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RAF
Stations - A
[Definition of a RAF
Station]
[Abbots Bromley |
Abbotsinch |Aberporth | Abingdon |
Aboukir | Abu Sueir |
Abu Sultan | Acaster Malbis |
Accra |
Acklington | Agra |
Ahlhorn | Aird Uig
| Ajaccio | Akeman Street | Akrotiri |
Akyab |
Alconbury |
Aldergrove | Aldermaston |
Alipore | Alness | Al Udeid |
Ambala | Amman |
Amriya |
Andover | Andreas |
Andrews Field |
Angelo | Angle | Annan |
Ansty | Apapa | Aqir |
Arkonam | Asansol | Ascension
| Ascot | Ashbourne |
Asmara | Aston Down |
Atcham | Attlebridge |
Augusta | Ayr]
Evidence so far has only shown those in
RED as satellites not self administering stations
RAF Abbotsinch
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Main units (continued): -
No 2 Coastal Patrol Flt (9 Oct 1939 - 27 May 1940)
No 6 Aircraft Assembly Unit (1940 - 1943)
No 418 Flt (18 - 21 Jul 1940)
Torpedo Training Unit (19 Mar 1940 - 14 Nov 1942)
309 Sqn (7 Oct - 6 Nov 1940)
232 Sqn (19 - 21 Jul 1941)
No 1441 (Combined Operations Development) Flt (20 Jan
- 19 Oct 1942)
239 Sqn (3 - 14 May 1942)
225 Sqn (13 - 19 May 1942)
No 1680 (Western Isles) Communication Flt (24 May 1943 - 6
Mar 1944)
Glasgow University Air Sqn (xxx 1946 - 1 Dec 1950)
No 1967 Reserve AOP Flt, No 666 Sqn (5 Dec 1952 - 2 Feb 1954, 1 Sep 1955
- 10 Mar 1957)
No 663 Volunteer
Gliding School (16 Nov 1959 - xxx 196x)
Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Sqn (
No 4 Air Experience Flt (Jan 1997 - Current)
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Location
County: - Renfrewshire
Lat/Long: 55:52:10N 04:25:45W
Grid Ref - NS479670
Height Above Sea Level - 18 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1932 Transferred to Royal Navy: -
1939 |
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Notes
It became Glasgow Airport on 2 May 1966
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Main units: -
602 Sqn (20 Jan 1933 - 7 Oct 1939, 10 May 1946 - 15 Apr
1951, 13 Jul 1951 - 15 Apr 1952, 18 Jun 1954 - 10 Mar 1957)
21 Sqn (25 Jul - 3 Nov 1936)
34 Sqn (30 Jul - 3 Nov 1936)
269 Sqn (30 Dec 1936 - 17 Jan 1938, 24 Mar - 29 Sep 1938, 6
Oct 1938 - 24 Aug 1939)
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Detachments**
No 21 Sqn (Mar - May 1942) |
88 Sqn (Aug - Sep 1941)
254 Sqn (Jul - Oct 1942) |
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Aerial photo on Google Maps,
FAA Archive Website, Officers Commanding, |
RAF Aberporth
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Main units (continued): -
'X' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (3 Sep
1940 - 1 Nov 1942)
'Q' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (30 Jun
1941- 1 Nov 1942)
'L' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (29 Oct
1940 - 1 Nov 1942)
'B' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 Oct 1941 -
9 Mar 1942)
Sub-site, No 7 Maintenance Unit (xxx - xxx1940)
No 1608 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec
1943)
No 1609 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec
1943)
No 1621 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 - 1 Dec
1943)
Combined Services Projectile Development Establishment (Sep
1943 - xxx 1945)
595 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 -
RAF Unit (MoS) Aberporth (1 Aug 1953 - 30 Jun 1958)
Guided Weapons Range Unit (1 Jul 1958 - 19 Mar 1965)
Bloodhound (Mk 2) Firing Unit (2 Nov 1964 - 18 Dec 1975)
No 23 Joint Services trials Unit (1 Oct 1971 - 22 Jan 1973)
No 29 Joint Services trials Unit (15 Sep 1980 - 30 Jun 1982)
No 636 Volunteer
Gliding School (5 Oct 1996- 1 Dec 2001)
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Location
County: - Cardiganshire (Ceredigion)
Lat/Long: 52:07:00N 04:33:15W
Grid Ref - SN250494
Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1940 No 70 Group (1944)
Closed: - |
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Notes
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Detachments
No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (23 Jan - 24 May 1941) |
No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (24 Apr 1941 - Jan
1942)
No 76 Wing Calibration Flt (4 - 7 May 1942
No 6 Air Observers School (28 Jun 1942 - 9 Jan 1943) |
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Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers Commanding, |
RAF
Abingdon
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Main units (continued): -
No 43 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1941 - 1 Jan 1946)
HQ No 91 Group (11 May 1942 - 14 Apr 1947)
1501 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 - 18 Apr 1943)
No 731 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)
No 2731 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)
91 Group Communications Flt (11 May 1942 - 9 Apr 1947)
91 Air Gunners Instructors School (Apr 1943 -
1682 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (1 Jul 1943 - 2 Jul 1943)
1341 (Special Duties) Flt (1 Jun 1944 - Jun 1944, Aug 1944 -
1944)
525 Sqn (Oct 1946 - 1 Dec 1946)
No 4525 Servicing Echelon (31 Oct 1 Dec 1946)
130 Gliding School (9 Nov 1946 - 20 Apr 1951)
238 Sqn (1 Dec 1946 - 24 Nov 1947)
No 4238 Servicing Echelon (1 Dec 1946 Nov 1947)
46 Sqn (16 Dec 1946 - 24 Nov 1947)
No 4046 Servicing Echelon (24 Dec 1946 24 Nov 1947)
Oxford University Air Sqn (20 Dec 1946 - 14 Apr 1949)
HQ, No 4 Group (1 May 1947 - 14 Feb 1948)
No 4 Group Communications Flt (26 Apr 1947 - 2 Feb 1948)
51 Sqn (1 Dec 1947 - Jun 1949)
No 4051 Servicing Echelon (1 Dec 1947)
59 Sqn (1 Dec 1947 - Jun 1949)
242 Sqn (1 Dec 1947 - 25 Jun 1949)
40 Sqn (1 Dec 1947 - 25 Jun 1949)
No 47 Group Communications Flt (15 Apr 1948 - 1 Nov 1949)
Transport Command Development Unit (1 Jul 1949 -28 Feb 1950)
Army Air Transport & Development Unit (2 Jul 1949 - 1951+)
HQ, No 46 Group (1 Nov 1949 - 31 Mar 1950)
No 46 Group Communications Flt ( 1 Nov 1949 - 31 Mar 1950)
Air Transport Development Flt (1 Mar 1950 - 1 Jun 1965)
No 1 Parachute School (10 Jun 1950 - 1 Nov 1953)
Transport Command Training and Development Flt (14 Oct 1951
- 16 Jan 1956)
No 1 Parachute Training School (1 Nov 1953 - 31 Dec 1975)
30 Sqn (27 Nov 1950 - 2 May 1952)
Overseas Ferry Unit (19 Mar 1951 - 1 Feb 1953)
No 3 Long Range Ferry Unit (1952 - 1 Feb 1953)
Ferry Training Unit (5 Aug 1952 - 9 Apr 1953)
147 Sqn (1 Feb 1953 - 16 Apr 1953)
167 Sqn (1 Feb 1953 - 16 Apr 1953)
Transport Command Air Support Flt (Apr 1953 - 14 Sep 1954)
24 Sqn (6 May 1953 - 1 Jan 1957)
47 Sqn (13 May 1953 - 28 Jun 1963)
1312 Flt (14 Sep 1954 - 1 Apr 1957)
53 Sqn (1 Jan 1957 - 28 Jun 1963)
47/53 Sqn (28 Jun 1963 - 31 Oct 1967)
Air Transport Development Unit (1 Jun 1965 - Jan 1968)
Air Movement Development Unit (Nov 1959 - 31 May 1965)
UK Mobile Air Movements Sqn (1 May 1966 - 1 Feb 1974)
Andover Training Flt (1 Jul 1966 - 9 Sep 1970)
46 Sqn (1 Dec 1966 - 9 Sep 1970)
52 Sqn (1 Dec 1966 - 22 Dec 1966)
Air Support Command Examining Unit (1 Aug 1967 - 1 Sep 1972)
Joint Air Transport Establishment (Apr 1971 - 31 Dec 1975)
46 Group Air Transport Examining Unit (1 Sep 1972 - 31 Oct
1973)
University of London Air Sqn (10 Aug 1973 - 31 Jul 1992)
No 6 Air Experience Flt (23 Aug 1973 - 31 Jul 1992)
Oxford University Air Sqn (26 Sep 1975 - 31 Jul 1992) |
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Location
County: - Oxfordshire
5 miles South-West of Oxford
1 North-West of Abingdon
51:41:30N, 01:19:00W
Grid Ref - SU475992
Height Above Sea Level - 245 ft
Railhead - Abingdon |
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1 Sep 1932
Wessex Bombing Area (1932 - Nov 1933)
Central Area (16 Nov 1933 - 1 May 1936)
No 1 Group (1 May 1936 - 24 Aug 1939)
No 6 Group (1939 - 11 May 1942)
No 91 Group (11 May 1942 - 24 Oct 1946)
No 47 Group, Transport Command (24 Oct 1946 - 27 Jun 1949)
No 38 Group (27 Jun 1949 - 1 Sep 1972)
No 46 Group (1 Sep 1972 - 1 Jan 1976)
RAF Support Command (1 Jan 1976 - 1992)
Closed: - 1992?
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Notes
Andover entered RAF service (mid 1966)
RAF 50th Anniversary celebrations (Apr 1968) |
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Main units: -
40 Sqn (8 Oct 1932 - 2 Sep 1939)
Oxford University Air Sqn (3 Nov 1932 - 3 Sep 1939)
HQ Central Area (16 Nov 1933 - 1 May 1936)
XV Sqn (1 Jun 1934 - 2 Sep 1939)
104 Sqn - ex 'C' Flt, 40 Sqn (7 Jan 1936 - Aug 1936)
98 Sqn - ex XV Sqn (Feb 1936 - Aug 1936)
HQ No 1 Group (1 May 1936 - 24 Aug 1939)
52 Sqn - ex XV Sqn (18 Jan 1937 - 1 Mar 1937)
62 Sqn - ex 'B' Flt, 40 Sqn (3 May 1937 - 12 Jul 1937)
802 Sqn (Nov 1937 - Jan 1938)
185 Sqn - ex 'B' Flt, 40 Sqn (3 Mar 1938 - Sep 1938)
106 Sqn - ex XV Sqn (1 Jun 1938 - Aug 1938)
No 71 Wing [40 & XV Sqns] (24 Aug 1939 - 2 Sep 1939)
103 Sqn (Sep 1938 - Apr 1939)
52 Sqn (9 Sep 1939 - 18 Sep 1939)
63 Sqn (2 Sep 1939 - Sep 1939)
166 Sqn (14 Sep 1939 - 2 Apr 1940)
97 Sqn (15 Sep 1939 - 2 Apr 1940)
No 4 Group Pool (17 Sep 1939 - 8 Apr 1940) No 6 Group Target Towing Flt (27 Dec 1939 - 6 Mar 1940)
No 10 OTU (8 Apr 1940 - 10 Sep 1946)
HQ No 6 Group (1940 - 11 May 1942)
No 6 Group Communications Flt (1940 - 11 May 1942)
Detachment, 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jun 1940 -
Jun 1942)
1 Blind Approach Training Flt (12 Jan 1941 - Oct 1941)
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Control Towers website, Officers
Commanding,
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Aboukir
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Main units (continued): -
204 Sqn (27 Sep - 22 Oct 1935)
29 Sqn (13 - 31 Oct 1935, 6 - 12 Aug 1936)
33 Sqn (13 - 25 Oct 1935)
142 Sqn (13 - 26 Oct 1935, 5 - 20 Nov 1936) Fleet Air Arm
Reserve Pilots Pool (25 Oct - 30 Nov 1935) 64 Sqn (1 - 16 Aug
1936)
No 1 Ammunition & Petrol Depot (26 Sep - 5 Oct 1938)
No 102 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1938 - 1 Jan 1939)
No 1 Middle East Air Stores Park (25 - 28 Aug 1939)
No 103 Maintenance Unit (12 Nov 1939 - 30 Oct 1946)
228 Sqn (19 Jul - 13 Sep 1940)
No 32 Air Stores Park (1 Oct 1940 - 20 Mar 1941)
No 53 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Oct 1940 - Mar 1941, 1 Jul - Oct 1941)
Air Stores Park (Middle East), Force 'Y' (11 - 13 Nov 1940)
Middle East Pool (xxx - May 1941)
208 Sqn (28 Apr - 1 May 1941)
230 Sqn (19 Jun 1941 - 3 Jul 1942)
Yugoslav Flt (xxx - xxx 1941)
HQ, No 258 (Semi-mobile Advanced Fighter) Wing (1 Nov 1941 - 1 Jan 1942)
High Flying Flt (xxx - xxx 1942)
HQ, No 248 (General Reconnaissance/Torpedo Bomber) Wing (6 - 15 Jun 1942)
123 Sqn (19 Jun - 19 Jul 1942)
No 24 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Jul 1942 - 8 Jan 1946)
No 4 Repair & Salvage Unit (26 Nov 1942 - 10 Jan 1943)
No 404 Air Sores Park (4 Jun - 13 Aug 1943)
Special Performance Flt (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)
No 2 Air Stores Park (26 Nov 1942 - 10 Jan 1943)
No 4 ( Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit (13 Feb - 11 May 1943)
No 3232 Servicing Commando (7 May - 10 Jun 1943)
975 (Balloon) Sqn (28 Jul - 11 Aug 1943) No 125 Maintenance
Unit (18 Mar - 1 May 1944)
No 63 Repair & Salvage Unit (5 - 21 Apr 1944)
No 373 Air Sores
Park (17 Sep 1944 - 22 Jan 1947)
No 372 Repair & Salvage Unit (17 Sep - 22 Oct 1944)
252 Sqn (6 - 10 Feb 1945)
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Location
Country: - Egypt
Lat/Long: 31:19N 30:04E Approx
Height above sea level:
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
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Main units: -
HQ, 20th (Reserve) Wing (25 Jul 1916 - 31 May 1917)
HQ, 20th (Training) Wing (31 May 1917 - 22 Jan 1919)
'X' Aircraft Depot (26 Jul 1916 - Apr 1920)
No 22 Reserve Sqn (24 Aug 1916 - 31 May 1917)
No 23 Reserve Sqn (24 Aug 1916 - 31 May 1917)
No 3 School of Instruction (25 Nov 1916 - 15 Feb 1917)
School of Aerial Gunnery (5 May 1917 - 5 Sep 1918)
No 22 Training Sqn (31 May 1917 - 1 Dec 1918)
No 23 Training Sqn (31 May 1917 - 1 Dec 1918)
No 3 Cadet Wing (1 Jul 1917 - Aug 1919)
No 60 Training Depot Station (1 Dec 1918 - 22 Jul 1919)
Aeroplane Supply Depot Egypt (17 Jul 1919 - 7 Oct 1925)
Eastern Aircraft Factory (xxx 1917 - 17 Jul 1919)
145 Sqn (15 May - 1 Jun 1918)
56 Sqn (1 Feb 1920 - 23 Sep 1922)
Stores Depot (Apr 1920 - 7 Oct 1925)
Engine Repair Depot (xxx 1920 -7 Oct 1925)
No 4 Flying Training School (1 Apr 1921 - 1 Sep 1939)
Aircraft Depot, Middle East (xxx xxxx - 7 Oct 1925)
RAF Depot, Middle East (7 Oct 1925 - 12 Nov 1939)
Cape-Cairo Flt (10 - xx Jan 1926, 29 May - 9 Jun 1926, 20 Mar 1927 - xxx
1928, 1 Mar - 28 Apr 1928, 1 - 10 Feb 1929) |
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Detachments**
208 Sqn (Nov 1936 - Dec 1938)
112 Sqn (Apr - May 1941) |
237 Sqn (Feb - Apr 1944)
294 Sqn (Mar 1944 - Jun 1945)
94 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1944) |
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Aerial photo
of general area on Google Maps, |
RAF Abu Sueir
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Main units: -
213 Sqn (22 May - 2 Jul 1941)
272 Sqn (28 May - 14 Jun 1941)
No 31 Air Stores Park (3 Jun - 12 Oct 1941)
46 Sqn (16 Jul - 10 Sep 1941)
HQ, No 259 Wing (14 - 21 Jul 1941)
No 38 Air Stores Park (2 - 11 Sep 1941)
No 109 Maintenance Unit (26 Nov 1941- 13 Feb 1942, 22
Feb 1943 - xxx xxxx) No 58 Repair & Salvage Unit (23 Nov 1941
- xxx xxxx) 89 Sqn (10 Dec 1941 - 28 Jan 1943) 40 Sqn (1
May - 23 Jun 1942, 31 Oct 1945 - 17 Sep 1946) No 51 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1942 - Jan 1943)
Glider Training Unit (1 Jun - 6 Nov 1942) HQ, No 249 (Heavy Bomber) Wing (28 Jun - 1 Jul 1942)
37 Sqn (29 Jun - 6 Nov 1942)
No 37 Air Stores Park (29 Jun - 1 Jul 1942)
HQ, No 231 Wing (29 Jun - 1 Jul 1942,10 Jul - 6 Nov 1942)
70 Sqn (29 Jun - 6 Nov 1942)
Aircraft Replacement Pool, Western Desert (Jul - 25 Nov
1942) No 58
Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Aug 1942) HQ, No 3 (SAAF) Wing (1 Dec 1942 - 11 Jan 1943)
No 73 Operational Training Unit (17 Feb 1943 - 21 Jun 1944)
No 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit (14 Aug 1944 - 12 Oct 1945) 104 Sqn (31
Oct 1945 - 1 Jul 1946) HQ, No 236 Wing (3 Nov 1945 - 17 Sep
1946) 'D' Flt, Mediterranean and Middle East Communication
Sqn (Jan - Dec 1946) HQ, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East
(Rear) (10 Dec 1946 - 1 Jun 1949) HQ Middle East Air Force (Rear) (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Dec 1954)
208 Sqn (19 Oct 1951 - 17 Jan 1956)
6 Sqn (13 - 27 Nov 1951, 28 Jan - 31 May 1952)
13 Sqn (1 Jan 1955 - 10 Feb 1956)
114 Sqn (1 Dec 1955 - 20 Mar 1956)
84 Sqn (5 Dec 1955 - 11 Mar 1956)
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Location
Country: - Egypt
Lat/Long: 30:34N 32:06E Approx
Height above sea level:
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Operational Control: -
Opened - Sep 1917 Closed - Apr 1956 |
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Notes
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Main units: -
No 195 Training Sqn (9 Aug 1917 - 21 Jul 1918)
No 57 Training Sqn (12 Oct 1917 - 21 Jul 1918)
145 Sqn (1 Jun - 25 Aug 1918)
No 17 Training Depot Station (21 Jul - Oct 1918)
No 16 Training Depot Station (Nov 1918 - 6 Jul 1919)
No 20 Training Depot Station (xxx 1918 - Feb 1919)
No 18 Training Depot Station (14 Apr - 10 May 1919)
69th (Training) Wing (xxx - xxx 1919)
No 58 Training Sqn (14 Apr - 10 May 1919)
214 Sqn (Aug 1919 - 1 Feb 1920)
216 Sqn (Jul 1920 - 15 Apr 1921)
No 4 Flying Training School (1 Apr 1921 - 1 Sep 1939)
Aircraft Storage Unit, Abu Suier (xxx 1938 - 1 Jan 1939)
No 102 Maintenance Unit (1 Jan 1939 - 1 Feb 1942)
Pilot Training Unit & Reinforcement Pool (6 Sep 1939 - 24
Jun 1940)
Subsidiary Repair Depot (7 Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)
Navigation Training School (12 Nov 1939 - 22 Jun 1940)
80 Sqn (8 - 19 Nov 1940)
Aircraft Reception Party (16 Mar 1941 - xxx xxxx)
450 Sqn (12 May - 23 Jun 1941)
Ferry Pool (12 May - 1 Oct 1941)
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Detachments**
252 Sqn (Apr - Jun 1941) 458 Sqn [ground crew
only] (Mar - Sep 1942) 46 Sqn (May 1942 - Dec 1944) |
223 Sqn (Sep 1942 - Mar 1943) No 107 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1948 - xxx xxxx) No 1908 AOP Flt (xxx 1955 - 24 Mar 1956) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Suez Canal
Zone website, |
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For most of its life this station near
Port Said in Egypt was associated with training, opening in September 1917.
On 1 April 1921, No 4 Flying Training School opened at Abu Sueir and
remained until 2 September 1939 when it moved to RAF Habbaniya in Iraq. From
1939 to 1942 housed No 102 Maintenance Unit. It was also used by fighter
squadrons to recuperate and re-organise following operations in the Western
Desert. In the second half of 1942, Nos 37 and 40 Squadrons, equipped with
Wellington bombers operated from the station and after they left No 73
Operational Training Unit formed there in February 1943, leaving in June.
The station then closed for
construction work to begin and it re-opened on July as home to the
Liberators of No 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit, which remained until disbanding
n October 1945. Nos 40 and 194 Squadrons then moved in from Italy with
Liberators but soon re-equipped with Lancasters. They moved out in the
summer of 1946 and the station took on the role as joint HQ for the Middle
East Air Force with RAF Ismailia until both parts were reunited at Nicosia
in December 1954. No 208 Squadron arrived in October 1951 and No 13
Squadron in January 1955, but with the break-down in relations between the
British and Egyptian governments, the decision was taken to pull out British
forces from the Canal Zone and Abu Sueir closed in April 1956. |
RAF Abu Sultan
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Main units: -
No 128 Maintenance Unit (25 Apr 1942 - 1 Oct 1955)
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Location
Country: - Egypt
Lat/Long: 30:24N 32:18E Approx
Height above sea level:
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Suez Canal Zone
website, |
RAF Acaster Malbis
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No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
No 601 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (6 Jan 25 Mar 1942)
RLG for No 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (7 Apr 1942 - 29
Jan 1943)
No 4 Group Servicing Section (xxx 1943 - 11 Oct 1944)
No 4 Group Aircrew School (xx Oct - 3 Nov 1944)
No 4 Aircrew School (3 Nov 1944 - 27 Oct 1945)
No 91 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1944 - 15 Dec 1947, 12 Feb 1949
- 31 Mar 1957)
No 1341 Special Duties Flt (1944)
RLG for No 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit (1944)
Sub-site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (15 Dec 1947 - 31 Mar 1948)
No 80 Maintenance Unit (21 Jan - 12 Dec 1947)
Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (1 Apr - 1 Aug 1957)
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Location
County: - West Yorkshire
Lat/Long: 53:52:44N 01:07:12W
Grid Ref - SE578430
Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1942 No 7 Group (1944)
Closed: - 1946 |
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Notes
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Main Units:
601 Sqn (6 Jan - 25 Mar 1942 )
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Detachments**
No 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit (1944) |
No 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit (1944) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Accra
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Main units: -
No 5 Ferry Control (7 Dec 1942 - xxx 1943)
No 37 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Aug 1943 - 30 Mar 1944)
HQ, No 114 (Transport) Wing (1 Sep 1943 - 1 Sep 1945)
No 55 Staging Post (23 Sep 1943 - 1 Jul 1946)
No 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 May - xxx 1944, xxx
xxxx - 10 May 1943)
No 1314 Transport Flt (4 Aug 1944 - 1 Nov 1945)
West Africa Communication Flt (18 Jul - 1 Nov 1945)
West Africa Transport & Communication Sqn (1 Nov 1945 - 15
Jul 1946)
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Location
Country: - Ghana
Lat/Long:
05:36:18N
00:10:00W
Height Above Sea Level: 205 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
It may now be the location of Kotoka International Airport,
a joint civil and military airfield.
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Detachments** 200 Sqn (Jun 1941 - Mar 1943) |
82 Sqn (Oct 1946 - Jun 1947) 541 Sqn (Feb - Oct 1946) |
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Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF
Acklington
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Main Units (continued): -
350 Sqn (23 Mar - 8 Jun 1943, 20 Jul - 25 Aug 1943)
6 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp (1 - 17 Jun 1943)
1630 Flt (17 Jun - 1 Dec 1943)
349 Sqn (25 Aug - 22 Oct 1943)
316 Sqn (22 Sep 1943 - 15 Feb 1944)
No 3
Aircraft Delivery Flt (11 - 22 Nov 1943)
No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight (25 Nov 1943 - 8 Mar 1944)
130 Sqn (21 Dec 1943 - 4 Jan 1944)
25 Sqn (19 Dec 1943 - 5 Feb 1944)
HQ No 24 Wing (16 Feb - 15 Mar 1944)
147 Airfield HQ (16 Feb 1944 - 11 May 1944)
222 Sqn (25 Feb - 10 Mar 1944)
56 Sqn (23 Feb - 7 Mar 1944)
164 Sqn (8 - 16 Mar 1944)
322 Sqn (10 Mar - 25 Aug 1944)
266 Sqn (15 Mar - 23 Mar 1944)
No 6266 Servicing Echelon (22 23 Mar 1944)
No 6609 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar 1 Apr 1944)
59 OTU (26 Feb - 6 Jun 1945)
No 6168 Servicing Echelon (26 Feb 1945)
No 6257 Servicing Echelon (3 5 Mar 1945)
289 Sqn (7 - 18 May 1945)
19 Sqn (23 May - 13 Aug 1945)
No 6019 Servicing Echelon (23 May 13 Aug 1945)
140 Sqn (12 Jul - 19 Sep 1945)
No 6140 Servicing Echelon (12 Jul - 19 Sep 1945)
219 Sqn (14 Aug 1945 - 26 Feb 1946)
No 6029 Servicing Echelon (18 Aug 7 Sep 1945)
263 Sqn (21 Sep 1945 - 24 Jan 1946)
No 6263 Servicing Echelon (21 Sep 1945 24 Jan 1946, 1 Mar
2 Apr 1946)
No 6219 Servicing Echelon (29 Oct 1945 25 Apr 1946)
No 6130 Servicing Echelon (24 27 Jan 1946, 17 Jun 23 Jul
1946)
No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (24 Apr - 1 May 1946)
Armament Practice Station (1 May 1946 - 27 Jun 1956)
No 6001 Servicing Echelon (17 Jun 22 Jul 1946)
85 Sqn (7 Aug - 5 Sep 1946, 16 - 30 Jun 1947, 5 Jan - 26 Feb
1948)
54 Sqn (9 - 27 Aug 1946)
No 6266 Servicing Echelon (23 Sep 4 Nov 1946, 5 Jul 1
Aug 1948)
No 6056 Servicing Echelon (5 Nov 20 Dec 1946)
41 Sqn (11 Nov - 20 Dec 1946)
91 Sqn (6 - 31 Jan 1947)
No 6091 Servicing Echelon (6 31 Jan 1947)
No 6141 Servicing Echelon (6 14 Jan 1947)
No 6257 Servicing Echelon (6 Jan 14 Feb 1947)
257 Sqn (12 Jan - 16 Feb 1947)
92 Sqn (31 Jan - 15 Feb 1947)
No 6092 Servicing Echelon (31 Jan 15 Feb 1947)
23 Sqn (28 Apr - 6 Jun 1947, 4 Oct - 16 Nov 1948)
No 6023 Servicing Echelon (28 Apr 1947 1 Apr 1948)
264 Sqn (28 Apr - 5 Jun 1947, 7 - 25 Aug 1952)
247 Sqn (7 Oct - 27 Nov 1947)
64 Sqn (8 Mar - 30 Apr 1948)
65 Sqn (22 Mar - 12 May 1948)
No 6065 Servicing Echelon (23 Mar - 12 May 1948)
Fighter Armament Trials Unit (Nov 1946 - Jul 1956)
29 Sqn (14 Jan 1957 - 22 Jul 1958)
66 Sqn (14 Feb 1957 - 30 Sep 1960)
'A' Flt 275 Sqn (9 Oct 1957 - 1 Sep 1959)
'A' Flt, 228 Sqn (1 Sep 1959 - 28 Aug 1964)
'A' Flt, 202 Sqn (28 Aug 1964 - 1972)
6 FTS (4 Aug 1961 - 30 Jun 1968)
No 18 Sqn (5 Jun 1968 - 8 Aug 1969) |
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Location
County: - Northumberland
Lat/Long: 55:18:00N, 01:38:30W
Grid Ref : NU230010
Height Above Sea Level: 120 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1938
No 25 (Armament) Group (xx xxx 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)
No 13 Group (3 Sep 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)
No 12 Group (xx xxx xxxx - 10 Mar 1944)
No 85 Group
No 81 Group (25 Feb 1952 - xx xxx xxxx)
No 23 Group (4 Aug 1961 - 30 Jun 1968)
No 38 Group (Jun 1968 - 1972)
Closed: - 1972 |
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Notes
Built on the site of a WW1 landing ground, which was used by
No 77 Squadron
A Soviet military mission visited the station in July 1943
to observe night fighter techniques.
The airfield was closed in June 1944 for reconstruction work
to undertaken.
The station was placed on care and maintenance in 1972 and
eventually was sold off to become the site of a prison and the airfield has
become an open cast mine. |
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Main units: -
No 7 Armament Training Camp (1 Dec 1937 - 1 Apr 1938)
No 7 Armament Training Station (1 Apr - 15 Nov 1938)
No 2 Air Observers School (15 Nov 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)
609 Sqn (7 - 17 Oct 1939, 21 Mar - 1 Apr 1944)
607 Sqn (10 Oct - 14 Nov 1939)
111 Sqn (27 Oct - 7 Dec 1939)
152 Sqn (2 Oct 1939 - 12 Jul 1940)
43 Sqn (18 Nov 1939 - 26 Feb 1940, 4 Oct 1941 -16 Jun 1942)
46 Sqn (10 Dec 1939 - 17 Jan 1940)
72 Sqn (2 Mar - 1 Jun 1940, 5 Jun - 31 Aug 1940, 15 Dec 1940
- 8 Jul 1941)
79 Sqn (13 Jul - 27 Aug 1940)
610 Sqn (31 Aug - 15 Dec 1940)
32 Sqn (27 Aug - 15 Dec 1940)
258 Sqn (17 Dec 1940 - 1 Feb 1941)
315 Sqn (8 Jan - 13 Mar 1941)
317 Sqn (19 Feb -29 Apr 1941)
406 Sqn ( 10 May 1941 - 29 Jan 1942) 74 Sqn (9 Jul - 3 Oct 1941)
13 Group Target Towing Flt (Aug - Nov 1941)
No 3004 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 22 Jan 1943, 9 Feb
23 Mar 1943)
1490 Flt (8 Dec 1941 - 4 Sep 1942)
1460 Flt (15 Dec 1941 - 2 Sep 1942)
141 Sqn (29 Jan - 23 Jun 1942)
1 Sqn (8 Jul 1942 - 9 Feb 1943)
219 Sqn (23 Jun - 21 Oct 1942)
410 Sqn (20 Oct 1942 - 21 Feb 1943)
539 Sqn (2 Sep 1942 - 25 Jan 1943)
409 Sqn (23 Feb - 19 Dec 1943, 5 Feb - 1 Mar 1944)
No 3012 Servicing Echelon (23 Mar 8 Jun 1943, 20 Jul 25
Aug 1943)
416th Night Fighter Sqn, USAAF (10 Jun - 4 Aug 1943)
198 Sqn (9 Feb - 24 Mar 1943)
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Detachments:**
245 Sqn (Feb - Mar 1940)
600 Sqn (Oct 1940 - Mar 1941)
141 Sqn (1 May 1941 -Jan 1942)
167 Sqn (Apr - Jun 1942)
410 Sqn (various periods - 1942)
278 Sqn (Apr 1942 - Apr 1944) |
63 Sqn detachment (Nov 1942 - Jul 1943)
291 Sqn (Dec 1943 - Jun 1945)
309 Sqn (Apr - Nov 1944)
504 Sqn (Apr - Jul 1944)
3 Tactical Exercise Unit (29 May - 13 Jun 1944)
No 6309 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (1 Jul 29 Aug 1944)
288 Sqn (Nov 1944 - Jun 1946) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Battle
of Britain Anniversary website, Officers Commanding,
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Agra
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
HQ, No 227 Group (1 Oct 1944 - 1 May 1946)
No 227 Group Communication Flt (1 Oct 1944 - 1 May 1946)
No 7 Civil Maintenance Unit? (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)
20 Sqn (12 Apr 1946 - 25 Jul 1947)
No 7020 Servicing Echelon (12 Apr 22 Oct
1946)
30 Sqn (27 Apr - 1 Dec 1946)
No 7030 Servicing Echelon (27 Apr 22 Oct
1946)
No 4 (Indian) Group (1 May - 15 Jul 1946)
No 4 (Indian) Group Communication Flt (1 May 1946 - 15 Jul 1946
HQ, No 4 (Indian) Wing (15 Jul - 1 Oct 1946)
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Location
Country: - Uttar Pradesh, India
Lat/Long:
27:09:21N 77:57:39:E
Height Above Sea Level: 551 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
It is now an active Indian Air Force station in Central Air
Command (2008)
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Detachments*
114 Sqn (Oct 1919 - Apr 1920) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Ahlhorn
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No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
No 6266 Servicing Echelon (4 8 Jun 1945)
No 8 Section, No 422 Aviation Fuel and Ammunition Park (29
Jun 1945 - 1 Jun 1948) 302 Sqn (27 - 31 Aug 1945, 16 Sep - 7
Oct 1946)
317 Sqn (15 Sep 1945 - Jul 1946, 16 Aug - 7 Oct 1946) No 6302 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (16
Sep 1945 16 Oct 1946)
308 Sqn (16 Sep 1945 - 22 Jan 1946, 9 Feb - 7 Oct 1946) No 6308 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (16 Sep 1945 7 Oct
1946)
16 Sqn (8 - 20 May 1947) 33 Sqn (8 - 20 May
1947) 96 Sqn (17 Nov 1952 - 12 Feb 1958) 256 Sqn (17
Nov 1952 - 12 Feb 1958) 2nd Tactical Air Force Tactical Development Unit (18 Feb -
19 Oct 1953) HQ, No 125 Wing (1 Apr 1953 - 1 Sep 1958) 149 Sqn (24
Aug - 17 Sep 1954) 213 Sqn (1 Sep 1955 - 22 Aug 1957) 20 Sqn (23
Sep 1957 - 30 Aug 1958) 14 Sqn (26 Sep 1957 - 15 Sep 1958) No 6014 Servicing Echelon (26 Sep 1957 15 Sep 1958) 26 Sqn (7
Jun - 8 Sep 1958)
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Location
Country - Lower Saxony, Germany
Lat/Long: 52:53:17N 08:13:38E
Height Above Sea Level: 162 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
It was originally known as B111
Transferred to Germany Air Force 1959
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Main Units: -
No 418 Air Stores Park (5 - 7 May 1945)
HQ, No 146 Wing (30 Apr - 6 Jun 1945)
193 Sqn (30 Apr - 8 Jun 1945)
No 6193 Servicing Echelon (30 Apr 8 Jun 1945)
197 Sqn (30 Apr - 8 Jun 1945)
No 6197 Servicing Echelon (30 Apr 3 May 1945, 5 May 8
Jun 1945)
263 Sqn (30 Apr - 8 Jun 1945)
No 6263 Servicing Echelon (30 Apr - Jun 1945)
266 Sqn (4 - 8 Jun 1945)
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Detachments**
No 427 Refuelling
and Re-arming Party (Apr - May 1945) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Ajaccio
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No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
326 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 24 Aug 1944)
327 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 22 Apr 1944)
283 Sqn (25 - 29 Dec 1943)
154 Sqn (30 Mar - 11 Apr 1944)
232 Sqn (30 Mar - 5 Apr 1944)
242 Sqn (30 Mar - 5 Apr 1944)
243 Sqn (30 Mar - 8 Apr 1944)
No 81 Repair & Salvage Unit (15 Apr 1944 - 1 Jan 1945)
No 63 Staging Post (24 May - 2 Sep 1944)
No 339 (French) Wing (Jun - 21 Jul 1944)
328 Sqn (22 Jul - 23 Aug 1944)
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Location
Country: - Corsica, France
Lat/Long:
41:55:26N 08:48:09E
Height Above Sea Level: 18 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
It is now know as Campo
dell'Oro Airport
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Main Units: -
No 254 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (xxx 1943 - Mar 1944) |
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Detachments**
982 Sqn (Dec 1943 - Jul 1944) 327 Sqn (Apr -
Sep 1944) |
No 63 Staging Post (2 Sep 1944 - 30 Apr 1946) No 58 Repair & Salvage Unit (2 Oct - 7 Dec 1944) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Akrotiri
 |
Main units (continued): -
208 Sqn (26 Mar - 7 Aug 1956)
6 Sqn (6 Apr 1956 - 13 Jan 1969)
8 Sqn (5 Sep 1956 - 20 Dec 1956)
73 Sqn (21 Dec 1956 - 17 Mar 1969)
32 Sqn (18 Mar 1957 - 3 Feb 1969)
249 Sqn (27 Aug 1956 - 11 Mar 1957, 15 Oct 1957 - 24 Feb
1969)
HQ Near East Air Force (1 Mar 1961 - 31 Mar 1976)
NEAF Instrument Training Flt (Nov 1962 - xxx xxxx)
29 Sqn (16 Mar 1964 - 3 Dec 1965, 3 Sep 1966 - 10 May 1967)
Canberra Trials and Technical Evaluation Unit (19 Jan
1966 - 31 Dec 1968)
70 Sqn (12 Jul 1966 - 15 Jan 1975)
56 Sqn (11 Apr 1967 - 21 Jan 1975)
No 1563 Flt (4 Nov 1967 - 17 Jan 1972)
Target Facilities Flt (1968/9 - Jan 1975)
35 Sqn (15 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1975)
9 Sqn (26 Feb 1969 - 15 Jan 1975)
84 Sqn (17 Jan 1972 - Current)
AHQ Cyprus (1 Apr 1976 - Current)
No 27 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 28 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 34 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 37 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 194 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Location
Country - Cyprus
Lat/Long: 34:35:13N 32:59:24E
Height Above Sea Level: 76 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1 Oct 1955
Middle East Air Force (1 Oct 1955 - 1 Mar 1961
Near East Air Force (1 Mar 1961 - 31 Mar 1976) AHQ Cyprus (1
Apr 1976 - Current) |
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Notes
Located next to a salt lake on which pink flamingos gather,
giving rise to its station badge.
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Main units: -
No 103 Maintenance Unit (15 Nov 1955 - 31 Jan 1975)
MEAF Communications Sqn ( 14 May 1957 - Apr 1963)
13 Sqn (10 Feb 1956 - 1 Sep 1965, 6 Jan - 10 Oct 1972)
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Detachments:**
1903 AOP Flt (1956) |
203 Sqn (2003) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Officers
Commanding,
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Akyab
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
194 Sqn (19 Mar - 21 Aug 1945)
62 Sqn (21 Mar - 18 Sep 1945)
No 102 Staging Post (25 Mar - 12 May 1945)
267 Sqn (31 Mar - 30 Aug 1945)
No 6 Air-Sea Rescue Flt (Far East) (1 Apr - 8 Jul 1945)
No 7 Air-Sea Rescue Flt (Far East) (1 Apr - Jun 1945)
No 131 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (5 Apr - Nov 1945)
No 7 Satellite Airfield HQ (12 Apr - 31 Dec 1945)
230 Sqn (17 Apr - 23 May 1945)
No 149 Repair & Salvage Unit (21 Apr - Sep 1945)
30 Sqn (24 Apr - 18 May 1945)
No 7030 Servicing Echelon (24 Apr 18 May 1945)
No 7135 Servicing Echelon (24 Apr 17 May
1945, xxx 10 Jun 1945)
No 12 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (30 Apr - 19 May 1945 )
No 1583 Calibration Flt (1 - 3 May 1945)
HQ, No 341 Wing (13 May - 18 Aug 1945)
No 6 Satellite Airfield HQ (28 May - 31 Dec 1945)
615 Sqn (10 Jun - 8 Jul 1945)
27 Sqn (19 Jun - 12 Oct 1945)
No 7027 Servicing Echelon (19 Jun 12 Oct 1945) No 207 Staging Post
(13 Jul 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)
No 1351 Air Sea Rescue Flt (8 Jul
- 24 Oct 1945) HQ, No 342 Wing (10 Aug - 1 Oct
1945) No 1347 Air
Sea Rescue Flt (Sep - 23 Oct 1945) 211 Sqn (2 - 27 Nov
1945)
Main Units (Dabaing): -
60 Sqn (6 Feb - 14 May 1945)
No 7067 Servicing Echelon (6 Feb - 15 May 1945)
Detachment, No 14
Ferry Unit (Mar - Jul 1945)
No 131 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (5 May - xxx 1945)
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Location
Country: - Myanmar (Burma)
Lat/Long:
20:07:58N
92:52:21E
Height Above Sea Level: 27 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
It is now known as Sittwe Airport. Also covers Dabaing
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Main units: - 60 Sqn (Feb 1941 - Feb
1942, 8 Jan - 6 Feb1945, 14 May - 31 Jul 1945) 31 Sqn (Feb -
Mar 1942, Aug - 30 Sep 1945) HQ Norgroup (10 - 12 Mar 1942)
HQ Akwing (10 - 27 Mar 1942) 67 Sqn (xx - 27 Mar 1942) 139 Sqn (xx
- 29 Mar 1942) No 39 Air Stores
Park (12 Mar - 1 Apr 1943) HQ Burwing (22 - 23 Mar1942) 45 Sqn (Mar
1942 in transit to India)
No 3205 Servicing Commando (24 Dec 1943 - 13 Jan 1945)
No 7067 Servicing Echelon (8 Jan 6 Feb 1945, 15 May 145 20 Jan 1946)
HQ, No 903 Wing (1 - 7 Feb 1945, 19 Apr - 6 Sep 1945)
No 239 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (7 Feb - 20 May 1945)
Advanced HQ, No 224 Group (28 Feb - May 1945) No 6
Staging Post (1 Mar 1945 - 26 Jun 1946) No 230 Air-Sea Rescue
Unit (1 Mar - May 1945) HQ, No 346 Wing (8
Mar - 10 May 1945) No 224 Group
Communication Flt (10 - xx Mar 1945) 436 Sqn (17 Mar - 12 May
1945)
No 13 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (17 Mar - 19 Apr 1945 ) |
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Detachments**
17 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1942) 136 Sqn (Feb - Mar
1942) 135 Sqn (Feb 1943 - Jan 1943) 159 Sqn (Jul
1944 - Oct 1945) 89 Sqn (Aug 1944 - Sep 1945) 27 Sqn (Nov
1944 - Jun 1945) 62 Sqn (Dec 1944 - Mar 1945) 357 Sqn (Jan
- Mar 1945) No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1945 - 31 Mar
1946) |
Det No 1, No 92 Air Stores Park (7 Feb - 26 Apr 1945)
203 Sqn (Feb 1945 - May 1946) 176 Sqn (Mar 1945 - Jun 1946) No 79 Staging Post (Mar - Jun 1945) No 14
Ferry Unit (Mar - Jul 1945) 31 Sqn (May - Aug 1945) 212 Sqn (May
- Jul 1945) HQ, No 172 Wing (Jun - Nov 1945) 298 Sqn (Jul
- Dec 1945) No 345 (X) Maintenance Unit
(xxx 1945 - xxx xxxx) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Alconbury
 |
Main units: -
Detachment - 52 Sqn (Feb - Sep 1939)
15 Sqn (14 Apr - 15 May 1940)
40 Sqn (2 Feb - 31 Oct 1941)
No 15 Conversion Flt (26 Jan - 5 May 1942)
156 Sqn (14 Feb - 5 Aug 1942)
93rd Bomb Group USAAF (Sep - Dec 1942)
92nd Bomb Group USAAF (Jan - xxx 1943)
482nd Bomb Group USAAF (20 Aug 1943 - May/Jun 1945)
Sub-Site - No 264 Maintenance Unit (26 Nov 1945 - 30 Sep
1948)
7523rd Air Base Sqn USAF (1 Jun 1953 - 1 Jan 1954)
7523rd Support Sqn USAF (1 Jan - 7 Nov 1954)
7560th Air Base Sqn USAF (7 Nov 1954 - 21 Mar 1955)
7560th Air Base Group USAF (21 Mar 1955 - Aug 1959)
85th Bomb Sqn USAF (15 Sep 1955 - Aug 1959)
53rd Weather Sqn USAF (May - Aug 1959)
10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing USAF (25 Aug 1959 - 20 Aug
1987)
Detachment 1, 40th Air Rescue & Recovery Wing (xxx 1966 -
xxx 1972)
527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Sqn USAF (1 Apr
1976 - 14 Apr 1983)
95th Recon. Sqn, USAF (12 Feb 1983 - 15 Sep 1993)
527th Aggressor Sqn (14 Apr 1983 - 14 Jul 1988)
No 1 PRU (Apr - Nov 1985)
10th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF (20 Aug 1987 - 30 Mar 1992)
39th Special Operations Group (15 Jan 1992 - 1 Sep 1994)
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Location
County: - Huntingdonshire/Cambridgeshire
Lat/Long: 52:22:23N 00:13:45W
Grid Ref : TL205768
Height Above Sea Level: 165 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - May 1938
No 3 Group (1941- 12 Aug 1942)
No 8 Group (Aug 1942)
8th USAAF (Aug 1942 - 26 Nov 1945)
Maintenance Command (26 Nov 1945 - 30 Sep 1948)
USAFE (1 Jun 1953 -
Closed - 15 Apr 1994
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Notes
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Links to related sites/pages
Bomber
Command 60th Anniversary website, Station
history website, Commanding Officers,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF
Aldergrove
 |
Main units (continued): -
No 1402 Meteorological Flt (1 Mar 1941 - 1 Dec 1944)
No 1405 Flt (Mar 1941 - 7 Feb 1942)
No 15 Group Armament Practice Camp (xxx - Dec 1941)
252 Sqn (6 Apr - 15 Jun 1941)
No 2850 Sqn RAF Regiment
311 Sqn (28 Apr - 12 Jun 1942)
254 Sqn (29 May - 10 Dec 1941)
143 Sqn (15 Jun - 5 Jul 1941, 16 Dec 1941 - 23 Apr
1942)
206 Sqn (12 Aug 1941 - 1 Jul 1942)
No 9 (Coastal) OTU (7 Jun - 6 Sep 1942)
120 Sqn (14 Feb - 15 Apr 1943, 1 Apr 1952 -1 Apr 1959)
220 Sqn (14 Feb - 20 Mar 1943)
86 Sqn (18 Mar - 6 Sep 1943)
59 Sqn (11 May - 15 Sep 1943)
No 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit (10 - 19 Oct 1943, 1 Feb 1944
- 10 Aug 1945))
No 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit (19 Dec
1943 - 12 Apr 1944)
518 Sqn (18 Sep 1945 - 1 Oct 1946)
No 1361 (Meteorological) Flt (16 Jan - 11 Feb 1946)
No 1362 (Meteorological) Flt (16 Jan - 11 Feb 1946)
No 1363 (Meteorological) Flt (16 Jan - 11 Feb 1946)
No 1364 (Meteorological) Flt (16 Jan - 11 Feb 1946)
202 Sqn (1 Oct 1946 - 28 Aug 1964)
Belfast (Queens) University Air Sqn (Oct 1946 - 31 Mar
1947, Jan 1992 - 31 Jul 1996)
224 Sqn (1 Mar - 18 Oct 1948)
No 203 Gliding School (Jun - Sep 1949)
HQ, No 67 Group (1 Apr - 16 Jun 1950)
No 67 Group Communications Flt (1 Apr 1950 - Jan 1957)
240 Sqn (1 - 27 May 1952)
No 671 Volunteer Gliding School (xxx xxxx - 22 Jan 1959)
'F' Flt, 275 Sqn (18 Nov 1954 - 1 Sep 1959)
1913 Flt, 651 Sqn (1955 - 1957)
118 Sqn (1 Sep 1959 - 31 Aug 1962)
No 13 AEF (1973 - 31 Jul 1996)
72 Sqn (12 Nov 1981 - Mar 2002)
No 3 Sqn RAF Regiment ( 1 Feb 1988 -Current)
230 Sqn (4 May 1992 - Current)
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Location
County: - Antrim, Northern Ireland
Lat/Long: 54:39:08N 06:13:39W
Grid Ref: J145795
Height above Sea Level: 260 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1918 No 17 Group (1944) |
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Notes
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Main units: -
No 16 Aircraft Acceptance Park (1918 - Jan 1921)
2 Sqn (2 Jun - 27 Sep 1922)
HQ, No 12 Wing (4 Jun - 1 Aug 1922, 30 Nov 1922 - 7 Feb
1923)
502 Sqn (15 May 1925 -27 Jan 1941, 10 May 1946 - 10 Mar
1957)
9 Sqn (15 Jan - 1 Oct 1936)
Air Ministry Meteorological Flt (28 Sep 1936 - 15 Jan 1941)
85 Sqn (18 Oct - 4 Nov 1938)
No 3 Air Observers School (17 Apr 1939 - 1 Dec 1939)
No 3 Bombing and Gunnery School (1 Dec 1939 - 11 Jul 1940)
No 23 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1939 - Apr 1978)
No 4 Coastal Patrol Flt (1 - 4 Dec 1939)
No 1416 Flt (27 Jun - 1 Jul 1940)
HQ, No 61 Group (1 - 7 Jul 1940)
231 Sqn (1 - 15 Jul 1940)
245 Sqn (20 Jul 1940 - 14 Jul 1941)
233 Sqn (3 Aug - 14 Sep 1940, 8 Dec 1940 - 16 Aug 1941)
272 Sqn (18 Nov 1940 - 3 Apr 1941)
No 402 Meteorological Flt (15 Jan - 1 Mar 1941)
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Detachments:**
4 Sqn (Apr 1920 - Sep 1922)
2 Sqn (27 Sep 1922 - 17 Sep 1923)
214 Sqn (Oct 1935 - Oct 1936)
224 Sqn (May 1939 - Apr 1941, Oct 1948 - Aug 1951)
235 Sqn (Jun 1940 - Jun 1941) |
48 Sqn (Jul 1940 - Oct 1941)
254 Sqn (Aug 1940 - Jan 1941)
102 Sqn (Sep - Oct 1940)
120 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Feb 1943, Apr - Dec 1943)
547 Sqn (Oct - Nov 1943)
280 Sqn (Nov 1945 - Jun 1946) |
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Links to related sites/pages
FAA Archive Website,
Officers Commanding,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
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Situated four miles south of Antrim, it is
the oldest airfield in Northern Ireland, being opened as an Aircraft
Acceptance Park in 1918. Closing in 1919, it was retained by the RAF for
use in annual exercises and in 1922 it was used to house No 2 Squadron
during the period following Irelands independence. In 1925, it became the
home of the newly formed No 502 (Ulster) Squadron of the RAFs Special
Reserve and remained its only unit until 1936. In March of that year No 2
Armament Training Camp (later renamed Armament Training Station) opened at
Aldergrove and in October a Meteorological Flight was formed.
In April 1939 No 2 ATS, amalgamated with No 1
ATS to form No 3 Air Observer School, which in turn was renamed No 3 Bombing
and Gunnery School in November, until it disbanded on 11 July 1940. The
same month No 23 Maintenance Unit arrived and remained a long-term resident,
closing in 1978. Throughout the war, squadrons were detached to operate
from Aldergrove for varying periods, including 102, 224, 233, 236 and 254 in
1940. No 272 Squadron formed at Aldergrove at the end of 1940 and on 11
November 1940 the first transatlantic ferry flight arrived at the station,
comprising seven Hudsons led by Donald Bennett (later commander of The
Pathfinder Force). No 245 Squadron was also detached to Aldergrove for the
defence of Belfast.
In June 1941, the station lost its Fighter
Sector HQ status, when this was transferred to RAF Ballyhalbert, with No 245
leaving the following month. It was now allocated to Coastal Command and in
September construction of runways began. No 206 Squadron became the
principle user until April 1942 when No 311 arrived but in June both units
moved out to make way for No 9 Operational Training Unit, which formed on 7
June. In September 9 OTU moved out leaving just No 1 APC 1402 (Met)
Flight and No 23 MU.
On 14 February 1943, the station became
operational again, with the arrival of No 120 (Fortresses) and No 220
(Liberators) Squadrons. No 86 Squadron arrived, with more Liberators in
March, but No 120 left in April to be replaced in May by the Liberators of
No 59 Squadron. In October 1943, No 1674 HCU was formed at Aldergrove to
train crews for Coastal Commands land based long range patrols units.
These remained the stations main residents until the end of the war.
After the war, No 518
Squadron took over the met flights from No 1402 Flight and was renumbered No
202 Squadron in October 1946 and remained at the station until disbanding in
1964, having converted from Halifax aircraft to Hastings in 1950. A further
Met unit, No 224 Squadron, operated from Aldergrove from 1948 to 1951. No
502 Squadron reformed in July 1946 as part of the Auxiliary Air Force and
remained until disbanded in 1957. Shackletons of No 120 Squadron operated
from Aldergrove from April 1952 for seven years and No 118 Squadron formed
as a helicopter search and rescue unit on 12 May 1960, disbanding on 31
August 1962. On 26 September 1963, Aldergrove took over from Nutts Corner
as Belfast Airport, a role it continued to fulfil to the present day
(2005). However, the RAF still occupies part of the airfield and is home to
No 230 Squadron and its Puma helicopters. |
RAF Aldermaston
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
60th Troop Carrier Group USAAF (xxx - Nov 1942)
315th Troop Carrier Group USAAF (Dec 1942 - Nov 1943)
Detachment - No 3 Glider Training School (14 Feb - 26 Mar 1943)
HQ, IXth Air Support Command (Nov 1943 - 1 Feb 1944)
HQ, 71st Fighter Wing USAAF (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)
HQ, XIXth Air Support Command (1 Feb 1944 - 15 Jun 1945)
370th Fighter Group USAAF (Feb 1944)
434th Troop Carrier Group (3 Mar 1944 - 12 Feb 1945)
No 25 (RCAF) Air Crew Holding Unit (25 Jun - 1 Dec
1945)
BOAC Training HQ (9 May 1946 - 1 Jan 1947)
Airways Training Ltd (1 Jan 1947 - Nov 1948)
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Location
County: - Berkshire
Lat/Long: 51:21:53N 01:08:45W
Grid Ref - SU598635
Height Above Sea Level - 340 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: - 1 Jul 1942 USAAF (1944)
Closed: - 1950 |
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Notes
On 1 January 1947 the station was loaned to the Ministry of
Civil Aviation as a civil airport, but in 1950 the station was converted
into the Atomic Weapons Research
Establishment.
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Alness (Invergordon)
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
Flying Boat Development Flt (xxx - 22 Jun 1924)
209 Sqn (27
Sep - 3 Oct 1938, 12 - 22 Aug 1939, 30 Aug - 7 Oct 1939)
201 Sqn (29
Sep - 7 Oct 1938, 6 Nov 1939 - 26 May 1940)
228 Sqn (29
Sep - 3 Oct 1938)
240 Sqn (12
Aug - 4 Nov 1939, 12 Feb - 27 Mar 1940)
Seaplane Training Sqn (Sep 1939 - xxx 1940)
210 Sqn (23
Oct - 6 Nov 1939, 24 Nov 1939 - 21 May 1940)
No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (15 Jun 1941 - 15
Aug 1946)
No 6 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 12 Aug
1943)
No 5 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (25 Sep 1942 - Dec 1944)
No 302 Ferry Training Unit (1 Jul 1945 - 1 Apr 1946)
No 1100 Marine Craft Base Unit (1 Jul 1946 - 1 Apr 1986
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Location
County: - Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty)
Lat/Long: 57:40:48N 04:15:28W
Height Above Sea Level - 0 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened: -
Closed: - |
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Notes
Renamed RAF Alness on 10 Feb 1943
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Detachments
Special Duties Flt (16 - 24 Mar 1940) |
Coastal Command
Flying Instructors School (16 Jul - 29 Oct 1945) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Al Udeid
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No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 901 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)
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Location
Country: - Doha, Qatar
Lat/Long:
25:06:57N
51:18:55E
Height Above Sea Level: 130 ft
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
This is, primarily, a USAF base.
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Ambala
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units: -
No 1 School of Air Force Technical Training (India) (1 Nov
1939 - 15 Nov 1945)
Battle Flt (Feb - Jun 1940)
No 3 (India) Maintenance Unit (3 Dec 1941 - 18 Mar 1942)
No 303 Maintenance Unit
(18 Mar 1942 - 19 Mar 1945)
No 30 Personnel Reception Centre (24 Mar - 25 Sep 1942)
No 1 Det, No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - xxx xxxx)
No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (15 Jun 1945 - 18 Feb 1946)
No 4 Det, No 141 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 - xx Jan 1946) 3 Sqn (
5 Sqn (
20 Sqn (
28 Sqn (
31 Sqn (
60 Sqn (
99 Sqn (
114 Sqn (
659 Sqn (
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Location
Country - Haryana, India
Lat/Long: 30:22:07N 76:48:54E
Height above sea level: 900 ft
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Operational Control: -
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|
Notes
Currently an active Indian Air Force station in Western Air
Command (2008)
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Main units: -
No 2 (Indian) Wing (10 Oct 1921 - 22 Oct 1922) Coast Defence Wing, India (25 Aug 1939 - Apr 1940)
'H' Flt (25 Aug - 9 Nov 1939, Feb - 15 Sep 1940) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Amiriya/Amriya
|
No Badge authorised |
Main units (continued): -
Sub-site, No 101 Maintenance Unit (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)
No 59 Repair & Salvage Unit (23 Nov - Dec 1941)
HQ, No 236 Wing (22 - 23 May 1942, 26 Jun - 27 Jul 1942)
HQ, No 244 (Fighter) Wing (22 - 24 Jun 1942, 28 - 29 Jun
1942)
HQ, No 233 Wing (28 Jun - 10 Jul 1942)
HQ, No 239 Wing (29 Jun - 6 Nov 1942)
Advanced Salvage Unit (1 Jul 1942 - xxx 1943)
HQ, No 7 (SAAF)
Wing (12 Aug 1942 - 11 Jan 1943)
HQ, No 232 Wing (17 Sep - 27 Dec 1942, 20 Jan - 4 Mar 1943)
No 55 Refuelling
and Re-arming Party (Nov 1942)
HQ, No 3 (SAAF) Wing (xxx - 1 Dec 1942)
No 102 Maintenance Unit (1 Jul 1943 - 31 Aug 1946)
Fighter Sector 'Z' (15 Sep - 6 Oct 1943)
HQ, No 237 Wing (1 Jan - 2 Feb 1944)
No 58 Refuelling and Re-arming
Party (xxx - Jun 1944)
No 58 Repair & Salvage Unit (9 Mar - 1 Apr 1944) 29 Sqn (
30 Sqn (
33 Sqn (
80 Sqn (
84 Sqn (
94 Sqn (
112 Sqn (
117 Sqn (
208 Sqn (
216 Sqn (
250 Sqn (
267 Sqn (
274 Sqn (
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Location
Country - Egypt
Lat/Long: 31:02N 29:48E
Height above sea level:
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Operational Control: -
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Notes
Landing Grounds 85 - 99, 154 and 171-175 were also referred
to as Amiriya and are included in these listings.
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Main units: -
No 193 Training Sqn (9 Aug 1917 - 21 Jul 1918)
No 194 Training Sqn (9 Aug 1917 - 21 Jul 1918)
No 16 Training Depot Station (21 Jul - Nov 1918)
No 20 Training Depot Station (21 Jul - 20 Aug 1918, Nov
- xxx 1918, Feb - Apr 1919)
Fleet Air Arm Reserve Pilots Pool (30 Nov 1935 - 20 Jul
1936)
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Detachments**
No 58 Repair & Salvage Unit (29 Nov 1942 - xxx xxxx) |
No 58 Refuelling
and Re-arming Party (xxx - xxx 1944) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo
of general area on Google Maps, |
RAF Amman
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Main units (continued): -
14 Sqn (15 Feb 1926 - 24 Aug 1939, 19 Dec 1939 - 24 May
1940)
No 3 Dump, No 123 Maintenance Unit (Jun 1941 - xxx xxxx)
'X' Flt (7 - 12 Jun 1941, 19 - 22 Jun 1941)
450 Sqn (29 Jun - 11 Jul 1941)
No 3 Middle East Training School (23Mar 1942 - 15 Nov 1944)
AHQ Levant Communications Flt (12 Jan - 15 May 1948)
No 19 Wing RAF Regiment (Jan 1948 - 20 Jul 1953)
No 1909 Flt, 651 Sqn (18 Jun 1948 - 20 Jul 1948)
Palestine Truce Observation Flt (26 Aug 1948 - xxx xxxx)
249 Sqn (8 Jun 1954 - 26 Sep 1955, 4 Nov 1955 - 27 Aug 1956)
6 Sqn (10 Jun - 7 Jun 1954, 26 Sep - 10 Oct 1955)
73 Sqn (12 Oct - 5 Nov 1955)
32 Sqn (28 Aug - 29 Oct 1956)
No 2 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 21 Sqn RAF Regiment
No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Location
Country: - Jordan (Transjordan)
Lat/Long: 31:58:19N 35:59:24E
Height above sea level:
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Operational Control: -
Opened -
Closed - |
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Notes
It was possibly renamed Marka International Airport until
replaced by the new Queen Alia International Airport in 1983.
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Main units: -
HQ, RAF Transjordan (1 Apr 1922 - 1 Oct 1926)
HQ, RAF Transjordan & Palestine (1 Oct 1926 - 13 Apr 1927, 2
Jun 1927 - Oct 1929)
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Detachments**
14 Sqn (Feb 1920 - Feb 1926)
45 Sqn (Nov 1927 - Aug 1929, Dec 1929 - Jan 1939)
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33 Sqn (Oct 1938 - Apr 1939)
208 Sqn (May - Jun 1941, Mar 1958 - Mar 1959) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Aerial photo on Google Maps, |
RAF Andover
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Main units (continued): -
No 11 Group Pool (14 Jan - 1 Jul 1939)
No 40/41 Group Communication Flight (xxx 1939 - 1 May 1944)
HQ, No 51 Wing (11 May - 2 Oct 1939)
59 Sqn (11 May - 5 Oct 1939, 21 - 31 May 1940)
Communications Sqn, RAF Air Component BEF (25 Aug - 16 Sep
1939)
No 2 School of Army Co-operation (20 Oct 1939 - 31 May 1941)
Army Co-operation Reservoir (22 Dec 1939 - xxx xxxx)
HQ, No 52 Wing (21 - 31 May 1940)
53 Sqn (21 May - 1 Jun 1940)
No 6 Operational Training Unit (1 Jun - 18 Jul 1941)
No 42 Operational Training Unit (18 Jul - 15 Oct 1941)
613 Sqn (26 Sep - 6 Oct 1941)
No 26 Blind Approach Training Flt (Oct - 2 Nov 1941)
No 1526 Beam Approach Training Flt (2 - 11 Nov 1941)
No 759 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)
No 2759 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)
HQ, No 54 Wing (25 May - 19 Jul 1942)
170 Sqn (25 Oct 1942 - 28 Feb 1943)
296 Sqn (25 Oct - 19 Dec 1942)
No 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (15 Dec 1942 - 28 Oct
1043)
16 Sqn (13 Mar - 6 Apr 1943, 9 Apr - 16 May 1943, 22 May -1
Jun 1943)
169 Sqn (26 Mar - 21 Jun 1943)
660 Sqn (21 Sep - 20 Nov 1943)
No 3205 Servicing Commando (23 Nov 1943 - 4 Jan 1944)
661 Sqn (27 Nov 1943 - 19 Feb 1944)
Maintenance Command Communications Sqn (1 May 1944 - 1 Nov
1960)
No 43 Operational Training Unit (10 Aug 1944 - 1 May 1947)
No 3209 Servicing Commando (26 Oct - 16 Nov 1944)
285 Sqn (19 Nov 1944 - 4 Jan 1945)
664 Sqn (9 Dec 1944 - 2 Feb 1945)
665 Sqn (22 Jan - 17 Mar 1945)
Helicopter Training Flt (5 Feb 1945 - 16 Jan 1946)
666 Sqn (5 Mar - 18 Apr 1945)
289 Sqn (5 - 26 Jun 1945)
No 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (Jul 1945 - 1 May 1946)
657 Sqn (26 Jan 1946 - 19 Jan 1948)
1900 Flt, 657 Sqn (1 Jan 1947 - 1 Dec 1948)
1901 Flt, 657 Sqn (May 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)
No 227 Operational Conversion Unit (7 May 1947 - 30 Jan
1948)
RAF Staff College (3 Feb 1948 - 31Dec 1969)
RAF Staff College Communications Flt (xxx xxxx - 1 Aug 1949)
Meteorological Research Flt (18 Dec 1950 - xxx 1952)
RAF Ferry Wing (19 May 1952 - 1 Apr 1953)
No 1913 Flt, 651 Sqn (21 Dec 1956 - 13 Feb 1957)
225 Sqn (1 Jan - 17 May 1960)
Maintenance Command Communications and Ferry Sqn (1 Nov 1960
- 31 Mar 1964)
Western Communication Sqn (1 Apr 1964 - 3 Feb 1969)
21 Sqn (3 Feb 1969 - 31 Jan 1976)
HQ Support Command (1 Sep 1973 - 13 Jun 1977)
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Location
County: - Hampshire
Lat/Long: 51:12:30N 01:31:30W
Grid Ref: SU329459
Height above sea level: 260 ft
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Operational Control: -
Opened - 1916
No 70 Group (1944)
Closed - |
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Notes
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Main units: -
104 Sqn (16 Sep 1917 - 19 May 1918)
105 Sqn (3 Oct 1917 - 16 May 1918)
106 Sqn (3 Oct 1917 - 21 May 1918)
116 Sqn (1 Dec 1917 - 31 Mar 1918)
119 Sqn (1 Jan - 1 Mar 1918)
148 Sqn (10 Feb - 1 Mar 1918)
207 Sqn (13 May - 7 Jun 1918)
215 Sqn (13 May - 4 Jul 1918)
School of Instruction, Southern Training Brigade (10 - 22
Jun 1918)
School of Air Pilotage (23 Sep - 23 Dec 1919 )
HQ, No 7 Group (4 Dec 1919 - 12 Apr 1926)
Air Pilotage School (23 Dec 1919 - 15 Jan 1923, 5 May 1933 -
25 Jan 1935)
No 1 (Training) Wireless School Sqn (xxx - xxx 1920)
RAF Staff College Flt (3 Apr 1922 - 10 Sep 1938)
11 Sqn (15 Jan - 16 Sep 1923)
2 Sqn (17 Sep 1923 - 31 Mar 1924)
12 Sqn (24 Mar 1924 - 4 Oct 1935, 29 Aug 1936 - 9 May 1939)
13 Sqn (30 May 1924 - 23 Sep 1929)
HQ, Wessex Bombing Area (12 Apr 1926 - 1 Oct 1933)
101 Sqn (12 Oct 1929 - 1 Dec 1934)
HQ, Western Area (1 Oct 1933 - - 1 May 1936)
HQ, Central Area (1 Oct - 16 Nov 1933)
Air Navigation School (1 Jan 1935 - 6 Jan 1936)
142 Sqn (3 Jan - 3 Oct 1935, 3 Dec 1936 - 9 May 1939)
9 Sqn (15 Oct 1935 - 15 Jan 1936)
214 Sqn (15 Oct 1935 - 1 Oct 1936)
HQ, No 3 Group (1 May 1936 - 11 Jan 1937)
103 Sqn (10 Aug 1936 - 26 Feb 1937)
107 Sqn (10 Aug 1936 - 16 Feb 1937)
HQ, No 2 Group (26 Jan 1937 - 2 May 1938)
63 Sqn (15 Feb - 3 Mar 1937)
44 Sqn (18 Mar - 16 Jun 1937)
82 Sqn (14 Jun - 8 Jul 1937)
HQ, Maintenance Command (1 Apr 1938 - 15 Sep 1939, 18 Jul
1961 - 31Aug 1973)
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Detachments**
51 Sqn (Jan 1940 - May 1942)
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Units not on the station but close by: - RAF Staff College (3 Apr
1922 - 28 May 1940)
HQ, No 40 Group (1 Jan - 31 Aug 1939, 1 Jun 1940 - Feb 1947) |
HQ, No 41 Group (1 Jan 1939 - 21 Jul 1961) HQ, No 42 Group (1 Jan - 4 Sep
1939)
HQ, No 43 Group (1 Jan 1939 - 16 Oct 1940)
HQ, No 53 Wing (24 Mar 1941 - 1 Jan 1946) |
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Links to related sites/pages
Officers
Commanding,
Atlantikwall website,
Aerial photo on Google Maps,
Control Towers website, |
RAF Andreas
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