Main units (continued): -

No 7110 Servicing Echelon (27 Feb – 7 Apr 1946)

No 195 Staging Post (10 Mar - 30 Apr 1946)

20 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

64 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

81 Sqn (

103 Sqn (

110 Sqn (

209 Sqn (

230 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Malaysia

Lat/Long:  05:18:02N  115:15:01E

Height Above Sea Level:  90 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now Labuan Airport.

Main Units: -

No 157 Staging Post (13 Feb - 10 Mar 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 1 (Indian) Group (1 May 1942 - xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 227 Group (6 Jun 1942 - 6 Feb 1943)

No 306 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1942 - 1 Sep 1943)

No 97 Air Sores Park (18 Dec 1942 - 21 Sep 1943)

No 307 Maintenance Unit (15 Mar 1942 - 18 Apr 1947)

No 331 Maintenance Unit (4 Jun 1943 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 8 Civil Repair Organisation (MT) (12 Jul - Oct 1943)

Reinforcement Staging Post/Party (20 Aug 1943 - 1 Sep 1944)

No 124 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (3 Sep - 20 Nov 1943)

No 8 Civil Repair Organisation (India) (Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1945)

No 47 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 15 Feb 1946)

5 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

97 Sqn (

114 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

659 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Pakistan

Lat/Long:  31:31:17N  74:24:09 E

Height Above Sea Level:  698 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now Allama Iqbal International Airport or Lahore International Airport

Main units: -

Heavy Transport Flt (1 Mar 1929 - 1 Apr 1932)

No 2 (Indian Wing) Station (Apr 1940)

HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group (1 Apr 1940 - xxx xxxx)

'H' Flt (16 Oct 1940 - xxx xxxx)

No 123 Repair & Salvage Unit (18 Mar - 10 Jul 1942)

Detachments**

No 123 Repair & Salvage Unit (10 Jul 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 3209 Servicing Commando (2 Jul - 18 Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Detachment, 149 Sqn (Nov 1941 - Apr 1942)

149 Sqn Conversion Flt (Feb - Oct 1942)

149 Sqn (6 Apr 1942 - 15 May 1944)

No 2713 Sqn RAF Regiment

199 Sqn (21 Jun 1943 - 1 May 1944)

No 13 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

RLG for No 3 Lancaster Finishing School (Jan - May 1944)

7404th Base Complement (17 - 28 Jan 1949)

7404th Air Base Group (28 Jan 1949 - 28 Apr 1951)

3909th Air Base Group (28 Apr 1951 - xxx 1956)

Various detachments or rotations of B-29s, B-50s, B-36s, B-45s, B- 47s and KC 97s

3910th Air Base Group (xxx 1956 - 1 Jan 1960)

705th Strategic Missile Wing (20 Feb - 15 Mar 1958)

48th Tactical Fighter Wing (5 Jan 1960 - Current)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long: 52:24:15N  00:33:15E

Grid Ref: TL740820

Height above sea level: 28ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 3 Group (

No 32 Base (24 Mar 1943 - May 1944)

USAFE (28 Apr 1951 - Current)

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 1611 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 - 9 Nov 1942)

No 1612 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov - 8 Dec 1942)

Target Towing Flt, No 2 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp, Langham (15 Feb - 17 Jun 1943)

No 1626 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun - 30 Nov 1943)

No 24 Air Crew Holding Unit (1 Jun - 13 Dec 1945)

Coastal Command Fighter Affiliation Training Unit (1 Sep 1945 - 6 Jan 1946)

254 Sqn (

280 Sqn (

455 Sqn (

489 Sqn (

521 Sqn (

524 Sqn (

612 Sqn (

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:56:23N  00:58:00E

Grid Ref -  TF988420

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 16 Group (1944)

Closed - 1961

Notes

Main units: -

'M' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (Oct 1940 - 1 Nov 1942)

'K' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (6 Dec 1941 - 1 Nov 1942)

No 2 Armament Practice Camp (Mar - Jun 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

3 Sqn (

'D' (Army Co-operation) Flt (1 Feb - 17 Apr 1940,3 Jun 1940 - 20 Sep 1941)

No 1424 (Air Observation Post) Flt (20 Sep 1941 - 1 Oct 1942)

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:   51:12:15N  01:48:51W

Grid Ref -  SU125445

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:08:04N  00:46:15E

Grid Ref -  TL895524

Height Above Sea Level - 290 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1948

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

303 Sqn (11 Oct 1940 - 3 Jan 1941)

No 616 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 14 Jan 1942)

258 Sqn (22 Nov - 1 Dec 1940)

213 Sqn (29 Nov 1940 - 15 Jan 1941)

253 Sqn (3 Jan - 10 Feb 1941)

485 Sqn (21 Apr - 1 Jul 1941)

129 Sqn (16 Jun - 29 Aug 1941)

313 Sqn (1 Jul - 26 Aug 1941)

26 Sqn (18 - 22 Jul 1941)

HQ, No 151 Wing (26 Jul - Aug 1941)

81 Sqn (28 Jul - 12 Aug 1941)

134 Sqn (28 Jul - 12 Aug 1941)

610 Sqn (29 Aug 1941 - 14 Jan 1942)

No 28 Conversion Flt (4 Nov - 30 Dec 1941)

No 15 Service FTS (4 Feb - 1 Mar 1942)

No 15 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Mar 1942 - 28 Oct 1943)

196 Sqn (22 Dec 1942 - 19 Jul 1943)

466 Sqn (22 Dec 1942 - 3 Jun 1944)

No 1484 Flt (23 Jun 1943 - 15 Feb 1944)

640 Sqn (7 Jan 1944 - 7 May 1945)

No 1520 Beam Approach Training Flt (6 Jun - 18 Sep 1944)

96 Sqn (21 Dec 1944 - 30 Mar 1945)

51 Sqn (20 Apr - 21 Aug 1945)

No 4051 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 21 Aug 1945)

Central Gunnery School (12 Nov 1945 - 31 Dec 1954)

Fighter Weapons School (1 Jan 1955 - 2 Oct 1957)

Coastal Command Gunnery School (1 Jan - 31 Dec 1955)

No 11 Group Modification Centre (Feb 1956 - 11 Mar 1957)

No 1 Fighter Command Modification Centre (11 Mar - 2 Oct 1957)

275 Sqn (9 Oct 1957 - 1 Sep 1959)

19 Sqn (29 Jun 1959 - 23 Sep 1965)

228 Sqn (1 Sep 1959 - 28 Aug 1964)

92 Sqn (22 May 1961 - 29 Dec 1965)

No 11 Sector (1 Apr 1963 - 17 Mar 1965)

202 Sqn (Sep 1964 - 1 Sep 1976)

'B' Flt, 202 Sqn (1 Sep 1976 - xxx xxxx)

No 60 MU (2 Feb 1966 - 30 Nov 1976)

Special Installation Sqn (2 Feb 1966 - xxx xxxx)

'D' Flt, 22 Sqn (xxx xxxx - Nov 1988)

'E' Flt 202 Sqn (Nov 1988 - Current)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long: 53:52:45N  00:26:00W

Grid Ref: TA030435

Height above sea level: 25ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 3 Dec 1936

No 3 Group (Dec1936 - 29 Jun 1937)

No 4 Group (29 Jun 1937 - Sep 1939)

No 13 Group (Oct 1939 - Dec 1941

No 4 Group (Dec 1941 - Nov 1945)

Flying Training Command (Nov 1945 - xxx 1959)

No 11 Group (xxx 1959 - Dec 1965)

Maintenance Command (Dec 1965 - xxx 1976)

Closed - 1 Jan 1977

Notes

When the RAF left the station in 1976, it became Normandy Barracks and the home of the Army School of Mechanical Transport.  It is now the Defence Driving School.  A small enclave remains home to the SAR Flight of  No 202 Squadron.

Main units: -

97 Sqn (7 Jan 1937 - 17 Sep 1939)

166 Sqn (20 Jan 1937 - 17 Sep 1939)

Temporary Air Observers School (7 Jun 1938 - 16 Dec 1938)

72 Sqn (17 Oct - 1 Nov 1939, 12 - 13 Jan 1940, 13 - 20 Oct 1940)

616 Sqn (23 Oct 1939 - 27 May 1940, 6 Jun - 19 Aug 1940)

234 Sqn (30 Oct 1939 - 22 May 1940)

245 Sqn (30 Oct 1939 - 12 May 1940)

249 Sqn (17 May - 8 Jul 1940)

74 Sqn (27 May - 6 Jun 1940)

302 Sqn (13 Jul - 11 Oct 1940 )

64 Sqn (19 Aug - 13 Oct 1940)

Detachments**

64 Sqn (Aug 1939 - May 1940)

152 Sqn (Oct 1939 - Jul 1940)

Links to related sites/pages

Battle of Britain Anniversary website,  Bomber Command 60th Anniversary website, Commanding Officers,

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit (7 Oct 1942 - 14 Mar 1943)

405 Sqn (6 Mar - 19 Apr 1943)

424 Sqn (8 Apr - 3 May 1943)

427 Sqn (5 May 1943 - 11 May 1946)

429 Sqn (13 Aug 1943 - 31 May 1946)

HQ, No 63 (RCAF) Base (1 May 1944 - 30 Aug 1945)

No 13 Operational Training Unit (21 Apr - 1 May 1947)

No 54 Operational Training Unit (28 Jun 1946 - 1 May 1947)

No 228 OCU (1 May 1947 - 17 Apr 1956, 25 Jan 1957 - 15 Sep 1961)

Airborne Interception School (1 Feb - 12 Jun 1952 )

Javelin Mobile Conversion Unit (Feb 1957 - xxx 1959)

264 Sqn (26 - 30 Sep 1957)

33 Sqn (30 Sep 1957 - 30 Sep 1958)

Fighter Command Target Facilities Sqn (3 - 10 Aug 1961)

Refresher Flying School/Squadron   (Dec 1973 - Apr 1984)

RN Elementary FTS (29 Nov 1974 - 26 Apr 1984)

Multi-Engined Training Sqn (4 May 1977 - 30 Apr 1979)

Central Flying School (5 Sep 1977 - 19 Sep 1984)

No 3 Flying Training School (15 Sep 1961 - 26 Apr 1984)

Northumbrian Universities Air Sqn (30 Sep 1974 - 19 Dec 1985, 11 Jan 1988 - Current)

No 11 AEF (30 Sep 1974 - 31 Dec 1985, 11 Jan 1988 - Current)

11 Sqn (1 Jul 1988 - Current)

23 Sqn (1 Nov 1988 - 26 Feb 1994)

25 Sqn (1 Oct 1989 - Current)

100 Sqn (22 Sep 1995 - Current)

Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit (1 Oct 1995 - Current)

No 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

No 718 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2718 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx1942)

No 27 Sqn RAF Regiment

No 34 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:18:00N  01:32:00W

Grid Ref::  SE305892

Height above sea level:  109ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Jun 1940

No 4 Group (Jun 1940 - 1 Jan 1943)

No 6 Group (1 Jan 1943 - 30 Aug 1945)

No 1 Group (30 Aug 1945 - xxx 1946)

No 12 Group (xxx 1946 - Sep 1961)

No 23 Group (Sep 1961 - xxx 1968)

Training Command (xxx 1968 - xxx 1984)

No 11 Group (xxx 1988 - 1 Apr 1996)

No 11/18 Group (1 Apr 1996 - 1 Jan 2000)

No 1 Group (1 Jan 2000 - Current)

Notes

Main units: -

10 Sqn (8 Jul 1940 - 19 Aug 1942)

7 Sqn (1 Aug - 29 Oct 1940)

102 Sqn (25 Aug - 1 Sep 1940)

35 Sqn (20 Nov - 5 Dec 1940)

77 Sqn (5 Sep 1941 - 6 May 1942)

No 107 Conversion Flt (Dec 1941 - 2 Jan 1942)

No 10 Conversion Flt (17 Feb - 26 Aug 1942)

419 Sqn (13 - 18 Aug 1942)

408 Sqn (14 Sep 1942 - 27 Aug 1943)

No 408 Conversion Flt (20 Sep - 7 Oct 1942)

Detachments**

60 Sqn (May - Oct 1959)

219 Sqn (Oct 1939)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

School of Naval Co-operation (19 Apr 1923 - 29 Dec 1937)

Cape-Cairo Flt (21 Jun - 12 Jul 1926)

HQ Coastal Area (18 Jan 1932 - 1 May 1936)

No 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flt (13 - 15 Jun 1935, 23 Sep 1935 - 4 Jan 1936, 27 Apr - 20 Sep 1936, 12 Oct 1936 - 15 Feb 1937)

HQ Coastal Command (1 May 1936 - 8 Aug 1939)

No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (15 Feb 1937 - 5 May 1939)

Floatplane Training Flt (Apr 1938 - 24 May 1939)

Fleet Requirements Unit (Shore Base) (11 Aug 1938 - 24 May 1939)

No 1 Mobile Torpedo Servicing Unit (16 Dec 1940 - 10 Jan 1941)

16 Sqn (

26 Sqn (

No 6026 Servicing Echelon (28 Apr – 6 Oct 1944)

42 Sqn (

Air Spotting Pool (1944)

No 1320 Special Duties Flt (22 May - 14 Jun 1944)

63 Sqn (

No 6063 Servicing Echelon (28 May - 1 Jul 1944, 29 Aug – 19 Sep 1944)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (6 Jun – 30 Jul 1944)

Southampton University Air Sqn (1 Apr1988 - 2 Apr 1993)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:48:35N  01:12:25W

Grid Ref -  SU562020

Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

Transferred to the Royal Navy - 1939

Notes

It is still a RN station and the base of an HM Coastguard SAR flight.

Main Units: -

No 209 Training Depot Station (1 Apr 1918 - 15 May 1919)

RAF & Naval Co-operation School (15 May - 14 Jul 1919)

RAF Seaplane Establishment (14 Jul - 23 Dec 1919)

School of RAF & Naval Co-operation and Navigation (23 Dec 1919 - 1 Apr 1920) (also know as School of Naval Co-operation)

HQ No 10 Group (12 Jul 1920 - 18 Jan 1932)

Seaplane Training School (21 Apr 1921 - 19 Apr 1923)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

HQ, No 72 (Signals) Wing (15 May - 1 Sep 1944)

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:54:58N  00:39:46W

Grid Ref -  SP92-25-

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:13:23N  01:33:38E

Grid Ref -  TM430645

Height Above Sea Level - 75 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1953

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

No 2745 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

No 2860 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - Sep 1942)

217 Sqn (6 - 7 Mar 1942)

144 Sqn (22 Apr 1942 - 8 Apr 1943)

455 Sqn (28 Apr 1942 - 14 Apr 1944)

415 Sqn (6 Sep - 11 Nov 1942)

540 Sqn (19 Oct 1942 - 29 Feb 1944)

No 2 Torpedo Refresher School (1 Jan - Apr 1943)

235 Sqn (21 Jan - 29 Aug 1943)

No 1477 Flt (16 Apr - 5 May 1943)

'B' Flt, 333 Sqn (5 May 1943 - 1 Sep 1944)

206 Sqn (11 Jul 1944 - 31 Jul 1945)

547 Sqn (1 Oct 1944 - 4 Jun 1945)

No 4206 Servicing Echelon (10 Jun – 31 Jul 1945)

No 3 School of General Reconnaissance (18 - 26 Aug 1945 - 1 Mar 1946)

519 Sqn (8 Nov 1945 - 31 May 1946)

RAF School of General Reconnaissance (1 Mar 1946 - xxx xxxx)

160 Sqn (23 Jun - 1 Oct 1946)

120 Sqn (1 Oct 1946 - 14 Dec 1950)

St Andrews University Air Sqn (Oct 1946 - 1 Aug 1967)

82 Sqn (18 Jun - 6 Oct 1947)

222 Sqn (9 May 1950 - 1 Nov 1957)

43 Sqn (11 Nov 1950 - 21 Jun 1961, 1Sep 1969 - Current)

No 229 OCU (15 Dec 1950 - 28 Mar 1951)

602 Sqn (15 Apr - 13 Jul 1951)

612 Sqn (14 Jul - 14 Oct 1951)

603 Sqn (16 Jul - 14 Oct 1951)

151 Sqn (15 Sep 1951 - 17 Jun 1957, 15 Nov 1957 - 19 Sep 1961)

264 Sqn (14 Feb - 7 Aug 1952)

'C' Flt, 275 Sqn (Jul 1955 - Sep 1959)

29 Sqn (22 Jul 1958 - 1 Mar 1961)

'C' Flt, 228 Sqn (Sep 1959 - 29 Aug 1964)

25 Sqn (30 Oct 1961 - 31 Dec 1962)

23 Sqn (9 Mar 1963 - 31 Oct 1975)

74 Sqn (2 Mar 1964 - 12 Jun 1967)

'C' Flt, 202 Sqn (29 Aug 1964 - Apr 1976)

No 228 OCU (1 May 1965 - 23 Dec 1966, 22 Apr 1987 - 31 Mar 1991)

11 Sqn (3 Apr 1967 - 28 Mar 1972)

No 663 Volunteer Gliding School (Sep 1968 - xxx 1970)

Phantom Conversion Flt (1 Jul - 1 Sep 1969)

St Andrews & Dundee University Air Sqn (1 Aug 1967 - 1 Jan 1969)

111 Sqn (3 Nov 1975 - Current)

'B' Flt, 22 Sqn (Apr 1976 - Mar 1993)

Aberdeen, Dundee & St Andrews University Air Sqn (2 Oct 1981 - 1 Sep 2003)

East Lowlands University Air Sqn (29 Feb 1996 - 1 Sep 2003)

East of Scotland University Air Sqn ( 1 Sep 2003 - Current)

No 12 AEF (1 Apr 1996 - Current)

No 125 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

No 27 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - Fife

Lat/Long:  56:22:23N  02:52:15W

Grid Ref:  NO467205

Height above sea level:  36ft

Operational Control: -

Coastal Area (1918 - Feb 1935)

Inland Area (Feb 1935 - xxx 1936)

Training Command (xxx 1936 - Aug 1938)

No 18 Group (Aug 1938 - May 1950)

No 13 Group (May 1950 - 1 Jan 1961

No 11 Group (1 Jan 1961 - 1 Apr 1963)

No 11 Sector (1 Apr 1963 - 1 Apr 1968)

No 11 Group (1 Apr 1968 - 1 Apr 1996)

No 11/18 Group (1 Apr 1996 - 1 Jan 2000)

No 1 Group (1 Jan 2000 - Current)

Notes

Main units: -

203 Sqn (1 Mar 1920 - 18 Sep 1922, 4 Jan - 1 Apr 1923, 19 Mar 1946 - 16 Jan 1947)

205 Sqn (15 Apr 1920 - 1 Apr 1923)

3 Sqn (1 Oct 1921 - 8 Nov 1922)

RAF Training Base (xxx 1925 - 1 Apr 1935)

36 Sqn (Oct 1930)

No 1 Flying Training School (1 Apr 1935 - 26 Aug 1938)

224 Sqn (1 Sep 1938 - 15 Apr 1941)

233 Sqn (1 - 28 Sep 1938)

605 Sqn (11 - 28 Feb 1940)

No 18 Group Communications Flt (13 May 1940 - 18 Nov 1959, 13 May 1960 - xxx xxxx)

320 Sqn (1 Oct 1940 - 18 Jan 1941, 21 Mar 1941 - 21 Apr 1942)

72 Sqn (29 Nov - 15 Dec 1940)

No 10 Blind Approach Training Flt (Jan - Oct 1941)

86 Sqn (2 Feb - 3 Mar 1941)

42 Sqn (1 Mar 1941 - 18 Jun 1942)

107 Sqn (3 Mar - 11 May 1941)

114 Sqn (13 May - 19 Jul 1941)

489 Sqn (12 Aug 1941 - 5 Aug 1942)

No 1510 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 - 15 Aug 1944)

No 18 Group Armament Practice Camp (xxx - Dec 1941)

St Andrews University Air Sqn (23 Jan 1941 - 12 Jan 1946)

No 745 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

Detachments**

105 Sqn (Sep 1942)

82 Sqn (Oct 1946 - Jun 1947)

415 Sqn (Aug - Sep 1942)

544 Sqn (Oct 1942 - Oct 1945)

281 Sqn (Feb 1944 - Feb 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 42 Maintenance Unit (Dec 1939 - 6 Mar 1940)

No 51 Maintenance Unit (6 Mar 1940 - 1 Jul 1954)

No 27 Operational Training Unit (23 Apr 1941 - 22 Jun 1945)

No 82 Maintenance Unit (4 Apr 1951 - 15 Nov 1945)

HQ No 93 Group (15 Jun - 7 Jul 1942)

No 93 Group Communications Flt (17 Jul 1942 - 14 Feb 1945)

No 93 Group Screened Wireless Operators' School (17 Jun 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 3 Ferry Pool (30 Nov 1945 - 15 Mar 1946)

No 43 Gliding School (xxx 1947 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 48 Gliding School (1 Apr - Aug 1950)

No 104 Flying Refresher School (23 Jul 1951 - 15 Feb 1952)

No 6 Air Navigation School (15 Feb 1952 - 1 Dec 1953)

Home Command Major Servicing Unit (15 Oct 1952 - 1 Jul 1954)

No 99 Maintenance Unit (1 Feb 1954 -  1 Mar 1957)

Location

County: - Staffordshire

Lat/Long:  52:42:45N  01:47:00W

Grid Ref:    SK146131

Height above sea level: 220 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 6 Group (1941 - 11 May 1942)

No 91 Group (11 May 1942 - 1 Sep 1943, 14 Feb - 22 Jun 1945)

No 93 Group (1 Sep 1943 - 14 Feb 1945)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

48 Sqn (

53 Sqn (

 Sqn (

143 Sqn (

153 Sqn (

172 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

224 Sqn (

245 Sqn (

281 Sqn (

304 Sqn (

407 Sqn (

500 Sqn (

502 Sqn (

612 Sqn (

Location

County: - County Londonderry

Lat/Long:   55:04:23N  06:56:15W

Grid Ref -  C677255

Height Above Sea Level - 65 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 16 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

Torpedo Training Flt (xxx xxxx - 10 Mar 1943)

Coast Command Anti I-boat Devices School (20 Apr - 25 Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,  Officers Commanding,  Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

No 719 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2719 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

No 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit (10 Oct 1942 - 10 Nov 1945)

Air Bomber Training Flt (No 1 Group) (1 Nov 1942 - 15 Mar 1943)

No 1503 Beam Approach Training Flt ( 3 Jan - 6 Aug 1943)

No 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 Jun 1943 - 8 Oct 1943)

HQ No 11 Base (1 Jul 1943 - 5 Nov 1944)

No 1 Lancaster Finishing School (21 Nov 1943 - 20 Jan 1944)

Bombing Development Unit (Oct - 27 Nov 1945)

HQ, No 71 Base (5 Nov 1944 - 15 Nov 1945)

57 Sqn (1 May - 7 Oct 1946)

100 Sqn (8 May - 28 Oct 1946)

No 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit (28 Oct 1946 - 15 Mar 1947)

No 230 OCU (15 Mar 1947 - 21 Feb 1949)

No 1 Group Communications Flt ( 26 Jul - 1 Oct 1947, 17 May 1954 - 26 Aug 1957)

RAF Technical College (Armament Division) (16 Dec 1949 - 15 Nov 1950)

No 24 Gliding School (xxx 1950 - 1 Sep 1955)

Bomber Command Bombing School (15 Nov 1952 - 30 Apr 1968)

HQ, No 21 Wing (May 1960 - 31 Aug 1963)

Strike Command Bombing School (30 Apr 1968 - 1 Sep 1972)

Bomber Command Modification Centre (1 Sep 1954 - 1 Aug 1956)

No 643 Volunteer Gliding School (21 Apr 1974 - Mar 1982)

Location

County: - West Yorkshire (South Yorkshire)

Lat/Long:  53:33:00N  00:58:00W

Grid Ref:  SK685065

Height above sea level:  20ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Jun 1940

No 5 Group (Jun 1940 - Jul 1941)

No 1 Group (Jul 1941 - 3 Nov 1944)

No 7 Group (3 Nov 1944 - 21 Dec 1945)

No 1 Group (21 Dec 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Notes

It is now the site of a prison

Main units: -

110 Sqn (Jun 1939 - Mar 1942)

50 Sqn (10 Jul 1940 - 20 Jul 1941)

408 Sqn (15 Jun - 20 Jul 1941)

304 Sqn (19 Jul 1941 - 10 May 1942)

305 Sqn (20 Jul 1941 - 22 Jul 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 2 Blind Approach Training Flt (12 Jan - 14 Apr 1941)

76 Sqn (1 May - 4 Jun 1941, 16 Sep 1942 - 16 Jun 1943)

No 720 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 35 Conversion Flt (20 Jan - 12 Jun 1942)

No 2720 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

No 158 Conversion Flt (6 May  - 7 Jun 1942)

HQ, No 6 (RCAF) Group (25 Oct - 1 Dec 1942)

No 6 Group Communications Flt (18 Jun 1943 - 5 Jun 1944)

HQ No 62 (RCAF) Base (18 Jun 1943 - 14 Jul 1945)

426 Sqn (18 Jun 1943 - 25 May 1945)

408 Sqn (27 Aug 1943 - 14 Jun 1945)

No 4426 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (8 – 25 May 1945)

405 Sqn (26 May - 16 Jun 1945)

No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (4 Nov 1945 - 13 Jul 1946)

264 Sqn (22 Jul - 12 Aug 1946, 23 Aug 1946 - 20 Apr 1947, 24 Aug 1951 - 14 Feb 1952, 24Aug 1952 - 27 Feb 1957)

No 6264 Servicing Echelon (22 Jul 1946 – 22 Apr 1947, cadre from 25 Sep 1946)

64 Sqn (6 Aug 1946 - 8 Mar 1948, 30 Apr 1948 - 15 Aug 1951)

No 6064 Servicing Echelon (6 Aug 1946 – 18 May 1948)

65 Sqn (11 Aug 1946 - 22 Mar 1948, 12 May 1948 - 15 Aug 1951)

No 6065 Servicing Echelon (11 Aug 1946 – 23 Mar 1948, cadre from 25 Sep 1946, 12 – 18 May 1948)

No 6257 Servicing Echelon (14 Feb – 15 Apr 1947)

No 64 Group Communications Flt (22 May 1947 - 11 Aug 1950)

No 28 Gliding School (xxx 1948 - Feb 1950?)

Hornet Conversion Flt (xxx 1949 - Jun 1950)

66 Sqn (7 Oct 1949 - 14 Feb 1957)

92 Sqn (7 Oct 1949 - 1 Mar 1957)

275 Sqn (1 Mar 1953 - 18 Nov 1954)

HQ, No 23 Group (11 Jul 1966 - 2 May 1975)

No 23 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1966 - 2 May 1975)

No 1 Flying Training School (18 Nov 1957 - Current)

No 642 Volunteer Gliding School (6 Jul 1959 - Current)

North and East Regional HQ, ATC (xxx 1968 - Current)

HQ, Central and East Yorkshire Wing, ATC (xxx xxxx - Current)

No 72 (Reserve) Sqn (Jul 2002 - Current)

No 207 (Reserve) Sqn (Jul 2002 - Current)

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:02:15N  01:15:00W

Grid Ref:  TA135582

Height above sea level:  47ft

Operational Control: -

No 4 Group (14 May 1937 - Jul 1943)

No 6 (RCAF) Group (Jul 1943 - Jun 1945)

No 4 Group (Jun 1945 - Jul 1946)

No 12 Group (Jul 1946 - xxx 1957)

No 23 Group (xxx 1957 -2 May 1975)

Training Command (2 May 1975 - 13 Jun 1977)

Support Command (13 Jun 1977 - 1Apr 1994)

Training Group Defence Agency (1 Apr 1994 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 22 Group (xxx xxxx - Current)

Notes

Main units: -

HQ, No 4 Group (29 Jun 1937 - 7 Apr 1940)

51 Sqn (20 Apr 1938 - 9 Dec 1939)

58 Sqn (20 Apr 1938 - 30 Sep 1939, 14 Feb 1940 - 8 Apr 1942)

No 4 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1939 - xxx 1940, xxx 1942 - 18 Jun 1943)

4 Sqn (9 Jun - 27 Aug 1940)

77 Sqn (28 Aug - 5 Oct 1940)

102 Sqn (10 Oct - 15 Nov 1940)

35 Sqn (5 Dec 1940 - 15 Oct 1942)

78 Sqn (13 Dec 1939 - 16 Jul 1940)

Detachments**

78 Sqn (Oct - Dec 1939)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

158 Sqn (

Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (15 Nov 1945 - 31 Aug 1947)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:00:15N  00:16:30W

Grid Ref -  TA135582

Height Above Sea Level - 47 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 4 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 6 Service Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 – 1 Apr 1942)

No 23 Blind Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941)

No 1523 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 – 17 Dec 1945)

No 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Apr 1942 – 17 Dec 1945)

No 6 Service Flying Training School (17 Dec 1945 - 30 Apr 1946)

No 7 Flying Instructors School (advanced) (24 Apr 1946 – 7 May 1946)

Central Flying School (7 May 1946 – 12 Apr 1976)

No 1537 Beam Approach Training Flt (May 1946 – 4 Apr 1947)

Western Union Examining Sqn (1 Jun 1950 – 31 Oct 1951)

No 250 Maintenance Unit (1 Mar 1957 – 31 Oct 1959)

Oxford University Air Sqn (12 Jan 1959 – 26 Sep 1975) (Flying carried out from Bicester)

No 637 Volunteer Gliding School (29 Nov 1977 - Current)

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:  51:52:00N  01:41:45W

Grid Ref:  SP210188

Height above sea level: 750 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed -

Main units: -

No 6 Flying Training School (26 Aug 1938 – 3 Sep 1939)

No 8 Aircraft Storage Unit (7 Dec 1938 – 7 Feb 1939)

No 8 Maintenance Unit (7 Feb 1939 – 1 Jul 1957)

Links to related sites/pages

Station Website, Unofficial Website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 1678 Heavy Conversion Flt (6 Aug - 16 Sep 1943)

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

No 1692 (Radar Development) Flt (10 Dec 1943 - 21 May 1944)

No 112 Storage Sub-Site, No 274 Maintenance Unit  (17 Nov 1945 - Dec 1946)

23 Sqn (

115 Sqn (

141 Sqn (

169 Sqn (

515 Sqn (

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:51:38N  00:54:45E

Grid Ref -  TF963334

Height Above Sea Level - 195 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 100 Group (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

109 Sqn (

582 Sqn (

No 48 Group Communication Flt (22 Mar - 15 May 1946)

No 47 Group Communication Flt (15 May 1946 - 15 Apr 1948)

Location

County: - Huntingdonshire (Bedfordshire)

Lat/Long:   52:14:27N  00:21:45W

Grid Ref -  TL116615

Height Above Sea Level - 225 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 8 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   52:04:00N  00:16:15E

Grid Ref -  TL558435

Height Above Sea Level - 365 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1944

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 1310 Transport Flt (10 Apr - 18 May 1944)

No 1311 Transport Flt (19 Apr - 21 May 1944)

No 1312 Transport Flt (10 Apr - 21 Jul 1944)

No 3 Aircraft Preparation Unit (5 Jul 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

No 91 (Forward) Staging Post (6 - 27 Sep 1944)

No 93 (Forward) Staging Post (6 Sep - 2 Nov 1944)

No 93 Staging Post (2 Nov - 5 Dec 1944)

No 1952 Reserve AOP Flt (1 Jul 1949 - 15 Oct 1950, 29 Jun 1953 - 10 Mar 1957)

5 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

663 Sqn (

Location

County: - Glamorganshire (Vale of Glamorgan)

Lat/Long:   51:26:00N  03:29:45W

Grid Ref -  SS959716

Height Above Sea Level - 290 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 44 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

No 5 School of Technical Training (1 Jan 1939 - 15 May 1950)

No 5 Air Stores Park (Jun 1940)

No 1 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp (xxx 1943 – xxx xxxx)

No 2957 Sqn RAF Regiment (July 1943 – xxx 1944)

No 87 Gliding School (xxx 1944 – 1 Sep 1955)

Polish Technical Training School (Sep 1944 – 9 Jul 1945)

No 1 Radio School (9 Oct 1950 – 1 Apr 1999)

No 621 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 – 30 Jun 1993)

No 2 Mobile Glider Servicing Party (xxx xxxx – 1 Jul 1988)

Location

County: - Somerset

Lat/Long:   51:20:16N  02:54:18W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Locking was never an airfield, it was one of those stations that supported the RAF in its primary functions by providing the trained ground personnel needed to keep the air force in the air.  The station opened as No 5 School of Technical Training (Men) on 1 January 1939 from a nucleus provided by No 4 (Training) Wing of No 13 Maintenance Unit at Henlow.  From 22 March 1940, the School concentrated on courses for Flight Mechanics and Flight Riggers.

Following its withdrawal from France, No 5 Air Stores Park arrived at Locking on 17 June 1940, but disbanded on the 3oth of the month.  The RAF Regiment was formed in 1942 and many of its units were tasked with the Anti-Aircraft role, resulting in the need for facilities for those units to practice their skills.  Locking was chosen as the location for No 1 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp in 1943, although the aircraft which towed the targets where stationed at Weston Zoyland.  In June 1944, No 87 Gliding School was formed at Locking and was to remain there until 30 June 1993, when it moved to RAF Hullavington, having been redesignated No 621 Volunteer Gliding School on 1 September 1955.  From 1981 to 1988, Locking was also home to No 2 Mobile Glider Servicing Party.

Also  forming at Locking in 1944 was the Polish Technical Training School, which opened in September, remaining until 9 July 1945, when it moved to Ingham, near Lincoln.  No 5 SoTT was disbanded on 5 May 1950 at which point Locking was probably being prepared for the arrival of No 1 Radio School from Cranwell, which arrived on 9 October 1950.  No 1 RS was to remain the main occupier of the station until it finally closed in September 1999.  During its time at Locking, the school was one of the main training establishments for the radio and wireless trades in the RAF, including Electrical Apprentices.

Main units: -

Sub-site, No 14 Maintenance Unit (Nov 1945 - 20 Feb 1950)

Location

County: - Northumberland (North Tyneside)

Lat/Long:   55:00:00N  01:34:12W 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: -

74 Sqn (

88 Sqn (

226 Sqn (

231 Sqn (

290 Sqn (

422 Sqn (

HQ, No 31 Wing (29 Jun - 15 Dec 1941)

No 3027 Servicing Echelon (24 Jan – 25 Mar 1942)

HQ No 96 Wireless (Observer) Wing (3 Apr - 5 May 1942)

HQ No 96 (Wireless) Wing (5 May 1942 - xxx 1944)

No 5 Operational Training Unit (29 Dec 1942 - 15 Feb 1944)

RAF Northern Ireland Communication Flt (xxx - 3 Dec 1945)

No 671 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - xxx 195x)

Location

County: - County Down

Lat/Long:   54:29:15N  06:06:00W

Grid Ref -  J230615

Height Above Sea Level - 125 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

RAF in Northern Ireland (1944)

Closed - 1948

Notes

It is now a HM Prison

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units (continued): -

21 Sqn (24 Jun - 30 Oct 1940)

No 10 Ferry Pool ATA (Oct 1941 - 10 Jul 1945)

No 746 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2746 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

617 Sqn (Apr 1944 - Jun 1945, 27 Apr 1994 - Current)

No 111 OTU (1 Aug 1945 - 21 May 1946)

No 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit (14 - 30 Nov 1945)

'D' Flt, 202 Sqn (18 Feb 1973 - Current)

Jaguar Aircraft Servicing School (xxx 1973 - xxx xxxx)

Jaguar Conversion Team (1 Jul 1973 - Jun 1974)

8 Sqn (14 Aug 1973 - 30 Jun 1991)

54 (Designate) Sqn (28 Mar - 23 Apr 1974)

54 Sqn (23 Apr - 15 Aug 1974)

Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit (Jun - 30 Sep 1974)

6 (Designate) Sqn  (1 Jul - 1 Oct 1974)

6 Sqn (1 Oct - 15 Nov 1974)

No 226 OCU (1 Oct 1974 - 1 Sep 1992)

216 Sqn (4 Jul - 4 Aug 1980)

12 Sqn (4 Aug 1980 - 30 Sep 1993, 7 Jan 1994 - Current)

208 Sqn (1 Jul 1983 - 31 Mar 1994)

No 237 OCU (19 Oct 1984 - 1 Oct 1991)

Buccaneer Training Flt (1 Oct 1991 - xxx 1992)

16 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Nov 1991 - 21 Jul 2000)

15 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Nov 1993 - Current)

617 Sqn (xxx 1994 - Current)

14 Sqn (12 Jan 2001 - Current)

No 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

No 51 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

County: - Morayshire

Lat/Long:  57:42:36N  03:19:48W

Grid Ref:  NJ210695

Height above sea level:  19ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

Training Command (May 1939 - May 1940)

No 6 Group (May 1940 -

No 91 Group (

Royal Navy (xxx 1946 - 29 Sep 1972)

No 1 Group

Notes

Main units: -

No 15 Flying Training School (1 May - 3 Sep 1939)

No 15 Service FTS (3 Sep 1939 - 20 Apr 1940)

No 46 Maintenance Unit (15 Apr 1940 - 15 Feb 1947)

No 20 Operational Training Unit (27 May 1940 - 17 Jul 1945)

57 Sqn (23 Jun - 14 Aug 1940)

Detachments**

99 Sqn (Nov - Dec 1939)

44 Sqn (Jan - Feb 1940, Apr 1942)

50 Sqn (Jan - Feb 1940)

254 Sqn (Jan - Apr 1940)

83 Sqn (Feb - Mar 1940)

9 Sqn (Apr 1940, Sep - Nov 1944)

107 Sqn (Apr - May 1940)

110 Sqn (Apr -May 1940)

105 Sqn (May 1941)

82 Sqn (Oct - Nov 1941)

114 Sqn (Dec 1941, Mar - Apr 1942, Jun - Jul 1942)

10 Sqn (Jan - Feb1942, Mar - Apr 1942)

76 Sqn (Jan 1942, Apr 1942)

63 Sqn (Nov 1942 -Jul 1943)

88 Sqn (Jun 1943)

280 Sqn (Jan - Jun 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

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

The Station Museum at RAF Lossiemouth was formally opened on 30 April 2008 by Commander-in-Chief Air Command Sir Clive Loader KCB OBE ADC FRAeS RAF. This is following a 2 year refurbishment by the Station Historian, Sgt Tony Carlin.

The Museum is to be open for viewing and a tour on a by-monthly basis to any interested parties by contacting Sgt Carlin at the following address:

Sgt Tony Carlin C8214446, QCIT, RAF Lossiemouth, Lossiemouth, Moray, IV31 6SD

Main units: -

WAAF Officers' School (26 Jul 1941 - 26 Oct 1942)

No 2 School of Photography (xxx 1942/3 - 21 Nov 1944)

Sub-site, No 21 Maintenance Unit (Sep 1944 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Leicestershire

Lat/Long:   52:46:14N  01:12:17W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

219 Sqn (17 Nov – 2 Dec 1945, 26 Feb – 9 Mar 1946, 10 – 25 May 1946)

No 2734 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx – Dec 1945)

No 2819 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx – Dec 1945)

264 Sqn (2 – 1 Dec 1945, 12 – 23 Aug 1946, 20 Jun – 4 Jul 1947, 16 – 30 Apr 1948)

Air Division Communication Sqn (18 Dec 1945 – 25 May 1946)

151 Sqn (3 – 12 Jan 1946, 27 Mar – 6 Apr 1946, 23 Aug – 6 Sep 1946)

25 Sqn (27 Jan – 9 Feb 1946, 27 Apr – 10 May 1946, 13 Jul – 9 Aug 1946, 19 Apr – 3 May 1947, 30 Apr – 14 May 1948)

No 1302 Wing RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – Mar 1946)

No 2726 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx –xxx xxxx, xxx xxxx – Mar 1946)

Armament Practice Station, Lubeck (1 May 1946 – 30 Sep 1948)

19 Sqn (2 May – 29 Jun 1946)

No 6019 Servicing Echelon (2 May – 29 Jun 1946)

129 Sqn (2 May – 28 Jun 1946)

No 6129 Servicing Echelon (2 May – 28 Jun 1946)

No 2781 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – Jul 1946)

No 2829 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx – xxx 1946, xxx – 21 Aug 1947)

No 6091 Servicing Echelon (10 Jun – 29 Aug 1946)

91 Sqn (29 Jun – 29 Aug 1946)

66 Sqn (2 Sep – 2 Nov 1946, 5 Sep – 31 Oct 1947, 10 Mar – 29 Apr 1948)

63 Sqn (3 Sep – 30 Oct 1946, 14 May – 29 Jun 1948)

141 Sqn (21 Sep – 5 Oct 1946, 12 – 26 Sep 1947,  2 – 16 Apr 1948)

23 Sqn (22 Sep – 4 Oct 1946, 29 Aug – 11 Sep 1947,  11 – 25 Mar 1948)

85 Sqn (20 Oct  - 1 Nov 1946, 28 May – 11 Jun 1948)

245 Sqn (29 Oct – 15 Dec 1946, 30 Jun – 30 Aug 1947)

No 6245 Servicing Echelon (1 Nov – 5 Dec 1946)

HQ, No 85 Wing (3 Dec 1946 – 8 Sep 1947)

266 Sqn (28 Apr – 26 Jun 1947)

No 6266 Servicing Echelon (28 Apr - 26 Jun 1947)

1 Sqn (29 Apr – 26 Jun 1947)

No 2897 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx – xxx 1947)

257 Sqn (31 Jun – 28 Aug 1947)

74 Sqn (1 Jul – 28 Aug 1947)

16 Sqn (14 Jul – 7 Aug 1947)

No 61 Sqn RAF Regiment (21 Aug 1947 – xxx xxxx)

92 Sqn (31 Aug – 30 Oct 1947, 10 Mar – 29 Apr 1948)

56 Sqn (2 Oct – 30 Nov 1947, 3 May – 23 Jun 1948)

2 Sqn (22 Nov – 11 Dec 1947)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (22 Nov - 11 Dec 1947)

33 Sqn (5 Jan – 11 Feb 1948)

107 Sqn (8 – 30 Mar 1948, 31 Jul – 16 Aug 1948)

80 Sqn (2 – 29 Apr 1948, 22 Jul – 24 Aug 1948)

4 Sqn (1 May – 5 Jun 1948, 4 – 28 Aug 1948)

222 Sqn (1 May – 28 Jun 1948)

No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

No 2826 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

No 2827 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: - West Germany

Lat/Long:  53:48:14N  10:43:01E

Height Above Sea Level: 53 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1945

Closed - 1949

Notes

Originally known as B158 and Blankanese

Used as the rear base for operations during the Berlin Airlift.  It is now Lubeck-Blankanese Airport.

Main units: -

659 Sqn (5 – 10 May 1945)

HQ, No 124 Wing (7 May – 6 Jul 1945)

247 Sqn (6 May – 20 Aug 1945)

No 6247 Servicing Echelon (6 May – 20 Aug 1945)

181 Sqn (7 May – 7 Jul 1945)

No 6181 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 6 Jul 1945)

182 Sqn (7 May – 11 Jul 1945)

No 6182 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 11 Jul 1945)

616 Sqn (7 May – 7 Aug 1945)

No 6616 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 30 Aug 1945)

No 6041 Servicing Echelon (29 Jun 1945 –31 Jan 1946, 29 Jun – 30 Aug 1946)

486 Sqn (6 Jul – 7 Sep 1945)

HQ, No 125 Wing (11 – 14 Jul 1945)

41 Sqn (11 Jul – 20 Aug 1945, 6 Sep 1945 – 31 Jan 1946, 29 Jun – 30 Aug 1946)

137 Sqn (11 Jul – 20 Aug 1945)

No 6137 Servicing Echelon (11 Jul – 20 Aug 1945)

3 Sqn (8 Aug – 5 Sep 1945, 5 Jan – 11 Feb 1948, 9 Aug – 4 Sep 1948)

No 6003 Servicing Echelon (8 Aug – 5 Sep 1945, 5 – 7 Jan 1948)

174 Sqn (26 Aug – 19 Sep 1945)

No 6174 Servicing Echelon (26 Aug – 7 Sep 1945)

263 Sqn (30 Aug – 1 Sep 1945, 31 Oct – 17 Dec 1946)

No 6263 Servicing Echelon (30 Aug – 1 Sep 1945, 1 Nov – 17 Dec 1946, 1 – 5 Jul 1947)

No 6080 Servicing Echelon (6 Sep 1945 – 31 Jun 1946)

26 Sqn (7 Sep – 8 Dec 1945, 24 Dec 1945 – 1 Apr 1946, 11 Feb – 6 Mar 1948, 7 Jun – 5 Jul 1948)

29 Sqn (21 Sep – 6 Oct 1945, 12 – 27 Jan 1946, 6 – 17 Apr 1946,  5 – 18 Oct 1946, 3 – 16 May 1947, 14 – 27 May 1947)

307 Sqn (4 – 15 Nov 1945, 9 – 24 Feb 1946)

Detachments**

504 Sqn (Apr – Aug 1945)

No 18 Terminal Staging Post (May 1945 – Apr 1946)

No 104 terminal Staging Post (Jun – 11 Aug 1945)

30 Sqn (Nov 1947 – Nov 1950)

46 Sqn (Nov 1947 – Feb 1950)

18 Sqn (Dec 1947 - Oct 1949)

53 Sqn (Dec 1947 – Jul 1949)

62 Sqn (Dec 1947 – Jun 1949)

77 Sqn (Dec 1947 – Jun 1949)

10 Sqn (Oct 1948 – Feb 1950)

24 Sqn (xxx 1948 – xxx 1950)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

101 Sqn (

104 Sqn (

Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (17 Dec 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 90 Maintenance Unit (1 May 1946 - xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1950 - 1 Sep 1952, 1 Jun 1956 - 31 Oct 1958)

Sub-site, No 92 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 1 Jun 1956)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:22:30N  00:11:30W

Grid Ref -  TF201879

Height Above Sea Level - 428 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 1 Group (1944)

Closed - 1963

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

286 Sqn (

Location

County: - Somerset (Avon)

Lat/Long:   51:22:58N  02:43:09W

Grid Ref -  ST504651

Height Above Sea Level - 692 ft