Main units (continued): -

No 201 Staging Post (15 May - 29 Aug 1945)

No 17 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (29 May 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 16 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (17 Jun 1945 - xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 302 Wing (1 Jul - xxx 1945)

No 150 Staging Post (13 Sep 1945 - 22 Jul 1946)

32 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

124 Sqn (

165 Sqn (

170 Sqn (

175 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

257 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

302 Sqn (

310 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

421 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

501 Sqn (

504 Sqn (

587 Sqn (

616 Sqn (

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:52:30N  01:46:53W

Grid Ref -  SU153087

Height Above Sea Level - 80 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Main Units: -

No 501 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Mar 1942)

No 3031 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Aug 1942, 23 Dec 1942 – 17 xxx -1943, 18 Mar 1943 – 18 Mar 1944)

No 3042 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 23 Aug 1942, 12 Dec 1942 – 28 Feb 1943, 13 Mar – 21 Aug 1943)

No 3026 Servicing Echelon (30 Jun – 29 Jul 1943)

No 21 Sector (25 Sep - 10 Nov 1944)

No 426 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (10 Dec 1944 - xxx 1945)

No 427 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (10 Dec 1944 - xxx 1945)

HQ, No 147 Wing (12 Feb - 6 Mar 1945)

Glider Pick-Up Training Flt (19 Mar - 29 Oct 1945)

No 160 Staging Post (21 Apr - 23 May 1945)

No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (21 Apr - Dec 1945)

No 9 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit (21 Apr - 29 Oct 1945)

No 200 Staging Post (15 May - 29 Aug 1945)

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Main units (Castel Benito): -

No 1910 AOP Flt (21 Aug 1948 - 20 Jul 1950)

6 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

92 Sqn (

108 Sqn (

112 Sqn (

117 Sqn (

145 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

260 Sqn (

283 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

318 Sqn (

417 Sqn (

450 Sqn (

601 Sqn (

680 Sqn (

Main units (Idris): -

No 1908 AOP Flt (6 May - 7 Oct 1955)

73 Sqn (

185 Sqn (

651 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Libya

Lat/Long:  32:40:10N   13:09:24E

Height Above Sea Level:  263 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

This was originally called Castel Benito but was renamed in 1952 at the request of the Libyan government.

Main Units  (Castel Benito): -

No 3231 Servicing Commando (31 May - 4 Jun 1943)

No 1900 AOP Flt (9 Dec 1951 - 14 Jan 1952)

No 1908 AOP Flt (21 Aug 1948 - Sep 1951, xxx 1956 - 1 Sep 1957)

No 1908 AOP Flt (6 May - 7 Oct 1955)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

27 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

349 Sqn (

No 50 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 30 Jul 1946)

No 5 Ferry Control (xxx - 1 Sep 1943)

No 21 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (24 Sep 1943 - xxx 1944)

HQ, No 298 Wing (8 Jan 1944 - 11 May 1945)

Location

Country: - Nigeria

Lat/Long:  06:34:12N  03:19:16E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level:  135 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It may have become the site for Murtala Muhammed International Airport opened in 1979

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

HQ, No 70 (Signal) Wing (17 Feb 1941 - 25 Aug 1945)

241 Sqn (

289 Sqn (

309 Sqn (

526 Sqn (

527 Sqn (

598 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

No 14 Group Target Towing Flt (Oct 1941 - 8 Dec 1941)

No 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit (19 Oct - 17 Nov 1943)

Location

County: - Inverness-shire

Lat/Long:   57:29:24N  04:13:30W

Grid Ref -  NH670465

Height Above Sea Level - 8 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 13 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Also known as Longman

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

86 Sqn (

107 Sqn (

110 Sqn (

129 Sqn (

131 Sqn (

154 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

287 Sqn (

302 Sqn (

308 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

340 Sqn (

402 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

616 Sqn (

652 Sqn (

679 Sqn (1 Dec 1943 -

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:01:38N  01:11:45E

Grid Ref -  TM190410

Height Above Sea Level - 123 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 70 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

No 45 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (3 Jul - 3 Sep 1939)

No 3037 Servicing Echelon (23 Aug – 25 Sep 1942)

No 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (13 Mar - 1 Dec 1943)

Target Towing Flt, No 3 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp, Felixstowe (5 May - 17 Jun 1943)

No 1627 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun - 1 Dec 1943)

No 88 Group Force Support Unit (7 Sep - 1Dec 1945)

Detachments

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 Oct - 30 Nov 1943)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Feb - May 1941)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Inner Hebrides

Lat/Long:   55:40:41N  06:15:43W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

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Main units (continued): -

No 63 Repair & Salvage Unit (28 Jul - Nov 1942)

HQ, No 242 Wing (25 Nov 1942 - 1 May 1943)

983 (Balloon) Sqn (7 - 28 Feb 1943)

975 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx - 28 Jul 1943)

Security Flt (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 132 Maintenance Unit (31 Oct 1945 - 15 Oct 1946)

HQ, RAF Mediterranean and Middle East (Main) (10 Dec 1946 - 1 Jun 1949)

'C' Flt, Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Sqn (Jan - May 1947)

Light Communication Trial Flt (15 Jan 1948 - 1 Jul 1949)

HQ Middle East Air Force (Main) (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Dec 1954)

Middle East Air Force Communication Flt (1 Dec 1949 - 15 Mar 1950)

HQ MEAF Flt (15 Mar 1950 - Sep 1954)

No 1908 AOP Flt (5 Nov 1951 - 15 Jun 1952, 16 Oct - xxx 1955)

HQ Middle East Air Force (Rear) (1 Dec 1954 - 31 Oct 1955)

6 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

33 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

64 Sqn (

80 Sqn (

94 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

142 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

211 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

651 Sqn (

Moascar

No 18 Training Depot Station (Sep 1918- 14 Apr 1919)

30 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

Crotone

225 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:35:42N  32:14:24E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Opened -

 (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

HQ, No 5 Wing (9 Feb - 19 Dec 1916, xxx 1919 - 1 Apr 1920)

No 57 Reserve Sqn (10 Dec 1916 - 31 May 1917)

No 57 Training Sqn (31 May - 12 Oct 1917)

HQ, 32nd (Training) Wing (5 Nov 1917 - 30 Apr 1919)

69th (Training) Wing (21 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1919)

HQ, 40th (Army) Wing (xxx 1919 - Apr 1920)

Towed Target Flt, Ismailia (xxx xxxx- 20 Sep 1935)

Aircraft Storage & Issue Unit (1 Mar 1936 - xxx xxxx)

No 1 Towed Target Flt (xxx 1939 - 18 Jun 1942)

HQ, No 1 Wing (25 Aug - 22 Sep 1939)

HQ, No 250 (Bomber) Wing (21 Sep 1939 - 1 Jul 1941)

Pilots' Reinforcement and Reserve Pool (24 Jun - 21 Sep 1940)

Training Unit and Reserve Pool (21 Sep - 10 Dec 1940)

Middle East Pool (4 Dec 1940 - xxx 1941)

No 70 Operational Training Unit (10 Dec 1940 - 5 Jul 1941)

No 71 Operational Training Unit (1 Jun - 26 Sep 1941, 5 May 1943 - 11 Jun 1945)

HQ, No 250 (Signals) Wing (1 Jul 1941 - 6 Dec 1942)

No 55 Repair & Salvage Unit (2 - 25 Aug 1941)

972 (Balloon) Sqn (4 Oct - 17 Dec 1941)

HQ, No 260 (Balloon) Wing (20 Oct 1941 - 15 Jan 1945)

977 (Balloon) Sqn (2 Feb - Mar 1942)

Kittyhawk Repair Unit (10 Apr - 15 May 1942)

No 205 Group Communication Flt (10 May 1942 - xxx 1943)

No 3 ( Middle East) Aircraft Repair Unit (15 May 1942 - 11 May 1943)

HQ, No 241 Wing (17 - 18 May 1942)

Air Defence Co-operation Unit (18 Jun - 27 Aug 1942)

Detachments

No 107 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1947 - xxx xxxx)

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Aerial photo on Google Maps,