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Evidence so far has only shown those in RED as satellites not self administering stations
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Main units: - 65 Sqn ( 272 Sqn (
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Location County: - Argyllshire Lat/Long: 55:26:14N 05:41:11W Grid Ref - NR660233 Height Above Sea Level - 30 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - Closed - |
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Notes It is now known as Campbeltown Airport. |
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Main units: - 13 Sqn ( 63 Sqn ( 77 Sqn ( ) (when known as Penston) 225 Sqn ( 241 Sqn ( 263 Sqn ( 607 Sqn ( 614 Sqn (
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Location County: - East Lothian Lat/Long: 55:57:00N 02:53:45W Grid Ref - NT445734 Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - No 13 Group (1944) Closed - 1953 |
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Notes Also know as Penston? |
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Detachments** No 58 Operational Training Unit (10 Dec 1941 - 3 Apr 1942) |
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Main units: - 26 Sqn ( Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (1 Apr 1952 - 30 Mar 1954) |
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Location County: - Herefordshire Lat/Long: 52:01:50N 02:51:00W Grid Ref - SO418374 Height Above Sea Level - 265 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1941 No 27 Group (1944) Closed - 1946 |
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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)
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Location County: - County Antrim Lat/Long: 54:30:53N 06:10:38W Grid Ref - J180645 Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1941 RAF in Northern Ireland (1944) Closed - 1946 |
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Location Country: - Nigeria Lat/Long: 11:51:18N 13:04:48E Height Above Sea Level: 1,099 ft |
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Operational Control: -
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Notes It is now Maiduguri International Airport |
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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)
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Location County: - Lincolnshire Lat/Long: 53:21:30N 00:05:15E Grid Ref - TF385866 Height Above Sea Level - 51 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1938 No 25 Group (1944) Closed - 1974 |
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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 (
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Location County: - Pembrokeshire Lat/Long: 51:38:38N 04:46:45W Grid Ref - TR332599 Height Above Sea Level - 150 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - No 11 Group (1944) Closed - |
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Main units (continued): - 611 Sqn (8 – 13 Oct 1943) No 616 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (8 – 13 Oct 1943) No 2733 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1943 – xxx xxxx) No 2715 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1943 – xxx xxxx) 415 Sqn (Nov 1943 – Jul 1944) No 3209 Servicing Commando (12 Nov - 12 Dec 1943) No 3207 Servicing Commando (12 Dec 1943 - 4 Jan 1944) 183 Sqn (15 Mar – 1 Apr 1944) 197 Sqn (15 Mar – 1 Apr 1944, 3 – 11 Sep 1944) No 86 Maintenance Unit (xx 1944 – 31 Aug 1945) No 6183 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 1 Apr 1944) No 6197 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 1 Apr 1944, 2 – 11 Sep 1944) No 6137 Servicing Echelon (1 Apr - 13 Aug 1944) 605 Sqn (7 Apr – 27 Nov 1944) No 6605 Servicing Echelon (7 Apr – 21 Nov 1944) HQ, No 155 (General Reconnaissance) Wing (22 Apr – 19 Sep 1944) 143 Sqn (23 May – 9 Sep 1944) 119 Sqn (19 Jul – 9 Aug 1944) No 2720 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1944 – xxx xxxx) 616 Sqn (21 Jul 1944 – 21 Jan 1945) No 6616 Servicing Echelon (21 Jul 1944 – 16 Jan 1945) 501 Sqn (2 Aug – 22 Sep 1944) No 6501 Servicing Echelon (2 Aug – 23 Sep 1944) 504 Sqn (13 Aug 1944 – 25 Feb 1945) No 6504 Servicing Echelon (13 Aug 1944 – 25 Feb 1945) 274 Sqn (17 Aug – 20 Sep 1944) No 6274 Servicing Echelon (17 Aug – 19 Sep 1944) 80 Sqn (29 Aug – 20 Sep 1944) No 6080 Servicing Echelon (29 Aug – 19 Sep 1944) 257 Sqn (1 – 2 Sep 1944, 4 – 6 Sep 1944) No 6263 Servicing Echelon (6 – 11 Sep 1944) 193 Sqn (8 – 12 Sep 1944) No 6193 Servicing Echelon (8 – 11 Sep 1944) 266 Sqn (8 – 9 Sep 1944, 10 – 11 Sep 1944) No 6266 Servicing Echelon (8 – 11 Sep 1944) 118 Sqn (25 Sep – 5 Dec 1944) No 6118 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep – 15 Dec 1944) 124 Sqn (25 Sep 1944 – 10 Feb 1945) No 6124 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep 1944 – 10 Feb 1945) 229 Sqn (25 Sep – 22 Oct 1944) No 6229 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep – 22 Oct 1944) 91 Sqn (29 Oct 1944 – 8 Apr 1945) No 6091 Servicing Echelon (29 Oct 1944 – 7 Apr 1945) 63 Sqn (1 – 4 Nov 1944) No 6063 Servicing Echelon (1 – 4 Nov 1944) No 6130 Servicing Echelon (4 Nov – 1 Dec 1945, 27 Jan – 17 Jun 1946) 406 Sqn (27 Nov 1944 – 14 Jun 1945) No 6406 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (27 Nov 1944 – 14Jun 1945) No 6001 Servicing Echelon (16 Dec 1944 – 8 Apr 1945) 1 Sqn (18 Dec 1944 – 8 Apr 1945) No 1333 Wing RAF Regiment (Jan 1945 – xxx xxxx) No 2762 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – Jul 1945) 451 Sqn (11 – 23 Feb 1945) No 6451 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (11 – 23 Feb 1945) No 1 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - Jun 1945) No 2 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - Jun 1945) No 3 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - Nov 1945) No 4 Fighter Command Servicing Unit (19 Feb - 10 May 1945) HQ, No 134 Wing (27 – 28 Feb 1945) 310 Sqn (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) No 6310 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) 312 Sqn (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) No 6312 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) 313 Sqn (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) No 6313 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (27 Feb – 7 Aug 1945) No 6219 Servicing Echelon (12 Apr – 29 Oct 1945) 29 Sqn (11 May – 21 Sep 1945, 6 – 29 Oct 1945) SCR.584 Training Unit (26 May – 19 Dec 1945) 175 Sqn (11 – 16 Jun 1945) No 6175 Servicing Echelon (11 – 16 Jun 1945) No 6056 Servicing Echelon (21 Jun - 22 Aug 1945) 311 Sqn (6 – 13 Aug 1945) No 4311 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (6 – 13 Aug 1945) 567 Sqn (21 Aug 1945 – 26 Apr 1946) No 6263 Servicing Echelon (1 – 21 Sep 1945) No 6029 Servicing Echelon (7 Sep – 29 Oct 1945) 130 Sqn (4 Nov – 1 Dec 1945, 27 Jan – 17 Jun 1946) No 91 (Forward) Staging Post (18 Feb 1946 – 24 Jul 1950) 16 Sqn (1 – 12 Jun 1946, 5 – 16 Sep 1946) 33 Sqn (1 – 12 Jun 1946) 4 Sqn (2 – 12 Jun 1946) No 6003 Servicing Echelon (5 – 19 Sep 1946) 305 Sqn (7 – 16 Sep 1946) Transport Command Examining Unit (15 Sep 1946 – 15 Nov 1947) 46 Sqn (11 Oct – 16 Dec 1946) No 4046 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 24 Dec 1946) 77 Sqn (17 Dec 1946 – 10 Dec 1947) No 4077 Servicing Echelon (31 Dec 1946 – 1 Dec 1947) 62 Sqn (8 – 10 Dec 1947) Overseas Ferry Unit (17 May 1948 – 17 Jul 1950) Air Force Department Fire Service School (xxx 1958 – 1 Jan 1989) No 618 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Mar 1963 – 9 Jan 1965) No 1 Air Experience Flt (1Apr 1963 – 1 Apr 1995) No 617 Volunteer Gliding School (xxx 1971 – xxx xxxx) ‘C’ Flt, 22 Sqn (xxx xxxx – xxx xxxx) ‘E’ Flt, 22 Sqn (Jan 1976 – xxx xxxx) ‘C’ Flt, 202 Sqn (xxx x xxx – xxx xxxx) RAF Fire Services Central Training Establishment (1 Jan 1989 – xxx xxxx) |
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Location County: - Kent Lat/Long: 51:20:45N 01:21:00E Grid Ref: TR332599 Height above sea level: 150 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - Spring 1916 No 11 Group (1944) Closed - |
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Notes Originally called Manstone. During WW2, it was developed into one of three Emergency Landing Airfield, equipped with FIDO. It is now known as Kent International Airport. |
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Main units: - Handley Page Training Flt (4 Jan 1916 – 19 Jan 1918) Handley Page Training Sqn (1 Jul – 21 Dec 1916) 7 Sqn RNAS (Jul – Oct 1917) RNAS War School (11 Sep 1917 – 1 Apr 1918) ‘A’ Sqn RNAS (5 – 11 Oct 1917) RNAS DH4 School (19 Jan – 1 Apr 1918) HQ, 57th Wing (xxx – 3 Jul 1918) No 203 Training Depot Station (1 Apr – 14 Jul 1918) Pool of Pilots (1 Apr – 5 Oct 1918) Scout School, Pool of Pilots (1 Apr – 5 Oct 1918) No 470 (Fighter) Flt (25 May 1918 – xxx 1919) No 555 (Light Bomber) Flt (26 Jun 1918 – 17 Jun 1919) No 556 (Light Bomber) Flt (26 Jun 1918 – 17 Jun 1919) 219 Sqn (Jul 1918 – Feb 1920) No 55 Training Depot Station (14 Jul – 12 Sep 1918) No 2 Observers School (14 Sep 1918 – Sep 1919) No 50 Training Depot Station (xxx – 24 Oct 1919) No 1 (Observers) School of Aerial Gunnery (Sep – Dec 1919) School of Technical Training (Men (May 1920 – 1 Jul 1935) No 6 Flying Training School (21 Sep 1920 – 1 Apr 1922) 2 Sqn (31 Mar 1924 – 27 Apr 1927, 27 Oct 1927 – 30 Nov 1935) 3 Sqn (1 – 30 Apr 1924, 10 – 17 Sep 1939, 12 Oct – 13 Nov 1939, 11 Jun – 28 Dec 1943, 14 Feb – 6 Mar 1944, 2 – 12 Jun 1946, 5 – 19 Sep 1946) 9 Sqn (30 Apr – 26 Nov 1930) 500 Sqn (16 Mar 1931 – 28 Sep 1938) Inland Area/Training Command Practice Flt (xxx 1931 – Oct 1937) Parachute Training School (Jan 1935 – xxx xxxx) No 3 School of Technical Training (1 Jul 1935 – 13 Sep 1939) 48 Sqn (16 Dec 1935 – 1 Sep 1938, 4 – 13 Aug 1939) School of Air Navigation (6 Jan 1936 – 2 Sep 1939) 206 Sqn (15 Jun – 1 Aug 1936) 224 Sqn (1 – 15 Feb 1937) 235 Sqn (30 Oct 1939 – 27 Feb 1940) 253 Sqn (30 Oct 1939 – 14 Feb 1940) 79 Sqn (12 Nov 1939 – 8 Mar 1940) No 1 General Reconnaissance Unit (19 Dec 1939 – 18 May 1940) 600 Sqn (27 Dec 1939 – 14 May 1940, 20 Jun – 24 Aug 1940) 56 Sqn (Feb – May 1940) 32 Sqn (8 – 22 Mar 1940, 27 Nov 1941 – 5 May 1942) 604 Sqn (15 May – 20 Jun 1940) 151 Sqn (18 – 20 May 1940) HQ, No 50 Wing (22 – 28 May 1940) 92 Sqn (9 Jan – 20 Feb 1941) 74 Sqn (20 Feb – 30 Apr 1941) No 3 General Reconnaissance Unit (22 Apr – 24 May 1940) 601 Sqn (1 May – 30 Jun 1941) 222 Sqn (1 – 19 Jul 1941, 3 – 5 Sep 1945) No 2 Refuelling and Re-arming Party (1 Aug 1941 -9 Feb 1942) 607 Sqn (10 Oct 1941 – 20 Mar 1942) 26 Sqn (12 – 15 Oct 1941, 22 – 30 Nov 1941, 1 – 4 Nov 1944) No 607 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 21 May 1942) No 615 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (14 – 27 Nov 1941) No 3003 Servicing Echelon (27 Nov 1941 – 5 May 1942) 174 Sqn (3 Mar – 9 Jul 1942, 12 Jul – 1 Sep 1942, 21 Sep – 6 Dec 1942) 56 Sqn (29 May – 1 Jun 1942, 22 Jul – 6 Aug 1943, 15 – 23 Aug 1943, 21 – 22 Jun 1945) 158 Sqn (Jun – Nov 1942) 331 Sqn (30 Jun – 7 Jul 1942, 14 – 20 Aug 1942, 2 – 9 Oct 1942) 403 Sqn (1 – 8 Jul 1942) 242 Sqn (19 Jul – 16 Sep 1942) 23 Sqn (6 – 14 Aug 1942, 21 Aug – 13 Oct 1942) 332 Sqn (14 – 29 Aug 1942, 2 – 9 Oct 1942) 137 Sqn (17 Sep 1942 – 12 Jun 1943, 8 Aug – 14 Dec 1943, 1 Apr – 14 Aug 1944) No 2778 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx 1942 – xxx xxxx) No 2898 Sqn RAF Regiment (Oct 1942 – xxx xxxx) 609 Sqn (2 Nov 1942 – 22 Jul 1943, 14Dec 1943 – 6 Feb 1944, 20 Feb – 16 Mar 1944) No 609 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (9 Nov 1942 – 22 Jul 1943, 14 Dec 1943 – 6 Feb 1944, 20 Mar – 1 Apr 1944) No 3004 Servicing Echelon (23 Mar – 13 May 1943) 198 Sqn (24 Mar – 15 May 1943, 22 Aug 1943 – 16 Mar 1944) No 3013 Servicing Echelon (xxx – 3 May 1942) No 1401 (Meteorological) Flt (1 Apr – 25 Aug 1943, 1 Sep 1943 – 14 Jan 1945) No 3002 Servicing Echelon (11 Jun – 28 Dec 1943, 14 Feb – 1 Mar 1944) 184 Sqn (12 Jun – 14 Aug 1943) No 3034 Servicing Echelon (4 Aug – 22 Sep 1943) 164 Sqn (6 Aug – 22 Sep 1943) 263 Sqn (7 – 10 Sep 1943, 1 – 21 Sep 1945) |
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Detachments** 3 Wing RNAS (29 May – 14 Oct 1916) 101 Sqn (May 1939 – Jul 1941) 110 Sqn (Jun 1939 – Mar 1942) 79 Sqn (Mar – May 1940) 22 Sqn (Apr 1940 – Jun 1941) 151 Sqn (May – Aug 1940) 213 Sqn (May – Jun 1940) 59 Sqn (Jul 1940 – Jun 1941) 1 Sqn (Aug – Sep 1940) 21 Sqn (Oct 1940 – Dec 1941) 23 Sqn (Mar 1941 – Aug 1942) 107 Sqn (May 1941 – Jan 1942) |
226 Sqn (May – Nov 1941) 18 Sqn (Jul – Oct 1941) 139 Sqn (Jul – Oct 1941) 3 Sqn (Aug 1941 – May 1943) 88 Sqn (Aug 1941 – Sep 1942) 217 Sqn (Oct 1941 – Mar 1942) 421 Sqn (Mar 1943) 618 Sqn (Apr – Oct 1943) 143 Sqn (Feb – May 1944) 455 Sqn (Apr – Oct 1944) 331 Sqn (Sep 1944) 69 Sqn (Mar – Nov 1946) 39 Sqn (Apr – Jun 1948) 72 Sqn (Aug 1964 – Apr 1981) |
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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) |
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Location County: - Norfolk Lat/Long: 52:39:08N 00:33:00E Grid Ref: TF725084 Height above sea level: 80ft |
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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 ( |
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Notes In WW1, there had been an airfield at Narborough and this was renamed Marham before the end of the war. |
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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) |
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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)
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Location County: - Leicestershire Lat/Long: 52:29:30N 00:57:00W Grid Ref - SP712887 Height Above Sea Level - 360 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 92 Group (1944) Closed - 1947 |
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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)
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Location County: - West Yorrkshire Lat/Long: 53:57:45N 01:18:00W Grid Ref - SE460520 Height Above Sea Level - 68 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1941 No 7 Group (1944) Closed - 1945 |
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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) |
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Location County: - Suffolk Lat/Long: 52:03:30N 01:16:30E Grid Ref: TM242454 Height above sea level: 90 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1917 Closed - 1963 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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. |
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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) |
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Location Country: - Muscat and Oman Lat/Long: 20:40:30N 58:53:31E Height Above Sea Level: |
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Main units: - Operational and Refresher Training Unit (27 Feb - 15 Oct 1945) No 1677 (Target Towing) Flt (18 Apr - 19 Oct 1945)
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Location County: - Essex Lat/Long: 51:46:53N 00:14:45E Grid Ref - TL550120 Height Above Sea Level - 275 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 3 Group (1944) Closed - 1945 |
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Main units: - 47 Sqn ( 213 Sqn ( 238 Sqn ( 250 Sqn ( 272 Sqn ( 274 Sqn ( 294 Sqn ( 459 Sqn ( |
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Location Country: - Egypt Lat/Long: 31:19:48N 26:51:00E Height Above Sea Level: |
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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) |
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Location Country: - Pakistan (India) Lat/Long: 24:53:37N 66:56:20E Height Above Sea Level: 35 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - Closed - December 1956 |
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Detachments** 267 Sqn (Mar 1945 – Jul 1946) RAF Communication Flt (1 Dec 1947 – 30 Jun 1948) |
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Main units: - 259 Sqn ( 265 Sqn (
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Location Country: - Mauritius Lat/Long: 20:25:48S 57:40:58E Height Above Sea Level: 186 ft |
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Main units: - No 31 Care & Maintenance Party (19 May 1945 - xxx xxxx)
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Location Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Lat/Long: 06:53:42N 79:57:18E Height Above Sea Level: |
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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)
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Location Country: - North Sumatra, Indonesia (Netherlands East Indies) Lat/Long: 03:3:10N 98:39:58E Height Above Sea Level: 114 ft |
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Main units: - Central Interpretation Unit Support Command Signals HQ (31 Aug 1973 - 14 Sep 1981) |
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Location County: - Buckinghamshire Lat/Long: 51:32:52N 00:50:17W Approx Grid Ref - Height Above Sea Level - ft |
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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) |
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Location County: - Staffordshire Lat/Long: 52:57:54N 02:06:07W Grid Ref - Height Above Sea Level - ft |
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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)
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Location County: - East Yorkshire Lat/Long: 53:52:15N 00:50:15W Grid Ref - SE766421 Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1940 No 4 Group (1944) Closed - 1945 |
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Detachments** No 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit (1Nov 1942 - Jan 143) |
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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 ( |
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Location Country: - Myanmar (Burma) Lat/Long: 20:53:10N 95:53:38E Height Above Sea Level: |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Location County: - Wiltshire Lat/Long: 51:21:18N 02:07:48W Grid Ref - Height Above Sea Level - ft |
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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 (
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Location County: - Leicestershire Lat/Long: 52:44:00N 00:53:30W Grid Ref - SK750158 Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 44 Group (1944) Closed - 1964 |
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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) |
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Location County: - Berkshire Lat/Long: 51:28:38N 01:33:23W Grid Ref - SU308754 Height Above Sea Level - 667 ft |
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Main units: - 310 Sqn ( 312 Sqn ( 313 Sqn ( Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (15 Oct 1945 - 1 Apr 1954)
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Location County: - Suffolk Lat/Long: 52:13:53N 01:07:15E Grid Ref - TM130638 Height Above Sea Level - 210 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 USAAF (1944) Closed - 1954 |
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Main units: - 660 Sqn ( 664 Sqn ( No 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit (23 Apr - 1 May 1943)
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Location County: - Cambridgeshire Lat/Long: 52:23:38N 00:07:30E Grid Ref - TL445796 Height Above Sea Level - 80 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 3 Group (1944) Closed - 1963 |
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Main units: - 60 Sqn ( 67 Sqn ( No 26 Staging Post (7 Jan - 15 Feb 1946)
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Location Country: - Myanmar (Burma) Lat/Long: 12:26:24N 98:37:16E Height Above Sea Level: |
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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) |
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Location County: - Somerset Lat/Long: 50:57:45N 02:56:15W Grid Ref - ST342186 Height Above Sea Level - 110 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 70 Group (1944) Closed - |
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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 ( |
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Location Country: - Egypt Lat/Long: 31:19:48N 27:12:57E Height Above Sea Level: 94 ft |
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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) |
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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) |
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Location County: - Suffolk Lat/Long: 52:21:40N 01:23:45E Grid Ref - TM311789 Height Above Sea Level - 177 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 USAAF (1944) Closed - 1945 |
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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)
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Location County: - Lincolnshire Lat/Long: 53:08:00N 00:20:45W Grid Ref - TF105610 Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft |
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Operational Control: - Opened - 1943 No 5 Group (1944) Closed - 1946 |
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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) |
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Location County: - Norfolk Lat/Long: 52:30:45N 00:33:00E Grid Ref - TL730935 Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft |
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