Main units: -

Location

County: -  Ayrshire

Lat/Long:   55:35:06N  04:39:47W Approx

Grid Ref -  NS329361

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1950

Closed - 1956

Notes

It was known as RAF Fullarton during WW2

Links to related sites/pages

Subterranea Britannica website, Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

Main units (Gambut 1) (continued): -

252 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

450 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

458 Sqn (

HQ, No 239 Wing (1 Mar - 17 Jun 1942, 14 - 15 Nov 1942)

HQ, No 243 Wing (May - 20 Jun 1942)

HQ, No 233 Wing (14 - 18 Nov 1942)

Main units (Gambut 2): -

73 Sqn (

112 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

450 Sqn (

HQ, No 233 Wing (22 May - 28 Jun 1942)

Main units (Gambut 3): -

14 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

112 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

459 Sqn (

603 Sqn (

HQ, No 235 Wing (3 Dec 1942 - 29 Feb 1944)

Main units (Gambut West): -

73 Sqn (

92 Sqn (

145 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

601 Sqn (

HQ, No 285 Wing (14 - 20 Nov 1942)

Location

Country: -   Libya

Lat/Long:   31:54N  24:27E  Approx

Height above sea level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

This station consisted of four airfields known as Gambut 1 (LG139), this being the main airfield, Gambut 2 (LG142), Gambut 3 (LG143) and Gambut West, which may have been Gambut 4 (LG156)

Main units (Gambut 1): -

6 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

33 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

80 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

108 Sqn (

112 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

145 Sqn (

148 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

227 Sqn (

229 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (xxx - 23 Feb 1944)

Detachments*

No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Feb - Aug 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

RLG for No 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Dec 1942 - 25 May 1943)

Satellite for No 82 Operational Training Unit (1 Jun - 28 Aug 1943, 5 Oct 1943 - 15 Jun 1944)

No 86 Operational Training Unit (15 Jun - 15 Oct 1944)

No 3 Group Aircrew School (1 - 3 Nov 1944)

No 3 Aircrew School (3 Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 9 Air Crew Holding Unit (7 Jun 1945 - 10 Jan 1946)

Location

County: - Nottinghamshire

Lat/Long:   53:16:45N  00:57:30W

Grid Ref -  SK693762

Height Above Sea Level - 90 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 7 Group (1944)

Closed - 1957

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main Units: -

No 1125 Marine Craft Unit (1 May 1970 - 29 Mar 1976)

Detachments**: -

413 Sqn (Apr 1942 - Jan 1945)

205 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Jun 1945)

240 Sqn (Jul 1942 - Jul 1944)

321 Sqn (Oct 1942 - Apr 1945)

217 Sqn (Apr 1943 - Apr 1944)

160 Sqn (Aug 1943 - Feb 1945)

230 Sqn (Feb 1944 - Apr 1945)

Location

Country: - Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Lat/Long:   00:41:36S   73:09:20E

Height above sea level:  6 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Also known as Addu Atoll

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

451 Sqn (28 Nov - 30 Dec 1945)

No 6451 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (28 Nov – 30 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 135 Wing (2 Jan 1946 - 17 Feb 1947)

33 Sqn (2 Jan - 17 Feb 1946, 18 Jun - 18 Jul 1946, 27 Aug - 24 Sep 1946, 12 - 29 Sep 1947, 30 Apr - 5 Jun 1948)

56 Sqn (22 Feb - 25 Mar 1946)

No 2729 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Mar 1946)

No 6003 Servicing Echelon (23 Mar – 6 May 1946, 4 Jan – 3 Feb 1947, 1 Oct – 3 Nov 1947)

3 Sqn (27 Mar - 6 May 1946, 4 Jan - 3 Feb 1947, 1 Oct - 3 Nov 1947)

26 Sqn (7 May - 17 Jun 1946, 5 Dec 1947 - 5 Jan 1948)

No 6026 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 17 Jun 1946)

No 2804 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Jun 1946)

No 1317 Wing RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Jul 1946)

80 Sqn (19 Jul - 26 Aug 1946, 3 - 30 Jun 1947, 22 Jun - 14 Jul 1948)

No 2740 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Sep 1946)

No 1306 Wing RAF Regiment (Sep 1946 - 21 Aug 1947)

69 Sqn (13 Nov - 13 Dec 1946)

98 Sqn (1 Jul - 9 Aug 1947, 4 Nov - 4 Dec 1947)

No 6098 Servicing Echelon (1 Jul - 9 Aug 1947, 4 – 14 Nov 1947)

14 Sqn (16 Aug - 11 Sep 1947)

No 2724 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 2865 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 21 Aug 1947)

No 6 Wing RAF Regiment (21 Aug 1947 - Feb 1949)

No 63 Sqn RAF Regiment (21 Aug 1947 - xxx xxxx)

16 Sqn (6 Jan  - 2 Feb 1948)

4 Sqn (1 - 31 Mar 1948)

107 Sqn (5 Jun - 5 Jul 1948)

RAF Gatow Station Flight: (Dec 1958 - Jun 1994)

Location

Country: - Berlin, Germany

Lat/Long:   52:28:28N  13:08:17E

Height above sea level:  161 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - July 1945

Closed - 7 Sep 1994

Notes

Gatow was taken over from the Soviets in July 1945.

First RAF aircraft landed 2 July 1945.

Officially named "RAF Gatow" 1 August 1945.

Gatow was handed over to the German Government on 7 September 1994.

Main units: -

Berlin Air Command (RAF) Communication Flt (24 May - 1 Aug 1945)

No 2848 Sqn RAF Regiment (25 Jun 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 19 Terminal Staging Post (1 Jul 1945 - 15 Jul 1946)

British Air Command Berlin Communications Flt (1 Aug 1945 - Oct 1946)

453 Sqn (16 Sep - 18 Oct 1945)

No 6453 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (16 Sep 1945 – 21 Jan 1946)

No 6174 Servicing Echelon (10 Oct – 26 Nov 1945)

174 Sqn (19 Oct - 26 Nov 1945)

Detachments**

437 Sqn (Sep - Nov 1945)

Air Despatch Letter Service Sqn (Sep 1945 - Apr 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

2 Sqn (

4 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

18 Sqn (

19 Sqn (

26 Sqn (

53 Sqn (

57 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

65 Sqn (

80 Sqn (

92 Sqn (

98 Sqn (

116 Sqn (

141 Sqn (

168 Sqn (

171 Sqn (

175 Sqn (

183 Sqn (

229 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

287 Sqn (

309 Sqn (

400 Sqn (

414 Sqn (

430 Sqn (

613 Sqn (

655 Sqn (

Location

County: - Surrey

Lat/Long:   51:09:00N  00:10:00W

Grid Ref -  TQ270404

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1930 (civil)

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It is now London Gatwick Airport

Main units: -

HQ, No 70 (Bomber) Wing (28 Jun - 1 Jul 1940)

No 1 Anti-Aircraft Calibration Flight (27 Dec 1940 - 25 Jan 1941)

No 404 Air Sores Park (4 Jun - 13 Aug 1943)

No 84 Group Communication Flt (29 Aug - Oct 1943, xxx - 1 Mar 1944)

No 13 Personnel Transit Centre (12 Sep 1943 - 16 Apr 1944)

'A' Section, No 3209 Servicing Commando (xxx - 12 Nov 1943)

No 1 Concealment and Decoy Unit (1 Jan 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 6168 Servicing Echelon (22 – 31 Mar 1944)

No 6414 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 1 Apr 1944)

No 6430 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 1 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 35 Wing (3 Apr - 27 May 1944, xx - 17 Jun 1944)

No 412 Repair & Salvage Unit (4 Apr - 11 Aug 1944)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (4 Apr – 6 Jun 1944)

No 6268 Servicing Echelon (8 Apr – 27 Jun 1944)

No 6080 Servicing Echelon (27 Jun – 5 Jul 1944)

No 6229 Servicing Echelon (28 Jun – 1 Jul 1944)

No 6274 Servicing Echelon (28 Jun – 5 Jul 1944)

No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight (28 Aug - 17 Oct 1944)

No 6014 Servicing Echelon (29 Aug – 1 Oct 1945)

SHAEF (RAF) Communication Sqn (20 Oct 1944 - 11 Jul 1945)

Canadian Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Jan 1945 - 1 Feb 1945)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (11 Dec 1940 - Feb 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website,

Main units (continued): -

Satellite of No 12 Operational Training Unit (13 Jun - 6 Sep 1942)

Satellite of No 22 Operational Training Unit (1 Sep 1942 - 24 Jul 1945)

Satellite of No 3 Glider Training School (24 Jul 1945 - 27 Aug 1946)

Satellite of No 1 Glider Training School (2 Aug 1945 - 19 Jun 1946)

RLG for No 9 AFTS (Sep 1952 - Oct 1953)

138 Sqn (1 Jan 1955 - 1 Apr 1962)

No 2 Air Navigation School (1 Sep 1965 - 1 May 1970)

543 Sqn (1 Apr - 18 Nov 1955)

No 232 Operational Conversion Unit (21 May 1955 - 30 Jun 1965)

Radar Reconnaissance Flt (1 Sep 1961 - 1 Nov 1963)

No 637 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Apr 1966 - 29 Nov 1977)

Bomber Command Detachment (1 Jul 1966 - 30 Apr 1968)

Strike Command Detachment (30 Apr 1968 - 27 May 1969)

Strike Command Special Avionics Servicing Unit (27 May 1969 - 1 Dec 1971)

Location

County: - Warwickshire

Lat/Long:  52:11:15N  01:29:00W

Grid Ref: SP353458

Height above sea level: 410 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 91 Group (1944)

Closed - 1974

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Subterranea Britannica website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website,

Main units (continued): -

No 4 (Middle East) Ammunition Depot (25 Jul - 1 Sep 1942)

No 129 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1942 - 10 Dec 1944)

No 132 Maintenance Unit (xxx - 28 Oct 1942)

No 123 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1943 - 4 Jul 1944)

No 2 Air Crew Officers School (xx Nov 1944 - 16 Feb 1946)

33 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

318 Sqn (

451 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Palestine (Israel)

Lat/Long:   31:25N 34:20E Approx

Height above sea level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

No 32 Air Stores Park (29 May - 5 Aug 1941)

No 55 Repair & Salvage Unit (25 Aug - 28 Oct 1941)

Greek Training Flt (Sep 1941 - 12 Jan 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 138 Wing (1 Apr 1953 - 1 Jan 1960)

No 25 Wing RAF Regiment (May 1953 - 1 Jan 1958)

No 75 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 1 Jan 1958)

No 80 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 1 Jan 1958)

3 Sqn (21 Jul 1953 - 15 Jun 1957, 21 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1968)

234 Sqn (8 Jan 1954 - 15 Jul 1957)

2 Sqn (28 Oct 1955 - 10 Oct 1957)

59 Sqn (15 Nov 1957 - 4 Jan 1961)

96 Sqn (12 Feb 1958 - 21 Jan 1959)

256 Sqn (12 Feb 1958 - 21 Jan 1959)

11 Sqn (21 Jan 1959 - 11 Jan 1966)

5 Sqn (11 Dec 1962 - 7 Oct 1965)

92 Sqn (29 Dec 1965 - 24 Jan 1968)

Location

County: - West Germany

Lat/Long:   50:57:38N  06:02:32E

Height above sea level:  296 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now a NATO air base from which the NATO AWACS force operates.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

38

39

47

148

221

252

255

272

459

512

Main units (LG226): -

38

203

459

Main units (LG227): -

47

203

454

459

Location

Country: -   Egypt

Lat/Long:   30:49:12N  36:12:00E

Height above sea level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

There were two airfields in this complex with LG226 becoming the main one.

Main units: -

HQ, No 247 Wing (18 Apr - 30 Jun 1942)

No 32 Air Stores Park (30 Jun - 4 Jul 1942, 20 Oct - 27 Dec 1942)

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

No 36 Air Stores Park (16 Dec 1942 - 16 May 1943)

No 75 Operational Training Unit (8 Dec 1942 - 10 Feb 1945)

No 55 Repair & Salvage Unit (21 Dec 1942 - 5 Oct 1943)

Staff Navigators School (Middle East) (15 Jul 1944 - Apr 1945)

HQ, No 334 Wing (15 Nov 1945 - 15 Jan 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Sub-site, No 273 Maintenance Unit (10 Jul 1945 - 11 Nov 1947)

Location

County: - Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)

Lat/Long:   52:27:53N  00:15:00W

Grid Ref -  TL186868

Height Above Sea Level - 20 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:   51:50:50N  02:12:00W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed - 1951?

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 84 Staging Post (5 Jul 1944 - 1 Apr 1946)

This station/detachment is used as a base by visiting aircraft in transit or whilst operating over the ranges in Canada.

Location

County: - Newfoundland, Canada

Lat/Long:   53:19:09N   60:25:33W

Height above sea level:  160 ft

Operational Control: -

Strike Command

Air Command

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

47 Sqn (

223 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

No 71 Operational Training Unit (19 Jun 1941 - 5 May 1943)

No 114 Maintenance Unit (12 Nov - 26 Dec 1941)

No 1 (Middle East) Pilot & Aircrew Pool (6 Jul - 29 Oct 1942)

No 2 (Middle East) Pilot & Aircrew Pool (6 Jul - 25 Sep 1942)

Middle East Advanced Crew Training Unit (29 Oct 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: -   Sudan

Lat/Long:   15:34:48N  32:33:11E

Height above sea level:  1,265 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now Khartoum International Airport (2008), but is due to be replaced in the future.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 13 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit (17 Feb 1945 - 11 Jan 1946)

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:  51:57:00N  00:35:00E

Grid Ref: TL778312

Height above sea level: 285 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website,

Main units (continued): -

School of Aerial Co-operation with Coastal Artillery (31 Jan - Sep 1918)

No 2 School of (Aerial) Navigation & Bomb-Dropping (23 Jun 1918 - 23 Sep 1919)

No 10 Training Sqn (25 Jun 1918 - 24 Feb 1919)

South Western Area Flying Instructors School (Jul 1918 - 26 Feb 1919)

Experimental Flt (xxx 1918 - xxx xxxx)

Development Sqn (17 Aug 1918 - Feb 1920)

Anti-Aircraft Special Defence Flt (Oct - Dec 1918)

186 Sqn (17 Feb 1919 - 1 Feb 1920)

Coastal Battery Co-operation School (Sep - 23 Dec 1919)

Torpedo Training Sqn (Oct 1919 - 1 Feb 1920)

Coastal Battery Co-operation Flt (23 Dec 1919 - Sep 1921)

Torpedo Development Flt (xxx 1920 - xxx 1930)

210 Sqn (1 Feb 1920 - 1 Apr 1923)

Observer Training Flt (xxx 1921 - May 1922)

Composite Co-operation Flt (Sep 1921 - xxx xxxx)

RAF Base Gosport (1 Oct 1921 - 1 Apr 1935

3 Sqn (8 Nov 1922 - 1 Apr 1923)

Development Flt (May 1925 -  - Apr 1940)

Torpedo Development Section (xxx 1930 - xxx 1932/3)

Coastal Defence Training Flt (23 May 1932 - 1 Aug 1933)

No 2 Coastal Defence Training Flt (23 May 1932 - xxx xxxx)

No 1 Coast Defence Training Unit (1 Aug 1933 - 1 Apr 1935)

Coast Defence Development Unit (1 Apr 1935 -  14 Dec 1936)

No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Flt (14 Dec 1936 - 1 Jun 1937)

Torpedo Training Unit (Feb 1937 - 19 Mar 1940)

No 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit (1 Jun 1937 - 15 Sep 1939)

No 17 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1938 - 5 Jan 1942)

HQ, No 17 (Training) Group (24 Feb 1939 - 5 Feb 1942)

'A' Flt & HQ, No 2 AACU (5 May 1939 - 14 Feb 1943)

'B' Flt, No 2 AACU (5 May 1939 - 1 Oct 1940)

Torpedo Development Unit (xxx 1939 -  - 11 Nov 1943)

'D' Flt, No 2 AACU (4 Sep 1939- 17 Apr 1940, Mar - 11 Jun 1941)

'H' Flt, No 1 AACU (25 Sep 1939 - 11 Oct 1940)

248 Sqn (16 Apr - 22 May 1940)

Fleet Air Arm Maintenance Unit (1 May 1940 - 3Jul 1942)

86 Sqn (6 Dec 1940 - 2 Feb 1941)

No 30 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 17 Mar 1943)

No 3502 Servicing Unit (3 Jul 1942 - xxx xxxx)

608 Sqn (27 Aug - 9 Nov 1942)

48 Sqn (30 Nov - 23 Dec 1942)

No 1622 (Anti-Aircraft) Co-operation Flt (14 Feb 1943 - 1 Dec 1943)

Air Torpedo Development Unit (11 Nov 1943 - 18 May 1956)

667 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 - 20 Dec 1945)

Coastal Command Fighter Circus (Section) (15 Mar 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 3206 Servicing Commando (13 - 15 Jun 1944)

No 401 Air Stores Park (17 - 19 Jun 1944)

No 1102 Marine Craft Base Unit (Dec 1945 - 1 Jul 1946)

No 1102 Marine Craft Unit (1 Jul 1946 - 8 Aug 1949)

No 163 Gliding School (19 Sep 1946 - xxx 1948)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:  50:48:56N  01:09:36W

Grid Ref: SU586010

Height above sea level: 24 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1914

No 18 Group (1944)

Closed - 1956

Notes

The training methods developed here by Lt Col Smith-Barry at the School of Special Flying, became the standard used throughout the RAF and most other  Air Forces to the present day.

Main units: -

5 Sqn (6 Jul - 14 Aug 1914)

No 1 Sqn RNAS (17 Oct 1914 - Jan 1915)

8 Sqn (6 Jan - 15 Apr 1915)

13 Sqn (10 Jan - 19 Oct 1915)

17 Sqn (1 Feb - 5 Aug 1915)

14 Sqn (5 Aug - 7 Nov 1915)

22 Sqn (1 Sep 1915 - 1 Apr 1916)

23 Sqn (1 Sep 1915 - 15 Mar 1916)

28 Sqn (7 Nov 1915 - 23 Jul 1917)

29 Sqn (7 Nov 1915 - 25 Mar 1916)

HQ, 7th Wing RFC (8 Nov 1915 - 1 May 1916)

'B' Flt, 31 Sqn (18 Jan 1916 - 1 Mar 1916)

40 Sqn (26 Feb - 19 Aug 1916)

45 Sqn (1 Mar - 2 May 1916)

No 1 Reserve Sqn (7 Apr 1916 - 2 Aug 1917)

41 Sqn (15 Apr - 22 May 1916, 14 Jul - 15 Oct 1916)

'C' Flt, 31 Sqn (10 May - 4 Jul 1916)

60 Sqn (15 - 28 May 1916)

No 27 Reserve Sqn (22 May 1916 - 2 Aug 1917)

56 Sqn (8 Jun - 14 Jul 1916)

17th Wing RFC (9 Aug 1916 - 2 Aug 1917)

81 Sqn (7 - 15 Jan 1917)

No 91 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (15 Mar - xxx 1917)

No 59 Reserve Sqn (1 Feb - 30 Oct 1917)

No 62 Reserve Sqn (1 - 10 May 1917)

No 55 Reserve Sqn (23 Jul - 2 Aug 1917)

88 Sqn (24 Jul - 2 Aug 1917)

94 Sqn (30 Jul - 2 Aug 1917)

79 Sqn (1 - 8 Aug 1917)

School of Special Flying (2 Aug 1917 - 18 May 1918)

No 70 Reserve Sqn (20 Dec 1917 - 1 Jan 1918)

No 1 School of Special Flying (18 May - 1 Jul 1918)

Detachments**

39 Sqn (Jun 1916 - Dec 1917)

78 Sqn (Dec 1916 - Sep 1917)

224 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1938)

42 Sqn (Mar - Sep 1938)

No 8 AACU (Jan - xxx 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Battle of Britain Anniversary website,  FAA Archive Website,  Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1 Group Target Towing Flt (18 Sep - 10 Nov 1941)

Sub-site, No 35 Maintenance Unit (27 Apr 1945 - 30 Sep 1950)

Sub-site, No 92 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 14 Dec 1953)

Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1948 - xxx xxxx, 30 Sep 1950 - xxx 1951)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:40:38N  00:18:53W

Grid Ref -  TA115218

Height Above Sea Level - 20 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

USAAF  (1944)

Closed - 1953

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  RAF-Lincolnshire.info,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:25:15N  00:38:45W

Grid Ref -  SP923813

Height Above Sea Level - 338 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1959

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

No 35 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (1 May - 3 Sep 1939)

No 10 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 - 27 Nov 1939)

HQ, No 52 (Army Co-operation) Wing (9 Jun - 14 Jul 1940)

No 58 Operational Training Unit (2 Dec 1940 - 5 Oct 1943)

No 4 Aircraft Delivery Flight (13 Apr 1941 - 7 Jan 1942)

141 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

602 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

No 2 Combat Training Wing (5 - 15 Oct 1943)

No 2 Tactical Exercise Unit (15 Oct 1943 - 25 Jun 1944)

Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (12 Oct 1944 - 31 Aug 1949)

Location

County: - Stirlingshire (Falkirk)

Lat/Long:   56:00:27N  03:42:00W

Grid Ref -  NS946820

Height Above Sea Level - 12 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 54 Wing (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Battle of Britain Anniversary website,  Officers Commanding,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

No 1418 Flt (8 Apr - 20 Jul 1942)

No 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (15 Feb - 28 Oct 1944)

53 Sqn (

No 4053 Servicing Echelon (1 Dec 1945 – 28 Feb 1946)

97 Sqn (

142 Sqn (

169 Sqn (

192 Sqn (

405 Sqn (

421 Sqn (

692 Sqn (

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:10:45N  00:07:00W

Grid Ref -  TL290555

Height Above Sea Level - 248 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 8 Group (1944)

Closed - 1955

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website,  Commanding Officers,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

35 Sqn (

97 Sqn (

115 Sqn (

161 Sqn (

227 Sqn (

571 Sqn (

692 Sqn (

RLG for No 1 Flying Training School (Dec 1950 - Oct 1951)

Location

County: - Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)

Lat/Long:   52:15:45N  00:11:00W

Grid Ref -  TL290555

Height Above Sea Level - 177 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 8 Group (1944)

Closed - 1968

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website,  Commanding Officers,  Control Towers website,

Main units: -

2 Sqn (

4 Sqn (

19 Sqn (

21 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

64 Sqn (

65 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

71 Sqn (

72 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

85 Sqn (

92 Sqn (

111 Sqn (

122 Sqn (

124 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

133 Sqn (

141 Sqn (

165 Sqn (

174 Sqn (

181 Sqn (

193 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

245 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

257 Sqn (

264 Sqn (

266 Sqn (

277 Sqn (

284 Sqn (

306 Sqn (

350 Sqn (

401 Sqn (

464 Sqn (

487 Sqn (

501 Sqn (

604 Sqn (

609 Sqn (

610 Sqn (

Location

County: - Kent

Lat/Long:   51:25:00N  00:23:47E

Grid Ref -  TQ675720

Height Above Sea Level - 240 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1932

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed - 1956

Notes

Main Units: -

No 421 (Reconnaissance) Flt (8 - 31 Oct 1940)

No 3012 Servicing Echelon (3 May – 25 Sep 1942)

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (xxx xxxx - 12 Aug 1942)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov – 9 Aug 1942, 9 Sep – 20 Oct 1942)

No 3007 Servicing Echelon (27 Mar – 4 Jun 1943)

No 3020 Servicing Echelon (20 – 21 Jun 1943)

No 3036 Servicing Echelon (20 – 21 Jun 1943)

No 3010 Servicing Echelon (12 Aug – 18 Sep 1943)

No 3013 Servicing Echelon (17 Aug - 18 Sep 1943)

No 3041 Servicing Echelon (19 Aug – 6 Sep 1943)

No 3043 Servicing Echelon (7 – 10 Sep 1943)

No 18 Armament Practice Camp (18 Oct - 26 Dec 1943)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (21 - 23 Nov 1943)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (29 Feb - 14 Mar 1943)

No 6065 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 15 Apr 1944)

No 6122 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 15 Apr 1944)

No 6021 Servicing Echelon (17 Apr – 16 Jun 1944)

No 6464 (RNZAF) Servicing Echelon (17 Apr – 18 Jun 1944)

No 6487 (RNZAF) Servicing Echelon (18 Apr – 18 Jun 1944)

HQ, No 122 (Rocket Projectile) Wing (12 - 13 May 1944)

HQ, No 140 Wing (12 May - 18 Jun 1944)

949 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - 11 Aug 1944)

966 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - xxx 1944)

997 (Balloon) Sqn (29 Jul - 1 Sep 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Battle of Britain Anniversary website

Main units: -

No 94 Maintenance Unit (14 Jul 1947 - 30 Mar 1950)

Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (31 Mar 1950 - 30 Nov 1956)

Sub-site, No 95 Maintenance Unit (30 Nov 1956- 25 Mar 1955)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:15:15N  00:56:45E

Grid Ref -  TM010663

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1960

Notes

Detachments**

No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 May - 6 Jun 1943)

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Main units: -

190 Sqn (

620 Sqn (

No 6620 Servicing Echelon (16 Oct 1944 – 1 Jun 1945)

No 6190 Servicing Echelon (16 Oct 1944 – 18 Aug 1945)

No 4620 Servicing Echelon (1 Jun 1945 – 15 Jan 1946)

No 4190 Servicing Echelon (18 Aug – 28 Dec 1945)

No 3 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit (xxx xxxx - 22 Jan 1946)

No 4 (Horsa) Glider Servicing Unit (xxx xxxx - 22 Jan 1946)

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   51:53:00N  00:10:45E

Grid Ref -  TL592235

Height Above Sea Level - 325 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

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Main units: -

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

No 1692 (Radar Development) Flt (21 May 1944 - 22 Mar 1945)

No 1692 (Bomber Support) Training Flt (21 May - 16 Jun 1944)

No 1694 Flt (21 May 1944 - 30 Jul 1945)

No 1692 (Bomber Support) Training Unit (17 Jun 1944 - 16 Jun 1945)

18 Sqn (

90 Sqn (

107 Sqn (

169 Sqn (

342 Sqn (

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:46:53N  00:40:45E

Grid Ref -  TF805236

Height Above Sea Level - 295 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 100 Group (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

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Main units: -

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:   51:49:58N  02:07:37W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - County Down

Lat/Long:   54:02:15N  06:02:08W

Grid Ref -  J285115

Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

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HQ, 51st Troop Carrier Wing USAAF (Sep - Nov 1942)

RLG for No 15 (P) AFU (16 Dec 1942 - 30 Sep 1943)

1511 Beam Approach Training Flt (28 Apr - 29 Sep 1943)

354th Fighter Group IXth USAAF (4 - ? Nov 1943)

HQ, 70th Fighter Wing (xxx xxxx - 6 Dec 1943)

100th Fighter Wing (6 Dec 1943 - 13 Jan 1944)

HQ, 71st Fighter Wing (13 Jan - 15 Mar 1944)

368th Fighter Group (13 Jan - 15 Mar 1944)

53rd Troop Carrier Wing (22 Feb 1944 - Feb 1945)

438th Troop Carrier Group (16 Mar 1944 - Feb 1945)

No 13 Recruit Centre (Aug 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)

7501st Air Base Sqn USAF (23 Apr 1951 - Apr 1956)

Various detachments of B-47s, KC-97s

3909th Air Base Group (Apr 1956 - 1 Apr 1964)

7551st Combat Support Group (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

7273rd Air Base Group (1 Jan 1979 - xxx xxxx)

11th Tactical Missile Sqn (May 1983 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Berkshire

Lat/Long:  51:22:38N  01:17:15W

Grid Ref:  SU502646

Height above sea level:  381ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - xxx 1942

No 92 Group

No 70 Group

USAAF (1 Oct - 8 Nov 1943)

VIIIth ASC, USAAF (8 Nov 1943 - xxx 1945)

Transport Command (xxx 1945 -

Technical Training Command (Aug 1945 -

Closed - 1 Jun 1946

Reopened - xxx 1951 (Bomber Command)

7th Air Division, USAF (18 Jun 1951 - 1 Apr 1964)

RAF (1 Jul 1964 - xxx xxxx)

3rd USAF (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

Closed -

Notes

USAAF Station No 486

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Main units: -

No 2 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (25 Sep 1942 - Jun 1945)

No 97 Maintenance Unit (15 Aug - 1 Oct 1945)

Location

County: - Renfrewshire (Inverclyde)

Lat/Long:   55:55:56N  04:45:11W

Grid Ref -  NS275764

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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Main units: -

No 25 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (24 Jun 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

100 Sqn (

142 Sqn (

550 Sqn (

Sub-site, No 35 Maintenance Unit (1 Jun 1945 - 1 Mar 1953)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:30:15N  00:04:23W

Grid Ref -  TA279025

Height Above Sea Level - 350 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 1 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Also known as Waltham

Detachments

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (13 Mar - May 1942)

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174 Sqn (

184 Sqn (

RLG for No 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (16 Dec 1942 - 26 Jul 1943)

No 431 Equipment Depot (18 Oct 1953 - 1 Dec 1955)

Location

County: - Berkshire

Lat/Long:   51:36:08N  01:26:15W

Grid Ref -  SU389898

Height Above Sea Level - 275 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

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

Main units: -

435 Sqn (

436 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Pakistan

Lat/Long:   32:33N  74:04E  Approx

Height above sea level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

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Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

80 Sqn (14 - 22 Jul 1948, 24 Aug 1948 - 2 Jul 1949)

3 Sqn (4 Sep 1948 - 1 Apr 1952, 1 Apr 1977 - 26 Nov 1992)

No 2 Group Communications Flt (1 Dec 1948 - 31May 1958)

No 19 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 May 1949 - xxx xxxx)

No 20 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 May 1949 - xxx xxxx)

No 56 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 May 1949 - xxx xxxx)

No 2 Mobile Repair & Salvage Unit (26 Jul 1949 - 1 Jan 1957)

BAFO Instrument Training Flt (10 May 1950 - 1 Sep 1951)

67 Sqn (1 Sep 1950 - 5 May 1952)

71 Sqn (16 Sep 1950 - 8 Apr 1952)

2nd TAF Instrument Training Flt (1 Sep 1951 - 16 Mar 1954)

79 Sqn (15 Nov 1951 - 8 Nov 1954, 15 Sep 1956 - 30 Dec 1960)

541 Sqn (3 Apr 1952 - 15 Jul 1954, 14 Sep - 15 Nov 1954)

2 Sqn (15 May 1952 - 1 Jul 1953, 9 Sep 1961 - 31 Mar 1971)

No 34 Reconnaissance Wing (1 Apr 1953 - 1 Nov 1954)

149 Sqn (17 Sep 1954 - 31 Aug 1956)

HQ, No 551 (Light Bomber) Wing (1 Oct 1954 - 1 Nov 1956)

69 Sqn (1 Oct - 13 Dec 1954)

102 Sqn (20 Oct 1954 - 20 Aug 1956)

103 Sqn (30 Nov 1954 - 1 Aug 1956)

104 Sqn (15 Mar 1955 - 1 Aug 1956)

59 Sqn (1 Sep 1956 - 15 Nov 1957)

HQ, No 121 Wing (1 Nov 1956 - 1 Jan 1960)

No 22 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 30 Sep 1957)

No 23 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 30 Sep 1957)

No 57 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - 30 Sep 1957)

20 Sqn (30 Aug 1958 - 30 Dec 1960)

14 Sqn (15 Sep 1958 - 16 Mar 1961, 6 Sep 1961 - 17 Dec 1962)

No 6014 Servicing Echelon (15 Sep 1958 – 16 Mar 1961, 6 Sep 1961 – 16 Dec 1962)

Helicopter Communications Flt (5 Jan - 31 Oct 1961)

230 Sqn (15 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1964, 14 Oct 1980 - 30 Apr 1992)

18 Sqn (1 Jan 1965 - 5 Jan 1968, 1 Sep 1970 - 30 Nov 1980, 6 Aug 1983 - 9 Dec 1992)

92 Sqn (24 Jan 1968 - 31 Mar 1977)

19 Sqn (23 Sep 1968 - 31 Dec 1976)

No 26 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 63 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - West Germany

Lat/Long:   51:55:31N    08:18:23E

Height above sea level:  236 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Originally known as Y99

Main units: -

No 6107 Servicing Echelon (19 Jul 1945 – 13 Nov 1947)

Detachment, No 122 (Major) Staging Post (26 Aug - 22 Oct 1945)

HQ, No 140 Wing (12 Nov 1945 - 26 Jun 1946, 12 Aug 1946 - 14 Nov 1947))

107 Sqn (3 Nov 1945 - 20 Jan 1946, 3 Feb - 27 Jun 1946, 22 Aug - 3 Sep 1946, 26 Sep 1946 - 17 Feb 1947, 24 - 26 Feb 1947, 22 Mar - 26 Sep 1947, 18 Oct - 13 Nov 1947)

4 Sqn (8 Nov 1945 - 4 Feb 1946, 17 Feb - 2 Jun 1946, 12 - 27 Jun 1946, 12 Aug - 6 Sep 1946, 9 Oct 1946 -  5 Aug 1947, 22 Aug - 13 Nov 1947, 30 Dec 1960 - 16 Mar 1961, 6 Sep 1961 - 30 May 1970, 4 Jan 1977 - 27 Nov 1992)

No 6004 Servicing Echelon (8 Nov 1945 – 14 Nov 1947)

21 Sqn (30 Nov 1945 - 30 Mar 1946, 27 Apr - 27 Jun 1946, 9 Aug - 3 Sep 1946, 26 Sep - 6 Nov 1946, 12 Dec 1946 - 7 Nov 1947)

No 6021 Servicing Echelon (30 Nov 1945 – 27 Jun 1946, 9 Aug – 3 Sep 1946, 26 Sep – 6 Nov 1946, 12 Dec 1946 – 7 Nov 1947)

No 3 Sqn RAF Regiment (21 Aug - Oct 1947, xxx xxxx - 1 Nov 1955)

HQ, No 135 Wing (Dec 1947)

26 Sqn (19 Nov - 5 Dec 1947, 5 Jan - 11 Feb 1948, 6 Mar - 7 Jun 1948, 5 Jul 1948 - 7 Jan 1950, 8 Sep 1958 - 30 Dec 1960)

No 6026 Servicing Echelon (19 Nov – 1 Dec 1947)

33 Sqn (30 Nov 1947 - 5 Jan 1948, 11 Feb - 30 Apr 1948, 5 Jun - 2 Jul 1949)

16 Sqn (1 Dec 1947 - 6 Jan 1948, 2 Feb - 14 Jul 1948,7 Aug 1948 - 2 Nov 1950)

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