Main units: -

32 Sqn (

79 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

135 Sqn (

308 Sqn (

403 Sqn (

457 Sqn (

605 Sqn (

Camouflage Flt (9 Oct - 3 Nov 1939)

No 1 Camouflage Unit (3 Nov 1939 - 9 Sep 1940, 4 Oct 1942 - xxx 1943)

Special Duties Flt (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 3005 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 1 May 1942)

No 3003 Servicing Echelon (19 Oct – 25 Nov 1942)

Location

County: - Warwickshire

Lat/Long:   52:22:12N  01:28:50W

Grid Ref -  SP346748

Height Above Sea Level - 270 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1934 (as

26 Group (1944)

Closed: - 

Notes

It is was originally Coventry Airport and reverted to this after WW2.

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (5 Dec 1940 - 10 Jan 1941)

No 9 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (25 May - xxx 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

No 224 Group Communication Flt (9 - 11 Sep 1945)

HQ, No 905 Wing (12 - 14 Sep 1945)

No 7005 Servicing Echelon (12 – 25 Sep 1945, 20 Sep – 2 Oct 1945)

No 7030 Servicing Echelon (12 – 24 Sep 1945, 30 Sep – 2 Oct 1945, 4 Dec 1945 – 2 Feb 1946)

AHQ Burma Communication Sqn (20 Sep - 14 Nov 1945)

No 7060 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep – 1 Oct 1945)

No 7081 Servicing Echelon (25 – 30 Sep 1945)

5 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

67 Sqn (

81 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

123 Sqn (

131 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

136 Sqn (

146 Sqn (

152 Sqn (

155 Sqn (

176 Sqn (

258 Sqn (

261 Sqn (

607 Sqn (

615 Sqn (

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long: 

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 9 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May - xxx 1943)

No 1300 Meteorological Flt (11 Apr - 19 Sep 1944)

No 1581 Calibration Flt (12 Apr 1944 - 25 Jul 1945)

No 7134 Servicing Echelon (19 – 26 Nov 1944)

No 7123 Servicing Echelon (3 - 18 Dec 1944, 10 Jun 1945)

RAF Bengal Communication Sqn (4 Dec 1944 - 21 Apr 1945)

No 7089 Servicing Echelon (19 Jan – 6 Sep 1945)

Mk X Conversion Flt (31 Mar - 30 Nov 1945)

No 158 Staging Post (10 Apr 1945 - 22 Jul 1946)

RAF Burma Communication Sqn (21 Apr - 20 Sep 1945)

No 134 Repair & Salvage Unit (3 May - 3 Jul 1945)

No 1355 Communication Flt (18 May - Oct 1945)

No 1356 Communication Flt (18 May 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 7131 Servicing Echelon (31 Aug – 11 Sep 1945)

No 7084 Servicing Echelon (2 – 10 Sep 1945)

Detachments**

No 136 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx xxxx - 1 Jan 1946)

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Jan - 7 Jul 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

73 Sqn (

94 Sqn (

256 Sqn (

Conversion & Refresher School (24 Feb - 5 Apr 1942)

HQ, No 233 Wing (27 Feb - 4 Apr 1942)

No 1 Middle East Training School (5 Apr - 4 Jul 1942, 31 Jul 1942 - 1 Mar 1943)

No 1 (Middle East) Central Gunnery School (1 Mar - 25 Apr 1943)

RAF (Middle East) Central Gunnery School (25 Apr 1943 - Dec 1945)

No 1342 (RP Training) Flt (15 Apr - 20 Nov 1945)

No 1343 (Conversion) Flt (12 Sep - 1 Oct 1945)

Location

Country: - El Ballah, Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:46N   32:18E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Located at El Ballah, the Air Force Lists use the name RAF Ballah not RAF El Ballah

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

25 Sqn (

26 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

125 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

153 Sqn (

231 Sqn (

245 Sqn (

256 Sqn (

303 Sqn (

315 Sqn (

501 Sqn (

504 Sqn (

No 504 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 2 Jan 1942, 19 Jun 1942 – 5 Jul 1943)

RAF Northern Ireland Communication Flt (xxx - 1 May 1944)

No 6303 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 30 Apr 1944)

Location

County: - County Down

Lat/Long:  54:29:45N  05:28:00W

Grid Ref - J640638

Height Above Sea Level - 26 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1941

RAF in Northern Ireland (1944)

Closed: -  1946

Notes

Main Units: -

No 81 Group Communication Flt (Sep 1941 - 5 Jan 1942)

No 82 Group Target Towing Flt (2 - 24 Nov 1941)

Detachments**

No 13 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (May - Nov 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,  Unofficial Station website,  Officers Commanding,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

Coastal Command Development Unit (1 Dec 1941 - 18 Jun 1942)

No 707 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

220 Sqn (20 Jun 1942 - 14 Feb 1943)

120 Sqn (21 Jul 1942 - 14 Feb 1943, 24 Mar 1944 - 4 Jun 1945)

General Reconnaissance Pool (xxx 1943 - Aug 1945)

86 Sqn (6 Sep 1943 - 24 Mar 1944)

59 Sqn (15 Sep 1943 - 14 Sep 1945)

No 246 Maintenance Unit (1 Jan 1945 - 1 Apr 1949)

No 4059 Servicing Echelon (10 Jun – 14 Sep 1945)

281 Sqn (13 Aug - 24 Oct 1945)

Joint Anti-Submarine School (19 Nov 1945 - Jun 1970)

248 Sqn (8 - 17 Dec 1945)

Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit (26 May 1948 - 10 May 1951, 1 Sep 1958 - 1 Apr 1970)

269 Sqn (24 Mar 1952 - 1 Dec 1958)

240 Sqn (5 Jun 1952 - 1 Nov 1958)

No 282 Maintenance Unit (18 Aug - Nov 1952)

210 Sqn (10 - 26 Sep 1952, 1 Dec 1958 - 31 Oct 1970)

204 Sqn (1 Jan 1954 - 1 Apr 1971)

203 Sqn (1 Nov 1958 - 1 Feb 1969)

Location

County: - Londonderry

Lat/Long:  55:03:45N  07:00:31W

Grid Ref: C632245

Height above sea level: 10 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 15 Group (1944)

Closed - 1971?

Notes

It was transferred to the Army as Shackleton Barracks but is now closed and its future is undecided and subject to debate.

Detachments**

53 Sqn (Sep 1944 - Jun 1945)

153 Sqn (Oct 1941 - Dec 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

FAA Archive Website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

14 Sqn (

65 Sqn (

143 Sqn (

144 Sqn (

235 Sqn (

248 Sqn (

279 Sqn (

281 Sqn (

333 Sqn (

334 Sqn (

404 Sqn (

489 Sqn (

No 6334 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon (30 May – 8 Jun 1945)

No 6014 Servicing Echelon (2 – 29 Aug 1945)

No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Nov 1945 - Jan 1946)

Location

County: -  Banffshire

Lat/Long:  57:40:00N  02:38:00W

Grid Ref -  NJ619643

Height Above Sea Level - 250 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1943

No 18 Group (1944)

Closed: -  1946

Notes

Aerial photo on Google Maps is unsuitable for use

Main Units: -

No 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (25 May 1943 - 1 Sep 1944)

No 6065 Servicing Echelon (28 Jan – 2 Feb 1945)

No 6333 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon (30 May – Jun 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Unofficial Website, Officers Commanding,

Main units: -

20 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

21 Sqn (

273 Sqn (

357 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

684 Sqn (

No 7020 Servicing Echelon (28 Sep 1945 – 27 Jan 1946)

No 3209 Servicing Commando (Oct 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 3 Staging Post (1 Dec 1945 - 30 Apr 1946, 15 Sep 1946 - 31 Jan 1947)

Location

Country: - Thailand

Lat/Long:  13:54:45N   100:36:24E

Height Above Sea Level:  9 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now as joint civil military facility known as Don Muang (International) Airport and Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base

Detachments**

AHQ Burma Communication Flt (May 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

9 Sqn (

106 Sqn (

189 Sqn (

227 Sqn (

Bomber Command Film Flight Unit (10 Mar 1945 - 8 Apr 1945)

Location

County: -  Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:13:30N  00:17:30W

Grid Ref -  TF140712

Height Above Sea Level - 40 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: -

No 5 Group (1944)

Closed: - 

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website,   RAF-Lincolnshire.info,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

No 205 Group Communication Flt (Mar - 21 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 8 (SAAF) Wing (24 Jun - 5 Aug 1944)

No 65 Staging Post (1 - 16 Aug 1944)

No 127 Staging Post (18 Oct 1944 - 1 Dec 1945)

No 30 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (1 - 13 Nov 1944, 5 Jan - 7 Feb 1945)

HQ, No 283 (Fighter) Wing (16 Jun - 8 Jul 1944)

AHQ 'X' (1 Sep - 15 Oct 1944)

No 53 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Nov 1944 - 21 Mar 1946)

RAF Element, Yugoslav Training Flt (14 Feb - xxx 1945)

No 2 Lancaster Servicing Unit (15 Jul 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 110 Repair & Salvage Unit (26 Jul 1945 - 22 Feb 1946)

112 Sqn (

117 Sqn (

187 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

216 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

267 Sqn (

450 Sqn (

512 Sqn (

575 Sqn (

651 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Italy

Lat/Long:  41:08:20N  16:45:38:E

Height Above Sea Level:  177 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: -

Closed: - 

Notes

It is now known as Bari "Karol Wojtyla" International Airport

Main units: -

No 25 Air Despatch & Reception Unit(9 Apr 1943 - Sep 1944)

HQ, 975 Sqn (26 Sep 1943 - 1 Nov 1944)

'B' Flt, 975 Sqn (26 Sep 1943 - 1 Nov 1944)

No 3201 Servicing Commando (9 Oct - 10 Dec 1943)

Desert Air Force Reserve Aircraft Pool (3 Nov 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 3231 Servicing Commando (21 Nov - 5 Dec 1943)

No 253 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (xx Dec 1943 - 30 Jul 1944)

No 2 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (10 Dec 1943 - xxx 1944)

HQ, Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force (1 Jan 1944 - Aug 1945)

Mediterranean Tactical Air Forces Communication Flt (1 Jan - Aug 1944)

No 62 Staging Post (Sep 1943 - Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 94 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1939 - 14 Jul 1947)

Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (27 Jan 1948 - 1 Sep 1956, 1 May 1957 - 31 Jul 1963)

No 95 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1956 - 1 May 1957)

Location

County: -  Suffolk

Lat/Long:  52:23:17N  00:44:10E

Grid Ref -

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: -

Closed: - 

Notes

It is now parented by RAF Honington

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Subterranea Britannica website,

Main units: -

Airship Constructional Station (xxx xxxx - 28 Aug 1921)

577 Sqn (

970 (Balloon) Sqn (1 Jul 1941 - 1 Jul 1942)

Location

County: -  Lancashire (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:  54:07:45N  03:16:00W

Grid Ref -   SD175712

Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1941

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed: -  1946

Notes

It is now owned and operated by BAe Systems and is used by The Lakes Gliding Club

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

HQ No 9 (Fighter) Group (9 Aug 1940 - 17 Sep 1944)

Western Sector HQ (15 Dec 1950 - 25 Oct 1957)

Location

County: -  Lancashire

Lat/Long:  53:49:50N  02:44:10W

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1940

Closed: -  1944

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

6 Sqn (

8 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

72 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

No 118 Maintenance Unit (19 Oct 1941 - 30 Apr 1943)

No 125 Maintenance Unit (17 - 25 Jan 1942 )

HQ, No 275 (Balloon) Wing (17 - 22 Jul 1942)

981 (Balloon) Sqn (6 Sep 1942 - xxx 1943)

No 214 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Dec 1943 - Apr 1944)

No 27 Personnel Transit Centre (10 May - 15 Jun 1944)

Location

Country: - Iraq

Lat/Long:  30:32:57N   47:39:44E (BIA)

Height Above Sea Level:  11 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

The current (2008) Basrah International Airport was built in the 1960's and could be on the site of the earlier RAF site

Main units: -

HQ, Basrah Group (1 Oct 1922 - 31 Jul 1925)

Temporary Seaplane Flt (Jun 1928 - 8 Mar 1929)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

Ground Defence Sqn (Apr - 19 Dec 1941)

No 732 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2732 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 1446 (Ferry Training) Flt (23 Mar - 18 May 1942)

No 1 Engine Control Demonstration Unit (14 Sep - 2 Oct 1942)

91st Bomb Group USAAF (14 Oct 1942 - 23 Jun 1945)

422 Sqn (25 Jul - 4 Sep 1945)

No 4422 Servicing Echelon (25 Jul – 4 Sep 1945)

423 Sqn (8 Aug - 4 Sep 1945)

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

466 Sqn (6 Sep - 26 Oct 1945)

102 Sqn (8 Sep 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 4102 Servicing Echelon (8 Sep 1945 – 14 Feb 1946)

No 1359 Flt (25 Feb - 30 Jun 1946)

24 Sqn (25 Feb 1946 - 11 Jun 1949)

No 4024 Servicing Echelon (24 Feb 1946 – 23 Apr 1948)

No 7 Mobile Section , No 1552 Radio Aids Training Flt (19 Mar - 26 Oct 1946)

No 1552 Radio Aids Training Flt (31 Oct 1946 - 19 Mar 1947)

40 Sqn (25 Jun 1949 - 15 Mar 1950)

51 Sqn (25 Jun 1949 - 30 Oct 1950)

59 Sqn (25 Jun 1949 - 30 Oct 1950)

353rd Bomb Sqn, 301st Bomb Group USAF (Aug 1950 - Jan 1951)

7516th Air Support Sqn USAF (11 Dec 1950 - 16 May 1951)

38th Sqn, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (Jan - May 1951)

341st Bomb Sqn, 97th Bomb Group USAF (Jan 1951

96 Bomb Sqn, 2nd Bomb Group USAF (May - Aug 1951)

3913 Air Support Sqn USAF (16 May 1951 - Apr 1953)

No 237 Operational Conversion Unit (3 Oct - 1 Dec 1951)

No 231 Operational Conversion Unit (1 Dec 1951 - 19 May 1969)

No 204 Advanced Flying School (13 - 20 May 1952)

Location

County: - Cambridgeshire

3.5 miles NNW of Royston

Lat/Long:  52:05:53N 00:03:00W

Grid Ref:  TL330462

Height above sea level: 78 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

USAAF (xxx 1942 - Jun 1945)

No 47 Group (Jun 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1969

Notes

Became the HQ and Depot for the Queen's Division on 29 August 1969

Main units: -

104 Sqn (2 May 1938 - 17 Sep 1939)

108 Sqn (2 May 1938 - 18 Sep 1939)

215 Sqn (24 Sep 1939 - 8 Apr 1940, 18 - 22 May 1940)

35 Sqn (7 Dec 1939 - 1 Feb 1940)

No 11 Operational Training Unit (8 Apr 1940 - 19 Oct 1942)

RLG for No 5 Service Flying Training School (Feb 1941 - Feb 1942)

Detachments**

98 Sqn (Jun 1938 - Mar 1940)

21 Sqn (Sep 1939 - Jun 1940)

Links to related sites/pages

Commanding Officers,  Bassingbourn Museum, Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units (Bathurst): -

95 Sqn (

204 Sqn (

228 Sqn (

270 Sqn (

No 7001 Servicing Echelon (1 – 18 Apr 1944)

No 7095 Servicing Echelon (18 Apr 1944 – 30 Jun 1945)

Main units (Half Die): -

95 Sqn (

204 Sqn (

490 Sqn (

Main units (Jeswang): -

128 Sqn (

200 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Gambia

Lat/Long:  13:26N  16:35W

There were three airfields around Bathurst; Half Die, Jeswang and Yundum.  This entry covers the first two whilst Yundum is covered separately as it was raised to station status in its own right.

Operational Control: -

Notes

Bathurst was renamed Banjul in 1973

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

HQ No 1 (Bomber) Group (20 Jul 1941 - 1 Sep 1972)

HQ No 1 Group (1 Sep 1972 - 17 Nov 1983)

Location

County: - West Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  53:25:44N  01:01:23W

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 20 Jul 1941

No 1 Group (20 Jul 1941 - 17 Nov 1983)

Closed: -  17 Nov 1983

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 59 Training Sqn (30 Oct - 20 Nov 1917)

No 70 Training Sqn (1 Jan - 27 Jul 1918)

No 73 Training Sqn (20 Feb - 27 Jul 1918)

No 29 Training Depot Station (27 Jul 1918 - 28 Mar 1919)

No 11 Training Depot Station (Apr - Jul 1919)

Wireless Telephony School (May 1919 - 1 Sep 1919)

No 3010 Servicing Echelon (17 – 31 Jan 1944)

No 1901 AOP Flt (1 Jan - May 1947)

53 Sqn (

79 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

88 Sqn (

103 Sqn (

158 Sqn (

224 Sqn (

257 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

311 Sqn (

405 Sqn (

486 Sqn (

657 Sqn (

Location

County: -  Hampshire

Lat/Long:  50:48:15N  01:30:15W

Grid Ref -  SU350008

Height Above Sea Level - 130 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1942

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed: -  1950

Notes

Main units: -

No 16 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn (15 Dec 1915 - 13 Jan 1916)

No 16 Reserve Sqn (13 Jan 1916 - 31 May 1917)

No 81 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (9 - 15 Feb 1917)

No 87 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (28 Feb - May 1917)

No 16 Training Sqn (31 May - 30 Oct 1917)

HQ, No. 17 Wing (2 Aug 1917– 12 Aug 1918)

School of Instruction, Southern Training Brigade (Oct 1917 - xxx 1918)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

278Sqn (

279 Sqn (

280 Sqn (

618 Sqn (

No 15 (RAAF) Air Crew Holding Unit (12 Jun - 5 Nov 1945)

Location

County: -  Suffolk

Lat/Long:  52:26:08N  01:36:30E

Grid Ref -  TM453882

Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1943

No 16 Group (1944)

Closed: -  1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, FAA Archive Website,  Control Tower website,

Main units: -

80 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

261 Sqn (

HQ, No 263 (Defensive Fighter) Wing (6 Oct 1941 - 5 Jul 1942)

973 (Balloon) Sqn (Apr 1942 - 7 Aug 1943, 20 May - xxx 1944)

No 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (xxx xxxx - 9 Dec 1942)

HQ, No 241 Wing (12 Nov - 1 Dec 1942)

No 34 Air Stores Park (1 Sep - 13 Dec 1943)

Location

Country: - Lebenon

Lat/Long:  33:49:16N   35:29:18E

Height Above Sea Level:  87 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now known as Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport

Detachments**

No 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (21 Mar 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 207 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Dec 1943-  Jan 1946)

No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jan 1944 - Jan 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1434 (Photographic Survey) Flt (24 May - 1 Jul 1943)

HQ, No 283 (Airborne Forces) Wing (1 Feb 1946 - 17 Jan 1947)

Location

Country: - Gaza, Palestine (Israel)

Lat/Long:  32N  34E  Approx

Operational Control: -

Notes

This Palestinian town was captured by the Israelis in 1948 and was depopulated, the area now being the location of Azrikam and Emunim.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

HQ RAF Northern Ireland (1 Aug 1940 - 4 Jan 1945)

HQ, No 23 Wing (13 Sep 1940 - 15 Jul 1941)

HQ No 96 Wireless (Observer) Wing (1 Oct 1941 - 3 Apr 1942)

Location

County: -  Northern Ireland

Lat/Long:  54:35:50N  05:55:40W

Grid Ref - J338740

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: -

RAF in Northern Ireland

Closed: - 

Notes

This entry covers units located at various location in the City of Belfast.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:08:56N  00:10:30W

Operational Control: -

Opened: -

Closed: - 

Notes

Chain Home Low and Type 31 Radar. Sometimes mistakenly called Flamborough Head.

Links to related sites/pages

Battle of Britain Anniversary website, Subterranea Britannica website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Notes

There have been four sites used for non-flying purposes

1st - Borve Castle (radar site)

2nd - on the airfield (1972 - 1982)

3rd - just off the airfield (CRC) (1982 - 2003)

4th - South Clettraval (CRC)

Remote Radar Head (2004 - Current)

Location

County: - Hebrides

57:29:00N 07:21:30W

Grid Ref:  NF787562

Height above Sea Level: 16 ft

Railhead: Oban

Main units (airfield): -

No 841 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2841 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

206 Sqn (1 Jul 1942 - 18 Oct 1943)

220 Sqn (20 Mar - 18 Oct 1943)

179 Sqn (12 Dec - 23 Oct 1944)

304 Sqn (21 Sep 1944 - 6 Mar 1945)

36 Sqn (9 Mar - 4 Jun 1945)

Operational Control: -

Opened (RAF airfield) - 1941

No 15 Group (1944)

Closed (RAF airfield) -1947

No 2 Group (2005)

Detachments:

220 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Feb 1943)

455 Sqn (Apr 1942 - Apr 1944)

Harbour: -

No 62 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 27 Mar 1944, 16 Oct - 29 Nov 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

FAA Archive Website, Martin Briscoe website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

Yugoslav Holding Unit (28 Feb - 6 Aug 1944)

No 102 Maintenance Unit (15 Jan - 31 Aug 1948)

33 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

5 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

335 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Libya

Lat/Long:  32:05:49N  20:16:10E

Height Above Sea Level:  433 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Located near Benghazi it is now known as Benina International Airport.

Main Units: -

HQ, No 285 Wing (2 - 11 Dec 1942)

Communication Unit, Rear HQ Western Desert (7 Dec 1942 - 12 Jan 1943)

No 33 Air Stores Park (7 Dec 1942 - 13 Jan 1943)

HQ, No 231 Wing (15 Dec 1942 - 20 Jan 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

540 Sqn (29 Feb 1944 - 29 Mar 1945, 6 Nov 1945 - 1 Oct 1946, 1 Dec 1947 - 26 Mar 1953)

No 106 Group (14 Apr 1944 - 15 Aug 1946)

HQ, No 106 Group Communications Flt (14 Apr 1944 - 15 Aug 1946)

HQ, No 104 Wing (5 Feb - 11 Mar 1945)

Central Photographic Establishment (15 Aug 1946 - 4 Jul 1948)

58 Sqn (1 Oct 1946 - 31 Mar 1953)

82 Sqn (1 Oct 1946 - 18 Jun 1947, 6 Oct 1947 - 6 Nov 1948, 30 Oct 1952 - 31 Mar 1953)

No 8 (Coastal) OTU (19 Oct 1946 - 31 Jul 1947)

No 237 OCU (31 Jul 1947 - 15 Apr 1948, 3 Oct 1950 - 3 Oct 1951)

Air Photographic Development Unit (8 Aug 1947 - 1 Mar 1950)

HQ, No 54 Group (1 Apr 1951 - 10 Jul 1953)

No 54 Group Communications Flt (1 May 1951 - 10 Jul 1953)

Radar Reconnaissance Flt (1 Oct 1951 - 27 Mar 1952)

30 Sqn (2 May 1952 - 15 Apr 1953)

Ferry Training Unit (9 Apr 1953 - xxx 1961)

147 Sqn (16 Apr 1953 - 15 Sep 1958)

167 Sqn (16 Apr 1953 - 15 Sep 1958)

The Queen's Flight (16 Nov 1953 - 1 Apr 1995)

Ferry Support Sqn (xxx 1956 - 2 Sep 1957, 1 Jan - 1 Dec 1958)

Transport Command Training and Development Flt (16 Jan 1956 - 1 Feb 1957)

Transport Command Examining Unit (1 Sep 1958 - 1 Aug 1967)

Ferry Sqn (15 Sep 1958 - 1 Dec 1958)

21 Sqn (1 May - 15 Sep 1959)

114 Sqn (1 Oct 1961 - 31 Oct 1971)

Argosy Conversion Unit (1 Nov 1961 - 30 Apr 1963)

105 Sqn (21 Feb - 15 Jun 1962)

267 Sqn (1 Nov 1962 - 30 Jun 1970)

215 Sqn (1 May - 31 Jul 1963)

Air Support Command Examining Unit (1 Aug 1967 - 13 Nov 1970)

No 38 Group Tactical Support Unit

No 38 Group Tactical Communication Wing (14 Dec 1970 -1 Dec 1976)

HQ, No 38 Group (15 May 1972 - 10 Nov 1975)

No 38 Group Communications Flt (15 May 1972 - 31 Mar 1976)

No 38 Group Standardisation Unit (1 Aug 1972 - xxx 1976)

No 612 Volunteer Gliding School (1980 - 1992)

Wessex Training Flt (3 Nov 1980 - Apr 1982)

72 Sqn (16 Apr - 12 Nov 1981)

115 Sqn (4 Jan 1983 - 1 Oct 1993)

Mobile Meteorological Unit , RAuxAF

60 Sqn (1 Jun 1992 - 31 Mar 1997)

Oxford University Air Sqn (31 Jul 1992 - Current)

No 6 AEF (31 Jul 1992 - Current)

606 Sqn RAuxAF (1 Oct 1996 - Current)

33 Sqn (13 Jun 1997 - Current)

Merlin Operational Conversion Unit (xxx 2000 - )

28 Sqn (17 Jul 2001 - Current)

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

13 miles South-East of Oxford

Lat/Long:  51:37:00N  01:05:15W

Grid Ref:  SU628914

Height above Sea Level:  200 ft

Railhead: Wallingford

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 1 Group (1939 - xxxx)

No 106 Group (1944 - 1946)

Joint Helicopter Command

Notes

For many years Benson was the home of the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance force.

It was also the home of the King's/Queen's Flight for most of its existence.

Main units: -

103 Sqn (1 Apr - 2 Sep 1939)

150 Sqn (3 Apr - 2 Sep 1939)

HQ, No 79 Wing (22 Aug 1939 - xx xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 74 Wing (26 Aug - 2 Sep 1939)

No 1 Group Pool (14 - 18 Sep 1939)

No 4 Group Pool (14 - 17 Sep 1939)

HQ No 1 Group (12 Sep - 22 Dec 1939,30 Jul 1993 - 1 Apr 1996)

The King's Flight (15 Sep 1939 - 14 Feb 1941, 1 May 1946 - 16 Nov 1953)

63 Sqn (17 Sep 1939 - 6 Apr 1940)

52 Sqn (18 Sep 1939 - 6 Apr 1940)

No 12 OTU (6 Apr 1940 - Aug 1941)

No 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (27 Dec 1940 - 9 Oct 1942)

No 3 PRU (21 Jul - 15 Aug 1941)

No 1416 Flt (5 - 17 Sep 1941)

140 Sqn (17 Sep - 29 Oct 1941, 4 Nov 1941 - 20 May 1942)

No 733 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2733 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

541 Sqn (19 Oct 1942 - 1 Oct 1946, 1 Nov 1947 - 7 Jun 1951)

542 Sqn (19 Oct 1942 - 27 Aug 1945)

543 Sqn (19 Oct 1942 - 18 Oct 1943)

544 Sqn (19 Oct 1942 - 13 Oct 1945)

HQ, No 106 Wing (3 Jul 1943 - 14 Apr 1944)

144 Sqn (9 Jul - 5 Aug 1943)

Photographic Reconnaissance Development Unit (28 Dec 1943 - 8 Aug 1947)

No 2 Group Communications Flt (16 Jan - 16 Nov 1944)

Detachments

166 Sqn (Jun - Sep 1939)

140 Sqn (May 1942 - Mar 1943)

618 Sqn (Apr - Oct 1943)

2 Sqn (Jan - Feb 1944)

63 Sqn (Nov 1943 - Jan 1944)

168 Sqn (Feb 1944)

21 Sqn (Mar 1973 - Jan 1976)

Links to related sites/pages

Station Website,  FAA Archive Website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Location

County: - Middlesex

Lat/Long:  51:37:35N  00:59:00W

Notes

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Inland Area (1 Jun 1926 - 1 May 1936)

Training Command (1 May - 13 Jul 1936)

Fighter Command (14 Jul 1936 - 15 Nov 1943, 16 Oct 1944 - 30 Apr 1968)

Strike Command (30 Apr 1968 - 17 Dec 1972)

No 11 (Fighter) Group (1 Apr 1968 - 1 Sep 1972)

No 11 Group (1 Sep 1972 - xxx xxxx

No 11 (Air Defence) Group (xxx xxxx - 1 Apr 1996)

No 11/18 Group (1 Apr 1996 - xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Main units (continued): -

No 6 RAF Film Production Unit (Oct 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (Rear) (16 Oct 1944 - Feb 1945)

No 2 Group Rear Element (Jan 1945 - xxx xxxx)

HQ Royal Observer Corp (Feb 1951 - xxx 1995)

Central School of Aircraft Recognition (Apr 1951 - Sep 1954)

Air Defence Ops Centre (Feb 1953 - 1 Mar 1971)

HQ, No 80 Wing (1 Aug 1953 - 15 Mar 1957)

Centralised Filter Plotting Centre (Feb 1954 - Aug 1956)

Met. Raid Recognition Centre (Aug 1956 - Apr 1957

Met. Air Defence Notification Centre (Apr - Dec 1957)

Air Defence Notification Centre [South] (Dec 1957 - Sep 1958)

UK Air Traffic Services (Jun 1959 - 1 Jan 1961)

HQ, No 165 Wing (5 Aug - Oct 1959)

HQ Military Air Traffic Organisation (1 Jan 1961 - Dec 1965)

Control & Reporting Evaluation Team (Dec 1964 - 28 Feb 1973)

HQ, Strike Command (30 Apr 1968 - 17 Dec 1972)

HQ, No 11 (Fighter) Group (30 Apr 1968 - 1 Sep 1972)

HQ, No 11 Group (1 Sep 1972 - xxx xxxx

Systems Development Centre (1 Apr 1983 - xxx xxxx)

Sector Operations Centre UK (1 Apr 1995 - 1 Apr 1996)

HQ, No 11 (Air Defence) Group (xxx xxxx - 1 Apr 1996)

HQ, No 11/18 Group (1 Apr 1996 - xxx xxxx)

RAF Inspectorate of Flight Safety (Sep 1996 - xxx xxxx)

Element of Air Warfare Centre (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

Standby Air Defence Operations Centre (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

Main units: -

HQ, Inland Area (1 Jun 1926 - 1 May 1936)

HQ, Training Command (1 May - 13 Jul 1936)

HQ, Fighter Command (14 Jul 1936 - 15 Nov 1943, 16 Oct 1944 - 30 Apr 1968)

Controllers' Training Unit (10 - 15 Jun 1940)

No 713 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2713 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - Sep 1943)

HQ Allied Expeditionary Air Forces (15 Nov 1943 - 15 Oct 1944)

HQ, Air Defence of Great Britain (15 Nov 1943 - 16 Oct 1944)

No 2718 Sqn RAF Regiment (17 May 1943 - Apr 1944)

No 2747 Sqn RAF Regiment (Apr 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

165 Sqn (15 Dec 1944 - 29 May 1945)

No 6165 Servicing Echelon (15 Dec 1944 – 29 May 1945)

No 6234 Servicing Echelon (16 Dec 1944 – 30 Apr 1945, 27 Jul 1945 – 12 Feb 1946)

234 Sqn (17 Dec 1944 - 1 May 1945, 21 Sep 1945 - 12 Feb 1946)

No 6064 Servicing Echelon (27 Dec 1944 – 15 Aug 1945)

64 Sqn (29 Dec 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

No 6126 Servicing Echelon (28 Dec 1944 – 5 Sep 1945)

126 Sqn (30 Dec 1944 - 5 Sep 1945)

65 Sqn (15 May - 13 Aug 1945 )

No 6065 Servicing Echelon (15 May – 13 Aug 1945)

No 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (May 1945 - 1 May 1946)

124 Sqn (5 Oct 1945 - 18 Feb 1946)

No 6124 Servicing Echelon (5 Oct 1945 – 18 Feb 1946, 20 Mar – 1 Apr 1946)

56 Sqn (1 Apr - 16 Sep 1946)

No 6056 Servicing Echelon (1 Apr - 16 Sep 1946)

74 Sqn (2 - 9 Jun 1946)

245 Sqn (2 - 9 Jun 1946)

No 2707 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 226 OCU (10 Oct 1946 - 26 Aug 1949)

Towed Target Flt (Jan - Oct 1945)

7506th Air Support Group USAF (16 Mar - 16 Oct 1951 )

81st Fighter Interceptor Group (5 Sep 1951 - 1 Apr 1954)

'C' Flt, 9th Air Rescue Sqn (xxx xxxx - 14 Nov 1952)

7554th Tow Target Flt (22 Mar - 16 Dec 1952)

81st Fighter Bomber Wing (1 Apr 1954 - 8 Jul 1958)

87th Fighter Interceptor Sqn (13 Dec1954 - 8 Sep 1955)

81st Tactical Fighter Wing (8 Jul 1958 - 23 Mar 1993)

527th Aggressor Sqn (xxx 1988 - Jan 1990)

Location

County: - Suffolk

4.5 miles NE of Woodbridge

Lat/Long:  52:07:30N  01:26:15E

Grid Ref: TM353533

Height above sea level:  80ft

Operational Control: -

Care & Maintenance - 17 Apr 1944

Bomber Command (17 Apr - 22 Nov 1944)

Opened - 22 Nov 1944

No 11 Group (22 Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx, 12 Apr - 7 Sep 1951)

No 12 Group (xxx xxxx - 12 Apr 1951)

USAFE (7 Sep 1951- 21 May 1993)

Closed - 21 May 1993

Notes

Built originally for the USAAF, by the time it opened it was no longer required and was taken over by the RAF.  It was originally named Butley but it was changed to Bentwaters on 23 January 1943.

Main Units: -

129 Sqn (11 Dec 1944 - 26 May 1945)

No 6129 Servicing Echelon (11 Dec 1944 – 26 May 1945)

118 Sqn  (15 Dec 1944 - 11 Aug 1945)

No 6118 Servicing Echelon (15 Dec 1944 – 11 Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Unofficial Website,  Subterranea Britannica website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

Berka Main

38 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

227 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

252 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

458 Sqn (

459 Sqn (

603 Sqn (

No 54 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (28 Nov 1942 - xxx 1943)

Location

Country: - Libya

Lat/Long:  32:07N  20:04E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

There was a cluster of three airfields surrounding Benghazi during WW2 called Berka I, II and III.

Main Units: -

Berka II

HQ, No 247 Wing (13 Dec 1942 - 29 Feb 1944)

No 26 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (23 Sep 1943 - 25 Feb 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

5 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

No 3 Det,  No 141 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Fighter Support Training Unit (15Dec 1945 - Jun 1946)

No 37 Staging Post (14 Nov - Dec 1945)

No 7005 Servicing Echelon (26 Jan – 1 Jun 1946)

No 7030 Servicing Echelon (2 Feb – 27 Apr 1946)

Location

Country -  Madhya Pradesh, India

Lat/Long:  23:17:15N  77:20:15E

Height above sea level: 1,719 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now known as Raja Bhoj Airport

Detachments**

No 140 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1943 - xxx 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

144 Sqn (11 Jan - 9 Feb 1937)

90 Sqn (15 Mar 1937 - 10 May 1939)

217 Sqn (16 Aug - 13 Sep 1937)

12 Sqn (9 May - 2 Sep 1939)

142 Sqn (9 May - 2 Sep 1939)

No 2 Group Pool (14 Sep 1939 - 8 Apr 1940)

104 Sqn (17 Sep 1939 - 6 Apr 1940)

108 Sqn (18 Sep 1939 - 6 Apr 1940)

No 13 Operational Training Unit (8 Mar 1940 - 12 Oct 1944)

No 7 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1941 - 11 May 1942)

Ferry Training Flt (27 Oct 1941 - 21 Jan 1942)

No 734 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2734 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 1442 (Ferry Training) Flt (21 Jan - 1 Aug 1942)

No 92 Group Communications Flt (11 May - 14 Sep 1942)

Beam Approach Calibration Flt (3 Jul - 20 Nov 1942)

No 1551 Beam Approach Calibration Flt (20 Nov 1942 - 15 Apr 1943)

No 307 Ferry Training Unit (24 Dec 1942 - 18 Feb 1943)

No 420 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 - 19 Feb 1944)

No 34 Air Stores Park (5 May 1944 - 10 Aug 1945)

No 246 Maintenance Unit (1 Jan 1945 - 1 Apr 1949)

HQ, No 40 Group (Feb 1947 - 28 Jul 1961)

Sub-site, No 3 Maintenance Unit (1947 - 1958)

No 282 Maintenance Unit (18 Aug 1952 - 23 Oct 1954)

No 71 Maintenance Unit (15 Dec 1953 - xxx 1976)

No 5 Wing RAF Regiment (1 Apr 1967 - Oct 1970)

No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

1.75 miles NNE of Bicester

Lat/Long:  51:54:53N  01:08:00W

Grid Ref: SP 598245

Height above sea level: 270 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

21th Wing (1917 - 1919)

No 12 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

HQ, No 57 Wing was at Brashfield House, Bicester (21 Mar 1946 - 15 Jan 1947)

Main units: -

118 Sqn (7 Aug - 7 Sep 1918)

No 44 Training Depot Station (1 Oct 1918 - Aug 1919)

2 Sqn (14 Feb - 19 Oct 1919)

No 44 Training Sqn (Aug - Dec 1919)

5 Sqn (19 Sep 1919 - 20 Jan 1920)

100 Sqn (10 Jan 1928 - 3 Nov 1930)

33 Sqn (5 Nov 1930 - 27 Nov 1934)

101 Sqn (1 Dec 1934 - 9 May 1939)

48 Sqn (25 Nov - 16 Dec 1935)

Detachments**

Signals Development Unit (Apr - Aug 1943)

Oxford University Air Sqn (1959 - 1975)

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

66 Sqn (7 Nov 1940 - 24 Feb 1941)

264 Sqn (11 Jan - 14 Apr 1941)

609 Sqn (24 Feb - 28 Jul 1941, 24 Sep - 19 Nov 1941, 18 Sep - 2 Nov 1942)

401 Sqn (20 Oct 1941 - 19 Mar 1942, 3 - 14 Aug 1942, 21 Aug - 24 Sep 1942, 13 Oct 1943 - 8 Apr 1944)

No 609 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 – 19 Nov 1941, 18 Sep – 9 Nov 1942)

No 3045 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 10 Aug 1942)

124 Sqn (17 Nov 1941 - 3 May 1942)

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (17 Nov 1941 – xxx xxxx, 12 Aug – 23 Sep 1942)

133 Sqn (3 May - 30 Jun 1942, 12 - 31 Jul 1942, 31 Aug - 23 Sep 1942)

No 2824 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 2709 Sqn RAF Regiment

19 Sqn (1 - 7 Jul 1942, 10 - 16 Sep 1946)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (9 Aug – 9 Sep 1942)

222 Sqn (15 - 21 Aug 1942)

602 Sqn (16 - 20 Aug 1942)

340 Sqn (23 Sep 1942 - 21 Mar 1943)

611 Sqn (23 Sep 1942 - 1 Jul 1943)

No 611 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (23 Sep 1942 – 11 Oct 1943)

No 3017 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (8 Feb – 15 Mar 1943)

1 Sqn (9 Feb - 15 Mar 1943)

341 Sqn (21 Mar - 11 Oct 1943)

No 2745 Sqn RAF Regiment

41 Sqn (21- 28 May 1943, 29 Mar 1951 31 Jan 1958)

485 Sqn (1 Jul - 18 Oct 1943)

HQ, No 126 Airfield (13 Oct 1943 - 12 May 1944)

411 Sqn (13 Oct 1943 - 24 Feb 1944, 29 Feb - 16 Apr 1944)

412 Sqn (14 Oct 1943 - 5 Jan 1944, 20 Jan - 30 Mar 1944)

No 6401 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 8 Apr 1944)

No 6411 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 15 May 1944)

No 6412 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 15 May 1944)

91 Sqn ( 7 - 29 Oct 1944)

No 6091 Servicing Echelon (17 - 29 Oct 1944)

No 6322 (Dutch) Servicing Echelon (17 Oct 1944 – 2 Jan 1945)

HQ No 141 Wing (18 Oct - 5 Nov 1944)

No 6131 Servicing Echelon (29 Oct – 7 Nov 1944)

154 Sqn (5 Nov 1944 - 1 Mar 1945)

No 6154 Servicing Echelon (7 Nov 1944 – 3 Mar 1945)

No