (30 Nov 1942 - xxx xxxx)

650 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 18 Nov 1944)

No 188 Gliding School (xxx 1944 - May 1947)

Detachment - 290 Sqn (Apr - May 1944)

Detachment - 650 Sqn (18 Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Pilot-Navigation Instructors Course (29 Oct - 31 Dec 1945)

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   54:09:45N  02:57:30W

Grid Ref -  SD374745

Height Above Sea Level - 17 ft

Railway Station - Cark & Cartmel LMS

Control: -

SHQ Opened - 1941

Fighter Command (xx xxx 1941 - 16 Mar 1942)

No 25 Group (16 Mar - 1 Jul 1942)

SHQ closed - 1 Jul 1942

SHQ reopened - 14 Nov 1942

No 29 Group (14 Nov 1942 - 22 Nov 1943)

No 25 Group (22 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Maintenance Command, parented by RAF Warton, but by 11 May 1950 it no longer required parenting.

Transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - xx xxx xxxx

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for Barrow was issued in October 1940.

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RAF Carlisle

No Badge authorised

Main units (Airfield): -

No 38 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (1 Jul - 3 Sep 1939)

No 3 Air Observer Navigation School (24 Nov 1939 - 3 Jun 1940)

No 15 Elementary Flying Training School (2 Jun 1940 - 31 Dec 1947)

No 189 Gliding School (Jun 1945 - Oct 1947)

Main units (MU): -

No 6 Stores Depot (xxx 1938 - 26 Sep 1938)

No 14 Maintenance Unit (26 Sep 1938 - 26 Sep 1996)

School of Torpedo Maintenance (8 Jun - 9 Sep 1942)

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 Nov 1940 - 9 May 1942)

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:   54:55:23N  02:58:00W (Airfield)

                  54:55:58N  02:57:58W (MU)

Grid Ref -  NY390595

Height Above Sea Level - 100 ft

Control: -

Opened -

No 51 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 14 Jul 1945) (Airfield)

No 50 Group (14 Jul 1945 - 31 May 1947)

FTC (31 May 1947 - 1 Apr 1948)

Maintenance Command (1 Apr 1948 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

The airfield was known as Kingstown

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RAF Carluke

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 6 Salvage Centre (28 Sep - 4 Nov 1939)

No 63 Maintenance Unit (4 Nov 1939 - 30 Apr 1946)

 

 

Location

County: - Lanarkshire

Railway Station - Carluke

Control: -

Opened -

No 43 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 12 Sep 1946)

Transferred to the Ministry of Works - 12 Sep 1946

Notes.

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RAF Carnaby (later RAF Bridlington)

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Emergency Runway (15 May 1944 - 1 Dec 1947)

RLG for No 203 Advanced Flying School (31 Aug 1949 - Jul 1950, Sep 1950 - 1 Jun 1954)

No 203 Advanced Flying School (Jul - Sep 1950)

RLG for No 207 Advanced Flying School (xxx xxxx - 1 Jun 1954)

RLG for No 8 Flying Training School (1 Jun - 1 Jul 1954)

150 Sqn (1 Aug 1959 - 9 Apr 1963)

247 Sqn (1 Jul 1960 - 31 Dec 1963)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:03:45N  00:15:30W

Grid Ref -  TA140640

Height Above Sea Level - 35 ft

Railway Station

  • Carnaby LNER

  • Bridlington (crane traffic) LNER

Control: -

Opened - 16 Mar 1944

No 4 Group (16 Mar 1944 - 1 Dec 1947)

Renamed RAF Bridlington - 15 Apr 1946

Station abandoned - 1 Dec 1947

FTC (1 Dec 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)*

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Flying Training Command, parented by RAF Driffield.

Renamed RAF Carnaby - 1 Apr 1953

Temporarily Inactive (28 Oct 1953 - 28 Feb 1954) , parented by RAF Driffield.

Reduced to Inactive status on 1 July 1954, parented by RAF Driffield.

Closed - 1963

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an Emergency Runway was issued in May 1943.

It was initially parented by RAF Driffield.

An industrial estate now occupies most of the original runway.

*Bi-weekly inspections carried out by RAF Driffield, No 25 Group

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RAF Castel Benito

RAF Castel Benito (No 17 Staging Post)

RAF Castel Benito (SP)

see RAF Idris

RAF Castle Archdale (Lough Erne)

No Badge authorised

Main units (Lough Erne) (continued): -

201 Sqn (9 Oct 1941 - 8 Apr 1944)

413 Sqn (1 - 27 Mar 1942)

422 Sqn (2 Apr - 25 Nov 1942)

119 Sqn (14 Apr - 6 Sep 1942)

Satellite for No 131 OTU (20 Jul 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 302 Ferry Training Unit (30 Sep - 1 Dec 1942)

423 Sqn (3 Nov 1942 - 8 Aug 1945)

228 Sqn (11 Dec 1942 - 4 May 1943)

Main units (Castle Archdale): -

422 Sqn (4 Nov 1943 - 4 Nov 1944)

202 Sqn (3 Sep 1944 - 12 Jun 1945)

201 Sqn (3 Nov 1944 - 2 Aug 1945, 23 May - 3 Jul 1948))

No 4423 Servicing Echelon (4 Jun – 8 Aug 1945)

230 Sqn (10 Aug - 13 Sep 1946)

240 Sqn (21 Jun - 3 Jul 1948)

Location

County: - County Fermanagh

Lat/Long:   54:28:44N  07:43:48W

Grid Ref -  H175585

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened - Feb 1941

RAFNI (xx xxx xxxx - 31 Mar 1950)

No 18 Group (31 Mar 1950 - xx xxx xxxxx)

Notes

It was called Castle Archdale on opening but this was changed to Lough Erne on 18 February 1941, before reverting to Castle Archdale on 1 February 1943.

Main units (Lough Erne): -

Detachment - 240 Sqn (20 Feb - 28 Mar 1941)

209 Sqn (26 Mar - 6 Aug 1941)

240 Sqn (25 Aug 1941 - 6 Jun 1942)

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RAF Castle Bromwich

RAF Castle Bromwich badge

Main units (continued): -

38 Sqn (14 Jul - 1 Oct 1916)

HQ, 25th (Training) Wing (18 Sep 1916 - 1 Jul 1918)

No 34 Reserve Sqn (1 - 13 Nov 1916)

No 43 Reserve Sqn (2 - 13 Nov 1916)

71 Sqn (27 Mar - 17 Dec 1917)

No 5 Training Sqn (31 May - 12 Dec 1917)

No 28 Training Sqn (31 May - 15 Jul 1917)

No 67 Training Sqn (3 - 11 Jun 1917)

'C' Flt, No 7 Training Depot Station (15 Oct - 1 Nov 1917)

No 74 Training Sqn (1 Dec 1917 - 27 Jun 1918)

No 54 Training Sqn (12 Dec 1917 - 6 Jul 1918)

No 55 Training Sqn (15 Jan - 1 Feb 1918)

49th Aero Sqn, USAAS (1 Feb - 24 Jun 1918)

No 14 Air Acceptance Park (1 Jul 1918 - Apr 1920)

115 Sqn (17 Jul - 1 Sep 1918)

132 Sqn (19 Aug - 12 Dec 1918)

202 Sqn (Jan - 24 Mar 1919)

9 Sqn [cadre] (31 Jul - 31 Dec 1919)

605 (County of Warwick) Sqn AuxAF (5 Oct 1926 - 27 Aug 1939)

No 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (1 Jul 1937 - 3 Sep 1939)

Used by No 9 Maintenance Unit for temporary dispersal (Sep 1939 - xxx 1940)

No 14 Elementary Flying Training School (3 - 9 Sep 1939)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (10 Apr 1940 - 1 Dec 1943)

Birmingham University Air Sqn (3 May 1941 - 24 Mar 1958)

No 827 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2827 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1943)

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (8 Mar - 1 Dec 1943)

577 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 15 Jun 1946)

No 3507 Servicing Unit (1 Dec 1943 - 15 Jun 1946)

No 48 Gliding School (Oct 1945 - 1 Oct 1950, Aug 1950 - Dec 1955)

No 5 Refresher Flying School (1 Nov 1947 - 1 Jun 1954)

Sub-site, No 16 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1947 - 31 Jul 1948)

No 44 RAF Reserve Centre (13 Feb 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1954 Reserve AOP Flt, 663 Sqn (27 Mar 1953 - 10 Mar 1957)

Location

County: - Warwickshire (West Midlands)

Lat/Long:   52:31:08N  01:47:15W

Grid Ref -  SP145915

Height Above Sea Level - 270 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1914

Closed - 1919

Reopened - 1926

Superintendent of RAF Reserve (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1 Air Defence Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

No 6 (Auxiliary) Group (xx xxx xxxx - 14 Feb 1937)

No 2 Group (14 Feb 1937 - 1 Jan 1939)

No 11 Group (1 Jan 1939 - 1 Jun 1940)

No 22 Group, Fighter Command (1 - 24 Jun 1940)

No 22 Group (24 Jun - 1 Dec 1940)

No 70 Group (1 Dec 1940 - 15 Dec 1946)

Reserve Command (15 Dec 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Main units: -

No 5 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn (11 May 1915 - 13 Jan 1916)

No 5 Reserve Sqn (13 Jan 1916 - 31 May 1917)

19 Sqn (1 Sep 1915 - 31 Jan 1916)

34 Sqn (12 Jan - 15 Jun 1916)

55 Sqn (27 Apr - 10 Jun 1916)

54 Sqn (15 May - 22 Dec 1916)

No 28 Reserve Sqn (1 Jun 1916 - 31 May 1917)

Detachments**

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jun 1941)

116 Sqn (xxx - 2 Oct 1941)

285 Sqn (Jan 1944 - 26 Jun 1945)

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RAF Castle Camps

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

410 Sqn (29 Dec 1943 - 28 Apr 1944)

91 Sqn (29 Feb - 7 Mar 1944)

No 3028 Servicing Echelon (29 Feb – 7 Mar 1944)

HQ, No 149 Airfield (1 Mar - 4 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 25 (Base) Defence Wing (1 Mar - 9 Apr 1944)

No 85 Group Communication Sqn (1 Apr - 6 Jun 1944)

486 Sqn (6 - 21 Mar 1944, 29 Mar - 29 Apr 1944)

No 85 Group Communication Sqn (1 Apr - 3 Jun 1944)

68 Sqn (24 Jun - 27 Oct 1944)

No 6068 Servicing Echelon (22 Jun – 27 Oct 1944)

151 Sqn (7 Oct - 19 Nov 1944)

No 6151 Servicing Echelon (8 Oct – 18 Nov 1944)

25 Sqn (27 Oct 1944 - 1 Jul 1945, 10 Aug - 6 Oct 1945, 20 Oct 1945 - 11 Jan 1946)

No 6025 Servicing Echelon (27 Oct 1944 – 14 Jul 1945, 10 Aug 1945 – 11 Jan 1946)

307 Sqn (27 Jan - 18 May 1945)

No 6307 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (27 Jan – 18 May 1945)

406 Sqn (13 - 14 Jun 1945)

No 6085 Servicing Echelon (27 Jun - 11 Oct 1945)

Location

County: - Essex/Cambridgeshire

Lat/Long:   53:03:00N  00:23:00E

Grid Ref -  TL633420

Height Above Sea Level - 420 ft

Control: -

Satellite (xx xxx 1940 -1 Aug 1941)

SHQ Opened - 1 Aug 1941

No 11 Group (1 Aug 1941 - 28 Mar 1946)

Closed on transfer to the War Office - 28 Mar 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Bomber Command, parented by RAF Stradishall.

Notes

It became parent station to RAF Saffron Walden and RAF Great Sampford on 1 Aug 1943.

Main Units: -

85 Sqn (3 - 5 Sep 1940, 25 - 30 Sep 1940, 27 Jun - 19 Oct 1945)

257 Sqn (30 Sep - 8 Oct 1940)

157 Sqn (17 Dec 1941 - 15 Mar 1943)

605 Sqn (14 Mar - 6 Oct 1943)

No 605 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (15 Mar – 6 Oct 1943)

527 Sqn (13 Jul 1943 - 28 Feb 1944)

Detachments**

'B' Flt, 85 Sqn (27 Jun - 13 Aug 1940)

111 Sqn (31 Aug - 3 Sep 1940)

'B' Flt, 73 Sqn (5 Sep - 13 Nov 1940)

239 Sqn (15 - 17 Sep 1942)

456 Sqn (16 May - Jul 1943)

No 6307 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (May 1944 – Jan 1945)

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RAF Castle Kennedy

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Central Gunnery School (23 Jun - 5 Dec 1941)

No 799 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2799 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 10 Air Gunners School (24 Jul - 15 Dec 1941)

No 3 Air Gunners School (20 Apr - 19 Dec 1942)

No 2 Torpedo Training Unit (19 Dec 1942 - 29 Sep 1943)

Detachment - No 17 Service Flying Training School (Nov - 20 Dec 1944)

No 104 Storage Sub-site (16 Jul 1945 - 10 Aug 1947)

Parenting responsibilities for : -

  • No 15 PTC

  • C & M Party, RAF Stranraer

  • DAPM, No 40 Area

  • No 15 Embarkation Unit

Location

County: - Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway)

Lat/Long:   54:53:35N  04:56:02W

Grid Ref -  NX119598

Height Above Sea Level - 83 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 25 Group (xx 1941 - 1 Jul 1942)

No 29 Group (1 Jul - 19 Dec 1942)

No 17 Group (19 Dec 1942 - 25  Oct 1943)

No 29 Group (25 Oct 1943 -16 Jul 1945)

Maintenance Command (16 Jul 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Maintenance Command, parented by RAF Wig Bay.

Closed - 1945

Notes

It was originally to be called Lochinch but the name was changed during construction.

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RAF Castletown

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

124 Sqn (10 May - 18 Nov 1941)

404 Sqn (20 Jun - 27 Jul 1941)

607 Sqn (27 Jul - 20 Aug 1941)

331 Sqn (21 Aug - 21 Sep 1941)

123 Sqn (21 Sep 1941 - 11 Apr 1942)

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (14 - 17 Nov 1941)

54 Sqn (17 Nov 1941 - 1 Jul 1942)

No 3022 Servicing Echelon (17 Nov 1941 – 2 Jun 1942)

No 3033 Servicing Echelon (7 Feb – 28 Mar 1942)

167 Sqn (31 May - 14 Oct 1942)

610 Sqn (15 Oct 1942 - 23Jan 1943)

Advanced Ship Recognition Flt (12 Nov 1942 - 7 Jan 1943)

282 Sqn (1 Jan 1943 - 12 Jan 1944)

131 Sqn (20 Jan - 26 Jun 1943)

310 Sqn (26 Jun - 19 Jul 1943)

No 1491 (Target Towing) Flt (16 Aug - Oct 1945)

No 501 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (19 Sep 1943 – 22 Mar 1944)

118 Sqn (19 Oct 1943 - 20 Jan 1944)

132 Sqn (17 Jan - 11 Mar 1944)

Detachment - 278 Sqn (10 Feb - 22 Apr 1944)

No 6504 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 29 Apr 1944)

66 Sqn (8 - 14 May 1944)

No 6066 Servicing Echelon (9 – 14 May 1944)

Location

County: - Caithness (Highland District)

Lat/Long:   58:35:00N  03:20:30W

Grid Ref -  ND215669

Height Above Sea Level - 90 ft

Control: -

Opened - 7 Jun 1940 (Satellite to RAF Wick)

SHQ Opened - 20 Jun 1940

No 13 Group (20 Jun 1940 - 1 Sep 1940)

No 14 Group (1 Sep 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 14 Dec 1945

Closed on transfer to the War Office - 14 Dec 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

504 Sqn (21 Jun - 1 Sep 1940, 10 Mar - 30 Apr 1944)

No1 Radio Maintenance Unit (3 Aug - 21 Sep 1940) (Olrig House)

3 Sqn (2 - 14 Sep 1940, 14 Oct 1940 - 7 Jan 1941, 10 Feb - 3 Apr 1941)

808 Sqn FAA (5 Sep - 2 Oct 1940)

232 Sqn (18 Sep - 13 Oct 1940)

260 Sqn (22 Nov - 5 Dec 1940, 7 Jan - 10 Feb 1941)

Detachment - 66 Sqn (Nov 1940 - xxx xxxx)

1 Sqn RCAF (8 Dec 1940 - 10 Feb 1941)

213 Sqn (18 Feb - 11 May 1941)

17 Sqn (4 Apr - 15 Jun 1941)

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(a) RAF Catania

(b) RAF Catania (No 62 Staging Post)

(c) RAF Unit Catania

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 23 Air Despatch & Reception Unit(9 Apr 1943 - Sep 1944)

No 3204 Servicing Commando (18 Aug - 26 1943)

No 62 Staging Post (20 Sep 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

No 118 Maintenance Unit (15 Oct 1943 - 21 Sep 1944)

No 52 Personnel Transit Centre (Nov - 1 Dec 1943)

No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flt (Middle East) (Jan - 21 Sep 1944)

No 66 Staging Post (1 Aug - 1 Nov 1944)

No 4 Ferry Unit (23 Sep 1944 - Jan 1945)

43 Sqn (30 Aug - 2 Sep 1943)

243 Sqn (30 Aug - 2 Sep 1943)

117 Sqn (3 Sep - 2 Oct 1943)

272 Sqn (21 Oct 1943 - 3 Feb 1944)

87 Sqn (3 Apr - 21 Jun 1944)

Location

Country: - Sardinia

Lat/Long:  37:28:00N  15:03:59E

Height Above Sea Level:  43 ft

Control: -

SHQ (a) opened - 20 Jun 1944

AHQ Malta (20 Jun 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ (a) closed - 21 Sep 1944

SHQ (b) opened - 1 Aug 1945 (From No 62 Staging Post)

SHQ (b) closed - 31 Mar 1946

SHQ closed, RAF Unit opened (c) - 31 Mar 1946

AHQ Malta (31 Mar - 30 Nov 1946)

RAF Unit closed - 20 Dec 1946

Notes

It is now known as Catania-Fontanarossa Airport

Detachments**

267 Sqn (May - Nov 1943)

108 Sqn (Jun 1943 - Jul 1944)

185 Sqn (Sep 1943 - Jul 1944)

229 Sqn (Oct 1943 - Jan 1944)

No 144 Maintenance Unit (xxx - 15 Oct 1943)

255 Sqn (Jan 1944 - Feb 1945)

1435 Sqn (Jul 1944 - Feb 1945)

'C' Detachment** -   No 4 Ferry Unit (Jan - xxx 1945)

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RAF Catfoss

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Armament Practice Camp (1929 - 1932)1

No 446 Flt (4 Aug - 1 Sep 1930, 27 Jun - xxx 1932)

No 445 Flt (2 - 19 Jun 1931)

No 449 Flt (26 - 30 Aug 1931)

No 1 Armament Training Camp (1 Jan 1932 - 1 Apr 1938)

No 450 Flt (27 Jun - 7 Jul 1932)

100 Sqn (15 Jul - 27 Aug 1932)

16 Sqn (24 Mar - 16 May 1933)

822 Sqn (28 Aug - 7 Sep 1933, 4 - 22 May 1935)

821 Sqn (7 - 24 Sep 1933, 18 Jun - 7 Jul 1934, 22 Jul - Aug 1935)

820 Sqn (7 - 28 Jul 1934)

97 Sqn (16 - 26 Sep 1935)

33 Sqn (Sep - 4 Oct 1935)

810 Sqn (23 May - 20 Jun 1936)

42 Sqn (28 Aug - 17 Sep 1937)

No 1 Armament Training Station (1 Apr 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

Recruits Sub-Depot (11 Sep 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

234 Sqn (22 Feb - 14 Mar 1940)

616 Sqn (23 Feb - 9 Mar 1940,  20 Mar - 10 May 1940)

No 2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (1 Oct 1940 - 15 Feb 1944)

Central Gunnery  School (24 Feb 1944 - 12 Nov 1945)

Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1945 - 31 May 1949)

226 Sqn (1 Aug 1959 - 9 Mar 1963)

Location

County: - East Riding of Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  53:55:15N  00:16:30W

Grid Ref:    TA135485

Height above sea level: 40ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Jan 1930

Air Armament School (1 Jan 1930 - 5  Oct 1935)

Armament Group (5 Oct 1935 - 1 Dec 1937)

No 25 Group (1 Dec 1937 - 3 Sep 1939)

C & M Party (3 Sep 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 17 Group (1 Oct 1940 - 15 Feb 1944)

No 25 Group (22 Feb 1944 - 1 Dec 1945)

Maintenance Command (1 Dec 1945 - 31 May 1949)

FTC (31 May 1949 - xx xxx xxxx) -

On 31 May 1949 it was reduced to Inactive (Surplus status) in Flying Training Command, parented by RAF Driffield.

Closed - 1963

Notes

During its use as an ATC/ATS various squadrons carried out short detachments to Catfoss, from where they used the ranges at nearby Skipsea on the coast

The Station used the badge of No 1 Armament Training Station.

1Practice Camp opening dates

  • 8 May - xx xxx 1929

  • xx xxx - xx xxx xxxx

  • xx xxx - 3 Dec 1935

1Bombing and Air Firing Range opening dates

  • 20 May - xx xxx 1929

Detachments:

9 Sqn (May 1930, Aug 1931, May 1932, May 1933, Sep 1934, Apr 1935)

No 5 Group Target Towing Flt (Sep 1939 - Jan 1940)

98 Sqn (Target Towing section) (Oct 1939 - Jan 1940)

RAF Finningley Target Towing section (Nov 1939 - Jan 1940)

No 16 Operational Training Unit (Jul - 22 Oct 1940)

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RAF Catterick

RAF Catterick badge

Main units (continued): -

26 Sqn (11 Oct 1927 - 3 Oct 1939)

No 449 Flt (29 - 30 Apr 1929)

No 450 Flt (30 May - 14 Jun 1929)

41 Sqn (25 Sep 1936 -19 Oct 1939, 25 Oct 1939 - 28 May 1940, 17 Jun - 26 Jul 1940, 8 Aug - 3 Sep 1940, 23 Feb - 28 Jul 1941)

609 Sqn (27 Aug - 7 Oct 1939)

219 Sqn (4 Oct 1939 - 12 Oct 1940, 24 Apr - 1 Jun 1943)

54 Sqn (28 May - 4 Jun 1940, 28 Jul - 8 Aug 1940,  3 Sep 1940 - 23 Feb 1941)

504 Sqn (2 - 6 Sep 1940)

600 Sqn (12 Oct 1940 - 14 Mar 1941)

256 Sqn (23 Nov 1940 - 4 Jan 1941)

68 Sqn (7 Jan - 17 Apr 1941)

313 Sqn (10 May - 1 Jul 1941)

131 Sqn (10 Jul - 6 Aug 1941)

331 Sqn (21 Jul - 21 Aug 1941)

145 Sqn (28 Jul 1941 - 11 Feb 1942)

122 Sqn (31 Aug - 6 Oct 1941)

17 Sqn (31 Oct - 10 Nov 1941)

134 Sqn (7 - 30 Dec 1941)

332 Sqn (15 Jan - 19 Jun 1942)

403 Sqn (19 Jun - 1 Jul 1942, 8 Jul - 16 Aug 1942, 20 Aug 1942 - 23 Jan 1943)

63 Sqn (16 Jul - 6 Nov 1942, 13 - 21 Nov 1942)

No 1472 Flt (16 Jan - 15 Nov 1943)

401 Sqn (23 Jan - 29 May 1943)

No 3015 Servicing Echelon (29 Apr – 15 Dec 1943)

306 Sqn (30 May - 11 Aug 1943)

No 1490 (Target Towing) Flt (May - 15 Jul 1943)

No 1489 (Fighter) Gunnery Flt (Jul - 18 Oct 1943)

130 Sqn (18 Sep - 10 Nov 1943)

No 504 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (18 Sep – 8 Nov 1943)

No 3 Aircraft Delivery Flt (22 Oct - 8 Nov 1943)

Satellite, RAF Scorton (14 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

222 Sqn (14 - 25 Feb 1944)

RAF Film Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx xxxx)

RAF Regiment Depot (xxx 1946 - xx xxx xxxx, xx xxx xxxx - xx Feb 1994)

No 1 RAF Regiment Depot (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Sep 1947)

RAF Regiment Central School (15 Sep 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 35 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1947 - 31 Aug 1949)

No 289 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 May 1952 - xxx xxxx)

RAF School of Fire Fighting (xxx 1959 - 18 Nov 1988)

No 645 Volunteer Gliding School/Sqn (26 Mar 1960 - Current)

Air Platoon, 1st Royal Irish Rangers (May - 5 Jun 1967)

Air Platoon, 3rd Royal Irish Rangers (May 1967 - 1 Apr 1969)

No 2 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 16 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 37 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 48 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 51 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 58 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 66 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 2701 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 2703 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:22:00N  01:37:00W

Grid Ref:    SE250968

Height above sea level: 175ft

Control: -

Opened - 1914

Closed -

Re-opened -

C & M (RAF Leuchars) (xx xxx 1926 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 22 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 5 May 1937)

SHQ Opened - 5 Aug 1936

No 12 Group (5 May 1937 - 1 Aug 1939)

No 13 Group (1 Aug 1939 - 15 Jul 1943)

No 12 Group (15 Jul 1943 - 22 Jan 1945)

C & M (14 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

FTC (22 Jan 1945 - 16 Aug 1946)

TTC (16 Aug 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1994

Notes

It was transferred to the Army in 1994 as Marne Barracks.

Main units: -

HQ No 8 Wing (5 Nov 1915 - 7 Feb 1916)

No 6 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn (27 Nov 1915 - 13 Jan 1916)

No 14 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn (1 Dec 1915 -13 Jan 1916)

No 6 Reserve Sqn (13 Jan 1916 - 31 May 1917)

No 14 Reserve Sqn (13 Jan 1916 - 31 May 1917)

44 Sqn (15 - 18 Apr 1916)

53 Sqn (15 May - 11 Dec 1916)

No 37 Reserve Sqn (2 - 13 Nov 1916)

No 52 Reserve Sqn (18 Jan - 18 Mar 1917)

No 83 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (Jan - Mar 1917)

No 88 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (15 Mar - Apr 1917)

No 68 Reserve Sqn (7 - 14 Apr 1917)

No 6 Training Sqn (31 May - 24 Nov 1917)

No 14 Training Sqn (31 May - 23 Jul 1917)

No 46 Training Sqn (23 Jul 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

89 Sqn (24 Jul - 1 Aug 1917)

No 69 Training Sqn (1 - 10 Oct 1917)

107 Sqn (8 - 18 Oct 1917)

No 52 Training Sqn (24 Nov 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

115 Sqn (1 Dec 1917 - 15 Apr 1918)

118 Sqn (1 Jan - 15 Apr 1918)

127 Sqn (1 Jan - 4 Jul 1918)

166th Aero Sqn, USAAS (25 Mar - 7 Aug 1918)

No 49 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - 10 Mar 1919)

No 401 Flt (20 - 24 Aug 1925)

Detachments:

25 Sqn (1 Jan - xxx 1916)

'C' Flt, 76 Sqn (10 Oct 1916 - 10 May 1919)

76 Sqn (Oct 1916 - May 1919)

'B Flt, 13 Sqn (Aug - 8 Sep 1924)

'A' Flt, 13 Sqn (9 - 19 May 1926)

'D' Flt, 13 Sqn (25 Jun - 14 Jul 1926, 10 Aug - 18 Sep 1926)

19 Sqn (19 - 27 Oct 1935, 20 - 27 Oct 1939)

'B' Flt, 64 Sqn (18 Apr - 11 May 1940)

'A' Flt, 152 Sqn (6 Jun - xxx 1940)

'B' Flt, 607 Sqn (29 Jul - 21 Aug 1940)

'A' Flt, 607 Sqn (xx - 31 Aug 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (25 - xx May 1941)

'A' Flt, 122 Sqn (27 Jul - 9 Aug 1941)

'B' Flt, 122 Sqn (14 - 31 Aug 1941)

289 Sqn (May 1942 - May 1945)

402 Sqn (xxx - 25 Feb 1944)

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RAF Cattewater

see RAF Mount Batten

RAF Cawnpore

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

114 Sqn det (Mar - Jun 1919)

31 Sqn (26 Nov 1920 - 31 Oct 1921)

No 322 Maintenance Unit (1 Jul 1943 - 31 Oct 1947)

No 9 Civil Repair Organisation (India) (24 Aug 1943 - 31 Oct 1945)

Civil Maintenance Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 14 Sep 1943)

No 3 Civil Maintenance Unit (14 Sep 1943 - 1 Dec 1945)

No 82 Repair and Salvage Unit (30 Mar - 2 Oct 1944)

No 101 Equipment Park/Air Stores Park (22 Oct 1944 - 31 Mar 1947)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  Height above sea level: 410 ft

Control: -

Opened -

SHQ disbanded - 14 Sep 1943

Notes.

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RAF Celle

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 404 Air Stores Park (25 Apr - 6 May 1945)

137 Sqn (7 – 9 May 1945)

414 Sqn (7 May 1945 to xx xxx)

486 Sqn (7 – 9 May 1945)

No 6137 Servicing Echelon (7 – 9 May 1945)

No 6414 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (7 – 8 May 1945)

No 427 Refuelling and Re-arming Unit (26 - 28 May 1945)

No 84 Group Communication Flt (27 May - xxx 1945)

2 Sqn (30 May 1945 - 17 Jun 1945)

4 Sqn (30 May 1945 - 30 Aug 1945)

268 Sqn (30 May 1945 - 18 Aug 1945)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (30 May – 18 Jun 1945, 17 Sep 1945 – 15 Apr 1947)

No 412 Repair & Salvage Unit (30 May - xxx 1945)

No 6268 Servicing Echelon (30 May – 18 Jun 1945, 19 Jun 1945)

No 94 (Forward) Staging Post (31 May - Nov 1945)

No 3 Air Delivery Letter Service (10 Jul - 1 Aug 1945)

No 402 Air Stores Park (17 Aug 1945 - 15 Jun 1946)

No 6016 Servicing Echelon (19 Sep 1945 – 1 May 1946)

652 Sqn (29 Apr 1946 - 1 Dec 1947) : -

  • No 1902 AOP Flt (1 Jan - 1 Dec 1947)

  • No 1903 AOP Flt (1 Jan - 1 Dec 1947)

  • No 1904 AOP Flt (1 Jan - 1 Dec 1947)

Equipment Disposal Unit (1 Dec 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 106 Police Flight (1 Apr 1949 - xx xxx xxxx)

14 Sqn (16 Sep 1949 - 1 Nov 1950)

No 6014 Servicing Echelon (16 Aug 1949 – 1 Nov 1950)

11 Sqn (17 Sep 1949 - 14 Aug 1950)

98 Sqn (19 Sep 1949 - 1 Nov 1950)

No 1 Mobile Repair and Salvage Unit (25 Mar 1950 - 1 Jan 1957)

HQ, No 2 Area (Central) (15 Sep 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

93 Sqn (15 Nov 1950 - 1 Mar 1952)

94 Sqn (1 Dec 1950 - 14 Sep 1957)

No 23 (LAA) Sqn RAF Regiment (13 Aug 1951 - xxx xxxx)

145 Sqn (1 Mar 1952 - 15 Oct 1957)

HQ, No 139 Wing (1 Apr 1953 - 1 Dec 1957)

Location

Country: - Lower Saxony, Germany

Lat/Long:  52:35:40N   10:01:30E

Height Above Sea Level:  129 ft

Control: -

Opened (Airfield) - Apr 1945 as B118

2nd Tactical Air Force (xx Apr - 15 Jul 1945)

British Air Forces of Occupation (15 Jul 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ opened - 20 Jun 1946

SHQ closed - 30 Nov 1947

No 46 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Sep 1949)

No 2 Group (15 Sep 1949 - 7 Sep 1952)

No 83 Group (12 Jan 1953 - xx xxx 1957)

Closed - 1957 Transferred to German Air Force

Notes

Captured by the 15th Scottish Division - 12 Apr 1945

By 17 February 1950, the Training Wing was delivering a Tactical Light Bomber (Day) Course as follows: -

 

Length of Course 6 weeks
Intakes 1 crew every week
Population 1 crew

Main Units: -

659 Sqn (14 - 15 Apr 1945)

No 19 Terminal Staging Post (16 Apr - 31 May 1945)

No 6041 Servicing Echelon (16 Apr – 9 May 1945)

HQ, No 125 Wing (16 Apr - 9 May 1945)

16 Sqn (16 Apr 1945 - 1 Apr 1945)

41 Sqn (16 Apr 1945 - 9 May 1945)

130 Sqn (16 April – 7 May 1945)

350 Sqn (16 April – 7 May 1945)

No 401 Air Stores Park (16 Apr - xx May 1945)

No. 361 Air Liaison Section (16 Apr - 9 May 1945)

No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit (16 Apr - 3 May 194

No 108 Mobile Dental Surgery (16 Apr.-9 May 1945)

No 6130 Servicing Echelon (17 Apr – 7 May 1945)

No 6132 Servicing Echelon (17 Apr – 7 May 1945)

No 6245 Servicing Echelon (19 Apr – 28 May 1945)

No 91 (Forward) Staging Post (22 Apr - 21 May 1945)

Detachments*

'A' Section, No 426 Refuelling and Re-arming Unit (16 Apr - Jul 1945)

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RAF Chaklala

RAF Chaklala (No 3 PTS)

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (29 Sep 1943 - xxx 1944)

No 2 Detachment** - No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 19 Feb 1945)

No 5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (10 Feb 1944 - Sep 1945)

No 3 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (19 Mar 1944 - 1 Sep 1945, xxx - 14 Jun 1946)

No 3 Parachute Training School (2 May 1944 - xx Nov 1947)

Transport Support Training Unit (23 May 1944 - 27 Mar 1945)

No 1 Glider Servicing Flt (Jun  - Sep 1944)

RAF Element, Air Transport Development Centre (India) (6 Sep 1944 - xxx 1946)

No 20 Glider Servicing Echelon (16 - 29 Nov 1944)

No 21 Glider Servicing Echelon (24 - 29 Nov 1944)

No 7135 Servicing Echelon (17 May – xxx 1945)

No 7030 Servicing Echelon (18 May – 7 Jul 1945)

No 10 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (20 Jul - Nov 1945)

670 Sqn (1 Apr - 1 Jul 1946)

672 Sqn (1 Apr - 1 Jul 1946)

Location

Country - Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

Lat/Long:  33:36:59N   73:05:57E

Height above sea level:  1,688 ft

Control: -

Opened -

Closed - 3 Jun 1944 (SHQ absorbed into TSTU)

SHQ re-opened (RAF Chaklala (No 3 PTS)) - xx xxx xxxx

Reduced to cadre - 14 Aug 1947

Notes

It is the third largest airport in Pakistan and is now known as Islamabad International Airport

Main Units: -

No 3 (Indian) Wing (14 Oct 1935 - xxx xxxx, 16 Jan 1936 - 25 Apr 1938)

5 Sqn (15 Oct 1935 - 5 Mar 1937, 8 Nov 1937 - 23 Apr 1938)

215 Sqn (13 Oct 1942 - 12 Mar 1943)

No 223 Group Communication Flt (2 Dec 1942 - xxx 1944)

99 Sqn (3 Apr - 14 Jun 1943)

62 Sqn (24 May 1943 - 3 Jan 1944)

Detachments**

194 Sqn (Sep 1943 - Feb 1944)

10 Sqn (Oct 1945 - Jun 1946)

298 Sqn (Dec 1945 - May 1946)

No 141 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 - 30 Apr 1946)

62 Sqn (Jun - Aug 1947)

Links to related sites/pages

Islamabad International Airport website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Chakulia

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

20 Sqn (1 - 5 May 1942)

No 22 Glider Servicing Echelon (xxx - 25 Oct 1945)

No 148 Staging Post (10 Jan 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

135 Sqn (17 May - 10 Jun 1945)

30 Sqn (18 May - 3 Jul 1945)

42 Sqn (18 - 22 May 1945)

615 Sqn (22 - 20 May 1945)

No 210 Staging Post (24 Aug 1945 - 27 May 1946)

No 158 Staging Post (1 Feb - 11 May 1946)

Detachments**

No 134 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1945 - 27 Apr 1946)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  22:27:54N   86:42:14E.

Height Above Sea Level:  377 ft

Control: -

SHQ Opened - 8 Apr 1942

SHQ Closed - 30 Sep 1942

No 221 Group (8 Apr 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ reopened - 15 Apr 1945

No 228 Group (15 Apr 1945 - x31 Jan 1947)

SHQ disbanded - 31 Jan 1947

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Chalgrove

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

RLG for No 15 OTU (xxx 1942 - xxx 1943)

10th Photographic Group, USAAF (xxx - xxx 1944)

  • 15th Tactical Recce Sqn (27 Jun - 11 Aug 1944)

  • 30th Photo Recce Sqn (1 Feb - 17 May 1944)

  • 31st Photo Recce Sqn (23 Mar - 18 Aug 1944)

  • 33rd Photo Recce Sqn (27 Apr - 15 Aug 1944)

  • 34th Photo Recce Sqn (29 Mar - 11 Aug 1944)

  • 155th Photo Recce Sqn (20 May - 10 Aug 1944)

Detachment - 423rd Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (May - Jun 1944)

9th Air Force Tactical Cargo Command Pathfinder School, USAAF (13 Sep 1944 - 5 Mar 1945)

  • 1st Path Finder Sqn

  • 2nd Path Finder Sqn

  • 3rd Path Finder Sqn

  • 4th Path Finder Sqn

7th Photographic Group, USAAF (Mar - Oct 1945)

  • 13th Photo Recce Sqn (22 Mar - 25 Oct 1945)

  • 14th Photo Recce Sqn (2 Apr - 13 Oct 1945)

  • 22nd Photo Recce Sqn (26 Mar - 14 Oct 1945)

  • 27th Photo Recce Sqn (22 Apr - 14 Oct 1945)

653rd Weather Sqn, USAAF (5 Aug - 15 Oct 1945)

No 8 Operational Training Unit (4 Jul - 19 Oct 1946)

No 21 Air Crew Holding Unit (1 Oct 1946 - 1 Jun 1947)

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:40:30N  01:04:30W

Grid Ref -  SU635977

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Railway Station - Watlington GWR

Control: -

Opened - 20 Nov 1943

No 70 Group (20 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

IX Fighter Command Substitution Unit (1 - 15 Feb 1944)

IX Air Force (15 Feb - Sep 1944)

IX Troop Carrier Command (xx Sep 1944 - 30 Nov 1945)

Command Command (30 Nov 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Coastal Command, parented by RAF Benson.

Closed -

Notes

Originally requisitioned as the site for a US transport or observation unit.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Tower website,

RAF Changi

RAF Changi (SP)

RAF Changi badge

Main units (continued): -

No 2810 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx 1947)

84 Sqn (26 Sep 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)

81 Sqn (1 Oct 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)

Far East Communication Sqn (15 Oct 1947 - 25 May 1949, 21 Aug 1949 - 1 Nov 1971)

No 1914 Flt (15 Nov 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)

ACFE Instrument Flying Training Flt (1 - 8 Jun 1948)

ACFE All-Weather Flt (8 Jun 1948 - Apr 1950)

HQ Air Command Far East

No 4 RAF Police Wing

No 91 Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx, xx Jun - 11 Oct 1950)

Singapore Signals Centre

RAF Hospital, Changi

HQ Far East Air Force (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Nov 1971)

33 Sqn (9 Aug - 10 Sep 1949, 13 Oct 1949 - 18 Mar 1950)

No 92 Sqn, RAF Regiment (Malaya) (20 Jul 1949 - 4 Jun 1950)

656 Sqn (17 Aug 1949 - 12 Apr 1950)

No 1902 AOP Flt (Sep 1949 - Jun 1950)

Far East Casualty Evacuation Flt (22 May 1950 - 2 Feb 1953)

No 1911 AOP Flt (Jun - Aug 1950)

Towed Target Flt (1 Jul 1951 - 1 May 1964)

Far East Transport Wing (1 Jan 1952 - 15 Feb 1956)

Short Range Transport Sqn (31 Dec 1952 - xxx xxxx)

No 31 RAF Police District (1 Mar 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

205 Sqn (1 Mar 1958 - 31 Oct 1971)

No 1325 Flt (28 Mar 1959 - 1 May 1960)

215 Sqn (31 Jul 1963 - 31 Dec 1967)

41 Sqn RNZAF (1963 - 1971?)

26 LAA Sqn, RAF Regiment (xxx 1963 - xxx xxxx)

1574 Target Facilities Flt (1 May 1964 - 31 Jan 1971)

77 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1964 - xxx xxxx)

801 Sqn FAA (xxx 1964 -xxx 1965)

3 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1965 - xxx xxxx)

Naval Aircraft Support Unit (xxx 1965 - 1 May 1969)

130 Flt Royal Corps of Transport (Mar 1968 - xxx xxxx)

103 Sqn (28 Mar 1969 - 15 Sep 1971)

Comcen Singapore

No. 2 Aeronautical Documents Unit

Jungle Survival School

19 Signals Regiment

Joint Warfare Branch

No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

Country: - Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:21:33N  103:59:22E

Height Above Sea Level:  22 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - 7 Apr 1946

No 232 Group (8 - 30 Apr 1946)

AHQ Malaya (30 Apr 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

ACFE (30 Sep 1946 - 1 Jun 1949)

FEAF (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Mar 1952, xxx xxxx - 31 Oct 1971)

No 230 Group (1 Apr 1952 - 16 Feb 1953)

AHQ Singapore (16 Feb 1953 - xxx xxxx)

Air Support Command ( 1 Nov - 9 Dec 1971)

Closed - 9 Dec 1971

Notes

Initially built as an Artillery camp, following the Japanese capture of Singapore, a PoW camp was established at Changi. 

The Japanese built the first airfield and in 1945 it was re-occupied by the Army, but was then transferred to the RAF.

It was renamed RAF Changi (SP) on 21 May 1946.

An RAF Detachment at Car Nicobar was added to its establishment on 5 June 1947 for the operation of Radio Navigational Aids.

It is now Singapore International Airport

Main units: -

48 Sqn (24 Apr 1946 - 1 Jun 1949, 12 Dec 1949 - 1 Apr 1967, 2 Oct 1967 - 1 Sep 1971))

HQ ACSEA Communication Sqn (Jul - 30 Sep1946)

HQ Air Command Far East (30 Sep 1946 - 1 Jun 1949)

ACFE & AHQ Malaya Communication Sqn (30 Sep 1946 - 15 Jan 1947)

AHQ Malaya (Rear) (1 Dec 1946 - 15 Feb 1954)

Far East Communication Flt (15 Jan - 15 Oct 1947)

52 Sqn (30 Jul 1947 - 21 Nov 1948, 27 Aug 1949 - 12 Jul 1950, 12 Jan 1951 - 1 Aug 1959, 17 Feb - 31 Dec 1969)

110 Sqn (15 Sep 1947 - 2 Jul 1948, 20 Nov 1948 - 27 May 1949, 27 Aug - 11 Dec 1949 , 12 -19 Jul 1950, 26 Oct 1951 -31 Dec 1957, 6 Mar 1969 - 15 Feb 1971)

Detachments: -

110 Sqn (Dec 1949 - Jul 1950)

205 Sqn (Sep 1949 - Mar 1958)

656 Sqn (Apr 1950 - Sep 1957)

38 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1950 -

Links to related sites/pages

The Changi Murals, Book - The History of Changi, Aerial photo on Google Maps, RAF Changi Association website,

RAF Charmy Down

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

263 Sqn (7 Aug - 19 Dec 1941, 23 Dec 1941 - 28 Jan 1942)

137 Sqn (20 Sep - 8 Nov 1941)

417 Sqn (27 Nov 1941 - 26 Jan 1942)

No 1454 (Fighter) Flt (26 Jan - 2 Sep 1942)

234 Sqn (23 - 29 Aug 1942)

533 Sqn (2 Sep 1943 - 25 Jan 1943)

245 Sqn (26 Oct 1942 - 29 Jan 1943)

421 Sqn (30 Nov - 3 Dec 1942)

Fighter Leaders School (9 Feb - 16 Aug 1943)

RLG for No 52 OTU (Feb - 10 Aug 1943)

416th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (May - 11 Jun 1943)

417th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (May - 10 Jun 1943)

RLG for No 3 Flying Instructors' School (xxx - xxx 1943)

422nd Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (7 Mar - 7 May 1944)

155th Photographic Reconnaissance Sqn, USAAF (18 Apr - 20 May 1944)

425th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (26 May - 12 Jun 1944)

Satellite, RAF Colerne (20 Jun - xx xxx 1944)

RLG for No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (30 Oct 1944 - 17 Dec 1945)

No 92 Gliding School (xxx 1945 - 20 Feb 1948)

Location

County: - Somerset

Lat/Long:   51:25:38N  02:20:31W

Grid Ref -  ST764700

Height Above Sea Level - 688 ft

Railway Station - Bath GWR

Control: -

Opened - 1940

Fighter Command/ADGB (xx xxx 1940 - 1 Feb 1944)

IX Fighter Command Substitution Unit (1 Feb - 20 Jun 1944)

C & M, No 10 Group (20 Jun - 31 Oct 1944)

C & M, No 23 Group (31 Oct 1944 - 1 Dec 1947)

Station abandoned - 22 Oct 1946

Maintenance Command (1 Dec 1947 - xx xxx 1951)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Maintenance Command, parented by RAF Colerne until it was derequisitioned.

Derequisitioned - xx xxx 1951

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a RLG for Filton and a future satellite for Colerne was issued in January 1940.

Main units: -

87 Sqn (11 Dec 1940 - 6 Aug 1941, 27 Jan - 24 Nov 1942)

RLG for No 1454 (Fighter) Flt (4Jul 1941 - 26 Jan 1942)

125 Sqn (7 Aug - 24 Sep 1941)

Detachments**

87 Sqn (Nov - 11 Dec 1940)

125 Sqn (Feb - May 1942)

286 Sqn (Apr - May 1942)

247 Sqn (2 Aug 1942 - xxx xxxx)

88 Sqn (24 - 29 Sep 1942, Apr - Jun 1943)

107 Sqn (Sep 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Atlantikwall websiteControl Tower website,

RAF Charter Hall/Charterhall

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 54 Operational Training Unit (7 May 1942 - 1 Nov 1945)

Detachment - 770 Sqn FAA (1 Jul - 1 Oct 1945)

Detachment - 772 Sqn FAA (10 - 16 Oct 1945)

No 3 Armament Practice Station (1 Nov 1945 - 17 Mar 1946, 7 Nov 1946 - 26 mar 1947)

130 Sqn (1 Dec 1945 - 24 Jan 1946)

No 6130 Servicing Echelon (1 Dec 1945 - 24 Jan 1946)

165 Sqn (1 - 18 Jan 1946)

No 6165 Servicing Echelon (30 Dec 1945 – 24 Jan 1946)

263 Sqn (4 Jan - 1 Mar 1946)

No 6263 Servicing Echelon (24 Jan - 1 Mar 1946)

303 Sqn (6 – 23 Mar 1946)

No 6303 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (6 – 23 Mar 1946)

Location

County: - Berwickshire (Scottish Borders)

Lat/Long:   55:42:38N  02:22:30W

Grid Ref -  NT765463

Height Above Sea Level - 350 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - 30 Apr 1942

No 81 Group (30 Apr 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 12 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 24 Oct 1946)

SHQ closed - 24 Oct 1946

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a Fighter Operational Training Unit aerodrome or satellite was issued in March 1941.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Cheadle

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 61 Wireless Unit (xx xxx - 1 Jun 1942)

No 361 Wireless Unit (1 Jun 1942 - 28 Feb 1946)

Air Monitoring Centre (xx xxx xxxx - 28 Feb 1946)

Location

County: - Cheshire

Railway Station - Cheadle North

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1942

No 26 Group (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ disbanded - 28 Feb 1946

No 90 Group (25 Apr 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ reformed - 1 Jan 1947

Northern Signals Area (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Apr 1949)

Central Signals Area (1 Apr 1949 - 1 Aug 1950)

No 90 Group (1 Aug 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - xx xxx 1959

Notes.

Links to related sites/pages

RAF Chedburgh

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Satellite - RAF Stradishall (9 Jul 1942 - 26 Apr 1943)

214 Sqn (1 Oct 1942 - 10 Dec 1943)

Sub Station, Stradishall Base (26 Apr - 16 Sep 1943)

620 Sqn (17 Jun - 23 Nov 1943)

No 23 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

Sub Station, No 31 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 12 Apr 1945)

No 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit (21 Nov 1943 - 27 Nov 1944)

218 Sqn (5 Dec 1944 - 10 Aug 1945)

301 Sqn (4 Sep 1945 – 10 Dec 1946)

No 4301 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (4 Sep 1945 – 10 Dec 1946)

304 Sqn (6 Sep 1945 – 18 Dec 1946)

No 4304 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (6 Sep 1945 – 18 Dec 1946)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:10:53N  00:37:15E

Grid Ref -  TL790570

Height Above Sea Level - 410 ft

Control: -

Opened - 9 Jul 1942

No 3 Group (9 Jul 1942 - 1 Sep 1945)

Transport Command (1 Sep 1945 - 1 Dec 1947)

Station abandoned - 1 Dec 1947

No 3 Group (1 Dec 1947 - xx xxx xxxx)*

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Bomber Command, parented by RAF Stradishall, which ceased on 1 October 1952.

Closed - 1952

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for Ridgewell was issued in May 1941.

It was a sub-station of No 31 Base from 26 Apr 1943 to 1 Nov 1944.

*Bi-weekly inspections carried out by RAF Stradishall, No 3 Group

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Tower website,

RAF Cheddington/Marsworth

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Satellite for No 26 OTU (15 Mar - 5 Sep 1942)

44th Bomb Group, USAAF (11 Sep - 14 Oct 1942)

Detachment - No 2 Glider Training School (3 Feb - 10 Mar 1943)

2nd CCRC, USAAF (16 Aug 1943 - Feb 1944)

50th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (15 Mar 1944 - 12 Apr 1944)

850th Bomb Sqn, USAAF (11 May 1944 - 27 May 1944)

858th Bomb Sqn, USAAF (19 Jun 1944 - 11 Aug 1944)

406th Bomb Sqn, USAAF (5 Aug 1944 - 16 Mar 1945)

36th Bomb Sqn, USAAF (14 Aug 1944 - 28 Feb 1945)

803rd Bomb Sqn, USAAF(14 Aug 1944 - 28 Feb 1945)

3rd CCRC, USAAF (Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx)

495th Fighter Training Group, USAAF (15 Feb 1945 - Jun 1945)

  • 551st Fighter Training Sqn

  • 552nd Fighter Training Sqn

Sub-Site, No 248 Maintenance Unit (xx xxx 1945 - 28 Jul 1948

Sub-site, Air Publication and Forms Store (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Buckinghamshire

Lat/Long:   51:50:00N  00:40:45W

Grid Ref -  SP910160

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Control: -

Opened (Satellite) - xx xxx 1941

No 2 Group (xx xxx - 9 Oct 1941)

No 8 Group (9 Oct 1941 - 15 Jun 1942)

No 92 Group (15 Jun 1942 - 16 Aug 1943)

SHQ Opened - 28 Apr 1943

VIII Bomber Command, USAAF (16 Aug 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

VIII Air Force Composite Command (xx xxx - xx Sep 1944)

VIII Fighter Command (xx Sep 1944 - 21 Jun 1945)

HQ, Bomber Command (21 Jun 1945 - 6 Jul 1945)

No 26 Group (6 Jul 1945 - 25 Apr 1946)

No 90 Group (25 Apr - 1 May 1946)

TTC (1 May 1946 - 18 Aug 1948)

SHQ disbanded - 18 Aug 1948

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Technical Training Command, parented by RAF Halton.

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a satellite for RAF Wing was issued in September 1940.

It was renamed RAF Marsworth on 13 August 1946.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Chelveston

RAF Chelveston badge

Main units: -

No 819 Defence Sqn (4 Sep 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

Central Gunnery School (5 Dec 1941 - 5 Apr 1942)

No 2819 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - 31 Aug 1942)

'A' Flt, Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment (6 May - 5 Jun 1942)

60th Transport Group/Troop Carrier Group, USAAF (11 Jun 1942 - 7 Aug 1942)

301st Bomb Group, USAAF (18 Aug 1942 - 23 Nov 1942)

305th Bomb Group USAAF (6 Dec 1942 - 25 Jul 1945)

Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (9 Oct 1945 - xxx 1947)

RAF Liaison Party (1 Dec 1952 - 26 Jul 1954), parented by No 326 MU, RAF Grafton Underwood

RAF Liaison Party (26 Jul 1954 - xx xxx xxxx), parented by No 72 MU, RAF Roade

3914th Air Base Group, USAF (1 Nov 1955 - xxx xxxx)

301st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, USAF (9 Jan 1959 - xxx 1959)

42nd Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn USAF Aug 1959 - May 1965)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:18:15N  00:31:23W

Grid Ref -  TL006685

Height Above Sea Level - 292 ft

Control: -

Opened - 15 Sep 1941

No 2 Group (15 Sep 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 8 Group (xx xxx 1942 - 28 Jan 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit (28 Jan - 19 Apr 1943)

1st Bombardment Wing, USAAF (19 Apr 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

VIII Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 9 Oct 1945)

No 40 Group (9 Oct 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Administrative control transferred to USAF - 1 Dec 1952

Closed -

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this aerodrome (known as Shelton) for use as an operational station was issued in July 1940, but the name was changed in early 1941 prior to the station opening.

The station badge was based on that of Support Command.

 

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Tower website,

RAF Chessington

RAF Chessington badge

Main units: -

HQ No 30 (Balloon) Group (xx Apr 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

982 (Balloon) Sqn (20 Apr - 6 May 1942)

HQ, No 275 (Balloon) Wing (23 Apr - May 1942)

983 (Balloon) Sqn (8 May - 9 Jul 1942)

984 (Balloon) Sqn (15 Jun - 17 Jul 1942)

985 (Balloon) Sqn (15 Jun - 2 Nov 1942)

No 3 Maintenance Sub-Unit (15 Apr 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

Air Crew Disposal Unit (15 Oct 1943 - 23 Jun 1944)

953 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - 31 Oct 1944)

No 1 Medical Rehabilitation Unit (xx Jul 1945 - 1 Jun 1950)

RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Chessington (1 Jun 1950 - xx Aug 1968)1

Casualty Air Evacuation Sqn (27 Aug - 28 Aug 1952)

Location

County: - Surrey (Greater London)

Lat/Long:   51:21:46N  00:17:56W Approx

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Railway Stations

  • Chessington North (passengers and light goods) SR

  • Surbiton (heavy goods) SR

Control: -

Opened - xx Apr 1942

No 30 Group (xx Apr 1942 - 15 Apr 1943)

SHQ opened - 15 Apr 1943

No 40 Group (15 Apr 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

SHQ disbanded - 9 Nov 1943

No 28 Group (1 Aug 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 61 Group (

Closed -

Notes

In April 1942 the name of RAF Hook was changed to RAF Chessington in order to avoid confusion with Hook in Hampshire.

On 9 November 1943, No 240 MU became the commanding unit on the disbandment of RAF Station Chessington.

1Became the Station Commanding Unit on 25 September 1950.

The station badge was based on that of Support Command.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Chicksands

RAF Chicksands badge

Main units: -

Signal Intelligence Station (xxx 1936 - xxx 1950)

No 62 Wireless Unit (xx xxx 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

Main Receiving Station (xx xxx 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

European Signals Centre  (10 Aug 1945 - 1 Jan 1949)

No 120 Light Mobile G-H Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1951)

No 121 Light Mobile G-H Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1951)

No 122 Light Mobile G-H Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1951)

No 123 Light Mobile G-H Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1951)

No 124 Light Mobile G-H Unit (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1951)

No 72 Signals Unit (1 Nov 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 124 Signals Unit (1 Nov 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 550 Signals Unit (1 Nov 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 757 Signals Unit (1 Nov 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 889 Signals Unit (1 Nov 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

6940th Radio Squadron, USAF

6950th Electronic Security Group, USAF

7274th Air Base Group, USAF

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:02:35N  00:23:24W

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1936

No 26 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 25 Apr 1946)

No 90 Group (25 Apr 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

USAF (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx 1997)

Closed - 1997

Notes

The station badge was based on that of Support Command.

It was transferred to the British Army Intelligence Corps in 1997

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Chigwell

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 4 Balloon Centre (4 Aug - 31 May 1943)

908 (Balloon) Sqn (4 Aug - Oct 1938)

909 (Balloon) Sqn (4 Aug 1938 - Oct 1938)

910 (Balloon) Sqn (4 Aug 1938 - Oct 1938)

No 103 Mobile Air Reporting Unit (20 - 23 Sep 1943)

Central Trade Test Board* (by 28 May 1946 - 1 Jan 1951)

Detachment, Radio Engineering Unit (1 Jan 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 3 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn (22 Jan - 22 Nov1951)

No 4 Ground Radio Servicing Sqn (22 Jan 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 253 Signals Unit (Oct 1953 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 744 Signals Unit (Oct 1953 - Nov 1954)

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long: 

Grid Ref: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Control: -

Opened (No 4 BC) - 4 Aug 1938

No 30 Group (4 Aug 1938 - 1 Apr 1943)

SHQ opened - 1 Apr 1943

No 26 Group (1 Apr 1943 - 20 Apr 1946)

TTC (20 Apr 1946 - 1 Jan 1951)

SHQ closed - 19 Aug 1949*

C & M (1 Jan 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 90 Group (1 Jan 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

Prior to 1 April 1943 it was No 4 Balloon Centre in No 30 Group

*On 19 August 1949, the CTTB became the Station -Commanding Unit.

Links to related sites/pages

RAF Chilbolton

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 3007 Servicing Echelon (23 Nov – 19 Dec 1941)

No 2829 Sqn, RAF Regiment (8 Aug - xxx 1942)

RLG for Glider Pilot Exercise Unit (18 Dec 1942 - 8 Jan 1943

Glider Pilots'  Exercise Unit (8 Jan - 10 May  1943)

HQ, 122 Airfield (25 Feb - 13 Mar 1943)s

174 Sqn (1 - 11 Mar 1943)

184 Sqn (1 - 11 Mar 1943)

12th Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn, USAAF (1 Mar 1944 - 14 Mar 1944)

15th Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn USAAF (1 Mar 1944 - 16 Mar 1944)

368th Fighter Group, USAAF (15 Mar 1944 - 20 Jun 1944)

  • 395th Fighter Sqn

  • 396th Fighter Sqn

  • 397th Fighter Sqn

442nd Troop Carrier Group, USAAF (11 - xx Sep 1944)

  • 303rd Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 304th Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 305th Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 306th Troop Carrier Sqn

No 41 Operational Training Unit (23 Mar - 26 Apr 1945)

26 Sqn (23 May - 18 Aug 1945)

No 6026 Servicing Echelon (22 May – 17 Jul 1945)

183 Sqn (17 Jun - 8 Oct 1945, 15 Nov 1945)

No 6183 Servicing Echelon (17 Jun – 15 Nov 1945)

247 Sqn (20 Aug 1945 - 7 Jan 1946, 16 Feb - 1 Jun 1946, 12 - 27 Jun 1946)

No 6247 Servicing Echelon (20 Aug 1945 – 27 Jun 1946)

222 Sqn (10 - 15 Sep 1945)

54 Sqn (15 Nov 1945 - 28 Jun 1946)

No 6054 Servicing Echelon (15 Nov 1945 – 28 Jun 1946)

HQ, No 129 Wing (29 Nov - 12 Dec 1945)

No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (Dec 1945 - 2 Jan 1946)

HQ, Southern Sector (Jan - May 1946)

HQ, No 124 Wing (xx - 30 Apr 1946)

Sub-site, No 202 Maintenance Unit (1 Apr 1950 - 24 Jun 1954)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   51:08:38N  01:26:08W

Grid Ref -  SU393385

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Railway Station - Fullerton SR

Control: -

Opened - 1940

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 23 Nov 1942)

No 70 Group (23 Nov 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

(C & M) (18 Jun - 7 Dec 1943)

No 11 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 18 Oct 1949)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Retention status) in Fighter Command, parented by RAF Middle Wallop, until 18 October 1949 when it was transferred to RAF Andover, and later by No 202 MU.

No 41 Group (18 Oct 1949 - xx xxx 1951)

Reactivated (limited basis) - 1 Apr 1950

No 42 Group (xx xxx 1951 - 1 Feb 1955)

Reduced to inactive status on 24 Jun 1954, parented by No 202 MU, RAF Longparish, until 1 February 1955 when it was transferred to RAF Andover.

No 41 Group (1 Feb 1955 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1961

Notes

It was announced as being selected as New Station 'M' (Medium Bomber Station) under Expansion Scheme 'F' on 24 July 1936, but this was cancelled in favour of Benson on 31 October1936.

This was finally approved for requisition in August 1939 as a satellite for Middle Wallop.

During C & M it was administered by RAF Netheravon.

It was handed to AMWD for redevelopment on 16 August 1943.

USAAF vacated the station on 1 March 1945.

Main Units: -

238 Sqn (30 Sep 1940 - 1 Apr 1941, 16 Apr - 16 May 1941)

RLG for No 2 School of Army Co-operation (Apr - 31 May 1941)

308 Sqn (1 -24 Jun 1941)

501 Sqn (25 Jun - 5 Aug 1941)

504 Sqn (11 - 24 Aug 1941)

245 Sqn (1 Sep - 17 Nov 1941, 23 Nov - 19 Dec 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Atlantikwall websiteControl Tower website,

RAF Chilmark

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 11 Stores Depot (1 Apr 1937 - 20 Mar 1939)

No 11 Maintenance Unit (20 Mar 1939 - 27 Jan 1995)

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:   51:04:48N  02:02:11W

Grid Ref -  ST974312

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Apr 1937

No 24 Group (1 Apr 1937 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1995

Notes

Located in disused stone quarries its acquisition for use as the bulk storage of reserve bombs was announced in July 1936.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Atlantikwall website,

RAF China Bay

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

273 Sqn (1 Aug 1939 - 18 Jun 1942, 15 Feb - 1 Aug 1943)

261 Sqn (6 Mar 1942 - 14 Jan 1943)

321 Sqn (15 Aug 1942 - Oct 1945)

No 243 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Nov 1942 - 19 May 1945)

17 Sqn (28 Aug 1943 - 14 Jan 1944)

No 235 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (9 Oct 1943 - 12 Oct 1945)

984 (Balloon) Sqn (10 Jan - 31 Dec 1944)

No 239 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Jul - 19 Nov 1944)

No 1352 Air Sea Rescue Flt (10 - 21 Sep 1945)

Detachments**

205 Sqn (Apr 1941 - Jan 1942, Sep 1949 - Mar 1958)

258 Sqn (Mar 1942 - Feb 1943)

240 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Jul 1944, Jul 1945 - Jan 1946)

357 Sqn (Feb - Oct 1944)

684 Sqn (May 1944 - Oct 1945)

17 Sqn (Jun - Nov 1944)

159 Sqn (Jul 1944 - Jun 1945)

No 5 Air-Sea Rescue Flt (Far East) (Apr - Jun 1945)

No 1350 Air Sea Rescue Flt (1 Jun - 19 Jul 1945)

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  8:32:24N   81:10:55E

Height Above Sea Level:  6 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Aug 1939

Transferred to Royal Navy - 15 Nov 1944

Transferred from the Royal Navy - xx xxx xxxx

Transferred to the Royal Navy - 15 Sep 1946

Transferred from the Royal Navy - 1 Oct 1950

Detachment, RAF Negombo (1 Oct 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

On transfer to the RN it was re-named RNAS Trincomalee.

From 1 October 1950 its policy was as follows: -

  1. To provide staging post facilities for the flying boats each month (one each way)

  2. To provide facilities for the attachment of one Flying Boat squadron (5 UE) for two periods each year, each of two month's duration.

  3. Care and Maintenance facilities for the airfield and station.

It is now the home of the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy (2008)

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RAF Chipping Ongar

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

387th Bomb Group USAAF (21 Jul 1943 - 21 Jul 1944)

  • 556th Bomb Sqn

  • 557th Bomb Sqn

  • 558th Bomb Sqn

  • 559th Bomb Sqn

Detachment - No 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flt (18 Sep 1944 - 7 Nov 1944)

295 Sqn  (Sep 1944 - Oct 1944)

570 Sqn (Sep 1944 - 9 Oct 1944)

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   51:43:48N  00:17:40E

Grid Ref -  TL582055

Height Above Sea Level - 250 ft

Railway Station - Ongar LNER

Control: -

Opened - 10 Jun 1943

4th Bombardment Wing Substitution Unit (10 Jun - 25 Aug 1943)

3rd Bombardment Wing, USAAF (25 Aug 1943 - xx xxx 1944)

9th Bombardment Division (xx xxx - xx Sep 1944)

Air Disarmament Command, USSTAF (xx Sep 1944 - 1 Mar 1945)

Bomber Command (1 Mar - 11 Jun 1945)

TTC (11 Jun 1945 - 25 Apr 1946)

Transferred to the War Office - 25 Apr 1946

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Surplus status) in Technical Training Command, parented by RAF North Weald.

It was later transferred to Reserve Command on the transfer of North Weald and by 11 May 1950 was Inactive (Surplus) in Fighter Command.

Notes

Originally requisitioned as the site for a bomber operational station to be linked with Matching.

In early 1943 construction of the airfield was undertaken by the 831st US Engineer Battalion (Aviation).

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RAF Chipping Warden

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 829 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 12 Operational Training Unit  (Aug 1941 - 22 Jun 1945)

No 2829 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - 8 Aug 1942)

No 1517 Beam Approach Training Flt (14 Nov 1942 - 22 May 1945)

RLG for No 13 Operational Training Unit  (xxx xxxx - 14 Jul 1945)

No 10 Air Navigation School (10 Jul 1945 - 1 Dec 1945)

No 114 Storage sub-site (6 Jan 1946 - 1 Dec 1949)

RLG for No 9 FTS (11 Sep 1952 - 1 Oct 1953)

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:08:40N  01:16:30W

Grid Ref -  SP495498

Height Above Sea Level - 457 ft

Railway Station -

Control: -

Opened - 1 Aug 1941

No 6 Group (1 Aug 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 92 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Jul 1945)

FTC (1 Jul 1945 - 1 Jan 1946)

Maintenance Command (1 Jan 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

Station abandoned - 1 Jan 1948*

From 1 December 1949 it was declared Inactive (Surplus), parented by No 6 MU, Brize Norton.  Parenting was transferred to No 8 MU, Little Rissington in No 23 Group on 12 November 1951, which ceased on 11 September 1952.

FTC (12 Sep 1952 - xx xxx 1953)

It reverted to Inactive status on 1 October 1953, parented by RAF Wellesbourne Mountford.

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an operational training unit was issued in June 1940.

*except hanger used for depository storage until 1 December 1949

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RAF Chivenor

RAF Chivenor badge

Main units (continued): -

404 Sqn (22 Jan - 2 Apr 1943)

59 Sqn (6 Feb - 27 Mar 1943)

407 Sqn (1 Apr - 3 Nov 1943, 2 Dec 1943 - 29 Jan 1944, 28 Apr - 24 Aug 1944, 11 Nov 1944- 4 Jun 1945)

612 Sqn (25 May - 1 Nov 1943, 3 Dec 1943 - 26 Jan 1944,1 Mar - 9 Sep 1944)

ASV Training Flt/Unit (Jan 1944 - 20 Jun 1945)

304 Sqn (19 Feb - 21 Sep 1944)

No 1 Radar Training Sqn (May 1944 - 20 Jun 1945)

179 Sqn (6 - 21 Sep 1944, 23 Oct - 1 Nov 1944)

36 Sqn (26 Sep 1944 - 9 Mar 1945)

14 Sqn (24 Oct 1944 - 25 May 1945)

459 Sqn (14 Mar - 10 Apr 1945)

254 Sqn (29 Jun - 26 Nov 1945)

248 Sqn (19 Jul - 8 Dec 1945, 17 Dec 1945 - 30 May 1946)

521 Sqn (3 Nov 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

517 Sqn (30 Nov 1945 - 21 Jun 1946)

Coastal Command Fighter Affiliation Training Unit (6 Jan - 21 Feb 1946)

26 Sqn (24 Sep - 23 Oct 1946)

No 6026 Servicing Echelon (24 Sep - 23 Oct 1946)

691 Sqn (4 Oct 1946 - 11 Feb 1949)

No 203 Advanced Flying School (15 Oct 1947 - 19 Jul 1949)

17 Sqn (11 Feb 1949 - 13 Mar 1951)

5 Sqn (26 Oct 1949 - 13 Mar 1951)

607 Sqn RAuxAF (8 - 21 Jul 1950)

602 Sqn RAuxAF (14 - 29 Jul 1950)

Overseas Ferry Unit (17 Jul 1950 - 19 Mar 1951)

No 229 OCU (28 Mar 1951 - 2 Sep 1974)* comprising: -

  • 229 (Shadow) Sqn (28 Mar 1951 - Apr 1955)

  • 127 (Shadow) Sqn (Nov 1957 - Nov 1958)

  • 131 (Shadow) Sqn (Oct - Nov 1958)

  • 145 (Shadow) Sqn (Nov 1958 - 1 Jun 1963)

  • 234 (Shadow) Sqn (Nov 1958 - 2 Sep 1974)

  • 63 (Shadow) Sqn (1 Jun 1963 - 2 Sep 1974)

  • 79 (Shadow) Sqn (Jan 1967 - May 1972)

No 1 Radar Navigation Conversion Unit (xxx 1952 - xxx xxxx)

'E' Flt, 275 Sqn (18 Nov 1954 - 11 Sep 1958)

'A' Flt, 22 Sqn (Nov 1958 - xxx 2006)

Hunter Flt, Fighter Command Instrument Rating Sqn (24 Jul 1961 - 1 Jun 1963)

No 624 Volunteer Gliding School/Sqn (3 Sep 1965 - Current)

230 Sqn (1 - 17 Jan 1963)

No 2 Tactical Weapons Unit (1 Apr 1981 - 1 Apr 1992) comprising: -

  • 63 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Apr 1981 - 1 Apr 1992)

  • 151 (Reserve) Sqn (Sep 1981 - 1 Apr 1992)

No 7 Flying Training School (1 Apr 1992 - 1 Oct 1994)

Weapons Detachment, No 4 FTS (1 Oct 1994 - Oct 1995)

Hawk Support Flt (1 Sep 1995 - 1996/97)

HQ, 22 Sqn (22 Sep 1997 - xxx 2015)

No 48 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - Devon

4.5 miles W of Barnstable

Lat/Long:  51:05:18N  04:09:00W

Grid Ref:    SS492344

Height above sea level:  16ft

Control: -

Opened - 26 Nov 1940

No 15 Group (26 Nov 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 19 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 15 Oct 1946)

No 12 Group (15 Oct 1946 - 19 Jul 1949)

No 11 Group (19 Jul 1949 - 24 Jul  1950)

HQ, Transport Command (24 Jul 1950 - 22 Mar 1951)

No 12 Group (22 Mar 1951 - 20 Feb 1952)

No 81 Group (20 Feb 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1994

Notes

The provisional acceptance of the site, known Braunton, for preparation as an AA Practice Camp aerodrome and No 43 Maintenance Unit was announced on 22 November 1938, which was confirmed on 7 January 1939.  Its approval for acquisition as the site of an Air Navigation School was announced on 27 June 1939.

Following its transfer to Fighter Command in 1951 it continued to parent the following Inactive stations: -

  1. Merryfield

  2. Hartland Point

  3. Wrafton

*No 229 OCU became the Station Commanding Unit on 25 April 1952.

It transferred to the Royal Marines in 1994

Main units: -

No 3 (Coastal) OTU (27 Nov 1940 - 1 Aug 1941)

252 Sqn (1 Dec 1940 - 6 Apr 1941)

272 Sqn (3 Apr - 28 May 1941)

No 5 OTU (1 Aug 1941 - 16 May 1942)

No 785 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flt (8 Jan - 4 Apr 1942)

No 2785 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

172 Sqn (4 Apr 1942 - 1 Sep 1944)

51 Sqn (6 May - 27 Oct 1942)

77 Sqn (6 May - 5 Oct 1942)

235 Sqn (16 Jul 1942 - 21 Jan 1943)

547 Sqn (10 Dec 1942 - 22 Jan 1943, 2 Apr - 31 May 1943)

Detachments**

302 Sqn (28 Nov - 11 Dec 1941)

502 Sqn (Nov - Dec 1941)

279 Sqn (16 - 19 Aug 1942)

612 Sqn (2 Feb 1943 - xxx xxxx)

415 Sqn (xxx - 18 Mar 1945)

748 Sqn FAA (2 Sep 1943 - 3 Feb 1944)

144 Sqn (May - Jun 1944)

179 Sqn (xxx - 15 May 1944)

304 Sqn (12 Mar 1945 - xxx xxxx)

72 Sqn (Jul - Aug 1955, Jul - Aug 1975)

228 Sqn (1 Sep 1959 - Sep 1960, Jan 1963)

No 1 Tactical Weapons Unit (1 Aug 1980 - 1 Apr 1981)

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RAF Cholovaram

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

113 Sqn (9 Nov - 22 Dec 1943)

No 11 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (xxx - 15 Dec 1944)

27 Sqn (7 Mar - 14 Sep 1944)

47 Sqn (20 Apr - 7 Oct 1944)

No 1580 Calibration Flt (4 Aug 1944 - 10 Oct 1945)

No 21 Armament Practice Camp (23 Sep 1944 - 18 Jun 1945)

60 Sqn (2 Oct - 14 Nov 1943)

5 Sqn (24 - 29 Oct 1944)

123 Sqn (24 - 29 Oct 1944)

No 7005 Servicing Echelon (24 – 29 Oct 1944)

No 7123 Servicing Echelon (24 Oct – xxx 1944)

No 7082 Servicing Echelon (15 May – 2 Oct 1945)

No 7045 Servicing Echelon (17 May – 14 Oct 1945)

82 Sqn (27 May - 12 Oct 1945)

No 60 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - 9 Jul 1945)

No 126 Repair & Salvage Unit (17 Jul 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 63 Personnel Transit Centre (10 Sep 1945 -  Jan 1946)

HQ, No 901 Wing (14 - 20 Nov 1945)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  13:12:40N  80:09:04W

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

Opened (Airfield) - xx xxx 1942

SHQ opened - 1 Apr 1944

No 225 Group (1 Apr 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ Disbanded - 10 Sep 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

45 Sqn (11 Nov 1942 - 20 Feb 1943, 17 May - 12 Oct 1945)

84 Sqn (13 Jan - 8 Apr 1943)

No 12 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - May 1944)

HQ, No 171 Wing (2 Jun - 5 Aug 1943)

No 5 Air Transit Section (16 Jul 1943 - 10 Mar 1944)

34 Sqn (15 Sep - 16 Oct 1943)

11 Sqn (15 Oct - 2 Dec 1943)

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RAF Christchurch

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Special Duties Flt (27 Apr 1940 - 10 Nov 1941)

Air Defence Research and Development Establishment (xxx 1940 - xxx 1942)

No 420 Flt (25 - 29 Sep 1940)

'H' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (11 Oct 1940 - 1 Jul 1941)

Detachment - Telecommunications Flying Unit (10 Nov 1941 - xxx xxxx)

Satellite, RAF Ibsley (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

Detachment - 116 Sqn (21 - 30 Nov 1942)

Detachment - 667 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - Aug 1944)

‘A’ Flt, 652 Sqn (Dec 1943 - 29 Mar 1944)

405th Fighter Group USAAF (7 Mar - 30 Jun 1944)

  • 509th Fighter Sqn

  • 510th Fighter Sqn

  • 511th Fighter Sqn

No 89 Gliding School (Mar 1944 - 1 Sep 1955 )

Naval Air Section (xxx 1944 - 22 Oct 1945)

Detachment - 595 Sqn (Oct 1945 - Jan 1946)

No 622 Volunteer Gliding School/Sqn (1 Sep 1955 - 1 Jul 1963)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:44:03N  01:44:53W

Grid Ref -  SZ186933

Height Above Sea Level - 20 ft

Control: -

Opened -

No 22 Group (24 Jun - 1 Dec 1940)

No 70 Group (1 Dec 1940 - 22 Aug 1941)

No 10 Group (22 Aug 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 38 Wing (1 Jun 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 11 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 19 Mar 1945)

Transport Command (19 Mar 1945 - 10 Jan 1946)

Closed - 10 Jan 1946

Notes

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RAF Christmas Island

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

HQ, No 160 Wing (Dec 1956 - 1 Sep 1957)

Location

County: -

Lat/Long:   01:59:10N  157:20:59W

Height Above Sea Level -  5 ft

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now known as Cassidy International Airport

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RAF Church Fenton

RAF Church Fenton badge

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 21 Wing Communication Flt (1 Jan - 26 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 141 Airfield (1 Jan - 5 May 1944)

124 Sqn (18 Mar - 23 Apr 1944)

No 6124 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 23 Apr 1944)

604 Sqn (25 Apr - 3 May 1944)

No 6307 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (4 May 1944 – 27 Jan 1945)

307 Sqn (6 May 1944 - 27 Jan 1945)

288 Sqn (19 Nov 1944 - 13 Aug 1945)

No 6456 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (30 Dec 1944 – 16 Mar 1945)

456 Sqn (31 Dec 1944 - 16 Mar 1945)

68 Sqn (16 Mar - 20 Apr 1945)

No 6068 Servicing Echelon (16 Mar – 20 Apr 1945)

125 Sqn (24 Apr - 20 Nov 1945)

No 6125 Servicing Echelon (26 Apr – 20 Nov 1945)

No 11 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - May 1945)

No 13 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - May 1945)

No 112 Personnel Centre (Refresher) (1 Jun 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

HQ, Yorkshire Sector (1 Nov 1945 - 21 Jul 1947)

No 6264 Servicing Echelon (20 Nov 1945 – 7 Jan 1946, 7 Feb – 22 Jul 1946)

Leeds University Air Sqn (xxx 1946 - 22 Apr 1947, 1 May 1948 - 18 Mar 1954, 2 Nov 1959 - 12 Feb 1962, 1 May 1966 - 15 Mar 1969)

263 Sqn (2 Apr - 1 Jun 1946, 9 Jun - 31 Oct 1946, 17 Dec 1946 - 15 Apr 1947, 28 Aug 1947 - 22 Nov 1950)

No 6263 Servicing Echelon (2 Apr – 1 Nov 1946, cadre from 25 Sep 1946, 17 Dec 1946 – 15 Apr 1947)

609 Sqn (10 May - 5 Nov 1946, 18 Oct 1950 - 10 Mar 1957)

129 Sqn (28 Jun - 1 Sep 1946)

No 6129 Servicing Echelon (28 Jun – 1 Sep 1946)

257 Sqn (1 Sep 1946 - 12 Jan 1947, 16 Feb - 15 Apr 1947)

No 6257 Servicing Echelon (1 Sep 1946 – 6 Jan 1947, cadre from 25 Sep 1946, 15 Apr – 5 Jul 1947)

No 6041 Servicing Echelon (16 Apr 1947 – 11 Jul 1948)

41 Sqn (17 Apr 1947 - 29 Mar 1951)

19 Sqn (23 Apr 1947 - 29 Jun 1959)

No 22 Gliding School (Feb 1948 - 15 May 1950)

23  Sqn (19 Nov 1949 - 22 Sep 1950)

141 Sqn (21 Nov 1949 - 23 Sep 1950)

HQ, Northern Sector (xxx 1956 - 21 Nov 1957)

No 60 Maintenance Unit (6 Jul 1959 - 1 Mar 1962)

HQ No 23 Group (14 Sep 1959 - 8 Mar 1962)

No 23 Group Communications Flt (14 Sep 1959 - 12 Feb 1962)

No 9 Air Experience Flt (2 Nov 1959 - 8 Mar 1962, 2 May 1966 - 11 Aug 1975, 1 Apr 1996 - Current)

112 Sqn (1 Aug - 7 Nov 1960)

No 3 Mobile Glider Servicing Party (xxx xxxx - 1 Mar 1962

No 7 Flying Training School (13 Mar 1962 - 30 Nov 1966, 2 Apr 1979 - 31 Mar 1992)

RLG for No 1 FTS (Jan 1966 - xxx xxxx, Oct 1969 - xxx xxxx, 1 Apr 1992 - Current)

No 148 (SAM) Servicing Wing (1 Feb 1963 - 31 May 1964)

Yorkshire University Air Sqn (15 Mar 1969 - 11 Aug 1975, 1 Apr 1996 - xx Dec 2013)

Central Flying School Primary Flying Sqn (16 Jan 1967 - 15 Jan 1970)

Aircrew Officers' Training School (21 Jan 1968 - 19 May 1969)

Royal Naval  Detachment (xxx 1969 - xxx 1970)

No 2 FTS (16 Jan 1970 -2 Dec 1974)

Royal Navy Elementary Flying Training Sqn (Apr 1973 - - 29 Nov 1974)

RLG for Joint Elementary Flying Training School (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

Refresher Flying Flt (Apr 1984 - xxx 1991)

85 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Oct 2008 - xx Dec 2013)

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  53:50:00N  01:12:00W

Grid Ref:    SE531378

Height above sea level:  27 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Apr 1937

No 11 Group (1 Apr - 5 May 1937)

No 12 Group (5 May 1937 - 1 Aug 1939)

No 13 Group (1 Aug 1939 - 10 Aug 1940)

No 12 Group (10 Aug 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 2013

Notes

Main units: -

72 Sqn (1 Jun 1937 - 17 Oct 1939, 13 Jan - 2 Mar 1940, 9 May 1953 - 28 Jun 1959)

213 Sqn (1 Jul 1937 - 18 May 1938)

64 Sqn (18 May - 7 Aug 1940, 24 Aug 1939 - 1 May 1940)

242 Sqn (30 Oct 1939 - 21 May 1940)

249 Sqn (16 - 17 May 1940, 8 Jul - 14 Aug 1940)

234 Sqn (22 May - 18 Jun 1940, 31 Dec 1943 - 28 Jan 1944)

87 Sqn (24 May - 5 Jul 1940)

74 Sqn (27 May - 6 Jun 1940)

73 Sqn (18 Jun - 5 Sep 1940)

No 4 Radio Maintenance Unit (1 Jul - 19 Aug 1940)

No 4 Radio Maintenance Unit Calibration Flt (1 Jul - 21 Sep 1940)

616 Sqn (Jun - 19 Aug 1940)

302 Sqn (21 Aug - 14 Sep 1940)

306 Sqn (29 Aug - 7 Nov 1940)

85 Sqn (5 Sep - 23 Oct 1940, 18 Sep 1957 - 30 Nov 1958)

71 Sqn (19 Sep - 23 Nov 1940)

No 4 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flt (21 Sep 1940 - 17 Feb 1941)

No 54 Operational Training Unit (25 Nov 1940 - 7 May 1942)

No 74 (Signals) Wing Calibration Flt (17 Feb 1941 - 6 Nov 1942)

46 Sqn (28 Feb - 1 Mar 1941)

25 Sqn (17 May 1942 - 19 Dec 1943)

488 Sqn (25 Jun - 1 Sep 1942)

No 600 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (1 Sep – 14 Nov 1942)

600 Sqn (2 Sep - 18 Nov 1942)

485 Sqn (26 - 29 Sep 1942)

183 Sqn (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Mar 1943, 12 - 26 mar 1943)

308 Sqn (29 Apr - 5 Jul 1943, 7 - 17 Sep 1943)

No 3014 Servicing Echelon (29 Apr – 15 Dec 1943)

26 Sqn (21 Jul - 28 Dec 1943)

96 Sqn (6 Aug - 4 Sep 1943)

264 Sqn (18 Dec 1943 - 7 May 1944, 20 Nov - 2 Dec 1945, 14 Dec 1945 - 7 Jan 1946, 7 Feb - 22 Jul 1946, 19 Nov 1949 - 2 Oct 1950)

HQ, No 21 Wing (1 Jan - 26 Apr 1944)

Detachments: -

19 Sqn (Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)

234 Sqn (Nov 1939 - Jan 1940, Jul 1943)

152 Sqn (Jan 1940 - xxx xxxx)

245 Sqn (6 - 12 Apr 1940)

64 Sqn (Sep - Oct 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (xx - 11 Nov 1940)

253 Sqn (6 Jan - xxx 1941)

46 Sqn (Feb 1941)

601 Sqn (Feb - xxx 1942)

604 Sqn (Feb - Mar 1943)

288 Sqn (xxx - Nov 1944)

409 Sqn (May - Jun 1944)

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RAF Church Lawford

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 2 Central Flying School (15 Jun 1941 - 13 Jan 1942)

No 798 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2798 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 1 Flying Instructors' School (13 Jan 1942  - 27 Oct 1942)

No 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (27 Oct 1942 - 3 Apr 1945)

No 1533 Beam Approach Training Flt (27 Oct 1942 - Mar 1943)

No 20 Flying Training School (3 Apr 1945 - 23 Jul 1947)

No 2 Flying Training School (23 Jul 1947 - 6 Apr 1948)

No 68 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1954 - 27 Mar 1955)

Sub-site, No 68 Maintenance Unit (27 Mar 1955 - 30 Nov 1956)

Location

County: - Warwickshire

Lat/Long:   52:21:23N  01:20:15W

Grid Ref -  SP448736

Height Above Sea Level - 366 ft

Control: -

Opened - 12 May 1941

No 23 Group (12 May 1941 - 8 Apr 1948)

No 43 Group (8 Apr 1948 - xx xxx xxxx)

Reduced to a sub-site of the RAF Airfield Construction Depot, RAF Wellesbourne Mountford on 1 December 1954.

Notes

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RAF Church Stanton

see RAF Culmhead

RAF Ciampino (SP)

RAF Unit Ciampino (SP)

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 2 Glider Servicing Party (24 Dec 1944 - xx Mar 1945)

No 149 Staging Post (14 Apr 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)

Det, No 23 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (13 Jun - 1 Aug 1945)

No 23 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 Aug 1945 - 15 Mar 1946)

RAF Movement, Leave and Transit Camp (xx xxx xxxx - 10 May 1947)

Location

Country: - Italy

Lat/Long:  41:47:58N 012:35:50E

Height above sea level: 427 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Jun 1946.

RAF Unit disbanded - 10 May 1947

Notes.

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RAF Cleave

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

'D' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (6 Sep 1939 - 1 Nov 1942)

Detachment - 'A' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)

'C' Flt, No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (16 Aug  1940 - 14 Feb 1943)

'K' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (26 Aug  - 6 Sep 1940)

'O' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (5 Nov 1940 - May 1942, 23 Jul 1942 - 1 Nov 1942)

No 771 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2771 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

No 1602 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov - 14 Dec 1942, 28 Feb - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1603 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov - 16 Dec 1942, 27 Jul - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1604 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1618 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec 1943)

639 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 30 Apr 1945)

Location

County: -  Cornwall

Lat/Long:   50:53:08N  04:33:00W

Grid Ref -  SS205128

Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1939

Fighter Command (xx xxx xxxx - 24 Jun 1940)

No 22 Group (24 Jun - 1 Dec 1940)

No 70 Group (1 Dec 1940 - 28 Nov 1945)

Transferred on loan to the War Office - 28 Nov 1945

Notes

The provisional acceptance of the site for preparation as an AA Practice Camp landing ground was announced on 7 January 1939.

It is now a radio research station

Main units: -

'V' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (14 May 1939 - 1 Nov 1942)

'G' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (15 May 1939 - 1 Nov 1942)

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RAF Cluntoe

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

4th CCRC, USAAF (Nov 1943 - 7 Mar 1944)

2nd CCRC, USAAF (7 Mar 1944 - Nov 1944)

No 2 Flying Training School (1 Feb 1953 - 1 Jun 1954)

 

Location

County: - County Tyrone

Lat/Long:   54:37:10N  06:32:15W

Grid Ref -  H945755

Height Above Sea Level - 86 ft

Railway Station - Cookstown NCC

Control: -

Opened - 7 Aug 1942 (C & M, administered by RAFNI)

RAF Northern Ireland (7 Aug 1942 - 30 Aug 1943)

VIII Air Force Composite Command, USAAF (30 Aug 1943 - xx Sep 1944)

VIII Fighter Command (xx Sep - 8 Nov 1944)

RAFNI (8 Nov 1944 - 1 Apr 1947)

Transferred to the Admiralty - 1 Apr 1947

Holding Party formed - 1 Sep 1952

No 23 Group (1 Sep 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closing Down Party formed - 1 Jul 1954, parented by RAF Aldergrove*

C & M (20 Sep 1954 - xx xxx xxxx), parented by RAF Aldergrove

Notes

*except for Rations, Medical and General Education.

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RAF  Coal Aston

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

33 Sqn ‘A’ Flt (Feb - 29 Mar 1916)

47 Sqn det (Mar - Apr 1916)

33 Sqn det (Apr - 2 Oct 1916)

Northern Aircraft Repair Depot (Dec 1916 - 12 Oct 1917)

No 2 (Northern) Aircraft Repair Depot (12 Oct 1917 - 31 Oct 1919)

HQ, 7th Wing (Apr - xxx 1920)

Location

County: - West Riding of Yorkshire

Lat/Long: 

Grid Ref:  SE358810

Height above sea level: 600 ft

Railway Station -

Control: -

Opened - xx Feb 1916

Northern Group (xx Jan - 1 Apr 1918)

No 1 Area (1 Apr - 8 May 1918)

North Eastern Area (8 May 1918 - 1 Jan 1919)

North Western Area (1 Jan- 12 Jun 1919)

Northern Area (12 Jun 1919 - 22 Jan 1920)

Station relinquished - 22 Jan 1920

C & M Party withdrawn 21 Dec 1921

Notes.

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RAF Cochin

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 5 Coast Defence Flight IAFVR (8 Oct 1941 - 1 Apr 1942)

No 105 Coast Defence Flight IAFVR (1 Apr - 1 Dec 1942)

No 312 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Nov 1947)

No 25 (Advanced) Flying Boat Base (28 Mar 1943 - 30 Apr 1945)

No 17 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - 15 Jun 1945)

No 86 Air Stores Park (by May 1943 - Dec 1943)

No 11 School of Air Force Technical Training (17 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1945)

No 232 Air Sea Rescue Unit (Apr - Dec 1944)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  09:56:50N 76:16:25E

Height above sea level: 8 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - xx xxx 1942?

No 225 Group

No 222 Group

C & M (7 May 1943 - 15 Jun 1945)

Closed -15 Jun 1945

Notes.

Detachments**

240 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Jul 1944)

321 Sqn (Oct 1942 - Apr 1945)

212 Sqn (Dec 1942 - May 1945)

217 Sqn (Apr 1943 - Apr 1944)

191 Sqn (May 1943 - Nov 1944)

203 Sqn (Oct 1944 - Feb 1945)

No 58 Staging Post (by Aug 1945 - 20 May 1946)

No 1347 Flight (Dec 1945 - 21 Feb 1946)

No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

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RAF Cocos Islands

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

136 Sqn (7 Apr - 22 Oct 1945)

No 7136 Servicing Echelon (7 Apr – 14 Oct 1945)

No 129 Staging Post (7 - 19 Apr 1945)

356 Sqn (22 Jul - 15 Nov 1945)

Nos 366, 6214, 61006, 8545 and 14033 AMES

No 2962 AA Sqn RAF Regiment

No 78 Embarkation Detachment

No 737 Meteorological Forecast Centre

HQ, No 175 Wing (29 Jul - 30 Sep 1945)

99 Sqn (1 Aug - 15 Nov 1945)

No 7099 Servicing Echelon (1 Aug – 15 Nov 1945)

Location

Country: - Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean

Lat/Long:  12:11:24S  96:49:48E.

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

SHQ 'Brown' opened - xx xxx 1945

HQ ACSEA (xx xxx - 5 Jun 1945)

SHQ opened - 5 Jun 1945

No 222 Group (5 Jun 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ closed - 31 May 1946

Air strip abandoned - xx Nov 1947

Notes

Detachments**

205 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Jun 1945)

203 Sqn (Feb 1945 - May 1946)

321 Sqn (Apr - Oct 1945)

684 Sqn (May 1945 - Jan 1946)

No 1346 Air Sea Rescue Flt (20 Dec 1945 - xxx 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Colerne

RAF Colerne badge

Main units (continued): -

27th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (12 Sep 1942 - 23 Oct 1942)

No 3019 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (8 – 17 Mar 1942)

No 3011 Servicing Echelon (xxx xxxx - 13 Sep 1942, xxx 1942 – 1 Mar 1943)

264 Sqn (1 May 1942 - 30 Apr 1943, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 1944)

19 Sqn (23 - 31 Jul 1942)

Special Installation Flt/Sqn (Aug 1942 - 29 Feb 1948)

No 203 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Nov 1942 - xxx 1945)

184 Sqn (1 Dec 1942 - 1 Mar 1943)

183 Sqn (24 Mar - 8 Apr 1943, 30 May - 5 Jun 1943)

175 Sqn (8 Apr - 29 May 1943)

151 Sqn (30 Apr - 16 Aug 1943, 17 Nov 1943 - 25 Mar 1944)

No 1498 (Target Towing) Flt (14 Aug - 12 Sep 1943)

456 Sqn (17 Aug - 17 Nov 1943)

131 Sqn (10 - 22 Feb 1944, 29 Feb - 10 Mar 1944, 24 - 31 Mar 1944)

165 Sqn (10 Feb - 1 Mar 1944, 7 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (10 Feb – 10 Mar 1944)

No 6131 Servicing Echelon (22 – 24 Mar 1944)

No 6151 Servicing Echelon (22 – 25 Mar 1944)

219 Sqn (26 Mar - 1 Apr 1944)

No 6219 Servicing Echelon (26 Mar – 4 May 1944, 21 Feb – 12 Apr 1945)

488 Sqn (3 - 12 May 1944, 29 Jul - 9 Oct 1944)

604 Sqn (13 - 25 Jul 1944, 28 Jul - 6 Aug 1944)

HQ No 149 Wing (28 Jul - 7 Sep 1944)

410 Sqn (28 Jul - 9 Sep 1944)

No 6410 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (16 Aug – 9 Sep 1944)

406 Sqn (17 Sep - 27 Nov 1944)

No 6406 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (17 Sep – 27 Nov 1944)

No 6264 Servicing Echelon (30 Nov – 20 Dec 1944)

616 Sqn (17 Jan - 28 Feb 1945)

No 6616 Servicing Echelon (16 Jan – 28 Feb 1945)

No 10 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - May 1945)

29 Sqn (22 Feb - 11 May 1945)

No 1335 (Meteor) Conversion Unit (8 Mar - 27 Jul 1945)

504 Sqn (28 Mar - 10 Aug 1945)

No 6504 Servicing Echelon (28 Mar – 10 Aug 1945)

74 Sqn (16 May 1945 - 7 Jan 1946, 15 Feb - 2 Jun 1946, 9 Jun - 14 Aug 1946)

No 6074 Servicing Echelon (16 May 1945 – 14 Aug 1946)

245 Sqn (10 Aug 1945 - 18 Feb 1946., 20 Mar - 2 Jun 1946, 9 Jun - 16 Aug 1946)

No 6245 Servicing Echelon (10 Aug 1945 – 16 Aug 1946)

No 62 Group Communications Flt (7 Jan 1948 - 30 Jul 1952)

No 92 Gliding School (20 Feb 1948 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 49 Maintenance Unit (4 May 1948 - 1 Mar 1962)

662 Sqn (1 Feb 1949 - 10 Mar 1957)

No 1956 Reserve AOP Flt (1 Feb 1949 - 10 Mar 1957)

No 1963 Reserve AOP Flt (1 Feb 1949 - 10 Mar 1957)

HQ No 27 (Signals  Training) Group (15 Sep 1949 - 20 Jul 1953)

No 27 Group Communications Flt (15 Sep 1949 - 30 Jul 1952)

No 81 Group Communications Flt (1 Jan 1952 - 15 Apr 1958)

Airborne Interception School (12 - 15 Jun 1952)

No 238 Operational Conversion Unit (15 Jun 1952 - 1 Jan 1957)

RAF Colerne Communications Sqn (1 Aug 1952 -1 Jul 1957)

Sub-site, No 238 Maintenance Unit (11 Apr 1956 - 1 Jul 1958)

24 Sqn (1 Jan 1957 - 5 Jan 1968)

511 Sqn (1 May 1957 - 1 Sep 1958)

36 Sqn (1 Sep 1958 - 1 Jul 1967)

114 Sqn (13 Apr 1959 - 30 Sep 1961)

24 Gp Comm Flt (reformed) 1Jan60 1Apr64 (disbanded) Anson

Air Engineering Sqn (xxx xxxx - xxx 1976)

Bristol University Air Sqn (Nov 1992 - Current)

No 3 Air Experience Flt (xxx 1993 - Current)

No 2 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:  51:26:45N  02:16:45W

Grid Ref:    ST803715

Height above sea level:  500 ft

Control: -

Opened as Satellite - 1940

SHQ Opened - 15 Sep 1940

No 10 Group (15 Sep 1940 - 1 Oct 1946)

No 41 Group (1 Oct 1946 - 15 May 1952)

SHQ Opened - 15 May 1952

No 81 Group (15 May 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1976

Notes

The provisional selection of the site for preparation as a Fighter Station was announced on 14 October 1938 and on 14 November it was also announced it was to be the site of No 39 Maintenance Unit.

On transfer to No 81 Group, the following units remained as lodgers: -

  • No 39 Maintenance Un it

  • No 49 Maintenance Unit

  • No 662 (AOP) Squadron

  • HQ, No 27 Group

On 15 June 1952, No 238 OCU became the Station Commanding Unit.

On closure it was transferred to the Army.

Main Units: -

No 39 Maintenance Unit (1 Jan 1940 - 1 Oct 1953)

No 10 Group Communication Flt (1 Jul 1940 - 17 Apr 1945)

87 Sqn (28 Nov - 18 Dec 1940, 7 Aug 1941 - 27 Jan 1942)

256 Sqn (6 Feb - 26 Mar 1941)

No 4 Aircraft Assembly Unit (xxx 1941 - 1 Mar 1942)

No 2 Aircraft Delivery Flt (18 Mar 1941 - 23 Jul 1943)

307 Sqn (26 Mar - 26 Apr 1941)

No 2 Supplementary School of Technical Training (31 Mar - 5 May 1941)

118 Sqn (7 - 9 Apr 1941)

501 Sqn (9 Apr - 25 Jun 1941)

600 Sqn (27 Apr - 18 Jun 1941, 27 Jun - 6 Oct 1941)

125 Sqn (16 Jun - 7 Aug 1941, 25 Jan - 14  May 1942)

316 Sqn (18 Jun - 2 Aug 1941)

317 Sqn (26 - 27 Jun 1941)

No 1454 (Fighter) Flt (7 Jul 1941 - 26 Jan 1942)

No 822 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 9 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (1 Aug 1941 - 14 Feb 1942)

No 1457 (Fighter) Flt (15 Sep - 15 Nov 1941)

137 Sqn (23 Sep 1941 - 8 Nov 1941, 2 - 23 Jan 1944)

89 Sqn (25 Sep - 19 Nov 1941)

No 3006 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 27 Jan 1942)

No 822 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

286 Sqn (2 Mar - 30 Apr 1942, 31 Aug - 10 Oct 1942, 20 May - 28 Jul 1944)

417 Sqn (26 Jan - 24 Feb 1942)

263 Sqn (28 Jan - 10 Feb 1942, 15 Aug - 13Sep 1942)

No 2822 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 1 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (14 Feb 1942 - 21 Feb 1944)

No 2800 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Fortress Flt (xxx - Oct 1942)

No 218 Maintenance Unit (1 Mar 1942 - 29 Feb 1948)

402 Sqn (4 - 17 Mar 1942)

Detachments: -

286 Sqn (30 Dec 1941 - 24 Jan 1942)

456 Sqn (15 - 30 Mar 1943)

No 124 Sqn (28 Apr - 13 May 1943)

No 1487 Flt (3 Jan - Feb 1943)

358th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (26 Oct 1943 - 10 Nov 1943)

357th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (14 Nov 1943 - 23 Nov 1943)

354th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (25 Nov 1943 - 11 Dec 1943)

358th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (11 Dec 1943 - 22 Dec 1943)

286 Sqn (20 May 1944 - 28 Jul 1944)

587 Sqn (23 May 1944 - Nov 1944)

228 OCU (1 Jan - 31 May 1957)

285 Sqn (Aug 1943 - Nov 1944)

587 Sqn (Apr - Oct 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

 Subterranea Britannica website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Tower website, Personnel Listings,

RAF Collaton Cross

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 13 Balloon Centre (3 Aug 1939 - 31 Aug 1945)

Sub-site, No 7 Maintenance Unit (28 Aug - 22 Oct 1945)

Sub-site, No 265 Maintenance Unit (22 Oct 1945 - 30 Jun 1946)

No 2 Medical Rehabilitation Unit* (22 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1950)

RAF Medical Rehabilitation Unit, Collaton Cross (31 Dec 1950 - xx xxx 1959)

Location

County: -

Lat/Long: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1939

Balloon Command (3 Aug 1939 - xx xxx 1945)

Maintenance Command (xx xxx 1945 - 22 Jan 1946)

SHQ opened - xx xxx 1946

No 28 Group (22 Jan 1946 - 6 Mar 1950)

No 22 Group (6 Mar - 11 Sep 1950)

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1949*

No 62 Group (11 Sep 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

The selection of the site for use as No 13 Balloon Centre was announced on 4 February 1939.

*On 1 October 1949, No 2 MRU became the Station-Commanding Unit.

Links to related sites/pages

RAF Collinstown

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 24 Training Sqn (15 Aug 1918)

No 59 Training Sqn (15 Aug 1918)

HQ 3rd (Training) Wing (xx xxx 14 Apr 1919)

No 24 Training Depot Station (15 Aug 1918 - 14 Apr 1919)

No 23 Training Depot Station (xx Feb - 13 Apr 1919)

No 23 Training School (13 Apr - xx xxx 1919)

No 24 Training School (14 Apr -  1 May 1919)

Irish Flt (1 May - 31 Oct 1922)

Location

County: - County Dublin

Lat/Long:  53:2610 N 06:15:20 W

Height above sea level: 200 ft

Railway Station -

Control: -

Opened - xx Aug 1918

Closed - xx May 1919

Station evacuated and transferred to Irish Free State -1 Nov 1922

Notes.

Links to related sites/pages

RAF Colombo (Airfield)

Base HQ Colombo

RAF Colombo (Colpetty)

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

No 243 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Oct - Nov 1942, Sep - 14 Nov 1945)

No 203 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Nov 1942 - May 1945)

30 Sqn (15 Feb - 31 Aug 1943)

No 6 Civil Repair Organisation (MT) (1 Jun - Oct 1943)

No 128 Repair & Salvage Unit (Jun - Jul 1943)

No 336 Maintenance Unit (30 Jun - 4 Aug 1943)

No 6 Civil Repair Organisation (India) (Oct 1943 - 22 May 1944)

HQ, No 181 Wing (26 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1945)

No 8 Transit Camp (28 Nov 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 359 Maintenance Unit (22 May 1944 - 20 Jun 1945)

Marine Craft Repair Unit (xxx xxxx - 4 Dec 1944)

Base Accounts Office (12 Jul 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 192 Wing (9 Aug 1944- 12 Feb 1945)

No 376 Maintenance Unit (4 Dec 1944 - 15 Jun 1946)

No 129 Staging Post (8 Dec 1944 - 31 Jan 1945)

Policy of RAF Colombo (Colpetty): -

  1. To administer: -

    1. No 41 Movement Unit (Embarkation)

    2. RAF Services Supply Depot

  2. To provide day-to-day administration to: -

    1. No 1 RAF Police District

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  06:52N   79:52E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

Opened -

SHQ disbanded - 12 Jul 1944

Base HQ formed - 12 Jul 1944

No 222 Group (12 Jul 1944 - xx xxx xxxx)

Base HQ closed -

RAF Colombo (Copetty) opened - 1 Jun 1950

Notes

An airfield was constructed on Colombo racecourse

#Units located in and around Colombo have been included in this entry.

Main Units: -

Detachment** -   230 Sqn (Jun 1938 - Feb 1940)

No 89 Air Stores Park (4 Mar 1942 - 1 Feb 1946)

11 Sqn (17 Mar 1942 - 12 Jan 1943)

No 62 Repair & Salvage Unit (4 Jun 1942 - Jul 1943)

HQ, No 222 Group (1 Sep 1941 - 15 Oct 1945)#

Detachment** -   30 Sqn (Aug 1942 - Feb 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

RAF Coltishall

RAF Coltishal badge

Main units (continued): -

312 Sqn (11 Jul - 27 Aug 1944)

No 6080 Servicing Echelon (19 Sep – 18 Oct 1944, 23 – 25 Feb 1945, 6 Apr – 10 May 1945)

80 Sqn (20 - 29 Sep 1944)

No 6274 Servicing Echelon (19 Sep – 18 Oct 1944)

274 Sqn (20 - 29 Sep 1944)

303 Sqn (25 Sep 1944 - 4 Apr 1945, 16 May - 10 Aug 1945)

No 6303 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (25 Sep 1944 - 4 Apr 1945, 16 May - 10 Aug 1945)

453 Sqn (30 Sep - 18 Oct 1944)

602 Sqn (29 Sep - 18 Oct 1944, 19 - 23 Feb 1945, 4 Apr - 15 May 1945)

125 Sqn (18 Oct 1944 - 24 Apr 1945)

No 6125 Servicing Echelon (18 Oct 1944 – 26 Apr 1945)

315 Sqn (24 Oct - 1 Nov 1945, 8 Aug - 19 Nov 1945, 20 Dec 1945 - 14 Jan 1947)

No 6315 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (24 Oct – 1 Nov 1944, 8 Aug 1945 – 14 Jan 1947)

No 6068 Servicing Echelon (27 Oct 1944 – 9 Feb 1945, 27 Feb – 16 Mar 1945)

603 Sqn (10 Jan - 24 Feb 1945, 5 - 28 Apr 1945)

No 6603 Servicing Echelon (10 Jan – 25 Feb 1945, 6 – 27 Apr 1945)

124 Sqn (10 Feb - 7 Apr 1945)

No 6124 Servicing Echelon (10 Feb – 7 Apr 1945)

No 11 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - May 1945)

No 13 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - May 1945)

No 6611 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 29 Apr 1944)

1 Sqn (8 Apr - 14 May 1945)

No 6001 Servicing Echelon (8 Apr – 14 May 1945)

No 6602 Servicing Echelon (10 – 15 May 1945)

307 Sqn (31 May - 24 Aug 1945

No 6307 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (18 May – 24 Aug 1945)

306 Sqn (10 Aug - 8 Oct 1945, 18 Nov 1945 - 6 Jan 1947)

309 Sqn (10 Aug - 9 Oct 1945, 17 Nov 1945 - 6 Jan 1947)

No 6309 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (10 Aug 1945 – 6 Jan 1947)

HQ, Norfolk Sector (1 Nov 1945 - 13 Jan 1947)

318 Sqn (19 Aug - 12 Dec 1946)

No 6318 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (19 Aug – 12 Dec 1946)

HQ Eastern Sector (13 Jan 1947 - Jul 1958)

23 Sqn (23 Jan - 28 Apr 1947, 6 Jun - 29 Aug 1947, 11 Sep 1947 - 11 Mar 1948, 25 Mar - 4 Oct 1948, 16 Nov - 19 Nov 1949, 22 Sep 1950 - 15 Jan 1952, 4 Jul 1952 - 12 Oct 1956, 28 May 1957 - 7 Sep 1958, 5 Jun 1959 - 31 Mar 1960, 11 Jul 1960 - 9 Mar 1963)

No 6023 Servicing Echelon (23 Jan – 28 Apr 1947)

141 Sqn (15 Feb - 28 Apr 1947, 5 Jun - 12 Sep 1947, 26 Sep 1947 - 2 Apr 1948, 16 Apr 1948 - 21 Nov 1949, 23 Sep 1950 - 14 Oct 1956, 28 May 1957 - 1 Feb 1958)

No 6141 Servicing Echelon (23 Jan 1947 – 1 Apr 1948)

264 Sqn (13 Jan - 16 Apr 1948, 30 Apr 1948 - 19 Nov 1949, 15 Oct 1950 -24 Aug 1951)

No 6264 Servicing Echelon (15 Jan – 1 Apr 1948)

809 Sqn FAA (31 Aug 1951 - 10 Dec 1951)

‘B’ Flt, 22 Sqn  (4 Jun 1956 - 6 Apr 1976)

41 Sqn (1 Feb 1958 - 3 Jul 1958)

74 Sqn (8 Jun 1959 - 2 Mar 1964)

Air Fighting Development Sqn (1 Sep 1959 - 5 Oct 1962)

'D' Flt, 228 Sqn (xxx 1960 - 29 Aug 1964)

Lightning Conversion Sqn (4 Jan 1960 - Aug 1961)

Battle of Britain Flt (1 Apr 1963 - 1 Jun 1969)

Battle of Britain Memorial Flt (1 Jun 1969 - 1 Mar 1976)

No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (20 Apr 1964 - 30 Sep 1974)

'D' Flt, 202 Sqn (29 Aug 1964 - 6 Apr 1972)

Lightning Special Engineering Project Team (1 Apr 1972 - 29 Apr 1974)

‘A’ Flt, 22 Sqn (Feb 1973 - 6 Apr 1976)

54 Sqn (15 Aug 1974 - 11 Sep 2005)

6 Sqn (15 Nov 1974 - 31 Mar 2006)

'C' Flt, 202 Sqn (Apr 1976 - xxx xxxx)

41 (Designate) Sqn (1 Oct 1976 - 1 Apr 1977)

41 Sqn (1 Apr 1977 - 3 Apr 2006)

'F' Flt, 22 Sqn (xxx xxxx - Dec 1992)

'E' Flt, 22 Sqn (Dec 1992 - Sep 1997)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:45:18N  01:21:30E

Grid Ref:    TG262225

Height above sea level:  57ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Jun 1940

No 12 Group (1 Jun 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1 Group (xxx xxxx - xxx 2006)

Closed - 1 Apr 2006

Notes

The provisional selection of the site for preparation as an aerodrome was announced on 23 April 1938. In October 1938 the site was selected as a site for a bomber station instead of Lawford, Essex.

Main units: -

66 Sqn (29 May - 3 Sep 1940)

242 Sqn (18 Jun - 26 Oct 1940, 30 Nov - 16 Dec 1940)

616 Sqn (3 - 9 Sep 1940)

74 Sqn (9 Sep - 15 Oct 1940, 8 Jun 1959 - 2 Mar 1960)

64 Sqn (15 Oct - 11 Nov 1940, 25 Sep 1943 - 21 Jan 1944, 2 Feb - 29 Apr 1944)

72 Sqn (20 - 30 Oct 1940, 2 - 29 Nov 1940)

222 Sqn (11 Nov 1940 - 6 Jun 1941)

257 Sqn (16 Dec 1940 - 7 Nov 1941)

No 5 ASR Flt (Jul - 1 Oct 1941)

133 Sqn (31 Jul - 15 Aug 1941)

No 12 Group Target Towing Flt (Aug - 2 Oct 1941)

255 Sqn (20 Sep 1941 - 2 Mar 1942)

137 Sqn (8 - 31 Nov 1941)

No 3040 Servicing Echelon (17 Dec 1941 – 17 Jan 1942)

No 1489 Flt (8 Dec 1941 - 13 Apr 1942)

152 Sqn (17 Dec 1941 - 17 Jan 1942, 25 - 29 Sep 1942)

68 Sqn (8 Mar 1942 - 5 Feb 1943, 3 Aug 1942 - 5 Feb 1944, 28 Oct 1944 - 8 Feb 1945, 27 Feb - 16 Mar 1945)

154 Sqn (12 Mar - 5 Apr 1942)

No 2719 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 2885 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Oct 1943)

278 Sqn (21 Apr 1942 - 21 Apr 1944)

346th Fighter Sqn, USAAF (1 Oct 1942 - 19 Nov 1942)

118 Sqn (17 Jan - 15 Aug 1943)

No 3210 Servicing Commando (6 - 8 May 1943, 3 - 18 Aug 1943)

611 Sqn (4 Aug - 6 Sep 1943, 13 Sep - 8 Oct 1943, 13 Oct - 19 Nov 1943, 22 Nov 1943 - 8 Feb 1944, 19 Feb - 30 Apr 1944)

195 Sqn (21 Aug - 24 Sep 1943)

No 3043 Servicing Echelon (26 Aug – 21 Sep 1942)

No 3206 Servicing Commando (14 Oct 1943 - 3 Jan 1944)

No 616 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (5 Aug – 6 Sep 1943, 13 Sep – 8 Oct 1943, 13 Oct  - 19 Nov 1943, 22 Nov 1943 – 8 Feb 1944, 19 Feb – 22 Mar 1944)

No 3004 Servicing Echelon (28 Aug – 24 Sep 1943)

No 3041 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep 1943 – 21 Jan 1944, 2 Feb – 22 Mar 1944)

No 3011 Servicing Echelon (xxx – 22 Mar 1944)

234 Sqn (28 Jan - 18 Mar 1944)

25 Sqn (5 Feb - 27 Oct 1944)

No 6025 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 27 Oct 1944)

No 6064 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 29 Apr 1944)

316 Sqn (28 Apr - 4 Jul 1944, 27 Aug - 24 Oct 1944, 16 May - 10 Aug 1945)

No 6316 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (28 Apr – 4 Jul 1944, 27 Aug – 24 Oct 1944)

229 Sqn (1 Jul - 25 Sep 1944, 2 Dec 1944 - 10 Jan 1945)

No 6229 Servicing Echelon (1 Jul – 25 Sep 1944, 2 Dec 1944 – 10 Jan 1945)

No 6312 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (7 Jul – 27 Aug 1944)

Detachments:**

'B' Flt, 604 Sqn (Jun - 1 Sep 1941)

151 Sqn (22 Apr - 2 Jun 1941, Sep 1941 - 25 Jan 1942, - Apr 1943, 4 Oct 1943 - 17 Nov 1943)

93 Sqn (Dec 1940 - Nov 1941)

42 Sqn (M12 - xx Feb 1942)

154 Sqn (12 Mar - 5 Apr 1942)

29 Sqn (27 Apr 1941 - 16 Feb 1943)

255 Sqn (Jul - 20 Sep 1941)

266 Sqn (12 - 14 Feb 1942)

488 Sqn (Sep 1942 - Mar 1943)

288 Sqn (xxx 1943 - xxx 1943, Nov 1944)

841 Sqn FAA (7 Feb 1943 - 23 Jun 1943)

409 Sqn (Feb 1944 - Feb 1943)

137 Sqn (May 1942 - xxx xxxx)

88 Sqn (Sep 1942 - Mar 1943)

417th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (14 May 1943 - 10 Jun 1943)

307 Sqn (May 1944 - Jan 1945)

‘B’ Flt, 504 Sqn (2 Jun 1944 - xxx xxxx)

26 Sqn (15 Dec 1944 - xxx 1945)

309 Sqn (8 Oct - 16 Nov 1945)

109 Sqn (xxx 1948 - xxx xxxx)

64 Sqn (Apr 1951)

228 OCU (26 Jan - 4 July 1952)

275 Sqn (12 Oct 1956 - 23 Nov 1956)

228 Sqn (25 Apr 1963 - 31 Aug 1964)

849 Sqn (27 Sep - 30 Sep 1971)

72 Sqn (Dec 1967 - xxx 1968)

Links to related sites/pages

Station Website,    Commanding Officers, Aerial photo on Google MapsControl Tower website, Coltishall Wing Leaders, Personnel Listings,

RAF Comilla

No Badge authorised

Main units (continued): -

Tactical Air Force (Bengal) Communication Sqn (19 - 28 Dec 1943)

HQ, 3rd Tactical Air Force (28 Dec 1943 - 4 Dec 1944)

3rd Tactical Air Force Communication Sqn (28 Dec 1943 - 4 Dec 1944)

194 Sqn (8 - 9 Feb 1944)

30 Sqn (10 Apr - 25 May 1944)

152 Sqn (1 - 31 May 1944)

No 82 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (6 May - Jun 1944)

No 85 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Jun - 25 Nov 1944)

67 Sqn (8 Jul - 30 Nov 1944)

No 79 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 26 Jun 1945)

No 7 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Sep - 5 Dec 1944)

No 8 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Sep 1944 - 14 Feb 1945)

No 7067 Servicing Echelon (30 Sep – 30 Nov 1944)

RAF Element HQ Combat Cargo Task Force (2 Nov 1944 - 27 Feb 1945)

HQ, No 900 Wing (1 Jan - 13 Nov 1945)

31 Sqn (1 Jan - 6 Feb 1945)

62 Sqn (3 Jan - 30 Apr 1944, 29 Dec 1944 - 21 Mar 1945)

HQ Combat Cargo Task Force Communication Flt (5 - 27 Feb 1945)

No 4238 Servicing Echelon (22 Feb – 2 Jul 1945)

HQ, No 232 Group (24 Feb - Oct 1945)

No 232 Group Communication Flt (27 Feb - 26 Oct 1945)

No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (26 Feb - 9 Apr 1945)

No 10 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (26 Feb - 9 Apr 1945)

238 Sqn (13 Mar - 26 Jun 1945)

No 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (25 Mar - May 1945)

No 224 Group Communication Flt (xx Mar - 12 Jun 1945)

No 11 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (23 Apr - 1 Jun 1945)

No 15 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (14 May - 9 Aug 1945)

No 203 Staging Post (13 Jul 1945 - 25 Feb 1946)

Location

Country: - Bangladesh (India)

Lat/Long:  23:26N    91:11E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Control: -

Opened (airfield) - xx xxx 1942

No 900 Wing (1 Jan - 13 Nov 1945)

SHQ opened - 14 Nov 1945

No 228 Group (14 Nov 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 11 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (India) (27 Dec 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

113 Sqn (4 May - 27 Jun 1943)

79 Sqn (29 May - 20 Jul 1943)

HQ, No 165 Wing (31 May - 29 Oct 1943, 24 May - 1 Oct 1944)

146 Sqn (26 Jun - 3 Dec 1943)

No 86 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (30 Jun - 18 Dec 1943)

No 333 Maintenance Unit (5 Jul 1943 - 20 Feb 1945)

No 12 Air Transit Section (16 Jul 1943 - 1 Sep 1944)

HQ, Bengal Command (31 Oct - 19 Dec 1943)

AHQ Bengal Communication Unit (31 Oct - 19 Dec 1943)

No 5 Mechanical Transport Light Repair Depot (12 Nov - Dec 1943)

134 Sqn (30 Nov - 15 Dec 1943)

No 150 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Dec 1943 - 31 Aug 1944)

684 Sqn (9 Dec 1943 - 31 Jan 1944)

HQ, No 171 Wing (13 Dec 1943 - 28 Jan 1944)

Eastern Air Command (15 Dec 1943 - 19 Nov 1944)

Eastern Air Command Communication Flt (15 Dec 1943 - 1 Jun 1945)

HQ, Tactical Air Force (Bengal) (19 - 28 Dec 1943)

Detachments**

No 79 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Jun - Dec 1943)

681 Sqn (May 1944)

No 146 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx - xxx 1944)

96 Sqn (May - Sep 1945)

No 13 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

RAF Compton Bassett

No badge authorised

Main units: -

No 3 Electrical and Wireless School (10 Jun - 26 Aug 1940)

No 3 Signals School (26 Aug 1940 - 1 Jan 1943)

No 3 Radio School* (1 Jan 1943 - 30 Nov 1964)

No 5 Radio School (Jun 1945 - 30 Jan 1946)

No 15 Recruits Centre (15 Oct 1945 - 26 Jun 1947)

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:   51:26:06N  01:58:16W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 27 Group

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1949*

Closed -

Notes

The WAAF Wing was closed down on 23 February 1943.

*On 1 October 1949, No 3 RS became the commanding unit.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, RAF Yatesbury Association website, RAF Compton Bassett website,

RAF Congella

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

209 Sqn Detachment  (Jul 1942 - Feb 195)

321 Sqn Detachment (Oct 1942 - Dec 1944)

262 Sqn (12 Nov 1942 - 15 Feb 1945)

259 Sqn Detachment (Feb - Sep 1943)

265 Sqn Detachment (Apr 1943 - May 1945)

Location

Country: - Durban, South Africa

Lat/Long: 

Height Above Sea Level:  0 ft

Control: -

SHQ opened - xx Jul 1942

Transferred to SAAF - 1 Apr 1944

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Coningsby

RAF Coningsby badge

Main units (continued): -

HQ No 551 Wing (25 May Aug 1945)

HQ No 552 Wing (25 May - 28 Aug 1945)

Highball Trials Flt (1 Jun 1946 - 7 Nov 1947)

109 Sqn (4 Nov 1946 - 31 Mar 1950)

139 Sqn (4 Nov 1946 - 1 Apr 1950)

No 231 Operational Conversion Unit (15 Mar 1947 - 4 Dec 1949)

149 Sqn (17 Oct 1950 - 22 May 1954)

15 Sqn (4 Feb 1951 - 19 May 1954)

44 Sqn (9 Apr 1951 - 20 May 1954)

57 Sqn (2 Apr 1952 - 22 May 1954, 15 Nov 1956 - 9 Dec 1957)

No 53 Signals Unit (14 Mar 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)

Bomber Command Jet Conversion Unit (7 Apr - 16 Nov 1953)

40 Sqn (28 Oct 1953 - 24 Feb 1954)

249 (Designate) Sqn (6 Aug - 15 Oct 1957)

Bomber Command Air Crew Holding Unit (9 Dec 1957 - 1 Apr 1959)

75 Sqn RNZAF (30 May 1958 - 14 Jul 1958)

9 Sqn (2 Jun 1959 - 13 Jul 1961, 1 Mar 1962 - 10 Nov 1964)

12 Sqn (2 Jul 1959 - 13 Jul 1961, 1 Jul 1962 - 17 Nov 1964)

Lightning Conversion Squadron (4 Jan 1960 - Aug 1961)

35 Sqn (1 Dec 1962 - 2 Nov 1964)

No 5 School of Technical Training (1 Mar 1967 - 1 Aug 1968)

228 Operational Conversion Unit (Feb 1968 - 22 Apr 1987)

6 Sqn (13 Jan 1969 - 30 Sep 1974)

54 Sqn (1 Sep 1969 - 23 Apr 1974)

41 Sqn (1 Apr 1972 - 31 Mar 1977)

111 (Designate) Sqn (1 Jul - 1 Oct 1974)

111 Sqn (1 Oct 1974 - 3 Nov 1975)

29 (Designate) Sqn (1 Oct 1974 - 1 Jan 1975)

29 Sqn (1 Jan 1975 - 31 Oct 1998)

23 (Designate) Sqn (6 Oct - 1 Nov 1975)

23 Sqn (1 Nov 1975 - 25 Feb 1976, 30 Aug 1978 - 30 Mar 1983))

Battle of Britain Memorial Flt (1 Mar 1976 - Current)

Lightning Training Flt (22 Apr 1976 - May 1978)

56 Sqn (29 Jun 1976 - 9 Jul 1976)

111 Sqn (2 May - Dec 79 1979)

No 229 Operational Conversion Unit (1 Nov 1984 - 1 Jul 1992)

Tornado F3 Operational Evaluation Unit (1 Apr 1987 - 1 Apr 2006)

5 Sqn (1 Jan 1988 - 28 Sep 2002)

56 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Jul 1992 - 18 Apr 2003)

Fast Jet  & Weapons OEU (1 Apr 2004 - 3 Apr 2006)

17 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Apr 2005 - 12 Apr 2013)

29 (Reserve) Sqn (Jun 2005 - Current)

3 Sqn (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

6 Sqn (3 Apr 2006 - 31 May 2007)

41 Sqn (3 Apr 2006 - Current)

No 121 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

11 Sqn (29 Mar 2007 - Current)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:05:30N  00:10:15W

Grid Ref:  TF225565

Height above sea level:  25ft

Control: -

Opened - 7 Jan 1941

No 5 Group (7 Jan 1941 - 15 Dec 1945)

No 1 Group? (15 Dec 1945 - 1 Sep 1950)

C & M (2 Apr 1950 - 1 Sep 1950)

No 3 Group (1 Sep 1950 - 22 May 1954)

C & M (14 Apr 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1 Group (22 May 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 11 Group (xx xxx xxx - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1 Group (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as a bomber station was issued in September 1939.

Advanced opening party arrived - 4 Nov 1940

By 17 February 1950, the Training Wing was delivering a Strategic Light Bomber Course as follows: -

 

Length of Course 6 weeks
Intakes 1 crew every week
Population 1 crew

Main units: -

106 Sqn (22 Feb 1941 - 30 Sep 1942)

97 Sqn (10 Mar 1941 - 2 Mar 1942, 18 Apr 1944 - 7 Nov 1946)

No 5 Group Target Towing Flt (2 Apr 1941 - 14 Nov 1941)

No 14 Blind Approach Training Flt (22 Sep - Oct 1941)

No 1514 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 - 8 Mar 1943, Aug 1943 - 2 Jan 1944)

No 97 Conversion Flt (20 Jan - 23 Sep 1942)

No 106 Conversion Flt (6 May - 16 Oct 1942)

No 1485 Flt (30 Oct 1941 - 1 Aug 1942)

617 Sqn (30 Aug 1943 -10 Jan 1944)

No 2756 Sqn RAF Regiment

HQ, No 54 Base (1 Jan 1944 -  1 Nov 1945)

619 Sqn (9 Jan - 17 Apr 1944)

61 Sqn (12 Jan - 15 Apr 1944)

83 Sqn (18 Apr 1944 - 5 Nov 1946)

HQ No 348 Wing (25 - 29 May 1945)

HQ No 349 Wing (25 - 29 May 1945)

Detachments:**

6 Sqn (Apr 1956 - Jul 1957)

6 Sqn (1 Jul - 1 Aug 1957)

249 Sqn (6 Aug - 15 Oct 1957)

45 Sqn (18 Nov - 9 Dec 1957)

21 Sqn (Oct 1958)

849 Sqn det 2 (26 - 29 Sep 1993))

849 Sqn det 1 (19 - 21 Oct 1994)

849 Sqn det 1 (7 - 10 Feb 1995)

800 Sqn det 5 (22 - 26 May 1995)

849 Sqn det 1 (3- 5 Jul 1995)

849 Sqn det 2 (17 - 22 Sep 1995)

849 Sqn det 1 (1- 6 Oct 1995)

771 Sqn det 2 (28 Apr - 3 May 1996)

815 Sqn det 1 (28 Apr - 4 May 1996)

848 Sqn det 3 (28 Apr - 3 May 1996)

848 Sqn det 3 (22 - 24May 1999)

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RAF Corsewall

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 1 Marine Craft Training School (1 Jun 1942 - Feb 1947)

Location

County: - Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway)

Lat/Long:   55:00:04N  05:09:36W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened - 19 May 1942

No 17 Group (19 May - 15 Nov 1942)

No 24 Group (15 Nov 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

JSU/MOD Corsham

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Global Operations Security Control Centre

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:   51:25:12N  02:13:19W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Originally the site of RAF Rudloe Manor

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Cosford/DCAE Cosford

RAF Cosford badge

Main units (continued): -

No 2 School of Technical Training* (15 Jul 1938 - 24 Nov 1994)

No 5 Aircraft Storage Unit (xxx 1938 - 15 Mar 1939)

No 9 Maintenance Unit (15 Mar 1939 - 22 Jun 1956)

Detachment - 2 Air Armament School (Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 20 Wing (1940)

No 1416 (Army Co-operation) Flt (26 May - 27 Jun 1940)

No 1 Camouflage Unit (27 Sep 1940 - 8 Nov 1940)

RLG for no 5 SFTS (Mar - Jul 1941)

No 12 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Jul 1941 - 1945)

No 804 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2804 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

Glider Test And Ferry Flt (No 9 MU) (14 Oct 1942 - Aug 1945)

No 15 Radio School (26 Jul 1944 - 31 Jan 1946)

No 42 Gliding School (27 Nov 1949 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 106 Personnel Reception Centre POW) (7 Mar 1945 - 23 Aug 1948)

School of Training Organisation and Method (4 Apr 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Officer Cadet Training Unit (May 1946 - Jun 1948)

No 58 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1950 - Dec 1952)

No 12 School of Recruit Training (20 Sep 1950 - 1 Oct 1951)

No 5 Initial Training School (6 Oct 1951 - 5 Jul 1952)

No 633 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - Current)

No 236 Maintenance Unit (19 Mar 1956 - 29 Apr 1966)

No 8 AEF (Oct 1958 - 1 Feb 1960, xxx 1978 - xxx 1979, 1 Apr 1996 - Current)

School of Photography (26 Aug 1964 -1 Apr 1972)

Joint School of Photography (1 Apr 1972 - Current)

University of Birmingham Air Sqn (Mar 1978 - Current)

No 1 School of Technical Training (24 Nov 1994 - Current)

815 Sqn det 2 (29 Sep - 3 Oct 1998)

Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering ( 1 Apr 2004 - Current)

Location

County: - Shropshire

Lat/Long:  52:38:30N  02:18:15W

Grid Ref:  SJ792046

Height above sea level: 260ft

Control: -

Opened - 15 Jul 1938

No 24 Group (15 Jul 1938 - 1 Apr 1940)

No 20 Group (1 Apr 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 24 Group (1944)

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1949*

Personnel & Training Command (2005)

Renamed - 1 Apr 2004

Notes

Its selection as a new aerodrome site was announced on 4 December 1936.

On 31 August 1939 it was announced that its SSQ would be expanded and established as a Hospital (non-dieted).

*On 1 October 1949, No 2 SoTT became the commanding unit.

On 1 Apr 2004, the station became the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering and RAF Cosford ceased to exist

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Today Cosford is probably best known as the home of the RAF Museum, Cosford, which acts as a second centre for displaying the RAF’s heritage as well as providing restoration and conservation facilities to the RAF Musuem’s collections.  It originally opened in August 1938 as No 2 School of Technical Training to cope with the increased demands of an expanding air force.  No 9 Maintenance Unit moved in on 15 March 1939 and remained for 20 years, being replaced by No 236 MU in 1959, which disbanded in 1966.

Cosford never housed any operational units during World War Two, but the MU prepared large numbers of Spitfires, Wellingtons and later various gliders (Horsa and Hadrian) for issue to RAF squadrons.  To deliver these aircraft No 12 Ferry Pilots’ Pool of the Air Transport Auxiliary formed here in July 1941.  A RAF Hospital is also located at Cosford and in 1994 No 1 School of Technical Training moved to Cosford from its traditional home at Halton.  On 1 April 2004, Cosford became the home of the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering and the station was renamed DCAE Cosford.

RAF Cottam

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

Satellite, RAF Catfoss (xx xxx 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

77 Sqn det (Aug - Aug 1940)

4 Group TT Flt (27 Sep - 24 Oct 1940)

Sub Site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (15 Aug - 15 Sep 1944, 12 Feb 1949 - 13 Jul 1954)

No 244 Maintenance Unit (15 Aug 1944 - 1 Dec 1945)

No 91 Maintenance Unit (15 Dec 1947 - 12 Feb 1949)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:03:45N 00:28:45W

Grid Ref:  SE995644

Height above sea level: 485 ft

Railway Station - Driffield LNER

Control: -

Opened (Satellite) - 1939

No 17 Group (xx xxx 1939 - 22 Feb 1944)

Part transferred to Army - 15 Dec 1943

No 25 Group (22 Feb - 15 Aug 1944)

No 42 Group (15 Aug 1944 - 13 Jul 1954)

Reduced to inactive status on 13 July 1954, parented by RAF Driffield.

No 25 Group (13 Jul 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes.

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RAF Cottesmore

RAF Cottesmore badge

Main units (continued): -

No 34 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (May 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

C & M Party (15 Jul 1943 - xx xxx 1944)

Allocated for USAAF accommodation (10 Sep 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

HQ, 50th Troop Carrier Wing, USAAF (xxx - 18 Nov 1943)

HQ, 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command, USAAF (24 Sep - 120 Sep 1944)

316th Troop Carrier Group, USAAF (16 Feb 1944 - May 1945)

  • 36th Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 37th Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 44th Troop Carrier Sqn

  • 45th Troop Carrier Sqn

9th AF TCC Pathfinder School, USAAF (Feb - 22 Mar 1944)

No 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit (15 Sep 1945 - 7 Mar 1946)

No 1 Bomber Defence Training Flt (17 Sep 1945 - 7 Mar 1946)

No 16 Operational Training Unit (1 Mar 1946 - 15 Mar 1947)

No 204 Advanced Flying School (15 Mar 1947 - 1 Mar 1948)

No 7 Flying Training School (16 Mar 1948 - 14 Apr 1954)

No 44 Gliding School (7 Jul 1951 - 1 Jul 1955)

15 Sqn (19 May 1954 - 15 Feb 1955, 1 Sep 1958 - 31 Oct 1964)

44 Sqn (20 May 1954 - 20 Feb 1955)

57 Sqn (22 May 1954 - 19 Feb 1955)

149 Sqn (22 May - 24 Aug 1954)

C & M Party (15 Feb 1955 - xx xxx xxxx)

10 Sqn (15 Apr 1958 - 1 Mar 1964)

‘C’ Flt, 232 OCU (1 Nov 1961 – 1 Apr 1962)

Victor Training Flt (1 Apr 1962 - 31 Mar 1964)

9 Sqn (10 Nov 1964 - 26 Feb 1969)

12 Sqn (17 Nov 1964 - 31 Dec 1967)

115 Sqn (18 Apr 1969 - 23 Feb 1976)

98 Sqn (17 Apr 1969 - 27 Feb 1976)

360 Sqn (21 Apr 1969 - 5 Aug 1975)

No 231 Operational Conversion Unit  (19 May 1969 – 18 Feb 1976)

Argosy Training Flight  (8 Dec 1970 – 22 Jan 1971)

Tri-National Tornado Training Unit (29 Jan 1981 - 31 Mar 1999)

4 Sqn (13 Apr 1999 - 31 Mar 2010)

3 Sqn (11 May 1999 - 31 Mar 2006)

504 Sqn RAuxAF   (1 Oct 1999 – 31 Mar 2012)

Joint Force Harrier (1 Apr 2000 - 28 Jan 2011)

1 Sqn (28 Jul 2000 - 28 Jan 2011)

Detachment - No 800 NAS (26 - 30Jul 2001, 21 - 31 Jan 2002)

No 800 NAS (31 Mar 2006 - 8 Mar 2007, 1 Apr 2010 - 28 Jan 2011)

No 801 NAS (31 Mar 2006 - 28 Jan 2011)

No 122 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2011)

Naval Strike Wing [800 & 801 Sqns] (9 Mar 2007 - 31 Mar 2010) 

Satellite of RAF Wittering (1 Apr 2011 - 15 Jun 2012)

Location

County: - Rutland/Leicestershire

Lat/Long:  52:44:8N  00:38:56W

Grid Ref:  SK913162

Height above sea level 461ft

Control: -

Opened -11 Mar 1938

No 2 Group (11 Mar 1938 - 26 Aug 1939)

No 5 Group (27 Aug - 20 Dec 1939)

No 6 Group (20 Dec 1939 - 15 Jul 1940)

No 7 Group (15 Jul 1940 - 11 May 1942)

No 92 Group (11 May 1942 - 1 Sep 1943)

No 5 Group (C & M) (1 Sep 1943 - xx xxx 1944)

IX Troop Carrier Command (xx xxx 1944 - 10 Jun 1945)

No 91 Group (10 Jun 1945 - 1 May 1947)

No 21 Group (1 May 1947 - 16 Mar 1948)

No 23 Group (16 Mar 1948 - 1 Apr 1954)

No 3 Group (14 Apr 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ opened - 14 Apr 1954

SHQ closed  - 15 Feb 1955

No 1 Group (2005)

Notes

It was announced as New Station 'E' under Expansion Scheme 'C' in April 1936 under the name Thistleton.  The name was changed to Cottesmore on 19 June 1936.

Runways were laid in August 1943, after which the station became USAAF Station 489.  It was handed back to the RAF on 1 July 1945.

It closed as an RAF unit on 31 Mar 2012 and was handed over to the Army on 2 Apr 2012, being renamed Kendrew Barracks.

Main units: -

35 Sqn (20 Apr 1938 - 25 Aug 1939, 7 Nov 1964 - 15 Jan 1969)

207 Sqn (20 Apr 1938 - 24 Aug 1939, 9 Dec 1939 - 5 Apr 1940)

185 Sqn (24 Aug 1939 - 8 Apr 1940)

106 Sqn (1 Sep - 6 Oct 1939)

No 14 Operational Training Unit (8 Apr 1940 - 1 Aug 1943)

No 736 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2736 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Detachment - No 1507 Beam Approach Training Flt (Sep - Oct 1942)

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RAF Cowden

RAF Cowden badge

Location

County: - East Riding of Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  53:50:43N  00:06:54W

Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

During WW2 the site was used for tank training.

Main units: -

Air Weapons Range

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Cranage

RAF Cranage (20 PTC)

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

RLG for No 5 Service Flying Training School (Aug 1940 - xxx xxxx)

No 2 School of Air Navigation (21 Oct 1940 - 14 Aug 1942)

Detachment - 29 Sqn (1 Dec 1940 - xxx xxxx)

No 422 (Fighter Interception) Flt (9 - 18 Dec 1940)

Detachment - 307 Sqn (10 Dec 1940 - 19 Jan 1941)

96 Sqn (18 Dec 1940 - 21 Oct 1941)

‘B’ Flt , 312 Sqn (xxx 1940 - xxx 1941)

No 787 Defence Sqn (xx xxx 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2787 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - 17 May 1942)

RLG for No 11 Service Flying Training School (19 Sep - Oct 1941)

1531 Beam Approach Training  Flt (20 Jul 1942 - 29 May 1945)

Central Navigation School (14 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1944)

RLG for No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (16 Apr 1944 - 8 Feb 1945)

Detachment - No 12 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit  (8 Feb 1945 - 21 Jun 1945)

No 90 Initial Training Wing (10 May - 28 Oct 1944)

No 190 Gliding School (xxx May 1945 - Mar 1947)

No 4 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun 1945 - 14 Aug 1946)

Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (20 Sep 1945 - 19 Mar 1954)

No 20 Personnel Transit Centre* (5 Apr 1947 - 15 Dec 1954)

RAF Liaison Party (20 Dec 1954 - xx xxx xxxx), parented by RAF Ringway

Location

County: - Cheshire

Lat/Long:   53:13:23N  02:24:00W

Grid Ref -  SJ730697

Height Above Sea Level - 150 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 21 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 20 May 1942)

No 25 Group (20 May 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 21 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 10 May 1944)

No 54 Group (10 May 1944 - 1 Oct 1946)

Maintenance Command (1 Oct 1946 - 15 Jul 1947)

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

TTC (15 Jul 1947 - 15 Dec 1954)

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1949*

No 63 Group (15 Dec 1954 - xx xxx xxxx)

Reduced to inactive status on 15 December 1954, parented by RAF Ringway.

Administrative control transferred to USAF - 20 Dec 1954

Notes

Its approval for acquisition as the site of a Maintenance Unit was announced on 24 August 1939, but in January 1940, this was changed to a SFTS.

*On 1 October 1949, No 20 PTC became the Station Commanding Unit.

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RAF Cranfield

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 1 Group Pool (14 - 18 Sep 1939)

No 14 Service Flying Training School (14 Apr 1940 - 16 Aug 1941)

No 791 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2791 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - Aug 1944)

Mk VIII AI Conversion Flt (MAAF)* (28 May - Jun 1943)

No 3501 Servicing Echelon (13 Jul 1942 - 1 Sep 1944)

No 51 Operational Training Unit (17 Aug 1941 - 14 Jun 1945)

No 1531 Beam Approach Training Flt (20 Jul 1942 - 29 May 1945)

239 Sqn (21 Oct - 18 Nov 1942)

Detachment - 2 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1943)

181 Sqn (1 - 8 Mar 1943)

183 Sqn (1 - 8 Mar 1943)

4 Sqn (5 - 8 Mar 1943)

417th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (14 May - 10 Jun 1943)

No 2 Aircraft Delivery Flt (23 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1944)

AI Conversion Flt (29 Oct 1943 - xxx 1944)

Detachment - 164 Sqn (5 - 14 Jan 1944)

No 58 Repair & Salvage Unit (8 May - 12 Aug 1944)

Wellington Conversion Flt (24 Apr 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Pilots Replacement Unit (1 Jun - Aug 1944)

No 16 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun - 30 Nov 1945)

Empire Test Pilot School (Oct 1945 - 12 Jul 1947)

No 23 Group Communication Flt (29 Mar 1950 - 14 Sep 1959)

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:04:08N  00:37:15W

Grid Ref -  SP946421

Height Above Sea Level - 336 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1 Jun 1937

No 1 Group (1 Jun 1937 - 15 Jun 1938)

No 2 Group (15 Jun 1938 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 23 Group (xx xxx 1940 - 20 Aug 1941)

No 81 Group (20 Aug 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 12 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Oct 1945)

FTC (1 Oct 1945 - 1 Apr 1947)

Transferred to Ministry of Works - 1 Apr 1947

Notes

Became the College of Aeronautics and is now Cranfield University

*This unit is not confirmed

Main Units: -

82 Sqn (6 Jul 1937 - 25 Aug 1939)

108 Sqn (7 Jul 1937 - 2 May 1938)

62 Sqn (12 Jul 1937 - 23 Aug 1939)

Detachment - 16 Sqn (16 - 19 Sep 1938)

207 Sqn (24 Aug - 9 Dec 1939, 4 - 8 Aug 1940)

35 Sqn (25 Aug - 7 Dec 1939)

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RAF Cranwell

RAF Cranwell badge

Main units (continued): -

No 1 Electrical & Wireless School (1 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1940)

HQ, No 21 Group (1 Dec 1938 - 28 Jul 1944)

RAF College Service Flying Training School (Sep 1939 - 20 Mar 1944)

No 1 Signals School (26 Aug 1940 - 1 Jan 1943)

No 21 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1940 - Nov 1944)

HQ, No 26 Group (12 Feb - 23 Mar 1940)

No 2 Flying Instructors School (10 Sep - 14 Nov 1940)

No 2 Central Flying School (1 Nov 1940 - 15 Jun 1941)

No 1 Radio School (10 Mar 1941 - 1 Jan 1943, 1 Jan 1943 - 9 Oct 1950)

Detachment - No 3 Operational Training Unit (29 Jul 1941 - 20 Jun 1943)

Detachment - No 11 Service Flying Training School (15 Oct - 25 Oct 1941)

No 806 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2806 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 8 Radio School (1 Jan 1943 - 24 Jun 1946)

Supplies Depot (1 Dec 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

Officers Advanced Training School (14 Feb - 1 Nov 1944)

No 17 Service Flying Training School  (20 Mar 1944 - 1 May 1945)

No 1 Officers Advanced Training School (1 Nov 1944 - 27 Aug 1945)

No 19 Service FTS (1 May 1945 - 17 Apr 1947)

No 6 Radio School  (9 Oct 1950 - 1 Dec 1952)

Air Crew Transit Unit (28 Dec 1951 - 23 Oct 1953)

Central Flying School (12 Apr 1976 - 5 Sep 1977, 31 May 1995 - Current)

Basic Flying Training Sqn (3 Aug 1979 - 15 Apr 1983)

Flying Training Sqn (15 Apr 1983 - xxx xxxx)

Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

No 3 Flying Training School (1 Feb 1989 - Current)

RAF College Air Sqn (1 Apr 1992 - Current)

Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (Sep 1992 - Current)

HQ Air Cadets (10 Aug 1995 - Current)

45 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Oct 1995 - Current)

RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows) (20 Feb 1996 - 21 Dec 2000)

Navigator and Airman Aircrew School (1 Jan 1996 - Current)

55 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Nov 1996 - Jan 2011)

28 Sqn (Jun - Jul 1997l)

7 Air Experience Flt (Oct 2003 - 1 Oct 2008)

East Midlands University Air Sqn (Oct 2003 - 1 Oct 2008)

16 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Oct 2008 - Current)

115 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Oct 2008 - Current)

No 57 (Reserve) Sqn (xx Oct 2014 - Current)

No 6 Flying Training School (7 Sep 2015 - Current)

Air and Space Warfare School (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

RAF Disclosures (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

Royal Auxiliary Air Force Band (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

Tedder Academy of Leadership (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

Band of the RAF College (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

RAF Officer Training Academy (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

Specialist Investigations Branch (xx xxx xxxx - Current)

No 1 Tactical Police Sqn (xx xxx 2021 - Current)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:02:15N  00:29:30W

Grid Ref:  TF025515

Height above sea level:  200ft

Control: -

Opened - 1916

RNAS (1916 - 1918)

No 12 Group (1918 - 1920)

HQ, RAF Cranwell (1920 - 9 Jul 1936)

SHQ Opened - 10 Jul 1936

Training Command (10 Jul 1936 - 1 Jan 1939)

SHQ Closed - xx xxx 1938

SHQ Re-opened - 1 Dec 1938

No 21 Group (1 Jan 1939 -  7 Jul 1940)

No 26 Group (7 Jul 1940 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 27 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Apr 1946)

Flying Training Command (1 Apr 1946 - xx xxx 1968)

Training Command (xx xxx 1968 - xx xxx xxxx)

Support Command

Personnel & Training Command (2005)

Air Command

Notes

Cranwell has two airfields, the main one being the North one (to which the above details apply).

Main units: -

RNAS Central Training Establishment (1 Jun 1916 - 1 Apr 1918)

Wireless Operators School (1 - 24 Aug 1918)

HQ, No 12 Group (1 Apr 1918 - 1 Nov 1919)

No 201 Training Depot Station (1 Apr - 27 Jul 1918)

No 202 Training Depot Station (1 Apr - 27 Jul 1918)

No 213 Training Depot Station (17 Jun - 27 Jul 1918)

HQ, No 59 Wing (27 Jul 1918 - 24 Jun 1919)

157 Sqn nucleus (xx - 15 Jul 1918)

No 56 Training Depot Station (27 Jul 1918 - 13 Mar 1919)

No 57 Training Depot Station (27 Jul 1918 - 13 Mar 1919)

No 58 Training Depot Station (27 Jul 1918 - 13 Mar 1919)

No 155 Sqn nucleus (xx - 14 Sep 1918)

The Cadet College (1 Nov - 23 Dec 1919)

RAF (Cadet) College (23 Dec 1919 - 1 Feb 1929)

No 2 School of Technical Training (16 Mar 1920 - Apr 1921)

Fire and Rescue Training Unit (xxx 1922 - Jul 1940)

RAF College (1 Feb 1920 - Sep 1939, 16 Oct 1946 - Current)

Electrical & Wireless School (Aug 1929 - 1 Nov 1938)

‘B’ Flt, Seaplane Training Sqn (7 Mar - 7 Apr 1936)

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RAF Croft

RAF Neasham

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

78 Sqn (20 Oct 1941 - 10 Jun 1942)

No 78 Conversion Flt (20 Jan - 12 Jun 1942)

Satellite - RAF Middle St George (10 Jun 1942 - 17 Nov 1943)

No 1516 Beam Approach Training  Flt (16 Sep - 14 Oct 1942 )

419 Sqn (30 Sep - 9 Nov 1942)

427 Sqn (7 Nov 1942 - 4 May 1943)

Sub Station - RAF Base Middle St George (17 Nov 1943 - 1 May 1944)

No 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit (10 May - 7 Dec 1943)

Sub Station - No 64 Base (1 May 1944 - 14 Jun 1945)

431 Sqn (10 Dec 1943 - 7 Jun 1945)

434 Sqn (11 Dec 1943 - 10 Jun 1945)

Satellite, RAF Middleton St George (1 Jul 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

RLG for No 13 OTU (Sep 1945 - May 1946)

320 Sqn RDNAS (xxx - 1 Apr 1946)

RLG for No 205 Advanced Flying School (2 Feb 1951 - 1 Jun 1954)

No 205 Advanced Flying School (12 Dec 1952 - 1 Jan 1954)

RLG for No 4 FTS (Jun 1954 - Jun 1956)

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:27:15N  01:33:45W

Grid Ref -  NZ285068

Height Above Sea Level - 182 ft

Control: -

Airfield opened  - xx Oct 1941

SHQ Opened - 10 Jun 1942

No 4 Group (10 Jun 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)

No 6 (RCAF) Group (1 Jan 1943 - 1 Jul 1945)

SHQ closed - 1 Oct 1943

Fighter Command (1 Jul 1945 - 1 Feb 1947)

Transferred to Ministry of Civil Aviation -

Transferred from Ministry of Civil Aviation - 2 Feb 1951

FTC (2 Feb 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this aerodrome for use as a satellite for RAF Middleton St George was issued in September 1940.

It was renamed Neasham on 2 February 1951 to avoid confusion with RAF Croft, near Warrington.

It is now a motor racing circuit

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (21 Jan - 24 Feb 1943)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

RAF Crosby on Eden

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

No 59 Operational Training Unit (20 Feb 1941 - 10 Aug 1942)

No 711 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2711 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - 28 Jun 1942)

No 9 Operational Training Unit (6 Sep 1942 - 11 Aug 1944)

No 109 Operational Training Unit (1 Aug 1944 - 10 Aug 1945)

No 1383 (Transport) Conversion Unit (1 Aug 1945 - 6 Aug 1946)

Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (1 Apr 1952 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:   54:56:14N  02:48:30W

Grid Ref -  NY482606

Height Above Sea Level - 155 ft

Railway Station

Control: -

Opened - 20 Feb 1941

No 81 Group (20 Feb 1941 - 9 Aug 1942)

No 17 Group (9 Aug 1942 - 11 Aug 1944)

No 44 Group (11 Aug 1944 - 14 Aug 1946)

No 46 Group (14 Aug 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

By 25 October 1948 it was classed as Inactive (Retention status) in Maintenance Command, parented by RAF Carlisle.  It was brought back into use as a sub-site of No 14 MU on 1 April 1952.

No 40 Group (1 Apr 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an operational training unit was issued in June 1940.

It is now Carlisle Airport

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RAF Croughton

RAF Croughton badge

Main units (Brackley): -

Satellite, RAF Upper Heyford (4 Jun - 7 Jul 1940, 1)

Main units (Croughton): -

Satellite, No 16 OTU (15 Mar - 18 Jul 1942)

No 1 Glider Training' School (1943, xxx 1945 - xxx 1946)

Satellite, No 20 (P) AFU, RAF Kidlington (xxx 1943 - 1 Nov 1945)

Polish Initial Training Wing (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945, xxx 1945 - xxx 1945)

Sub-site of No 3 MU (xxx 1946 - xxx 194?)

Sub-site of No 7 MU (xxx 1947 - xxx194?)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:  51:59:15N 01:11:00W

Grid Ref -  SP563225

Height Above Sea Level:  450 ft

Control: -

Opened - 1942

Bomber Command - (xxx - 13 Jul 1942)

No 23 Group (13 Jul 1942 - 17 Jul 1946)

SHQ opened - 1 Nov 1945

Maintenance Command (17 Jul 1946 - 1 Jul 1951)

Bomber Command (1 Jul 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)*

Closed -

Notes

The acquisition of the site for preparation as an aerodrome, known as Brackley, was announced on 18 February 1938.  Its name was changed in July 1941

*On transfer to Bomber Command it was parented by RAF Upper Heyford, which was under the administrative control of the USAF.

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RAF Croydon

No Badge authorised

Main units (WW2 continued): -

145 Sqn (10 Oct 1939 - 9 May 1940)

607 Sqn (14 - 15 Nov 1939, 22 May - 5 Jun 1940)

92 Sqn (30 Dec 1939 - 9 May 1940)

601 Sqn (xx Jan - 10 May 1940)

111 Sqn (4 Jun - 19 Aug 1940)

501 Sqn (21 Jun - 4 Jul 1940, 18 Aug - 10 Sep 1940)

1 Sqn RCAF (3 Jul - 16 Aug 1940)

85 Sqn (19 Aug - 3 Sep 1940)

72 Sqn (1 Sep - 14 Sep 1940)

111 Sqn (3 Sep - 12 Oct 1940)

605 Sqn (7 Sep 1940 - 26 Feb 1941)

1 Sqn (7 Apr - 1 May 1941)

No 11 Group AAC Flt (5 May - 19 Nov 1941)

No 7 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (1 Aug 1941 – 9 Feb 1942)

414 Sqn (12 Aug 1941 - 5 Dec 1942, 10 Aug - 5 Dec 1942)

287 Sqn (19 Nov 1941 - 4 Jul 1944)

No 1 ADF (23 Jan 1942 - 4 Jul 1944)

‘A’ Flight, No 3202 Servicing Echelon (9 – 19 Feb 1942)

‘A’ Flight, No 3202 Servicing Commando (19 Feb – 27 Apr 1942)

302 Sqn (30 Jun - 7 Jul 1942)

317 Sqn (30 Jun - 7 Jul 1942)

116 Sqn (12 Dec 1942 - 2 Jul 1944)

No 101 Mobile Air Reporting Unit (xx xxx 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 405 Aircraft Repair Flight (xxx – xxx 1943)

No 1 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (16 Aug – 14 Nov 1943)

No 2 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (16 Aug – 17 Oct 1943)

No 405 Repair and Salvage Unit (19 Sep – 15 Nov 1943)

No 2 Concealment and Decoy Unit (1 Jan 1944 – xx xxx xxxx)

No 409 Repair and Salvage Unit (26 Jan – 6 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 110 Wing (3 Jul 1944 – 15 Feb 1946)

No 110 Wing Communication Flight (3 Jul 1944 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 4147 Servicing Echelon (1 Sep 1944 – 15 Sep 1946)

147 Sqn (5 Sep 1944 - 13 Sep 1946)

No 143 Gliding School ( by  May 1945 - by  May 1948)

2 Del Flt (Jun 1945 - by Feb 1946)

Dutch Dakota Flt (Jun 1945 - 4 Mar 1946)

Location

County: - Surrey

Lat/Long:  51:21:15N 00:07:30W

Grid Ref:  TQ306635

Height above sea level: 217 ft

Railway Station - Waddon SR

Control: -

Opened (Satellite) - 30 Aug 1939

No 11 Group (30 Aug 1939 - 1 Aug 1944)

Transferred to DGCA as a civil airport - 1 Aug 1944

Notes.

It was used by the RFC/RAF during WW1 and then became London airport.  Units operating from here during WW1 and before the SHQ was formed are shown for clarity.

*located in Plough Lane, Croydon

Main units (WW1): -

17 (Reserve) Sqn (5 Dec 1915 1 Jun 1917)

22 (Reserve) Sqn (22 May – 24 Aug 1916)

65 (Reserve) Sqn (1 May – 10 May 1917)

40 Training Sqn (1 Jun 1917 - 14 Dec 1918)

93 Sqn (23 Sep- 3 Oct 1917)

29 Training Sqn (14 Dec 1918 – 30 Jun 1919)

Air Council Inspection Sqn (25 Jun 1919 – 1 Feb 1920)

HQ, No 1 Group* (29 Aug 1919 – 8 Jan 1920)

32 Sqn cadre (8 Oct – 29 Dec 1919)

41 Sqn cadre (8 Oct - 31 Dec 1919)

84 Sqn cadre (8 Oct 1919 – Jan 1920)

207 Sqn cadre (8 Oct 1919 - 16 Jan 1920)

3 Sqn cadre (15 Oct - 27 Oct 1919)

10 Sqn cadre (15 Oct - 31 Dec 1919)

83 Sqn cadre (15 Oct - 31 Dec 1919)

22 Sqn cadre ( 20 Nov - 31 Dec 1919)

Main units (WW2): -

Satellite, RAF Kenley (30 Aug 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

3 Sqn (2 - 9 Sep 1939, 10 Sep 1939 - 10 May 1940)

17 Sqn (2 - 9 Sep 1939, 26 Feb - 31 Mar 1941)

615 Sqn (2 Sep - 15 Nov 1939)

Detachments

19 (Reserve) Sqn det (Feb – 15 Apr 1916)

24th Aero Sqn USAAC det, (31 Jan – 7 Mar 1918)

306 Sqn det (30 Jun 1942 – xx xxx xxxx)

316 Sqn det (30 Jun 1942 – xx xxx xxxx)

285 Sqn det (xx Jan - 19 Nov 1944)

271 Sqn det (2 Apr -7 Apr 1945, 4 Sep 1945 – xx xxx xxxx)

Det – 2nd TAF Communication Wing (5 – 25 Apr 1945)

167 Sqn det  (11 - 30 Jul 1945)

435 Sqn det (10 Oct 1945 - 15 Mar 1946)

437 Sqn det  (13 Mar - 30 May 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

RAF Culmhead

No Badge authorised

Main units (Church Stanton) (continued): -

504 Sqn (30 Jun - 14 Aug 1943)

No 501 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (30 Jun – 14 Aug 1943)

131 Sqn (17 Sep 1943 - 10 Feb 1944)

165 Sqn (17 Sep 1943 - 10 Feb 1944)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (17 Sep 1943 – 10 Feb 1944

Main units (Culmhead): -

165 Sqn (10 - 11 Mar 1944)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (10 – 22 Mar 1944)

No 6165 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 2 Apr 1944)

610 Sqn (7 - 23 Apr 1944, 30 Apr - 16 May 1944)

No 6610 Servicing Echelon (7 Apr – 24 May 1944)

286 Sqn (10 Apr - 20 May 1944)

587 Sqn (10 Apr - 1 Oct 1944)

887 Sqn FAA (18 Apr - 15 May 1944)

894 Sqn FAA (28 Apr - 15 May 1944)

616 Sqn (16 May - 21 Jul 1944)

No 6616 Servicing Echelon (16 May – 21 Jul 1944)

126 Sqn (22 May - 3 Jul 1944)

No 6126 Servicing Echelon (22 May – 3 Jul 1944)

131 Sqn (29 May - 28 Aug 1944)

No 6131 Servicing Echelon (24 May – 28 Aug 1944)

790 Sqn FAA (10 Aug - 26 Sep 1944)

Glider Instructors Sqn (9 Dec 1944 - 24 Jul 1945)

No 67 Maintenance Unit (3 Sep 1945 - 30 Apr 1946)

Location

County: - Somerset

Lat/Long:   50:55:45N  03:07:45W

Grid Ref -  ST208154

Height Above Sea Level - 864 ft

Control: -

SHQ Opened (RAF Church Stanton - 8 Dec 1941

No 10 Group (8 Dec 1941 - 10 Dec 1944)

FTC (10 Dec 1944 - 21 Aug 1945)

Maintenance Command (21 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1946)

Station abandoned - 9 Aug 1946

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site, originally known as Church Stanton, for use as a Group satellite aerodrome was issued in October 1940.  The name was changed in December 1943.

Main units (Church Stanton): -

316 Sqn (2 Aug - 13 Dec 1941)

302 Sqn (7 Aug - 5 Sep 1941)

306 Sqn (12 - 14 Dec 1941, 14 Dec 1941 - 3 May 1942)

RAE Research Department Flt (15 Feb 1942 - 12 Mar 1944)

154 Sqn (7 May - 7 Jun 1942)

313 Sqn (8 - 28 Jun 1943)

No 3038 Servicing Echelon (26 Jun – 8 Jul 1943)

312 Sqn (10 Oct 1942 - 20 Feb 1943, 14 Mar - 24 Jun 1943)

234 Sqn (24 Jun - 8 Jul 1943)

66 Sqn (28 Jun - 10 Aug 1943)

Detachments**

No 3 Glider Training Unit (9 Dec 1944 - 24 Jul 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, FAA Archive Website, Atlantikwall websiteControl Tower website, Culmhead Wing Leaders,

RAF Cuttack

No Badge authorised

Main units: -

62 Sqn (14 Jun 1942 - 24 Jan 1943)

353 Sqn (1 Aug 1942 - 24 Feb 1943)

No 104 (Coast Defence) Flight IAF (4 - 31 Aug 1942)

No 94 Air Stores Park (22 Oct 1942 - 19 Feb 1943)

No 129 Repair and Salvage Unit (22 Oct 1942 - 18 Feb 1943)

No 12 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Nov 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 3 Repair and Salvage Section (xx xxx - 20 Feb 1943)

No 4 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - xx Jun 1945)

354 Sqn (17 Aug 1943 - 12 Oct 1944, 18 Jan - 19 May 1945)

HQ, No 173 Wing (3 - 19 Oct 1943)

615 Sqn (29 May - 10 Jun 1945)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  20°32′58.63″N 085°53′10.54″E

Height Above Sea Level:  115 ft

Control: -

SHQ Opened - 8 Apr 1942

SHQ Closed - 30 Sep 1942

No 221 Group (8 Apr 1942 - 1 Mar 1945)

SHQ reopened - 1 Mar 1945

AHQ Burma (1 Mar 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ disbanded - 1 Nov 1945

Notes

Detachments**

135 Sqn (Mar 1942 - Jan 1943)

60 Sqn (May - Dec 1942)

215 Sqn (Mar - Sep 1943)

160 Sqn (Aug 1943 - Jul 1944)

134 Sqn (May - Aug 1944)

200 Sqn (May 1944 - Apr 1945)

20 Sqn (Jul - Sep 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

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