Operational Control: -

Location

Country: - Sardinia

Lat/Long:  39:14:47N  09:03:27E

Height Above Sea Level:  13 ft

Main units: -

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

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Main units (LG224): -

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

14 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

76 Sqn (

104 Sqn (

147 Sqn (

267 Sqn (

450 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

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

Main units (Cairo West): -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

96 Sqn (

216 Sqn (

620 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:06:59N  30:54:56E

Height Above Sea Level:  550 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It was also known as Kilo 26 and Landing Ground 224

Main units (Kilo 26): -

6 Sqn (

Detachments**

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

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Main units (continued): -

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

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

Naval Co-operation Flt (xxx xxxx - Mar 1922)

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

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

230 Sqn (7 May 1922 - 1 Apr 1923)

Air Pilotage Flt (5 Feb 1923 - Dec 1926)

Seaplane Training Flt (Feb 1925 - 1 Oct 1931)

Navigation School (Dec 1926 - 6 Jan 1936)

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

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

Seaplane Training Sqn (1 Oct 1931 - Sep 1939)

240 Sqn (30 Mar 1937 - 12 Aug 1937)

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

Floatplane Training Flt (xxx 1939 - 23 Jun 1940)

Detachment, 228 Sqn (Aug - Oct 1941)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Hampshire

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

Grid Ref:    SU489025

Height above sea level:

Operational Control: -

Opened - 29 Mar 1913

RNAS (29 Mar 1913 - 31 Mar 1918)

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

Coastal Area (15 Sep 1919 - 1 May 1936)

Coastal Command (1 May 1936 - 1961)

Closed - 1 Apr 1961

Notes

Main units: -

HQ No 10 Group (1 Apr - Jun 1918)

No 345 Flt (May 1918 - 15 May 1919)

No 346 Flt (May 1918 - 15 May 1919)

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

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

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

Detachments**

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

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One of the oldest military air station in the country, Calshot opened as a RFC (Naval Wing) station on 29 March 1913, it was built on a spit of land extending into the Solent and was named after Calshot Castle, which occupied the site and was retained as part of the station.  Personnel were accommodated at Eaglehurst about one and a quarter miles from the castle.  During World War One, it was mainly used as an experimental and training station. But on the formation of the RAF in April 1918, it became home to the headquarters of No 10 Group and the Felixstowe flying boats of No 345 and No 346 Flights and the seaplanes of No 410 Flight.

After the war the station became home to the RAF School of Naval Co-operation and Aerial Navigation and on 5 February 1922 was renamed RAF Base Calshot.  It also housed the Felixstowe flying boats of No 480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight, which were replaced by Supermarine Southamptons in August 1922.  These two units remained at Calshot until World War Two, although both underwent a number of names changes in the process.  No 480 Flight was raised to No 201 Squadron on 1 January 1929.

Calshot also became the home for the RAF High Speed Flight as it prepared for the Schneider trophy competitions in 1927, 1929 and finally 1931.  In October 1931, the Flying Boat Training Squadron formed at Calshot  with No 240 Squadron being formed at the station in March 1937. 

Just before the outbreak of war, the two operational squadrons left, leaving just the FBTS in situ and Calshot becoming a flying boat maintenance centre.  Five seaplane tenders from the station took part in the Dunkirk evacuation and in June 1940, the FBTS moved north to Stranraer.  From May 1942, the station was home to a number of Air-Sea Rescue units the maintenance side of the station became No 6 Flying Boat Servicing Unit, concentrating on the maintenance of Short Sunderlands.  ASR launches from Calshot took part in the D-Day landings, being positioned off the beach in readiness to rescue downed airman as soon as possible.

Operational squadrons returned in March 1946, when No 201 Squadron arrived to be followed a month later by No 230 Squadron, both equipped with Sunderlands, but by 1949, they had left Calshot.  Early in 1947, No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit arrived to be renamed No 235 Operational Conversion Unit in July, which remained until October 1953.  After this the station was basically a marine craft station but became No 238 Maintenance Unit, responsible for the servicing of marine craft.  RAF Calshot finally closed on 1 April 1961.

Main units: -

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

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

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

Location

County: - Cheshire

Lat/Long:   53:06:45N  02:36:15W

Grid Ref -  SJ595575

Height Above Sea Level - 180 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 1942

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed: - 1946

Notes

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Main units: -

2 Sqn (

16 Sqn (

26 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Cambridgeshire

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

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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

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

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Main units (Ingham): -

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

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

199 Sqn (

300 Sqn (

305 Sqn (

Main units (Cammeringham): -

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

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

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:20:28N  00:33:18W

Grid Ref -  SK945838

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 1 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Originally known as Ingham

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Main units: -

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

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

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

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

286 Sqn (

587 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

663 Sqn (

Location

County: - Glamorganshire (City of Cardiff)

Lat/Long:   51:29:08N  03:07:56W

Grid Ref -  ST215770

Height Above Sea Level - 23 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 53 Wing (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Originally known as Pengam Moors

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Main units (continued): -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

973 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - xxx 1941)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Training and Development Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1946)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:06:25N  00:25:08W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 2 Aircraft Storage Unit (2 Aug 1932 - 10 Feb 1938)

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

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

Ferry Flt, Cardington (xx - 16 Jan 1939)

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

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

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

No 2 Recruit Depot (7 Sep 1939 -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Main units (continued): -

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

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

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

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

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

32 Sqn (

48 Sqn (

75 Sqn (

217 Sqn (

236 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

254 Sqn (

286 Sqn (

320 Sqn (

321 Sqn (

500 Sqn (

587 Sqn (

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire

Lat/Long:   51:41:15N  04:48:45W

Grid Ref -  SN002655

Height Above Sea Level - 100 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 27 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main units: -

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

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

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

Detachments**

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

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Main units: -

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

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

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

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

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

650 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 -

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

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   54:09:45N  02:57:30W

Grid Ref -  SD374745

Height Above Sea Level - 17 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

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Main units (Airfield): -

Main units (MU): -

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

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

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

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

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

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

Grid Ref -  NY390595

Height Above Sea Level - 100 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 51 Group (1944) (Airfield)

Closed -

Notes

Detachments

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

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Main units: -

150 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:03:45N  00:15:30W

Grid Ref -  TA140640

Height Above Sea Level - 35 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1944

No 4 Group (1944)

Closed - 1963

Notes

An industrial estate now occupies most of the original runway.

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Main units (Castle Archdale): -

201 Sqn (

202 Sqn (

228 Sqn (

230 Sqn (

422 Sqn (

423 Sqn (

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

Location

County: - County Fermanagh

Lat/Long:   54:28:44N  07:43:48W

Grid Ref -  H175585

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Feb 1941

Closed - 1946

Notes

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

Main units (Lough Erne): -

119 Sqn (

201 Sqn (

228 Sqn (

240 Sqn (

422 Sqn (

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

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Main units (continued): -

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

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

No 28 Training Sqn (31 May - 1 Jul 1917)

No 67 Training Sqn (3 - 11 Jun 1917)

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

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

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

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

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

9 Sqn (

19 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

54 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

71 Sqn (

115 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

605 Sqn (

663 Sqn (

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

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

Location

County: - Warwickshire (West Midlands)

Lat/Long:   52:31:08N  01:47:15W

Grid Ref -  SP145915

Height Above Sea Level - 270 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1914

Closed -

Reopened -

No 70 Group (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Main units: -

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

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

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

No 34 Reserve Sqn (1 - 13 Nov 1916)

No 43 Reserve Sqn (2 - 13 Nov 1916)

Detachments**

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

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Main units: -

25 Sqn (

68 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

85 Sqn (

91 Sqn (

151 Sqn (

157 Sqn (

307 Sqn (

410 Sqn (

456 Sqn (

486 Sqn (

527 Sqn (

605 Sqn (

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

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Essex/Cambridgeshire

Lat/Long:   53:03:00N  00:23:00E

Grid Ref -  TL633420

Height Above Sea Level - 420 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1040

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Main Units: -

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

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

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

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

Detachments**

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

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Main units: -

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

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

Location

County: - Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway)

Lat/Long:   54:53:35N  04:56:02W

Grid Ref -  NX119598

Height Above Sea Level - 83 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 29 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

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Main units: -

3 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

54 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

123 Sqn (

124 Sqn (

131 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

167 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

278 Sqn (

282 Sqn (

310 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

404 Sqn (

504 Sqn (

607 Sqn (

610 Sqn (

Location

County: - Caithness (Highland District)

Lat/Long:   58:35:00N  03:20:30W

Grid Ref -  ND215669

Height Above Sea Level - 90 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 13 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

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

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

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (14 - 17 Nov 1941)

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

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

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

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

No 6066 Servicing Echelon (9 – 14 May 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

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Main units (continued): -

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

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

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

43 Sqn (

87 Sqn (

108 Sqn (

117 Sqn (

185 Sqn (

229 Sqn (

243 Sqn (

255 Sqn (

267 Sqn (

272 Sqn (

1435 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Sardinia

Lat/Long:  37:28:00N  15:03:59E

Height Above Sea Level:  43 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now known as Catania-Fontanarossa Airport

Main units: -

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

No 3204 Servicing Commando (18 Aug - 26 1943)

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

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

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

Detachments**

No 144 Maintenance Unit (xxx - 15 Oct 1943)

'C' Det, No 4 Ferry Unit (Jan - xxx 1945)

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Main units: -

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

97 Sqn (16 - 26 Sep 1935)

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

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

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

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

226 Sqn (1 Aug 1959 - 9 Mar 1963)

Location

County: - East Riding of Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  53:55:15N  00:16:30W

Grid Ref:    TA135485

Height above sea level: 40ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1932

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

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

No 25 Group (24 Feb 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Closed - 1963

Notes

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

Detachments:

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

616 Sqn (Oct 1939 - May 1940)

No 16 Operational Training Unit (Jul - Oct 1940)

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Main units (continued): -

127 Sqn (1 Feb - 4 Jul 1918)

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

26 Sqn (11 Oct 1927 - 3 Oct 1939)

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

219 Sqn (4 Oct 1939 - 12 Oct 1940)

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

609 Sqn (27 Aug - 7 Oct 1939)

504 Sqn (2 - 6 Sep 1940)

600 Sqn (12 Oct 1940 - 14 Mar 1941)

256 Sqn (23 Nov 1940 - 4 Jan 1941)

68 Sqn (7 Jan - 23 Apr 1941)

313 Sqn (10 May - 1 Jul 1941)

131 Sqn (10 Jul - 6 Aug 1941)

331 Sqn (21 Jul - 21 Aug 1941)

145 Sqn (28 Jul 1941 - 11 Feb 1942)

122 Sqn (31 Aug - 6 Oct 1941)

17 Sqn (31 Oct - 10 Nov 1941)

134 Sqn (7 - 30 Dec 1941)

332 Sqn (15 Jan - 19 Jun 1942)

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

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

No 1472 Flt (16 Jan - 15 Nov 1943)

401 Sqn (23 Jan - 29 May 1943)

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

306 Sqn (30 May - 11 Aug 1943)

130 Sqn (18 Sep - 10 Nov 1943)

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

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

222 Sqn (14 - 25 Feb 1944)

RAF Film Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx xxxx)

RAF Regiment Depot (xxx 1946 - Feb 1994)

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

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

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

No 445 Volunteer Gliding School (26 Mar 1960 - xxx xxxx)

No 2 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 16 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 37 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 48 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 51 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 58 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 66 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 2701 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 2703 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:22:00N  01:37:00W

Grid Ref:    SE250968

Height above sea level: 175ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1914

No 12 Group (1944)

Closed: 

Notes

Main units: -

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

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

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

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

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

44 Sqn (15 - 18 Apr 1916)

53 Sqn (15 May - 11 Dec 1916)

No 37 Reserve Sqn (2 - 13 Nov 1916)

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

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

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

No 68 Reserve Sqn (7 - 14 Apr 1917)

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

No 14 Training Sqn (31 May - 1 1917)

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

89 Sqn (24 Jul - 7 Aug 1917)

No 69 Training Sqn (1 - 10 Oct 1917)

107 Sqn (8 - 18 Oct 1917)

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

115 Sqn (1 Dec 1917 - 15 Apr 1918)

118 Sqn (1 Jan - 15 Apr 1918)

Detachments:

76 Sqn (Oct 1916 - May 1919)

64 Sqn (Aug 1939 - May 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit (det) (May 1941 - Dec 1943)

289 Sqn (May 1942 - May 1945)

No 1490 Flt (May - 15 Jul 1943)

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Main units: -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Sqn (

4 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

16 Sqn (

41 Sqn (

93 Sqn (

94 Sqn (

98 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

137 Sqn (

145 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

350 Sqn (

414 Sqn (

486 Sqn (

652 Sqn (

659 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Lower Saxony, Germany

Lat/Long:  52:35:40N   10:01:30E

Height Above Sea Level:  129 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

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

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

HQ, No 125 Wing (16 Apr - 7 May 1945)

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

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

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

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

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

No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit (27 Apr - 3 May 1945)

No 6137 Servicing Echelon (7 – 9 May 1945)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Detachments*

No 426 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Apr - Jul 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

5 Sqn (

10 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

99 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

215 Sqn (

298 Sqn (

670 Sqn (

672 Sqn (

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

No 1 Glider Servicing Flt (Jun  - Sep 1944)

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

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

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

No 7135 Servicing Echelon (17 May – xxx 1945)

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

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

Location

Country - Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

Lat/Long:  33:36:59N   73:05:57E

Height above sea level:  1,688 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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

Main Units: -

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

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

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

No 2 Det,  No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 19 Feb 1945)

No5 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (10 Feb 1944 - Sep 1945)

Detachments**

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

Links to related sites/pages

Islamabad International Airport website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

20 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

135 Sqn (

615 Sqn (

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

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

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

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

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  22:27:54N   86:42:14E.

Height Above Sea Level:  377 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Detachments**

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

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

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

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:40:30N  01:04:30W

Grid Ref -  SU635977

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units (continued): -

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

84 Sqn (26 Sep 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)

81 Sqn (1 Oct 1947 - 1 Feb 1948)

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

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

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

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

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

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

656 Sqn (17 Aug 1949 - 12 Apr 1950)

No 1902 AOP Flt (Sep 1949 - Jun 1950)

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

No 1911 AOP Flt (Jun - Aug 1950)

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

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

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

205 Sqn (1 Mar 1958 - 31 Oct 1971)

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

215 Sqn (31 Jul 1963 - 31 Dec 1967)

41 Sqn RNZAF (1963 - 1971?)

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

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

77 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1964 - xxx xxxx)

801 Sqn FAA (xxx 1964 -xxx 1965)

3 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1965 - xxx xxxx)

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

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

103 Sqn (28 Mar 1969 - 15 Sep 1971)

RAF Hospital

Comcen Singapore

No. 2 Aeronautical Documents Unit

Jungle Survival School

19 Signals Regiment

Joint Warfare Branch

No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

Country: - Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:21:33N  103:59:22E

Height Above Sea Level:  22 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 8 Apr 1946

ACSEA (8 Apr - 30 Sep 1946)

ACFE (30 Sep 1946 - 1 Jun 1949)

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

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

AHQ Singapore (16 Feb 1953 - xxx xxxx)

Air Support Command ( 1 Nov - 9 Dec 1971)

Closed - 9 Dec 1971

Notes

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

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

It is now Singapore International Airport

Main units: -

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

HQ ACSEA Communication Sqn (Jul - 30 Sep1946)

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

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

AHQ Malaya (1 Dec 1946 - 31 Aug 1957)

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

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

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

Detachments: -

110 Sqn (Dec 1949 - Jul 1950)

205 Sqn (Sep 1949 - Mar 1958)

656 Sqn (Apr 1950 - Sep 1957)

38 Sqn RAAF (xxx 1950 -

Links to related sites/pages

Welcome to RAF Changi booklet, The Changi Murals, Book - The History of Changi, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Fighter Leaders School (9 Feb - 16 Aug 1943)

87 Sqn (

88 Sqn (

107 Sqn (

125 Sqn (

137 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

245 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

286 Sqn (

417 Sqn (

421 Sqn (

533 Sqn (

Location

County: - Somerset

Lat/Long:   51:25:38N  02:20:31W

Grid Ref -  ST764700

Height Above Sea Level - 688 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Atlantikwall website,  Control Tower website,

Main units: -

130 Sqn (

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

165 Sqn (

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

263 Sqn (

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

303 Sqn (

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

Location

County: - Berwickshire (Scottish Borders)

Lat/Long:   55:42:38N  02:22:30W

Grid Ref -  NT765463

Height Above Sea Level - 350 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 12 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

214 Sqn (

218 Sqn (

620 Sqn (

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

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

301 Sqn (

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

304 Sqn (

No 4304 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (6 Sep 1945 – 10 Dec 1946)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:10:53N  00:37:15E

Grid Ref -  TL790570

Height Above Sea Level - 410 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1952

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website,  Control Tower website,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Buckinghamshire

Lat/Long:   51:50:00N  00:40:45W

Grid Ref -  SP910160

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

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

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:18:15N  00:31:23W

Grid Ref -  TL006685

Height Above Sea Level - 292 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

USAAF (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Tower website,

Main units: -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Surrey (Greater London)

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

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:02:35N  00:23:24W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

26 Sqn (

54 Sqn (

174 Sqn (

183 Sqn (

184 Sqn (

222 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

245 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

308 Sqn (

501 Sqn (

504 Sqn (

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   51:08:38N  01:26:08W

Grid Ref -  SU393385

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed - 1961

Notes

Main Units: -

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

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