Main units (continued): -

453 Sqn (28 Jun - 21 Aug 1943)

165 Sqn (1 - 30 Jul 1943)

313 Sqn (18 Sep 1943 - 6 Jan 1944, 21 Jan - 19 Feb 1944)

310 Sqn (19 Sep 1943 - 19 Feb 1944)

263 Sqn (5 Dec 1943 - 5 Jan 1944)

312 Sqn (17 Dec 1943 - 19 Feb 1944)

No 2763 Sqn, RAF Regiment (15 Mar - xx xxx 1944)

48th Fighter Group, USAAF (29 Mar - 18 Jun 1944)

• 492nd Fighter Sqn

• 493rd Fighter Sqn

• 494th Fighter Sqn

371st Fighter Group, USAAF (Apr -  May 1944)

• 404th Fighter Sqn

• 405th Fighter Sqn

• 406th Fighter Sqn

14th Liaison Sqn, USAAF (29 Jun - 6 Jul 1944)

367th Fighter Group, USAAF (6 - 22 Jul 1944)

• 392nd Fighter Sqn

• 393rd Fighter Sqn

• 394th Fighter Sqn

No 21 Sector (25 Sep - 10 Nov 1944)

No 426 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (10 Dec 1944 - Mar/Apr 1945)

No 427 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (10 Dec 1944 - Mar/Apr 1945)

HQ, No 147 Wing (12 Feb - 6 Mar 1945)

Glider Pick-Up Training Flt (19 Mar - 29 Oct 1945)

No 160 Staging Post (21 Apr - 23 May 1945)

No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (21 Apr - Dec 1945)

No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (21 Apr - 29 Oct 1945)

No 200 Staging Post (15 May - 29 Aug 1945)

No 201 Staging Post (15 May - 29 Aug 1945)

No 17 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (29 May 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 16 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (17 Jun 1945 - xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 302 Wing (1 Jul - xxx 1945)

No 107 Wing Communication Flt (20 Aug - 1 Sep 1945)

No 150 Staging Post (13 Sep 1945 - 22 Jul 1946)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:52:30N  01:46:53W

Grid Ref -  SU153087

Height Above Sea Level - 80 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 11 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 19 Mar 1945)

Transport Command (19 Mar 1945 - 1 May 1946)

Fighter Command (1 May 1946 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Approval for the requisition of this site for use as an air navigation school was issued in June 1940.

It was reduced to a holding establishment on 25 February 1944 pending its transfer to the USAAF.

Main Units: -

32 Sqn (16 Feb - 17 Apr 1941)

118 Sqn (18 Apr 1941 - 16 Aug 1942, 23 Dec 1942 - 3 Jan 1943)

501 Sqn (5 Aug 1941 - 3 Jul 1942)

302 Sqn (11 Oct - 1 Nov 1941)

234 Sqn (5 Nov - 24 Dec 1941, 31 Dec 1941 - 23 Mar 1942, 4 - 27 Apr 1942)

No 501 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Mar 1942)

No 3031 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Aug 1942, 23 Dec 1942 – xxx 1943, 18 Mar 1943 – 18 Mar 1944)

No 3042 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Aug 1942, 12 Dec 1942 – 28 Feb 1943, 13 Mar – 21 Aug 1943)

268 Sqn (12 Dec 1941  - Mar 1942)

66 Sqn (27 Apr - 3 Jul 1942, 7 Jul - 16 Aug 1942, 20 - 24 Aug 1942, 23 Dec 1942 - 9 Feb 1943)

421 Sqn (16 - 22 Aug 1942)

1st Fighter Group USAAF

• 71st Fighter Sqn (24 Aug - 23 Oct 1942)

• 94th Fighter Sqn (27 Aug - 24 Oct 1942)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (30 Jun – 29 Jul 1943)

504 Sqn (30 Dec 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

616 Sqn (2 Jan - 15 Mar 1943, 18 Mar - 17 Sep 1943)

129 Sqn (13 - 28 Feb 1943, 13 Mar - 28 Jun 1943)

Detachments**

175 Sqn (Mar - Oct 1942)

257 Sqn (Jan - Aug 1943)

124 Sqn (22 Jun - 14 Jul 1943)

587 Sqn (Oct 1944 - Jun 1946)

7 Flying Instructors' School (Dec 1944  - Feb 1945)

242 Sqn (Oct - Dec 1945)

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Main Units  (Castel Benito): -

250 Sqn (24 Jan - 15 Feb 1943)

260 Sqn (24 Jan - 7 Feb 1943)

450 Sqn (24 Jan - 14 Feb 1943)

112 Sqn (25 Jan - 15 Feb 1943)

92 Sqn (6 - 26 Feb 1943)

145 Sqn (17 - 23 Feb 1943)

601 Sqn (17 - 26 Feb 1943)

417 Sqn (19 - 29 Feb 1943)

6 Sqn (2 - 8 Mar 1943)

117 Sqn (6 Mar - 13 Apr 1943)

89 Sqn (8 Mar - 18 Aug 1943)

No 17 Staging Post (22 Mar 1945 - 1 Aug 1945)

No 3231 Servicing Commando (31 May - 4 Jun 1943)

318 Sqn (25 - 28 Apr 1944)

No 1900 AOP Flt (9 Dec 1951 - 14 Jan 1952)

No 1908 AOP Flt (21 Aug 1948 - Sep 1951, xxx 1956 - 1 Sep 1957)

651 Sqn (26 Aug 1948 - 15 Nov 1951)

No 1910 AOP Flt (21 Aug 1948 - 20 Jul 1950)

73 Sqn (21 Jun - 20 Jul 1951)

Main units (Idris): -

No 1908 AOP Flt (6 May - 7 Oct 1955)

73 Sqn (20 - 30 Sep 1952)

185 Sqn (14 Aug - 8 Sep 1952)

Detachments**

145 Sqn (Jan - Feb 1943)

73 Sqn (Feb - Mar 1943)

680 Sqn (Feb 1943 - Feb 1945)

108 Sqn (Jun 1943 - Jul 1944)

294 Sqn (Oct 1943 - Mar 1944)

283 Sqn (Apr 1944 - Mar 1946)

208 Sqn (Feb - Sep 1951)

Location

Country: - Libya

Lat/Long:  32:40:10N   13:09:24E

Height Above Sea Level:  263 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened (airfield) - xx xxx 1943

SHQ opened - 1 Aug 1945 (from No 17 Staging Post)

HQ Malta (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ closed -

Notes

This was originally called Castel Benito, it was renamed RAF Castel Benito (No 17 Staging Post) on 1 August 1945 and RAF Castel Benito (SP) on 1 June 1946.

On 15 February 1951 its policy was revised as follows to provide: -

1. A joint user airfield (the appropriate signals, control and navigational aids to flying are provided by MCA under joint user arrangement)

2. Staging facilities and route servicing for RAF and foreign military aircraft to the extent of the following monthly aircraft movements: -

   1. Multi-engined - 200

   2. Twin-engined - 60

   3. Single-engined - 100

3. First and second line servicing for Station Flight aircraft (1 UE Anson C Mk 19)

4. 24 hour airfield buffet service (capacity 400 meals per day)

5. Transit accommodation and messing facilities for: -

   1. 12 officers, 24 NCO aircrew (slip crews)

   2. 20 officers, 30 SNCOs, 50 Cpls/Airmen in transit.

6. A Desert Rescue Section with appropriate MT and Signals communications.

7. Airfield fire services for RAF and Civil aircraft.

10. Accommodation and accounting facilities for No 651 (AOP) Squadron HQ and No 1908 (AOP) Flight.

11. Emergency accommodation for 1,000 transients daily.

On 15 June 1951 its policy was further revised to be: -

A self-accounting unit, under the control of AHQ Malta to provide: -

1. Staging facilities and route servicing for RAF and civil aircraft

2. Airfield crash and fire services (other airfield facilities at Castel Benito will be provided under MCA arrangements)

3. Desert search and rescue facilities

4. A station flight aircraft equipped with 1 UE Anson C Mk 19 embodying appropriate first and second line servicing

10. Administrative services for No 651 (AOP) Squadron

It was renamed RAF Idris in 1952 at the request of the Libyan government.

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

349 Sqn (9 Jan - 3 May 1943)

No 50 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 30 Jul 1946)

No 5 Ferry Control (xxx - 1 Sep 1943)

No 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (24 Sep 1943 - xxx 1944)

HQ, No 298 Wing (8 Jan 1944 - 11 May 1945)

Parent Station, Apapa (1 Jun 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Parent Station, Oshodi (1 Jun 1945 - xx xxx xxxx)

Detachment** - 27 Sqn (Nov 1947 - Mar 1950)

Detachment** - 82 Sqn (Nov 1948 - Mar 1949, Aug 1949 - Jan 1950)

Location

Country: - Nigeria

Lat/Long:  06:34:12N  03:19:16E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level:  135 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - xx xxx xxxx

No 298 Wing (8 Jan 1944 - 1 Jun 1945)

AHQ West Africa (1 Jun 1945 - 1 Jul 1946)

Transferred to Nigerian Government - 1 Jul 1946

Notes

It may have become the site for Murtala Muhammed International Airport opened in 1979

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Main units: -

Aircraft Acceptance Park (xx Nov 1918 - xx May 1919)

Meteorological Station (xx xxx 1919 - xx xxx 1920)

Location

County: - Renfrewshire

Grid Ref:  NS476682

Height above sea level:  ft

Railway Station -

Operational Control: -

Opened - xx Nov 1918

Station relinquished – 12 Oct 1922

Notes.

Manufacturers Airfield - Wm Beardmore & Co Ltd. (1916 - 1919)

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Main units: -

No 14 Group Communication Flt (20 Jul 1940 - 15 Jul 1943)

241 Sqn (25 Sep 1940 - 15 Apr 1941)

1 Radio Servicing Section Calibration Flt (1 Nov 1940 - 17 Feb 1941)

Roc Flt (4 - xx Nov 1940)

HQ, No 70 (Signal) Wing (17 Feb 1941 - 25 Aug 1945)

No 831 Defence Sqn (xx Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 70 Wing Calibration Flt (17 Feb 1941 - 15 Jun 1943)

No 14 Group Target Towing Flt (Oct 1941 - 8 Dec 1941)

No 1491 (Target Towing) Flt (8 Dec 1941 - 15 Nov 1942)

No 2831 Sqn, RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx 1942)

526 Sqn (15 Jun 1943 - 1 May 1945)

No 13 Group Communication Flt (15 Jul 1943 - 5 Dec 1945)

No 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit (19 Oct - 17 Nov 1943)

Location

County: - Inverness-shire

Lat/Long:   57:29:24N  04:13:30W

Grid Ref -  NH670465

Height Above Sea Level - 8 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened (RAF, satellite) - 15 Sep 1940

No 22 Group (16 Sep - 1 Dec 1940)

No 71 Group (1 Dec 1940 - 1 Apr 1941)

SHQ opened - 1 Apr 1941

No 21 Group (1 Apr - 1 Nov 1941)

No 14 Group (1 Nov 1941 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 13 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Sep 1946)

Closed - 1 Sep 1946

Notes

Approval for the use of a site at the Inverness Municipal Aerodrome for use as a RLG for Dalcross was issued in January 1940.

Also known as Longman

309 Sqn (May 1941 - Aug 1942)

13 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (May - Aug 1941)

614 Sqn (Jun - Mar 1941)

782 Sqn FAA (22 Jan - 24 Aug 1942, 27 Jul 1944 - 27 Jul 1945)

289 Sqn (Mar - May 1942)

1479 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (Aug 1943, Nov 1943)

598 Sqn (Dec 1943 - Mar 1945)

527 Sqn (Apr 1944 - Nov 1945)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Detachment, Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force (Mar 1936 - Nov 1939)**

HQ NORGROUP (xx - 19 Dec 1941)

453 Sqn (13 - 19 Dec 1941)

1902 (AOP) Flight, 656 Sqn (10 Feb 1956 - 1 Sep 1957)

Location

Country: -   Malaya

Lat/Long:   04°34′09″N 101°05′35″E

Height above sea level:  130 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Nov 1941

C & M Party formally disbanded - 28 Mar 1942

Notes

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Main units: -

340 Sqn (20 - 26 Jul 1942)

611 Sqn (27 Jul - 1 Aug 1942)

154 Sqn (10 - 15 Aug 1942)

No 3037 Servicing Echelon (23 Aug – 25 Sep 1942)

131 Sqn (24 - 31 Aug 1942)

308 Sqn (1 - 21 Sep 1942)

616 Sqn (1 - 7 Sep 1942)

331 Sqn (7 - 14 Sep 1942)

302 Sqn (21 - 29 Sep 1942)

No 3 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp Target Towing Flt (Feb - 17 Jun 1943)

No 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt  (13 Mar - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1627 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1499 (Bomber) Gunnery Flt (19 Jun 1943 - 15 Feb 1944)

No 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (13 Mar - 1 Dec 1943)

No 1627 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun - 1 Dec 1943)

652 Sqn (7 Nov 1943 - 25 Mar 1944)

577 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - xxx xxxx)

679 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 26 Jun 1945)

No 104 Gliding School (Oct 1944 - Apr 1948)

No 88 Group Force Support Unit (7 Sep - 1 Dec 1945)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:01:38N  01:11:45E

Grid Ref -  TM190410

Height Above Sea Level - 123 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened (RAF) - xx xxx 1939

Bomber Command (xx xxx 1939 - 20 May 1942)

No 12 Group (20 May 1942 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 11 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 1 Mar 1943)

No 70 Group (1 Mar 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

Closed on transfer to Ministry of Labour - 16 Apr 1946

Notes

Approval for the acquisition of this airfield was issued in September 1939.

On 1 March 1943 it became a self-accounting station.

Main units: -

No 45 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (3 Jul - 3 Sep 1939)

268 Sqn (26 - 28 Apr 1941)

129 Sqn (6 - 13 Jul 1941)

No 1517 Beam Approach Training Flt (4 Nov 1941 - 19 May 1942)

402 Sqn (29 Jun - 6 Jul 1942)

Detachments**

107 Sqn (May 1939 - Mar 1941)

110 Sqn (Mar 1940)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Feb - May 1941)

86 Sqn (Mar - May 1941)

287 Sqn (Nov 1941 - Jul 1944)

‘H’ Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, (Jan 1942 - xxx xxxx)

‘D’ Flt, 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, (Apr 1942 - xxx xxxx)

485 Sqn (15 Jun 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 Oct - 30 Nov 1943)

No 1488 (Fighter) Gunnery Flt (Oct 1942 - xxx xxxx)

1696 (Bomber) Defence Flt (15 Feb 1944 - 29 Apr 1945)

567 Sqn (3 - 7 Jan 1945)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website,

Main units: -

No major units

Location

County: - Inner Hebrides

Lat/Long:   55:40:41N  06:15:43W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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Main units: -

Marine Aircraft Experimental Depot (Jun 1918 - xx Mar 1920)

Marine Aircraft Experimental Unit (xx Mar 1920 - 17 Mar 1924)

Location

County: - Kent

Lat/Long: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

SHQ closed - 25 Oct 1925

Notes.

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Main units (continued): -

45 Sqn (16 Jan - 4 Aug 1939)

211 Sqn (31 Jan - 10 Aug 1939, 8 - 17 Nov 1940)

No 1 Towed Target Flt (xxx 1939 - 18 Jun 1942)

HQ, No 1 Wing (25 Aug - 22 Sep 1939)

30 Sqn (25 Aug 1939 - 9 Jul 1940)

55 Sqn (25 Aug 1939 - 11 Jun 1940)

HQ, No 250 (Bomber) Wing (21 Sep 1939 - 1 Jul 1941)

11 Sqn (9 May 1940 - 16 Jun 1940)

Pilots' Reinforcement and Reserve Pool (24 Jun - 21 Sep 1940)

Training Unit and Reserve Pool (21 Sep - 10 Dec 1940)

38 Sqn (24 Nov - 7 Dec 1940)

Middle East Pool (4 Dec 1940 - xxx 1941)

No 70 Operational Training Unit (10 Dec 1940 - 5 Jul 1941)

94 Sqn (22 Apr - 29 Aug 1941)

No 71 Operational Training Unit (1 Jun - 26 Sep 1941, 5 May 1943 - 11 Jun 1945)

HQ, No 250 (Signals) Wing (1 Jul 1941 - 6 Dec 1942)

No 55 Repair & Salvage Unit (2 - 25 Aug 1941)

972 (Balloon) Sqn (4 Oct - 17 Dec 1941)

HQ, No 260 (Balloon) Wing (20 Oct 1941 - 15 Jan 1945)

977 (Balloon) Sqn (2 Feb - Mar 1942)

237 Sqn (6 Feb - 1 Mar 1942)

Kittyhawk Repair Unit (10 Apr - 15 May 1942)

No 205 Group Communication Flt (10 May 1942 - xxx 1943)

No 3 ( Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit (15 May 1942 - 11 May 1943)

HQ, No 241 Wing (17 - 18 May 1942)

Air Defence Co-operation Unit (18 Jun - 27 Aug 1942)

No 63 Repair & Salvage Unit (28 Jul - Nov 1942)

HQ, No 242 Wing (25 Nov 1942 - 1 May 1943)

983 (Balloon) Sqn (7 - 28 Feb 1943)

975 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - 28 Jul 1943)

Security Flt (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 132 Maintenance Unit (31 Oct 1945 - 15 Oct 1946)

HQ, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East (Main) (10 Dec 1946 - 1 Jun 1949)

No 1 (ME) Meteorological Unit (xx xxx xxxx - xx xxx xxxx)

'C' Flt, Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Sqn (Jan - May 1947)

Light Communication Trial Flt (15 Jan 1948 - 1 Jul 1949)

HQ Middle East Air Force (Main) (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Dec 1954)

Middle East Air Force Communication Flt (1 Dec 1949 - 15 Mar 1950)

HQ MEAF Flt (15 Mar 1950 - Sep 1954)

No 1 Sector (MEAF) (1 Oct 1950 - xx xxx xxxx)

651 Sqn  (12 Nov 1951 - 1 Nov 1955)

No 1908 AOP Flt (5 Nov 1951 - 15 Jun 1952, 16 Oct - xxx 1955)

HQ Middle East Air Force (Rear) (1 Dec 1954 - 31 Oct 1955)

Moascar

No 18 Training Depot Station (Sep 1918- 14 Apr 1919)

30 Sqn (24 Mar - Nov 1915)

208 Sqn (27 Mar - 15 May 1942)

Crotone

'B' Echelon, 225 Sqn (17 - 24 Sep 1943)

Location

Country: - Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:35:42N  32:14:24E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Opened -

SHQ Opened - 1 May 1934

SHQ Closed - xx xxx xxxx

SHQ reopened - 9 Jan 1948

No 205 Group (9 Jan - 1 Jun  1948)

HQ Med ME (1 Jun 1948 - 1 Jun 1949)

MEAF (1 Jun 1949 - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

From 9 January 1948 the station provided day-to-day administration for: -

1. those branches and sections of HQ Med ME detached from the main HQ, Abu Sueir and located at Ismailia

2. Telecommunications Centre

3. No 1 (ME) Meteorological Unit

4. No 107 MU Detachment

5. Furniture Repair Section (No 107 MU)

6. Station Flight

7. No 3 Police Wing HQ

8. No 2 Provost Flight

9. Moral Leadership Course, Hibbert House

On 1 March 1951 its policy was revised as follows: -

1. A self-administering, self-accounting station under functional and administrative control of HQ MEAF

2. It is top provide administrative services to for: -

   1. HQ MEAF

   2. Telecommunications Centre Middle East

   3. No 1 Meteorological Unit.

   4. HQ MEAF Flight

3. Medical facilities for and supply of domestic fuel to 600/650 families in Ismailia town

4. School transport facilities for children of RAF families living in Ismailia town

5. Limited administration, pay and equipment accounting, accommodation and medical services for : -

   1. HQ No 3 Police Wing

   2. No 2 Police Flight

   3. No 1 Sector HQ, MEAF

   4. One Flight of No 62 (Rifle) Squadron, RAF Regiment

6. Grade 3 Airfield

Main units: -

HQ, No 5 Wing (9 Feb - 19 Dec 1916, xxx 1919 - 1 Apr 1920)

14 Sqn (29 Jun 1916 - 20 Jan 1917, 24 Aug - 19 Dec 1939)

No 57 Reserve Sqn (10 Dec 1916 - 31 May 1917)

No 57 Training Sqn (31 May - 12 Oct 1917)

113 Sqn (1 Aug - 10 Oct 1917)

HQ, 32nd (Training) Wing (5 Nov 1917 - 30 Apr 1919)

142 Sqn (2 - 13 Feb 1918)

69th (Training) Wing (21 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1919)

HQ, 40th (Army) Wing (xxx 1919 - Apr 1920)

208 Sqn (1 Feb 1920 - 28 Sep 1922, 26 Sep 1923 - 27 Oct 1927)

6 Sqn (24 Jun - 15 Nov 1930, 25 Jun 1931 - 30 Oct 1933 - 29 May 1936)

Towed Target Flt, Ismailia (1 May - 29 Jun 1934, 27 Sep - 20 Dec 1934, 17 Apr - 20 Sep 1935)

No 1 RAF Casualty Clearing Station (1 - 24 Nov 1935)

Aircraft Storage & Issue Unit (1 Mar 1936 - xxx xxxx)

64 Sqn (9 Apr - 1 Aug 1936)

33 Sqn (14 Nov 1936 - 29 Sep 1938, 3 - 21 Oct 1938, 25 May - 5 Aug 1939)

80 Sqn (10 May - 24 Sep 1938, 9 Oct 1938 - 16 Jan 1939)

Detachments

213 Sqn (Jul - Dec 1941)

274 Sqn (Feb - Apr 1942)

No 107 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1947 - xxx xxxx)

651 Sqn (Aug 1948 - 12 Nov 1951)

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Main units: -

Film Production Unit (30 Aug 1941 - 12 Nov 1943)

Polish Air Force Film Unit (4 Mar 1942 - 14 Nov 1945)

No 1 RAF Film Production Unit (12 Nov 1943 - 1 Jan 1946)

Prisoner of War Camp for RAF West Drayton

Location

County: - Buckinghamshire

Lat/Long: 

Height above sea level:  ft

Railway Station -

Operational Control: -

Opened - xx xxx 1941

No 26 Group (xx xxx 1941 - 25 Apr 1946)

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

Closed -

Notes.

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Main units: -

No 211 Staging Post (Dec 1945 - 30 Apr 1946)

HQ, British Commonwealth (Air) (7 Jan 1946 - 31 Mar 1948)

No 241 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Mar 1946 - Nov 1947)

No 3 Repair and Salvage Unit (9 - xx Apr 1946)

11 Sqn (23 Apr - 6 May 1946)

17 Sqn (23 Apr - 6 May 1946)

No 91 Air Stores Park (May 1946 - Oct 1948)

Advanced HQ, Far East Flying Boat Wing (11 Sep 1950 - 31 Dec 1954) probably controlling: -

• Detachment ** - 205 Sqn

• Detachment ** - 209 Sqn

• Detachment ** - 88 Sqn

No 1903 (AOP) Flt (17 - 29 Jul 1951)

Location

Country: - Japan

Lat/Long:  

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

SHQ opened - xx xxx xxxx

BC Air (xx xxx xxxx - 31 Mar1948)

SHQ disbanded - 31 Mar 1948

SHQ re-opened - 22 Oct 1951

AHQ Hong Kong (22 Oct 1951 - xx xxx xxxx)

SHQ disbanded - xx xxx xxxx)

Notes

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