Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
USAF Units in the UK - August 1955
Location | Unit | Notes |
RAF Abingdon | Detachment 2, 7501st Support Sqn (Southern Installation District) | Station in Transport Command |
RAF Alconbury | 7560th Air Base Group 7560th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Barford St John | Detachment 2, 7562nd Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Bentwaters | 81st Fighter Bomber Wing 87th Fighter Interception Sqn 91st Fighter Bomber Sqn 81st Air Base Group 81st Maintenance Supply Group 7581st Air Base Group |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Blyton | 7536th Air Base Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
Bovingdon | 7531st Air Base Sqn | MCA Airfield |
RAF Brize Norton | 7530th Air Depot Group 3920th Air Base Group 4th Aviation Field Depot Sqn 92nd AAA Battalion |
Station in Bomber Command |
Burderop Park | 7505th USAF Hospital | Station in Home Command |
RAF Burtonwood | Northern Air Materiel Area 7559th Air Base Group 7559th Supply Group 7559th Transport Group 7559th Maintenance Group 7559th USAF Hospital |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Bushey Hall (War Office) | 32nd AAA Brigade 6th Chemical Smoke Generating Battalion 7726th Army Unit 1 7726th Army Unit 2 |
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RAF Bushey Park (Ministry of Works) | 7533rd Air Base Sqn 9th Air Rescue Group 28th Weather Sqn 1969th AACS Sqn |
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RAF Chelveston | 817th Aviation Engineer Battalion 3914th Air Base Sqn Detachment 1, 7523rd Support Sqn 620th Engineer Aviation Maintenance Company 916th Engineer Aviation Supply Point Company |
Station in Maintenance Group |
Chicksands Priory | 6950th Security Group 6951st Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7534th Air Base Sqn |
Station in No 90 Group |
Colliers End Camp (War Office) | 928th Engineer Aviation Group | |
RAF Cranage | 7523rd Support Sqn 1st Motor Transport Maintenance Sqn |
Station in Home Group |
Cranwich Camp (War Office) | 53rd Ordnance Survey Company | |
RAF Croft | Station in Maintenance Command | |
RAF Croughton | 7562nd Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Dengie Flats Range | Detachment 1, 7520th Air Base Sqn | |
Denham Studios | 7500th Air Base Group 7532nd Materiel Sqn |
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Eastcote | Detachment 7, 7501st Composite Sqn (Dependents School) | |
RAF East Kirkby | 3917th Air Base Group 3917th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Elvington | Station in Fighter Command | |
RAF Fairford | 3919th Air Base Group 2nd Aviation Field Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Finmere | Detachment 3, 7559th Supply Sqn (Ammunition) | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Full Sutton | 3930th Air Base Sqn | Station in FTC |
RAF Greenham Common | 3909th Air Base Group 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion 39th AAA Battalion HQ |
Station in Bomber Command |
Heston | 12th Radar Bombing Scoring Sqn | MTCA Airfield |
RAF High Wycombe | 485th Communication Sqn 3929th Air Base Sqn 14th Air Rescue Group |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | Detachment 3, 7523rd Support Sqn | Station in Fighter Command |
Homewood Park | 3915th Air Base Sqn | |
Kirkby | Detachment 3, 7559th Transport Group | |
RAF Kirknewton | 6952nd Radio Sqn (Mobile) 7535th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Lakenheath | 3910th Air Base Group 3912th Air Base Sqn 60th AAA Battalion 8th Aviation Depot Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
Langham Camp (War Office) | 50th Radio Controlled Aircraft Target Detachment 7726th Army Unit 3 |
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RAF Lindholme | 3916th Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
Liverpool | Detachment 1, 7559th Transport Group Detachment 4, 7557th Support Sqn |
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London | Base, Service Technical Service Sqn Detachment 2, 494th USAF Hospital Detachment 9, 7501st Support Sqn Flight 'A', 7370th Flight Service Sqn (Uxbridge Control Centre) |
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RAF Manston | 92nd Fighter Bomber Sqn 406th Fighter Interception Wing 406th Air Base Group 406th Maintenance Supply Group 406th Fighter Interception Group: -
406th Tactical Hospital 66th Air Rescue Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Mepal | Detachment 2, 7557th Supply Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Middleton Stoney | Detachment 3, 7562nd Air Base Sqn | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Mildenhall |
3913th Air Base Sqn 3932nd Air Base Sqn 3934th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Molesworth | 582nd Air Resupply Group 582nd Air Resupply Sqn 582nd Materiel Sqn 7582nd Air Base Sqn 7582nd Materiel Sqn 801st Engineer Aviation Battalion HQ |
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Newmarket | Detachment 3, 7501st Support Sqn (Eastern Installation District) | |
Northolt | Detachment 13, 7501st Support Sqn | MTCA Airfield |
RAF North Pickenham | 7559th Ammunition Supply Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Northwood | Detachment 4, 7501st Support Sqn (South Eastern Installation District) | Station in Coastal Command |
Prestwick | 1631st Air Base Group 67th Air Rescue Sqn |
MTCA Airfield |
Retford | Detachment 1, 7501st Support Sqn (Northern Installation District) | |
RAF Sculthorpe | HQ 49th Air Division 47th Bombardment Wing (Light) 47th Air Base Group
47th Maintenance Supply Group 1st Tactical Depot Sqn 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Sqn 603rd Communications Operations Sqn 7565th USAF Hospital |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Sealand | 7558th Air Depot Group 7558th Air Base Sqn 7558th Support Sqn 3rd Motor Transport Sqn 7502nd Retraining Sqn 7557th Support Sqn |
Station in Maintenance Command |
Shaftesbury | 7551st Personnel Processing Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Shellingford | 7568th Materiel Sqn 6th Signal Detachment |
Station in Transport Command |
RAF Shepherds Grove |
78th Fighter Bomber Sqn 7519th Air Base Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
Southampton | Detachment 2, 7559th Transport Sqn | |
RAF South Ruislip | HQ, 3rd Air Force HQ, 7th Air Division 494th USAF Hospital 11th Communication Sqn 7500th Air Base Sqn 7501st Support Sqn |
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Stanstead Mountfitchet | 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
HQ Detachment 2, 7523rd Support Sqn |
MTCA |
Stiffkey Range | Detachment 1, 3910th Operations Sqn | |
RAF Sturgate | 3928th Air Base Group 3928th Support Sqn |
Station in Fighter Command |
RAF Tuddenham | Detachment 2, 7559th Supply Sqn (Ammunition) | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Upper Heyford | 3918th Air Base Group 3918h Support Sqn 1st Aviation Field Depot Sqn 4th AAA Battalion HQ 83rd Chemical Company |
Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Waddington | Station in Bomber Command | |
RAF West Drayton | 3911th Air Base Group 3911th Support Sqn 3921st Reconnaissance Technical Sqn |
Station in Home Command |
RAF Wethersfield | 20th Fighter Bomber Wing
20th Air Base Group 20th Maintenance Supply Group 20th Tactical Hospital 7520th Air Base Sqn 7566th USAF Hospital |
Station in Fighter Command |
Wimpole Park | 7510th USAF Hospital | Station in Bomber Command |
RAF Wing | Detachment 4, 7559th Supply Sqn (Ammunition) | Station in Maintenance Command |
RAF Woodbridge | 79th Fighter Bomber Sqn | Station in Maintenance Command |
Source - SD161 (179th Edition) - August 1955
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