Main units: -

65 Sqn (

272 Sqn (

Location

County: - Argyllshire

Lat/Long:   55:26:14N  05:41:11W

Grid Ref -  NR660233

Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now known as Campbeltown Airport.

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

13 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

77 Sqn ( ) (when known as Penston)

225 Sqn (

241 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

607 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

Location

County: - East Lothian

Lat/Long:   55:57:00N  02:53:45W

Grid Ref -  NT445734

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 13 Group (1944)

Closed - 1953

Notes

Also know as Penston?

Detachments**

No 58 Operational Training Unit (10 Dec 1941 - 3 Apr 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

26 Sqn (

Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (1 Apr 1952 - 30 Mar 1954)

Location

County: - Herefordshire

Lat/Long:   52:01:50N  02:51:00W

Grid Ref -  SO418374

Height Above Sea Level - 265 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 27 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

231 Sqn (

Satellite for No 5 Operational Training Unit (2 Feb 1942 - Sep 1943)

No 306 Ferry Training Unit (15 Jun - 15 Oct 1943)

No 101 Storage Sub-Site (1 Jan 1945 - Oct 1947)

Location

County: - County Antrim

Lat/Long:   54:30:53N  06:10:38W

Grid Ref -  J180645

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

RAF in Northern Ireland (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

Country: - Nigeria

Lat/Long:  11:51:18N  13:04:48E

Height Above Sea Level:  1,099 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now Maiduguri International Airport

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Empire Air Armament School (18 Apr 1944 - 31 Jul 1949)

RAF Flying College (1 Jun 1949 - 1 Jul 1962)

RAF College of Air Warfare (1 Jul 1962 - 1 Apr 1974)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:21:30N  00:05:15E

Grid Ref -  TF385866

Height Above Sea Level - 51 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed - 1974

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

'Y' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (29 Jun - 4 Oct 1938, 15 May 1939 - 16 Aug 1942)

Pilotless Aircraft Unit (5 May 1942 - 15 Mar 1946)

595 Sqn (

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire

Lat/Long:   51:38:38N  04:46:45W

Grid Ref -  TR332599

Height Above Sea Level - 150 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 11 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

139 Sqn (29 Sep 1942 - 4 Jul 1943)

No 1655 Mosquito Conversion Unit (29 Sep - 18 Oct 1942)

No 1655 Mosquito Training Unit (1 Jul 1943 - 7 Mar 1944)

109 Sqn (5 Jul 1943 - 2 Apr 1944)

No 19 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

Bomber Command Aircraft Maintenance Unit (1948)

Bomber Command B-29 Training Sqn (23 Feb 1950 - 1 Jul 1950)

Washington Conversion Unit (1 Jul 1950 - 1 Sep 1951)

149 Sqn (9 Aug - 17 Oct 1950)

90 Sqn (4 Oct 1950 - 1 May 1956)

15 Sqn (29 Nov 1950 - 4 Feb 1951)

44 Sqn (7 Feb - 9 Apr 1951)

57 Sqn (4 Apr - 4 Jun 1951, 1 Dec 1965 - 30 Jun 1986)

207 Sqn (4 Jun 1951 - 27 Mar 1956, 1 Apr 1956 - 1 May 1965)

35 Sqn (1 Sep 1951 - 16 Jul 1956)

Bomber Command Jet Conversion Unit (16 Nov 1953 - 30 Sep 1954)

214 Sqn (21 Jan 1956 - 1 Mar 1965, 1 Jul 1966 - 28 Jan 1977)

148 Sqn (1 Jul 1956 - 1 May 1965)

Air-to-Air Refuelling School (xxx xxxx - 13 Oct 1969)

242 Sqn (1 Oct 1959 - 30 Sep 1964)

49 Sqn (26 Jun 1961 - 1 May 1965)

No 1 (Bomber) Group Support Unit (1968)

Victor Training Unit (13 Oct 1969 - 6 Feb 1970)

Martel Servicing and Storage Unit (1 Nov 1970 - 1 Dec 1971)

No 232 OCU (6 Feb 1970 - 4 Apr 1986)

100 Sqn (5 Jan 1976 - 5 Jan 1982)

No 231 OCU (12 Feb 1976 - 31 Aug 1982)

617 Sqn (1 Jan 1983 - 27 Apr 1994)

27 Sqn (1 May 1983 - 30 Sep 1993)

2 Sqn (3 Dec 1991 - Current)

12 Sqn (1 Oct 1993 - 7 Jan 1994)

39 (1 PRU) Sqn (3 Dec 1993 - Current)

13 Sqn (1 Feb 1994 - Current)

No 611 Volunteer Gliding School (1996)

9 Sqn (17 Jul 2001 - Current)

31 Sqn (15 Aug 2001 - Current)

No 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:  52:39:08N  00:33:00E

Grid Ref:  TF725084

Height above sea level:  80ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Aug 1915

Closed - 1919

Re-opened - 1 Apr 1937

No 3 Group (1 Apr 1937 - Sep 1942)

No 2 Group (Sep 1942 -

No 1 Group (

Notes

In WW1, there had been an airfield at Narborough and this was renamed Marham before the end of the war.

Main units: -

51 Sqn (7 Aug 1917 - 14 May 1919)

191 (Night) Training Sqn (6 Nov 1917 - 1 Jul 1918)

192 (Night) Training Sqn (10 Oct - 14 Nov 1917)

38 Sqn (5 May 1937 - 12 Nov 1940)

115 Sqn (15 Jun 1937 - 24 Sep 1942)

New Zealand Flt (1 Jun - 27 Sep 1939 )

No 3 Group Target Towing Flt (14 Feb 1940 - 18 Nov 1941)

218 Sqn (25 Nov 1940 - 8 Jul 1942)

No 1418 Flt (6 Jan - 1 Mar 1942)

No 218 Conversion Flt (20 Jan - 2 Oct 1942)

Air Bomber Training Flt (No 1 Group) (13 Jul 1942 - 15 Mar 1943)

No 1427 Flt (5 Sep - 2 Oct 1942)

105 Sqn (22 Sep 1942 - 23 Mar 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 1683 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (3 Feb - 1 Aug  1944)

No 26 Air Crew Holding Unit (21 Aug 1945 - 18 Sep 1946)

No 113 Storage Sub-site, No 273 Maintenance Unit (Feb 1946 - 5 Oct 1949)

Location

County: - Leicestershire

Lat/Long:   52:29:30N  00:57:00W

Grid Ref -  SP712887

Height Above Sea Level - 360 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 92 Group (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 28 Conversion Flt (30 Dec 1941 - 2 Jan 1942)

No 1652 Conversion Unit (2 Jan - 7 Jul 1942, 24 Aug - 7 Oct 1942)

No 35 Conversion Flt (5 - 21 Sep 1942)

No 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit (7 Oct 1942 - 25 Jun 1945

No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 Aug - 7 Nov 1945)

No 268 Maintenance Unit (18 Feb 1946 - 31 Dec 1948)

Sub-site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (31 Jan 1949 - 15 Sep 1953)

Location

County: - West Yorrkshire

Lat/Long:   53:57:45N  01:18:00W

Grid Ref -  SE460520

Height Above Sea Level - 68 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 7 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

2 Sqn (5 – 7 Dec 1941)

No 3044 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (14 Dec 1941 – 18 Mar 1943)

‘H’ Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (8 Jan – 1 Nov 1942)

No 3 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (14 Feb - 3 Nov 1942)

No 3012 Servicing Echelon (xxx xxxx – 22 Jun 1942)

412 Sqn (1 May – 4 Jun 1942)

No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 – xxx xxxx)

No 1488 (Target Towing) Flt (7 Jun 1942 – 17 Aug 1943)

65 Sqn (9 – 15 Jun 1942)

41 Sqn (15 – 30 Jun 1942)

No 3016 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (18 Jun – 2 Jul 1942)

122 Sqn (29 Jun – 6 Jul 1942)

124 Sqn (5 – 13 Jul 1942, 7 – 21 Dec 1942)

350 Sqn (7 – 16 Jul 1942, 7 – 15 Sep 1942)

No 3203 Servicing Commando (15 Jul - xxx 1942)

416 Sqn (16 Jul – 14 Aug 1942, 20 Aug – 23 Sep 1942, 8 – 24 Nov 1942)

No 602 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (16 Jul 1942 – 1 Apr 1943)

401 Sqn (28 Jul – 3 Aug 1942, 21 – 31 Jul 1943)

No 3208 Servicing Commando (2 - 20 Aug 1943)

133 Sqn (22 – 31 Aug 1942)

182 Sqn (25 Aug – 7 Dec 1942, 30 Jan – 1 Mar 1943)

332 Sqn (1 – 6 Sep 1942)

111 Sqn (21 – 27 Sep 1942)

No 3024 Servicing Echelon (21 – 27 Sep 1942)

132 Sqn (23 Sep – 2 Oct 1942, 9 Oct 1942 – 28 Feb 1943)

No 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (1 Nov 1942 – 13 Mar 1943)

453 Sqn (24 Nov – 7 Dec 1942)

165 Sqn (9 – 23 Mar 1943)

No 3204 Servicing Commando (12 Mar - 19 May 1943)

303 Sqn (26 Mar – 8 Apr 1943)

222 Sqn (1 – 29 Apr 1943)

421 Sqn (10 – 22 Apr 1943)

317 Sqn (29 Apr – 1 Jun 1943)

284 Sqn (17 May – 13 Jun 1943)

501 Sqn (17 May – 5 Jun 1943)

No 3037 Servicing Echelon (31 May – 5 Jun 1943)

198 Sqn (5 Jun – 19 Aug 1943)

239 Sqn (27 Jun – 9 Jul 1943)

26 Sqn (11 – 16 Jul 1943)

1 Sqn (15 Feb – 3 Apr 1944)

No 3017 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (15 Feb – 22 Mar 1944)

No 6001 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 3 Apr 1944)

HQ, No 25 (Base Defence) Wing (2 – 12 May 1944)

278 Sqn (27 Sep 1944 - 15 Feb 1945)

No 2787 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – Apr 1945)

Blind Landing Experimental Unit (Jul 1946 – 1 Nov 1949)

No 104 Gliding School (Apr 1948 – 1 Sep 1955)

Bomb Ballistic and Blind Landing Experimental Establishment (1 Nov 1949 – 1 May 1950)

Armament & Instrument Experimental Unit (1 May 1950 – 30 Jun 1957)

 ‘B’ Flt, 22 Sqn (Jun 1955 – xxx xxxx)

No 612 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 – 6 May 1963)

No 11 Group Communication Flt (15 Apr 1948 – 31 Dec 1960)

Rapid Landing Flt (xxx 1951 – xxx 1955)

Battle of Britain Flt (16 May 1958 – 3 Nov 1961)

HQ, No 11 (Fighter) Group (2 Jun 1958 – 31 Dec 1960)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:  52:03:30N  01:16:30E

Grid Ref:  TM242454

Height above sea level: 90 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

Closed - 1963

Notes

Main units: -

‘A’ Flt, Experimental Armament Sqn ( 1 Jan 1917 – xxx xxxx)

Testing Sqn (16 Jan – 16 Oct 1917)

Aeroplane Experimental Station (16 Oct 1917 - 16 Mar 1920)

Aeroplane Experimental Establishment (16 Mar 1920 – 24 Mar 1924)

22 Sqn (24 Jul 1923 – 1 May 1934)

Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (24 Mar 1924 – 9 Sep 1939)

15 Sqn (20 Mar 1924 – 31 May 1934)

64 Sqn (12 Sep 1936 – 18 May 1938, 9 – 15 May 1941, 19 – 27 Jul 1942)

Experimental Co-operation Unit (xxx – 15 Sep 1939)

‘D’ Flt (xxx 1939 – 3 Sep 1939)

56 Sqn (22 Oct 1939 – 28 Feb 1940, 23 – 26 Jun 1941, 6 – 15 Aug 1943, 4 Oct 1943 – 15 Feb 1944)

264 Sqn (7 Dec 1939 – 10 May 1940)

236 Sqn (9 Dec 1939 – 29 Feb 1940)

17 Sqn (16 – 24 Dec 1939, 30 Dec 1939 – 8 Jan 1940, 13 – 20 Jan 1940, 30 Jan – 11 Feb 1940, 22 – 27 Feb 1940, 5 – 12 Mar 1940,  19 – 20 Mar 1940, 23 – 27 Mar 1940,

5 – 13 Apr 1940, 23 – 30 Apr 1940, 9 Oct 1940 – 26 Feb 1941)

504 Sqn (24 – 30 Dec 1939, 8 – 13 Jan 1940, 20 – 30 Jan 1940, 11 – 22 Feb 1940, 27 Feb – 5 Mar 1940, 12 – 18 Mar 1940, 27 Mar - 4 Apr 1940, 13 – 23 Apr 1940, 30 Apr – 7 May 1940)

Special Flt, Martlesham Heath (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

266 Sqn (1 Mar – 14 May 1940)

151 Sqn (13 – 17 May 1940)

25 Sqn (19 Jun – 2 Sep 1940)

257 Sqn (5 Sep – 8 Oct 1940, 7 Nov – 16 Dec 1940)

242 Sqn (16 Dec 1940 – 9 Apr 1941)

605 Sqn (25 Feb – 5 Mar 1941)

3 Sqn (3 Apr – 23 Jun 1941)

71 Sqn (5 Apr – 23 Jun 1941, 14 Dec 1941 – 2 May 1942)

ASR Flt (14 May – 22 Dec 1941)

402 Sqn (23 Jun – 10 Jul 1941, 3 – 9 Aug 1942)

258 Sqn (10 Jul – 3 Oct 1941)

611 Sqn (13 – 20 Jul 1941)

312 Sqn (20 Jul – 19 Aug 1941)

No 8 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (1 Aug 1941 - 14 Feb 1942)

54 Sqn (4 – 25 Aug 1941)

607 Sqn (20 Aug – 10 Oct 1941)

403 Sqn (3 Oct – 22 Dec 1941, 3 – 19 Jun 1942)

No 3046 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov – 22 Dec 1941)

Detachments**

29 Sqn (Dec 1938 – Apr 1940)

110 Sqn (Jun 1939 – Mar 1942)

151 Sqn (Sep 1939 – May 1940)

604 Sqn (Sep 1939 – Jan 1940)

25 Sqn (Oct 1939 – May 1940)

85 Sqn (May – Aug 1940)

264 Sqn (Aug – Oct 1940)

613 Sqn (Sep 1940 – Jul 1941)

No 11 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (May – Nov 1941)

‘A’ Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (26 Sep – Oct 1942)

287 Sqn (Nov 1941 – Jul 1944)

277 Sqn (Dec 1941 – Oct 1944)

165 Sqn (Aug – Nov 1942)

278 Sqn (May – Sep 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Battle of Britain Anniversary website,  Commanding Officers, Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

When it became necessary to move the Aeroplane Experimental Station from Upavon, a site was found on the flat heathland near Ipswich in Suffolk.  The station opened in 1917 and the AES moved in to remain for the next 22 years, being successively renamed the Aeroplane and Experimental Establishment and finally the Aeroplane and Armament Experiment Establishment, a name it retained until July 2001 when it became the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.  However, it had moved to its current home of Boscombe Down in 1939, owing to its close proximity to the enemy.

During the 1920, the flying element of the Establishment was composed of No 22 and No 15 Squadrons and the station was responsible for all service trials of new aircraft for the RAF.  The squadrons carried out competitive testing of competing designs, the pre-service testing of new models accepted for RAF service and the testing of modifications to be introduced on currently serving types.

Its location on the coast, which made it unsuitable as an experimental establishment in wartime, made it highly suitable for an air defence station and it was soon home to various squadrons of Fighter Command on a rotational basis and as such played a major role in the Battle of Britain.  The first Americans to operate from Martlesham had been No 71 (Eagle) Squadron in early 1941, but in late 1943, the station was handed over to the USAAF, who constructed runways.   This was soon followed by the P-47 Thunderbolts of the 356th Fighter Group, US 8th Air Force, their task being to provide escort to the B-17 and B-24 bombers carrying out daylight raids from East Anglia.

The RAF had retained a presence at Martlesham in the form of an Air-Sea Rescue squadron but with the end of the war, the station was handed back to the RAF and it became home to the Blind Landing Experimental Unit.  Also based at Martlesham was the Bomb Ballistic Unit, which merged with BLEU in 1950, becoming the Armament and Instrument Experimental Unit and remained until 1957.

The station has also been home to a Search and Rescue flight of No 22 Squadron and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight for a while, after which, only the gliders of an ATC Gliding School remained until that also left in 1963.  In 1968, the station became the Post Office Research Centre and over the subsequent years this has taken over with new building.  The site is also the home Suffolk Police HQ.

Main units (continued): -

212 Sqn (Dec 1942 – May 1945)

No 33 Staging Post (1 Nov 1943 – 31 Mar 1946)

244 Sqn (17 Mar 1944 – 1 May 1945)

No 214 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Apr 1944 - 15 Dec 1945)

8 Sqn (8 Aug – 8 Sep 1967)

Detachments**

209 Sqn (Jul 1942 – Jul 1945)

244 Sqn (Oct 1942 – Mar 1944)

321 Sqn (Oct 1942 – Apr 1945)

265 Sqn (Apr 1943 – May 1945)

259 Sqn (Sep 1943 – May 1945)

294 Sqn (Jun 1945 – Apr 1946)

No 8 Sqn (Oct 1961 – Aug 1967, Sep 1967 – Dec 1971)

204 Sqn (Apr 1971 – May 1972)

Location

Country: - Muscat and Oman

Lat/Long:  20:40:30N  58:53:31E

Height Above Sea Level:

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed - 31 Mar 1977

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Operational and Refresher Training Unit (27 Feb - 15 Oct 1945)

No 1677 (Target Towing) Flt (18 Apr - 19 Oct 1945)

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   51:46:53N  00:14:45E

Grid Ref -  TL550120

Height Above Sea Level - 275 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Airfields of Essex Website, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

47 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

250 Sqn (

272 Sqn (

274 Sqn (

294 Sqn (

459 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Egypt

Lat/Long:  31:19:48N  26:51:00E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Also known as LG07.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

This is an unofficial badge

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 179 (Ferry) Wing (15-26 Apr 1943)

No 21 Ferry Control (May 1943 – 1 Sep 1944)

No 315 Maintenance Unit (18 Jun 1943 – 15 Mar 1944)

Check & Conversion Flt (Oct 1943 – 30 Jul 1944)

No 1577 Flt (5 – 12 Oct 1943, 7 May 1944 – 1 Jun 1945)

117 Sqn (1 – 6 Nov 1943)

No 1331 Conversion Flt (1 – 4 Sep 1944)

No 8 Ferry Unit (1 Sep 1944 – 15 Jun 1945)

No 48 Terminal Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 – 1 Jun 1947)

No 1 Detachment, No 141 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1945 – Apr 1946)

77 Sqn (22 Oct 1945 – 1 Nov 1946)

No 1349 ASR Flt (30 Oct 1945 – 15 May 1946)

10 Sqn (5 Jun 1946 – 15 Dec 1947)

298 Sqn (24 Jul – 21 Dec 1946)

31 Sqn (1 Nov 1946 – 2 Sep 1947, 6 Nov – 15 Dec 1947)

62 Sqn (16 Jun – 10 Aug 1947)

5 Sqn (3 Jul – 1 Aug 1947)

20 Sqn (25 Jul – 1 Aug 1947)

RAF India Communication Flt (15 Aug 1947 – Aug 1948)

Location

Country: - Pakistan (India)

Lat/Long:  24:53:37N  66:56:20E

Height Above Sea Level:  35 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed - December 1956

Notes

Transferred to Royal Pakistan Air Force and still currently in use and known as Masroor Airbase.

Detachments**

267 Sqn (Mar 1945 – Jul 1946)

RAF Communication Flt (1 Dec 1947 – 30 Jun 1948)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

259 Sqn (

265 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Mauritius

Lat/Long:  20:25:48S  57:40:58E

Height Above Sea Level:  186 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 31 Care & Maintenance Party (19 May 1945 - xxx xxxx)

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  06:53:42N  79:57:18E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of what I believe to be the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

60 Sqn (

155 Sqn (

656 Sqn (

No 7 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Dec 1945 - 20Feb 1946)

No 35 Staging Post (Jan - 30 Apr 1946)

Location

Country: -  North Sumatra, Indonesia (Netherlands East Indies)

Lat/Long:  03:3:10N  98:39:58E

Height Above Sea Level:  114 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now known as Polonia International Airport

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Central Interpretation Unit

Support Command Signals HQ (31 Aug 1973 - 14 Sep 1981)

Location

County: - Buckinghamshire

Lat/Long:   51:32:52N  00:50:17W 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: -

No 28 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (1 Aug1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 1 Practice Flying Unit (4 Mar - 16 Jun 1940)

No 632 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - 6 Oct 1963)

Location

County: - Staffordshire

Lat/Long:   52:57:54N  02:06:07W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now a housing estate.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

10 Sqn (

No 4 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1943 - 3 Jul 1945)

Air Crew Testing & Grading Unit (Jan - 1 Nov 1945)

575 Sqn (

No 4575 Servicing Echelon (6 Aug – 24 Nov 1945)

Transport Command Air Crew Examining Unit (1 Nov - Dec 1945)

Sub-site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (24 Jan 1949 - 18 Sep 1954)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:52:15N  00:50:15W

Grid Ref -  SE766421

Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 4 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Detachments**

No 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit (1Nov 1942 - Jan 143)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 7079 Servicing Echelon (7 Jun – 30 Dec 1945)

No 7146 Servicing Echelon (7 Jun – 1 Jul 1945)

No 7113 Servicing Echelon (30 Jun – 17 Aug 1945)

No 7034 Servicing Echelon (1 Jul – 18 Aug 1945)

No 7042 Servicing Echelon (31 Jul – 30 Dec 1945)

No 94 Air Sores Park (17 May - Oct 1945)

No 98 Air Sores Park (17 - 19 May 1945)

No 148 Repair & Salvage Unit (23 May - Dec 1945)

HQ, No 910 Wing (7 Jun - xxx 1945)

No 3 Repair & Salvage Unit (31 Jul 1945 - 28 Mar 1946)

No 27 Glider Servicing Echelon (xxx - Aug 1945)

10 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

27 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

79 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

146 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

298 Sqn (

357 Sqn (

656 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Myanmar (Burma)

Lat/Long:  20:53:10N  95:53:38E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

No 154 Maintenance Unit (26 Jan - 12 Mar 1942)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (8 Mar 1945)

No 204 Staging Post (17 Mar 1945 - 30 Apr 1946)

No 7028 Servicing Echelon (5 Apr – 22 May 1945)

No 7017 Servicing Echelon (11 – 18 Apr 1945)

HQ, No 221 Group (12 Apr - Jun 1945)

No 19 Satellite Airfield HQ (12 Apr - 15 Nov 1945)

No 7 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (12 Apr - 14 May 1945)

No 8 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (15 Apr - Aug 1945)

No 221 Group Communication Flt (29 Apr - 6 Jun 1945)

HQ, No 181 Wing (29 Apr - 3 Jul 1945)

No 9 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (3 - 8 May 1945)

No 10 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (3 - 8 May 1945)

No 1582 Calibration Flt (5 - 24 May 1945)

No 363 Maintenance Unit (10 - 25 May 1945)

No 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (xx - 25 May 1945)

Detachments**

No 10 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Apr - 3 May 1945)

No 8 Staging Post (May 1945 - Mar 1946)

No 7028 Servicing Echelon (May – Oct 1945)

AHQ Burma Communication Flt (Apr - May 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 12 School of Technical Training (24 Jun 1940 – 26 Feb 1965)

WAAF NCO's School (23 Dec 1941 - 30 Jun 1943)

WAAF NCO's Administrative School (23 Oct 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

Closed - 1965

Location

County: - Wiltshire

Lat/Long:   51:21:18N  02:07:48W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Unofficial website, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 4 Aircraft Preparation Unit (5 Jul - 9 Oct 1944)

Mk X AI Conversion Flt (29 Aug - 8 Sep 1944)

254 Sqn (

No 306 Ferry Training Unit (13 Oct 1943 - 15 Jan 1944)

No 307 Ferry Training Unit (14 Oct 1943 - 15 Jan 1944)

No 304 Ferry Training Unit (3 Jan - 9 Oct 1944)

No 1 Ferry Pilot Pool (14 Jan - 16 Mar 1944)

No 1341 Special Duties Flt (1944)

'J' Flt (28 Sep - 5 Oct 1945)

No 12 Ferry Unit (9 Oct 1944 - 7 Nov 1945)

A WW1 airfield was located a few miles away on the northern edge of Melton Mowbrey and was used by: -

38 Sqn (

Location

County: - Leicestershire

Lat/Long:   52:44:00N  00:53:30W

Grid Ref -  SK750158

Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 44 Group (1944)

Closed - 1964

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

19 Sqn (

525 Sqn (

No 4525 Servicing Echelon (15 Jul 1945 – 31 Oct 1946)

187 Sqn (

No 4187 Servicing Echelon (17 Sep 1945 – 15 Oct 1946)

Sub-site of No 3 Maintenance Unit (xxx xxxx - 31 Mar 1955)

Location

County: - Berkshire

Lat/Long:   51:28:38N  01:33:23W

Grid Ref -  SU308754

Height Above Sea Level - 667 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

310 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (15 Oct 1945 - 1 Apr 1954)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:13:53N  01:07:15E

Grid Ref -  TM130638

Height Above Sea Level - 210 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1954

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

660 Sqn (

664 Sqn (

No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (23 Apr - 1 May 1943)

Location

County: - Cambridgeshire

Lat/Long:   52:23:38N  00:07:30E

Grid Ref -  TL445796

Height Above Sea Level - 80 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1963

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

60 Sqn (

67 Sqn (

No 26 Staging Post (7 Jan - 15 Feb 1946)

Location

Country: - Myanmar (Burma)

Lat/Long:  12:26:24N  98:37:16E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1315 Transport Flt (1 Jan - 9 Mar 1945)

243 Sqn (

No 4243 Servicing Echelon (6 Jan – 15 Apr 1945)

238 Sqn (

No 4238 Servicing Echelon (30 Jan – 22 Feb 1945)

187 Sqn (

No 4187 Servicing Echelon (1 Feb – 17 Sep 1945)

Halifax Development Flt (xx - 31 Mar 1945)

53 Sqn (

No 4053 Servicing Echelon (17 Sep – 1 Dec 1945)

242 Sqn (

No 4242 Servicing Echelon (9 Dec 1945 – 7 May 1946)

Location

County: - Somerset

Lat/Long:   50:57:45N  02:56:15W

Grid Ref -  ST342186

Height Above Sea Level - 110 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 70 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 60 (Middle East) Refuelling and Re-arming Party (xxx 1942 - 15 Feb 1943

No 11 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943- 1 Aug 1945)

No 211 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (1 Jun - 21 Dec 1943)

No 52 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (23 Feb - Jun 1944, 23 Jul - 10 Dec 1944)

14 Sqn (

33 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

142 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

252 Sqn (

335 Sqn (

336 Sqn (

451 Sqn (

459 Sqn (

621 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  31:19:48N  27:12:57E

Height Above Sea Level:  94 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It was also known as LG08 and is now Mersa Matruh Airport

Main units: -

No 1 Air Stores Park (4 Oct - 25 Nov 1935)

No 3 Air Stores Park (25 Nov 1935 - xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 101 Maintenance Unit (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 2 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (Middle East) (24 Dec 1941 - xxx 1942)

No 40 Air Stores Park (10 Mar - 28 Apr 1942)

Staging Post, Mersa Matruh (15 Jun 1942 - 8 Mar 1943)

AHQ Western Desert (8 - 12 Nov 1942)

HQ, No 234 Wing (14 Nov - 6 Dec 1942)

Communication Unit, Rear HQ Western Desert (8 - 12 Nov 1942)

HQ, No 285 Wing (9 - 12 Nov 1942)

Detachments**

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

No 55 Repair & Salvage Unit (13 May - 27 Jul 1944)

No 58 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (xxx - xxx 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:21:40N  01:23:45E

Grid Ref -  TM311789

Height Above Sea Level - 177 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 1690 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (27 Sep 1944 - 4 Jun 1945)

106 Sqn (

189 Sqn (

467 Sqn (

HQ, No 552 Wing (29 Jun - 28 Aug 1945)

Sub-site, No 93 Maintenance Unit (xxx xxxx - xxx 1950)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:08:00N  00:20:45W

Grid Ref -  TF105610

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 5 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

21 Sqn (

57 Sqn (

149 Sqn (

207 Sqn (

214 Sqn (

218 Sqn (

320 Sqn (

464 Sqn (

487 Sqn (

No 21 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

RLG for No 3 Flying Training School (7 Dec 1946 - 13 Jul 1953)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:30:45N  00:33:00E

Grid Ref -  TL730935

Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (17 Feb – 4 Aug 1943)

247 Sqn (28 Feb – 5 Apr 1943)

No 3008 Servicing Echelon (28 Feb – 1 Apr 1943)

No 3025 Servicing Echelon (xxx xxxx – 1 Apr 1943)

No 3025 Servicing Echelon (xxx xxxx – 1 Apr 1943)

19 Sqn (1 – 10 Mar 1943, 13 Mar – 5 Apr 1943)

182 Sqn (1 Mar – 5 Apr 1943)

HQ, No 121 Airfield (13 Mar – 5 Apr 1943)

456 Sqn (29 Mar – 17 Aug 1943)

No 6 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (29 Mar - 1 May 1946)

No 6164 Servicing Echelon (25 Apr – 31 Aug 1946)

16 Sqn (1 – 29 Jun 1943, 6 – 17 Oct 1947)

No 2775 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – Oct 1943)

169 Sqn (21 Jun – 30 Sep 1943)

Satellite of No 41 OTU (21 Jun – Jul 1943)

151 Sqn (16 Aug – 17 Nov 1943)

No 6125 Servicing Echelon (27 Jul – 18 Oct 1944)

418 Sqn (29 Jul – 28 Aug 1944)

No 6418 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (29 Jul – 27 Aug 1944)

125 Sqn (31 Jul – 18 Oct 1944)

No 3501 Servicing Unit (1 Sep 1944 – 12 Feb 1945)

No 371 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 – xxx 1945)

No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight (16 Jan - 14 Feb 1945)

HQ, No 62 Group (2 Jul 1946 – 26 Jan 1948)

165 Sqn (3 – 8 Jul 1946)

No 6165 Servicing Echelon (3 - 8 Jul 1946)

63 Sqn (1 – 3 Sep 1946, 30 Oct 1946 – 5 Jan 1948)

No 6063 Servicing Echelon (1 Sep 1946 – 5 Jan 1948 – cadre from 6 Nov 1946)

No 62 Group Communications Flt (10 Sep 1946 – 7 Jan 1948)

80 Sqn (5 – 16 May 1947)

Fighter Command Control & Reporting School (12 Jan 1948 – 30 Sep 1957)

657 Sqn (19 Jan 1948 – 1 Nov 1955)

No 227 Operational Conversion Unit (30 Jan 1948 - 1 May 1950)

No 1900 Flt, 657 Sqn (1 Dec 1948 – 28 Nov 1951, 1 Jul 1952 – 17 Mar 1953)

No 1901 Flt, 657 Sqn (1 Dec 1948 – 21 Feb 1952)

No 1962 Flt, 662 Sqn (1 Sep 1949 – 10 Mar 1957)

No 1906 (Helicopter) Flt, 657Sqn (1 May 1950 – 1 Nov 1955)

The Air Observation Post School (1 May 1950 – 3 Apr 1953)

No 1912 Flt, 657Sqn (15 Aug 1951 – 14 Jul 1952, Oct – Dec 1956)

288 Sqn (16 Mar 1953 – 30 Dec 1957)

Light Aircraft School (3 Apr 1953 – 1 Sep 1957)

CFS Helicopter Flt (8 Mar 1954 – 18 Jun 1955)

No 1906 (Helicopter) Flt, 651 Sqn (1 Nov – xxx 1955, 1 Dec 1955 – 20 Mar 1957, xxx – 1 Sep 1957)

Joint Experimental Helicopter Unit (1 Apr 1955 – 10 Nov 1956, 7 Dec 1956 – 31 Jan 1960)

651 Sqn (1 Nov 1955 – 1 Sep 1957)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:  51:08:45N  01:34:07W

Grid Ref:  SU303385

Height above sea level: 286 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

Closed (RAF) - 1957

Notes

Transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1957 and is now the AAC Centre.  Also home to the Museum of Army Flying

Main units: -

No 15 Flying Training School (20 Apr – 11 Jun 1940)

601 Sqn (1 – 17 Jun 1940)

236 Sqn (14 Jun – 4 Jul 1940)

238 Sqn (20 Jun – 14 Aug 1940, 10 – 30 Sep 1940, Jan – 1 Feb 1941)

501 Sqn (4 – 25 Jul 1940, 24 Aug – 8 Oct 1942, 10 – 19 Oct 1942)

609 Sqn (6 Jul – 2 Oct 1940)

604 Sqn (27 Jul 1940 – 12 Aug 1942, 23 Aug – 7 Dec 1942)

234 Sqn (14 Aug – 11 Sep 1940)

No 420 Flt (29 Sep – 7 Dec 1940)

56 Sqn (29 Nov – 17 Dec 1940)

93 Sqn (7 Dec 1940 – 18 Nov 1941)

32 Sqn (15 Dec 1940 – 16 Feb 1941)

Fighter Experimental Establishment (23 Apr – 1 Aug 1941)

No 604 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 18 Aug 1942, 23 Aug 1942 – 31 Mar 1943)

No 1458 (Fighter) Flt (6 Dec 1941 – 8 Sep 1942)

245 Sqn (19 Dec 1941 – 26 Oct 1942)

No 3007 Servicing Echelon (19 Dec 1941 – 26 Oct 1942)

No 2813 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 – xxx xxxx)

537 Sqn (8 Feb 1942 – 25 Jan 1943)

504 Sqn (19 Oct – 30 Dec 1942)

406 Sqn (8 Dec 1942 – 31 Mar 1943)

No 501 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (23 Aug – 30 Dec 1942)

400 Sqn (27 Dec 1942 – 1 Feb 1943)

414 Sqn (1 – 20 Feb 1943, 9 Apr – 26 May 1943)

164 Sqn (8 Feb – 20 Jun 1943, 26 Apr – 31 Aug 1946)

No 3034 Servicing Echelon (17 Feb – 4 Aug 1943)

Detachments**

256 Sqn (Feb – Mar 1941)

23 Sqn (Mar 1941 – Aug 1942)

16 Sqn (Apr 1942 – Jan 1943)

286 Sqn (Apr 1942 – Apr 1944)

247 Sqn (May – Sep 1942)

400 Sqn (Jun – Dec 1942)

587 Sqn (Oct 1944 – Jun 1946)

285 Sqn (Nov 1944 – Jan 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 1535 Beam Approach Training Flt (15 Dec 1942 – 3 Jun 1943)

428 Sqn (4 Jun 1943 – 31 May 1945)

HQ, No 64 (RCAF) Base (1 May 1944 - 14 Jun 1945)

No 13 Operational Training Unit (27 Jul 1945 – 21 Apr 1947)

No 28 Gliding School (Jan 1946 – Feb 1948)

No 26 Gliding School (May 1946 – xxx xxxx, 1 Jun 1948 – 1 Sep 1955)

No 2 Air Navigation School (1 Oct 1947 – 15 May 1950)

Sub-station, No 91 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1950 – 31 Mar 1957)

No 205 Advanced Flying School (7 Sep 1950 – 1 Jun 1954)

No 4 Flying Training School (1 Jun 1954 – 9 Jun 1956)

264 Sqn (27 Feb – 26 Sep 1957)

Javelin Instrument Rating Sqn (Feb 1957 – 31 Dec 1966)

92 Sqn (1 Mar – 30 Sep 1957, 1 Oct 1958 – 22 May 1961)

No 645 Volunteer Gliding School (Aug 1958 – 26 Mar 1960)

33 Sqn (30 Sep 1958 – 31 Dec 1962)

Lightning Conversion Sqn (Aug 1961 – 29 Jun 1962)

No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (1 Jun 1963 – 20 Apr 1964)

63 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

No 11 Air Experience Flt (13 Dec 1985 – 11 Jan 1988)

Northumbrian Universities Air Sqn (19 Dec 1985 – 11 Jan 1988)

Location

County: - Durham

Lat/Long:  54:30:45N  01:25:30W

Grid Ref:  NZ375131

Height above sea level: 115 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 6 (RCAF) Group (1944)

Closed - 1965

Notes

Opened as Teesside Airport in November 1966, now known as Durham/Tees Valley Airport

Main units: -

78 Sqn (7 Apr - 20 Oct 1941)

419 Sqn (10 Nov 1942 – 1 Jun 1945)

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Dec 1942 – Jan 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

218 Sqn (13 Jun - 18 Jul 1940)

Regional Control School (Sep 1940 - 10 May 1941)

No 3 Blind Approach training Flt (27 Jan - Oct 1941)

No 401 Meteorological Flt (4 Feb - 25 Oct 1941)

No 1503 Beam Approach training Flt (Oct 1941 - 5 Sep 1942)

419 Sqn (15 Dec 1941 - 13 Aug 1942)

No 721 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

149 Sqn Conversion Flt (21 Jan - Feb 1942)

No 2721 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb - xxx 1942)

The Engine Consumption Unit (6 Mar - 24 Apr 1942)

No 1 Engine Consumption Unit (24 Apr - 14 Sep 1942)

No 2712 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 2713 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 - xxx xxxx)

75 Sqn (15 Aug - 1 Nov 1942)

No 1505 Beam Approach Training Flt (5 Sep - 3 Nov 1942)

115 Sqn (24 Sep - 8 Nov 1942, 15 Feb 1949 - 1 Mar 1950)

HQ Mildenhall Base (1 Mar - 16 Sep 1943)

15 Sqn (14 Apr 1943 - 19 Aug 1946)

622 Sqn (10 Aug 1943 - 15 Aug 1945)

No 25 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

HQ No 32 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 15 Nov 1945)

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

44 Sqn (25 Aug 1945 - 29 Aug 1946)

35 Sqn (10 Feb 1949 - 23 Feb 1950)

207 Sqn (28 Feb 1949 - 1 Mar 1950)

7514th Air Base Group USAF (15 Jul 1950 - xxx xxxx)

Various detachments and rotations of B-29s, B-50s, RB-50s, KC-97s, B-47s, C-130s, C-141s, C-124s, C-133s, C-121s, C-118s, C-47s, C-5s, KC-135s and C-17.

Detachment 4, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing USAF (xxx 1979 - xxx xxxx)

100th Air Refuelling Wing USAF (13 Jan 1992 - Current)

352nd Special Operations Group USAF (Sep 1994 - Current?)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:  52:21:45N  00:28:45E

Grid Ref:  TL690767

Height above sea level:  28ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1934

No 3 Group (1 May 1936 - Jul 1950)

USAFE (Jul 1950 - Current)

Notes

Main units: -

99 Sqn (15 Nov 1934 - 1 Sep 1939)

38 Sqn (16 Sep 1935 - 5 May 1937)

RAF Meteorological Flt (1 Sep 1936 - 4 Feb 1941)

HQ, No 3 Group (11 Jan 1937 - 29 Mar 1940, 28 Oct 1946 - 1 Nov 1967)

73 Sqn (15 Mar - 12 Jun 1937)

149 Sqn (12 Apr 1937 -6 Apr 1942)

No 3 Group Communications Flt (xxx 1937 - Jul 1941, 21 Mar 1946 - 1 Oct 1964)

211 Sqn (24 Jun - 2 Sep 1937)

No 5 Group Practice Flt (Aug 1937 - xxx 1938)

HQ, No 2 Group (1 Sep - 2 Oct 1937)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

184 Sqn (

No 59 Operational Training Unit (2 Aug 1942 - 26 Jan 1944)

No 1 Specialised Low Attack Instructors School (7 Dec 1942 - 26 Jan 1944)

Fighter Leaders School (26 Jan - 16 Oct 1944)

Day Fighter Development Wing (Sep - 27 Dec 1944)

183 Sqn (

No 6183 Servicing Echelon (16 - 17 Jun 1945)

164 Sqn (

No 6164 Servicing Echelon (17 Jun 1945)

Location

County: - Northumberland

Lat/Long:   55:35:30N  02:05:00W

Grid Ref -  NU945330

Height Above Sea Level - 150 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1944

No 12 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

It is now used by the Borders Gliding Club.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Officers Commanding,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Hertfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:46:37N  00:11:46W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942/3

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 2 Air Observers School (1 Jun 1941 - 18 Feb 1942)

'R' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (13 Sep 1941 - 7 Jan 1942)

No 14 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun - 30 Nov 1945)

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:   54:12:00N  03:19:00W

Grid Ref -  SD138790

Height Above Sea Level - 0 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

It is now a HM Prison

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  RAF Millom Museum

Main units (continued): -

No 60 Staging Post (Sep 1945)

No 67 Staging Post (Sep 1945)

AHQ Netherlands East Indies (1 - 17 Oct 1945)

AHQ Netherlands East Indies Communication Sqn (1 - 17 Oct 1945)

No 7027 Servicing Echelon (12 Oct 1945 – 1 Feb 1946)

No 232 Group Communication Flt (26 Oct - Dec 1945)

AHQ Burma Communication Flt (Nov 1945 - 15 Dec 1947)

No 1354 (DDT Spraying) Flt (10 - xx Nov 1945)

HQ, No 347 Wing (xxx - 30 Nov 1945)

No 7020 Servicing Echelon (27 Jan – 12 Apr 1946)

AHQ Burma (1 Jan - 15 Dec 1947)

17 Sqn (

18 Sqn (

20 Sqn (

27 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

52 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

67 Sqn (

81 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

135 Sqn (

136 Sqn (

176 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

267 Sqn (

273 Sqn (

357 Sqn (

607 Sqn (

656 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Myanmar (Burma)

Lat/Long:  16:54:36N  98:08:13E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

No 154 Maintenance Unit (28 Jul 1941 - 26 Jan 1942)

No 81 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx xxxx - 28 Mar 1942)

No 83 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx xxxx - 28 Mar 1942)

No 3 Coast Defence Flt, IAFVR (17 Feb 1942 - 24 Feb 1942)

No 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (xxx - 28 Mar 1942)

HQ, No 224 Group (xxx xxxx - 28 Mar 1942)

HQ, No 906 Wing (20 May - 13 Nov 1945)

No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (20 May - 9 Nov 1945, xxx 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

No 8 Staging Post (20 May 1945 - 25 Mar 1946)

No 7028 Servicing Echelon (22 May – 7 Oct 1945)

No 1582 Calibration Flt (24 May - 25 Aug 1945)

No 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (27 May - 28 Oct 1945 )

No 3207 Servicing Commando (28 - 29 May 1945)

No 221 Group Communication Flt (6 Jun - 1 Nov 1945)

No 1352 Air Sea Rescue Flt (15 Jun - 10 Sep 1945)

No 85 Air Stores Park (31 Jul - 10 Oct 1945)

No 7 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (31 Jul - Dec 1945)

No 316 Maintenance Unit (Aug 1945 - 10 Feb 1946)

HQ, No 341 Wing (15 Aug 1945 - 25 May 1946)

HQ, No 185 Wing (16 Aug - 5 Sep 1945)

No 85 Repair & Salvage Unit (17 Aug 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

Detachments**

No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (9 Nov - xxx 1945)

No 148 Repair & Salvage Unit (May - Dec 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

8 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

22 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

81 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

135 Sqn (

136 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

176 Sqn (

217 Sqn (

354 Sqn (

357 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  08:03:36N  80:54:47E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 7136 Servicing Echelon (2 Jan – 7 Apr 1945)

No 7008 Servicing Echelon (xxx - 15 Nov 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

159 Sqn (

222 Sqn (

460 Sqn (

No 6345 (French) Servicing Echelon (16 Jul – 7 Aug 1945)

No 1335 (Meteor) Conversion Unit (27 Jul 1945 - 15 Aug 1946)

124 Sqn (

No 12 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (Aug- 14 Sep 1945)

No 6124 Servicing Echelon (20 Aug – 5 Oct 1945)

19 Sqn (

No 6019 Servicing Echelon (7 Sep 1945 – 2 May 1946)

129 Sqn (

No 5 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (14 Sep 1945 - 1 May 1946)

No 6129 Servicing Echelon (9 Nov – 3 Dec 1945)

234 Sqn (

No 6234 Servicing Echelon (12 Feb - 28 Mar 1946)

54 Sqn (

No 6054 Servicing Echelon (5 – 30 Sep 1946)

Old Weston

75 Sqn (

Location

County: - Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)

Lat/Long:   52:23:06N  00:25:15W

Grid Ref -  TL078774

Height Above Sea Level - 240 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

USAAF (1944)

Closed -

Notes

441 Sqn (

No 6441 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (16 Jul – 7 Aug 1945)

442 Sqn (

No 6442 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (17 Jul – 7 Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

577 Sqn (

Location

County: - Anglesey

Lat/Long:   53:15:30N  04:22:38W

Grid Ref -  SH415760

Height Above Sea Level - 185 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

25 Sqn (25 Sep – 31 Dec 1916)

83 Sqn (7 – 15 Jan 1917)

No 82 (Canadian) Training Sqn (Jan – 20 Feb 1917)

No 85 (Canadian) Training Sqn (Jan – Feb 1917)

No 11 Training Sqn (7 – 14 Apr 1917)

80 Sqn (10 Aug – 27 Nov 1917)

No 52 Training Sqn (1 Sep – 24 Nov 1917)

108 Sqn (1 – 12 Nov 1917)

No 36 Training Sqn (27 Nov 1917 – 15 Jul 1918)

HQ, No 21 Group (1 Apr – 1 Jul 1918)

No 32 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 – 30 May 1919)

No 8 Flying Training School (1 Jan 1936 – 3 Sep 1939)

No 8 Service Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 -25 Mar 1942)

233 Sqn (28 Sep – 10 Oct 1938)

269 Sqn (25 Aug – 10 Oct 1939)

232 Sqn (29 Apr – 19 Jul 1941)

No 789 Ground Defence Sqn (19 Dec 1941 – 1 Feb 1942)

No 2 Flying Instructors School (5 Jan 1942 – 11 Jul 1945)

No 2789 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 – xxx xxxx)

No 11 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 10 Feb 1946)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp (4 May – 17 Jun 1943)

No 1632 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flt (17 Jun – 1 Dec 1943)

Sub-site, No 44 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1945 – xxx xxxx)

Sub-site, No 260 Maintenance Unit (Jun 1945 – 15 Jan 1947)

No 63 Maintenance Unit (24 Mar 1947 – 31 Mar 1950)

Location

County: - Angus, Scotland

Lat/Long:  56:43:40N  02:27:25W

Grid Ref:  NO722598

Height above sea level: 30 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1912

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed - 1950

Notes

HQ No 30 Wing was located in the town of Montrose  (22 Jul - Oct 1918)

The airfield remained in use by light aircraft, training by British Airways helicopters and by RAF Hercules on tactical exercises.

Main units: -

2 Sqn (26 Feb 1913 – 30 Jun 1914)

No 6 Reserve Sqn (17 Jul – Sep 1915, 20 Oct – 27 Nov 1915)

No 18 Training Sqn (1 Jun 1916 – 15 Jul 1918)

No 6 Training Sqn (24 Nov 1917 – 15 Jul 1918)

43 Sqn (15 – 19 Apr 1916)

No 39 Training Sqn (26 Aug 1916 -3 Sep 1917)

Detachments**

224 Sqn (Jan – Mar 1938)

603 Sqn (Jan – Apr 1940)

602 Sqn (Apr – May 1940)

248 Sqn (May – Jul 1940)

614 Sqn (Jun 1940 – Mar 1941)

263 Sqn (Jul – Sep 1940)

141 Sqn (Aug 1940)

145 Sqn (Aug – Oct 1940)

3 Sqn (Sep – Oct 1940)

111 Sqn (Oct 1940 – Apr 1941)

17 Sqn (Jun – Sep 1941)

310 Sqn (Jul – Oct 1941)

132 Sqn (Sep 1941 – Feb 1942)

416 Sqn (Mar – Apr 1942)

598 Sqn (Dec 1943 – Mar 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

243 Sqn (

No 9 School of Technical Training (28 Dec 1939 -17 May 1942)

No 3 WAAF Depot (1 Oct 1941 - 30 Nov 1942)

Air Crew Training Wing (Polish) (2 Dec 1943 - 14 Nov 1945)

Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1947 - 13 Jul 1949)

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   54:03:50N  02:54:40W 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: -

Detachment, No 55  Operational Training Unit (27 Nov 1940 - 22 Feb 1941)

No 21 Operational Training Unit (21 Jan 1941 - 25 Nov 1946)

Ground Defence Sqn (Apr 1941)

No 740 Ground Defence Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2740 (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (5 Dec 1946 - 6 Aug 1947)

No 1446 (Ferry Training) Flt (18 May 1942 - 1 May 1943)

No 311 Ferry Training Unit (1 May 1943 - 1 May 1944)

No 1 Refresher School (17 Dec 1946 - 6 Aug 1947)

No 1 (Pilot) Refresher Flying Unit (6 Aug 1947 - 10 Jan 1948)

No 1 Flying Training School (31 Oct 1951 - 20 Apr 1955)

Elements of Central Flying School (1951 - 1952)

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:  51:59:38N  01:41:00W

Grid Ref:    SP218329

Height above sea level: 420 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

Closed - 1955

Notes

It is now home to the Fire Service College

Links to related sites/pages

Wellington Aviation Museum, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps, 

Main units: -

72 Sqn (4 - 12 Aug 1942)

No 3045 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (10 – 12 Aug 1942)

No 80 (French) Operational Training Unit (23 Apr - Jul 1945)

Location

County: - Northumberland

Lat/Long:   55:07:45N  01:43:45W

Grid Ref -  NZ169818

Height Above Sea Level - 363 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 29 Group (1944)

Closed - 1948

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 347 Flt (15 Jun 1918 – Nov 1918, xxx – 15 May 1919)

No 348 Flt (15 Jul 1918 – 15 May 1919)

HQ, 72^nd (Operations) Wing (8 Aug 1918 – 15 May 1919)

237 Sqn (20 Aug 1918 – 15 May 1919)

238 Sqn (20 Aug 1918 – 20 Mar 1922)

No 349 Flt (15 Oct 1918 – 15 May 1919)

HQ, No 2 Wing (15 May 1919 – Apr 1920)

Flying Boat Development Flight (1 Jan – 1 May 1924)

No 482 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flt (8 Oct 1928 – 1 Jan 1929)

Main units (Mount Batten): -

203 Sqn (1 Jan – 28 Feb 1929)

204 Sqn (1 Feb 1929 – 27 Sep 1935, 5 Aug 1936 – 2 Apr 1940)

209 Sqn (15 Jan 1930 – 1 May 1935)

‘C’ Flt, No 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (16 Feb 1939 – 27 Apr 1940)

No 10 (RAAF) Sqn (1 Apr 1940 - May 1941, 5 Jan 1942 - 31 Oct 1945)

461 Sqn (26 Apr – 5 Sep 1942)

No 43 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (10 Apr - 9 Sep 1944)

No 238 Maintenance Unit (1 Jan 1946 – 17 Oct 1953)

No 84 Maintenance Unit (15 Mar 1946 – 1 Jan 1948)

HQ, No 19 Group (28 Jul 1947 – 28 Nov 1969)

Marine Craft Training School (21 Oct 1953 - 1 Apr 1961)

Marine Craft Training and Support Unit (1 Apr 1961 - 1 Apr 1986)

RAF School of Combat Survival & Rescue (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Devon

Lat/Long:  50:21:32N  04:07:48W

Grid Ref:  SX483533

Operational Control: -

Opened - Feb 1917 (RNAS Cattewater)

Coastal Area (1920 - 1936)

Coastal Command (1936 - 1 Jan 1946)

Maintenance Command (1 Jan 1946 - 1953)

No 18 Group

Closed -

Notes

Until 1 Oct 1929 it was known as RAF Cattewater

Main units (RAF Cattewater): -

No 420 Flt (May 1918 – 15 May 1919)

No 421 Flt (May 1918 – 15 May 1919)

Detachments**

No 15 Group Communications Flt (Jun 1939 – Feb 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

FAA Archive Website, Plymouth history website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

140 Sqn (

540 Sqn (

543 Sqn (

Location

County: - Oxfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:39:50N  01:09:30W

Grid Ref -  SU583965

Height Above Sea Level - 139 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 1312  Flt (20 Aug 1983 - Current)

No 1435 Flt (1 Nov 1988 - Current)

No 905 Expeditionary Air Wing (1 Apr 2006 - Current)

23 Sqn (

78 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Falkland Islands

Lat/Long:  51:49:22S  58:26:50W

Height Above Sea Level:  243 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

281 Sqn (

Location

County: - County Londonderry

Lat/Long:   55:01:53N  06:35:38W

Grid Ref -  C898212

Height Above Sea Level - 42 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 15 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 40 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 1 Jun 1946)

No 35 Air Despatch & Reception Unit (xxx 1943 - Sep 1944)

No 158 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Jul - 10 Nov 1945)

No 1417 Communications Flt (1 Nov 1953 - 1 Oct 1958)

152 Sqn (1 Oct 1958 - 15 Nov 1967)

HQ, RAF Persian Gulf (4 Jul 1959 - 1 Sep 1967)

208 Sqn (8 Jun 1964 - 10 Sep 1971)

30 Sqn (1 Sep 1964 - 7 Sep 1967)

105 (6 Aug 1967 - 1 Feb 1968)

HQ Air Forces Gulf (1 Sep 1967 - 15 Dec 1971)

8 Sqn (8 Sep 1967 - 21 Dec 1971)

Air Forces Gulf Communications Sqn (15 Sep 1967 - 8 May 1968)

Search & Rescue Flt Muharraq (Dec 1967 - 31 May 1971)

Marine Craft Flt (xxx xxxx - xxx 1971)

Gulf Communications Flt (10 Dec 1967 -12 Dec 1970)

Gulf Communications Search and Rescue Sqn (COMSAR) (Oct 1968 - xxx 1971)

Search and Rescue Sqn (12 Dec 1970 - xxx 1971)

No 1004 Signals Unit (Jun 1969 - xxx xxxx)

84 Sqn (30 Dec 1970 - 1 Oct 1971)

Location

Country: - Bahrain

Lat/Long:  26:16:12N  50:37:59E

Height Above Sea Level: 6 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 2 Apr 1943 (as Bahrain)

Closed - 15 Dec 1971

Notes

Originally known as Bahrain, it is now Bahrain International Airport.

Detachments**

84 Sqn (Oct 1928 - Feb 1939)*

212 Sqn (Dec 1942 - May 1945)*

413 Sqn (Apr 1942 - Jan 1945)*

294 Sqn (Jun 1945 - Apr 1946)†

*Detachments to Bahrain

73 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1954)†

No 1426 Flt (8 Mar - 17 May 1956, 17 Nov - 20 Dec 1956)†

208 Sqn (Dec 1961 - Jun 1964)†

8 Sqn (Oct 1961 - Aug 1967)†

†Detachments to Muharraq

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - County Antrim

Lat/Long:   55:12:36N  06:06:58W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,