Main units: -

No 5 Personnel Dispersal Centre

No 10 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (8 Jul 1940 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 30 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (30 Jun 1941 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 5 Personnel Transit Centre (15 Sep 1941 - 15 Dec 1942)

No 3 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (12 Feb - 16 Jun 1942)

No 11 (RAAF) Personnel Reception Centre (23 May - 28 Aug 1944)

No 12 (RAAF) Personnel Dispersal and Reception Centre (23 May - 28 Aug 1944)

Units formed at Padgate for overseas service: -

No 39 Air Stores Park (10 - 11 Nov 1941)

No 60 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - 11 Nov 1941)

No 40 Air Stores Park (xx - 10 Nov 1941)

979 (Balloon) Sqn (8 - 17 Dec 1941)

HQ, No 225 Group (3 - 12 Feb1942)

No 135 Air Sores Park (Sep - 10 Nov 1942)

No 136 Air Sores Park (14 Sep - 25 Nov 1942)

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   53:24:46N  02:33:54W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3 RAF Depot (3 Apr - 7 Sep 1939)

No 5 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 6 Aviation Candidates Selection Board (3 Sep 1939 - 28 Aug 1944)

No 3 Recruit Centre (7 Sep 1939 -

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

31 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

76 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

353 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

No 226 Group Communication Flt (6 Sep 1943 - 31 Jul 1946)

No 229 Group Communication Flt (16 Sep 1943 - 1 Mar 1947)

No 4 Det,  No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 19 Feb 1945)

No 9 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - May 1947)

Location

Country: - India

Lat/Long:  28:33:59N   77:06:11E

Height Above Sea Level:  777 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

 (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Originally known as Palam Airport, it is now known as Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Main Units: -

Detachments

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

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

159 Sqn (

279 Sqn (

355 Sqn (

No 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (25 May - 27 Jul  1945)

No 1354 Spray (Insectiside) Flt (Nov 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 1348 Air Sea Rescue Flt (Jan - 15 May 1946)

Location

Country: - Myanmar (Burma)

Lat/Long:  17:18:00N  96:25:41E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Opened -

 (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Detachments**

No 132 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

5 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

79 Sqn (

92 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

225 Sqn (

238 Sqn (

248 Sqn (

256 Sqn (

307 Sqn (

316 Sqn (

595 Sqn (

No 3 Air Crew Holding Unit (21 Jun 1945- 31 Oct 1946)

Location

County: - Carmarthenshire

Lat/Long:   51:42:30N  04:18:45W

Grid Ref -  SN401035

Height Above Sea Level - 17 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3207 Servicing Commando (12 Jul - 1 Aug 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Battle of Britain Anniversary website,   RAF Pembrey history website,   Pembrey airport history,  Officers Commanding,

Main units (continued): -

228 Sqn (15 Dec 1936 - 29 Sep 1938, 9 Oct 1938 - 5 Jun 1939, 10 Sep 1939 - 10 Jun 1940, 4 May 1943 - 4 Jun 1945)

240 Sqn (27 May - 30 Jul 1940)

320 Sqn (1 Jun - 1 Oct 1940)

321 Sqn (1 - 24 Jun 1940)

209 Sqn (12 Jul 1940 - 3 Jan 1941, 10 Oct 1941 - 30 Mar 1942)

962 (Balloon) Sqn (26 Aug 1940 - 11 Apr 1942)

95 Sqn (16 Jan - 18 Mar 1941)

119 Sqn (4 Aug - Oct 1941, 6 Sep 1942 - 17 Apr 1943)

No 3 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (Sep 1942 - xxx 1945)

No 308 Ferry Training and Test Flying Unit (22 Mar - 7 May 1943)

461 Sqn (20 Apr 1943 - 4 Jun 1945)

No 308 Ferry Training Unit (7 May 1943 - 12 Jan 1944)

VP-63, US Navy (20 Jul - 15 Dec 1943)

201 Sqn (8 Apr - 4 Nov 1944, 2 Aug 1945 - 1 Apr 1946, 18 Jan 1949 - 28 Feb 1957)

422 Sqn (4 Nov 1944 - 25 Jul 1945)

No 4422 Servicing Echelon (4 Jun – 25 Jul 1945)

No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (15 Aug 1946 - 31 Jul 1947)

No 1 Marine Craft Training School (29 Jan 1948 - 22 Aug 1949)

Flying Boat Training Sqn (17 Oct 1953 - 5 Oct 1956)

No 1115 Marine Craft Unit (1 Mar 1957 - 30 Nov 1958)

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire (Dyfed)

Lat/Long:  51:41:34N  04:56:42W

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Jan 1930

Closed - 31 Mar 1957

Notes

No 519 and 520 Flts of No 255 Sqn operated from Pembroke from 6 Jun 1918 to 14 Jan 1919

Main units: -

RAF Floating Dock

210 Sqn (15 Jun 1931 - 28 Sep 1935, 7 Aug 1936 - 22 Sep 1937, 18 Dec 1937 - 29 Sep 1938, 8 Oct 1938 - 23 Oct 1939, 6 - 24 Nov 1939, 21 May - 13 Jul 1940, 4 Oct 1942 - 21 Apr 1943)

230 Sqn (1 Dec 1934 - 23 Sep 1935, 3 Aug - 14 Oct 1936, 15 Apr - 10 Aug 1946, 25 Feb 1949 - 28 Feb 1957)

Detachments**

203 Sqn (Aug - Sep 1935)

204 Sqn (Jun - Jul 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

FAA Archive Website,  Officers Commanding, Pembroke Dock Community Web Project, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

230 Sqn (

240 Sqn (

HQ, No 185 Wing (5 Sep - 17 Dec 1945)

No 10 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (Oct - 10 Nov 1945)

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

No 231 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (xx - 14 Nov 1945)

No 1125 Marine Craft Unit (22 Oct 1955 - 1 Mar 1970)

Location

Country: - Malaysia

Lat/Long:  05:17:45N  100:16:37E

Height Above Sea Level: 9 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Detachments**

Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force (xxx 1936 - xxx 1939)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1 Air Observers School (2 Sep 1939)

No 9 Air Observers School (3 Sep - 1 Nov 1939, 14 Jun 1941 - 1 May 1942)

'C' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (4 Dec 1939 - 28 Jun 1941)

'J' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (16 Feb - 14 Sep 1940)

63 Sqn (

90 Sqn (

258 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

No 2 Air Crew Holding Unit (14 Jun 1945- 31 Mar 1946)

Location

County: - Caernarvonshire

Lat/Long:   52;52:23N  04:28:23W

Grid Ref -  SO975495

Height Above Sea Level - 50 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1937

No 25 Group (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Officers Commanding,

Main units: -

No 83 Operational Training Unit (1 Aug 1943 - 28 Oct 1944

RLG for No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (19 Jan - 28 Feb 1945)

Location

County: - Shropshire

Lat/Long:   52:48:30N  02:30:00W

Grid Ref -  SJ661233

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed - 1949

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units: -

No 1681 (Bomber) Defence Training Flt (5 Jun 1943 - 8 Mar 1944)

No 1 Ferry Unit (16 Mar 1944 - 15 Nov 1946)

Radar Research Flying Unit (20 Sep 1957 - 2 Sep 1971)

Location

County: - Worcestershire

Lat/Long:   52:08:30N  02:02:15W

Grid Ref -  SO975495

Height Above Sea Level - 123 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 44 Group (1944)

Closed - 1978

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (Scone): -

Wireless Development Unit (12 Sep - 24 Oct 1939)

Experimental Flt (15 Sep 1939 - xxx xxxx)

No 7 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 1 Jun 1940)

309 Sqn (

666 Sqn (

No 1966 Reserve AOP Flt (1 May 1949 - 10 Mar 1957)

Glasgow University Air Sqn (1 Dec 1950 - 1 Jan 1965)

No 1967 Reserve AOP Flt (2 Feb 1954 - 1 Sep 1955)

Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde Air Sqn (1 Jan 1965 - xxx 1992)

Main units (Methven): -

652 Sqn (

Location

County: - Perthshire

Lat/Long:   56:26:23N  03:22:08W

Grid Ref -  NO156285

Height Above Sea Level - 385 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 51 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (2 May - 20 Nov 1940)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (27 Dec 1940 - xxx 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

RLG for No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (4 Aug 1942 - 1 Aug 1943)

RLG for No 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Aug 1943 - 16 Jul 1946)

Location

County: - Staffordshire

Lat/Long:   52:35:45N  02:12:15W

Grid Ref -  SJ865000

Height Above Sea Level - 400 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Detachments**

No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (14 Mar - Jun 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

Blenheim Refresher Unit (xxx - 15 Jul 1943)

Maintenance Wing North-West India (23 Aug - 1 Sep 1943)

HQ, No 187 Wing (1 Sep 1943 - 15 Jul 1945)

No 3 Det,  No 144 Repair & Salvage Unit (Feb 1944 - 15 Oct 1945)

No 147 Staging Post (10 Jan - 17 Aug 1945)

No 1 (Indian) Group Communication Flt (15 Aug 1945 - 15 Aug 1947)

5 Sqn (

20 Sqn (

27 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

155 Sqn (

659 Sqn (

Location

Country - Pakistan

Lat/Long:  33:59:35N  71:31:50E

Height above sea level:  1,158 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now PAF Peshawar and is home to the PAF's Northern Air Command.

Main units: -

HQ, 52nd (Corps) Wing (Mar 1918 - xxx xxxx, Jun - 9 Oct 1919)

No 1 (Indian) Wing (xxx 1921 - 1 Nov 1928)

No 1 (Indian) Group (1 Nov 1928 - 1 May 1942, 15 Aug 1945 - 1 Jun 1947)

HQ, No 223 Group (1 May - 30 Nov 1942, May 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

Communication Flt, Peshawar (1 Jul 1942 - xx xxxx)

No 319 Maintenance Unit (27 Jul 1942 - Jan 1943)

No 223 Group Communication Flt (1 Jul - 2 Dec 1942, xxx 1944 - 15 Aug 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1 Pupil Pilots Pool (3 Nov 1941 - 8 Mar 1943)

No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Jun 1942 - 21 Dec 1944)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:35:15N  00:16:00W

Grid Ref -  TF174005

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Officers Commanding,

Main units: -

No 74 Operational Training Unit (20 Sep 1943 - 16 Jul 1945)

HQ, No 285 Wing (2 - 30 Sep 1945)

No 1908 AOP Flt (31 Dec 1946 - 1 Jun 1947, 11 Feb - 28 Apr 1948)

No 1906 AOP Flt (26 Jun - 24 Jul 1947)

No 1907 AOP Flt (26 Jun - Aug 1947)

No 1909 AOP Flt (30 Jun - Aug 1947)

No 1910 AOP Flt (11 Feb - 28 Apr 1948)

6 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

208 Sqn (

651 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Israel

Lat/Long:  32:05:20N  34:55:01E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now disused but its remains in the area are still visible.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

102 Sqn (

405 Sqn (

No 405 Conversion Flt (2 May - 7 Aug 1942)

No 102 Conversion Flt (7 Aug - 23 Nov 1942)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:55:45N  00:48:00W

Grid Ref -  SE790485

Height Above Sea Level - 84 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 4 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Part of the airfield is still in use by the Wolds Gliding Club.

Detachments

No 17 Air Crew Holding Unit (8 Nov 1945 - 15 May 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:13:53N  00:36:10W

Grid Ref -  SP953603

Height Above Sea Level - 330 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

It is now known as Santa Pod Raceway and is Britain's main drag racing centre.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

90 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

159 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

220 Sqn (

No 108 Conversion Flt (Dec 1941- 9 Jan 1942)

No 1653 Conversion Unit (9 Jan - 2 Jun  1942)

Satellite for No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (5 Apr -25 Jun 1943)

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

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:27:57N  00:23:30W

Grid Ref -  TL893863

Height Above Sea Level - 230 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1963

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 339 (French) Wing (5 - 27 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 335 Wing (11 Sep 1944 - 15 Jul 1945)

No 125 Staging Post (20 Sep - 17 Oct 1944)

No 66 Staging Post (1 Nov 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 130 Staging Post (10 Nov 1944 - 15 Apr 1945)

Mk X AI Conversion Flt (16 Sep 1944 - 20 Mar 1945)

No 1 Lancaster Servicing Unit (15 Jul 1945 - 15 Feb 1946)

No 111 Repair & Salvage Unit (24 Jul 1945 - 25 Feb 1946)

23 Sqn (

114 Sqn (

241 Sqn (

255 Sqn (

256 Sqn (

284 Sqn (

293 Sqn (

600 Sqn (

608 Sqn (

682 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Italy

Lat/Long:  40:56:06N  14:19:59E

Height Above Sea Level:  120 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

No 30 Air Despatch & Reception Unit (xxx 1943 - Sep 1944)

No 63 Staging Post (9 Oct 1943 - 24 May 1944)

No 61 Staging Post (18 Feb - 19 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 325 Wing (18 Jun- 12 Aug 1944)

Mediterranean Tactical Air Forces Communication Flt (Aug - Oct 1944)

No 23 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (8 Aug - 2 Sep 1944)

No 65 Staging Post (16 Aug 1944 - 1 Aug 1945)

Detachments**

No 111 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx xxxx - 24 Jul 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 6 Civil Maintenance Unit (3 Mar 1944 - 20 Nov 1945)

No 153 Staging Post (1 Mar - 10 Sep 1945)

No 1341 Special Duties Flt (Apr - May 1945)

5 Sqn (

10 Sqn (

20 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

76 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

No 33 Glider Servicing Echelon (29 Sep - 25 Oct 1945)

No 7005 Servicing Echelon (1 Jun – 15 Dec 1946)

No 330 Maintenance Unit (xxx - 15 Aug 1947)

No 2 Towed Target Flt, India (1 Apr - Aug 1947)

Location

Country - Maharashtra, India

Lat/Long:  18:34:56N  73:55:11E

Height above sea level:  1,942 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Today it is known as Lohegaon Air Base.

Main Units: -

Surplus Aircrew Centre (14 Mar - 15 Jun 1943)

Aircrew transit Pool (16 Jun 1943 - 9 Feb 1944)

No 5 Det, No 139 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945)

Detachments**

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - xxx 1945)

No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (18Feb 1946 - 1 Apr 1947)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

48 Sqn (

RLG for No 3 Operational Training Unit (Aug - xxx 1941)

No 304 Ferry Training Unit (31 Dec 1942 - 10 Jan 1944)

No 67 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (1 Apr 1943 - 5 Apr 1946)

Location

County: - Argyllshire

Lat/Long:   55:40:58N  06:15:03W

Grid Ref -  NR325515

Height Above Sea Level - 46 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 15 Group (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

66 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

143 Sqn (

152 Sqn (

153 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

235 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

248 Sqn (

263 Sqn (

264 Sqn (

275 Sqn (

276 Sqn (

277 Sqn (

286 Sqn (

305 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

400 Sqn (

414 Sqn (

613 Sqn (

639 Sqn (

Location

County: - Cornwall

Lat/Long:   50:16:00N  05:16:00W

Grid Ref -  SW672465

Height Above Sea Level - 295 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

 (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

Air-Sea Rescue Flt (18 Jul - 20 Oct 1941)

No 3047 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (14 Nov – 5 Nov 1941)

No 3025 Servicing Echelon (14 Dec 1941 – 26 Oct 1942, 23 Jan - xxx 1943)

No 610 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (6 May – 14 Jun 1942)

HQ, No 330 Wing (9 - 19 Dec 1942)

HQ, No 153 Wing (15 Apr - 14 Sep 1944)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (7 - 12 May 1944)

No 6305 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (25 Nov 1946 – 6 Jan 1947)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Subterranea Britannica website,  Atlantikwall website,

Main units (Mombasa): -

No. 6 Wing RFC (31 Jan 1916 – Jul 1918)

No 3 (Reconnaissance) Flt, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (6 Sep 1939 - Apr 1940)

Marine Craft Section, Mombasa (20 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 219 Air-Sea Rescue Unit (17 Dec 1943 - 10 Feb 1945)

Catalina Ferry Flt (xxx xxxx - 11 Jun 1946)

No 396 Maintenance Unit (11 Sep 1947 - 1 Sep 1950)

East Africa Ferry Flt (xxx xxxx - 31 May 1956)

Main units: -

621 Sqn (

No 1345 Anti-Malarial Flt (1 May - 13 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 246 Wing (1 Jun 1942 - 10 Jun 1945)

Location

Country: -   Kenya

Lat/Long:  04:02:05S  39:35:39E

Height Above Sea Level:  200 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Also known as Mombasa

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

HQ, No 254 (Bomber) Wing (7 Nov 1940 - 25 May 1941)

Aircraft Assembly Unit (5 Jul - 19 Oct 1941)

No 52 Repair & Salvage Unit (Jul 1941 - 1 Feb 1943)

3 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

35 Sqn (

112 Sqn (

207 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Sudan

Lat/Long:  19:34:48N  37:12:54E

Height Above Sea Level:  142 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 1 Air Observer and Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 19 Jul 1941)

No 10 Air Observer and Navigation School (27 Nov - 2 Dec 1939)

603 Sqn (16 Dec 1939 - 17 Jan 1940)

141 Sqn (13 - 22 Feb 1940, 25 Jul - 22 Aug 1940)

610 Sqn (4 Apr - 10 May 1940)

Reserve Echelon (Fighter Flt) (May 1940)

253 Sqn (23 - 29 Aug 1940)

615 Sqn (29 Aug - 10 Oct 1940)

102 Sqn (1 Sep - 10 Oct 1940)

No 4 Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Sep 1940 - Jan 1942, Aug 1942 - 31 Oct 1945)

AI/ASV School (24 Oct - 27 Dec 1940)

602 Sqn (17 Dec 1940 - 15 Apr 1941)

No 3 Radio School (27 Dec 1940 - 19 Aug 1942)

Glasgow University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - Feb 1943)

No 1527 Beam Approach Training Flt (29 Oct 1941 - 15 Sep 1945)

No 1425 (Communication) Flt (30 Oct 1941 - 5 Apr 1942)

Various USAAF Support Units (xxx xxxx - Sep 1945)

No 4A Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Jan - Aug 1942)

No 4B Ferry Pilots Pool ATA (Jan - Aug 1942)

No 3 Radio Direction Finding School (19 Aug - 1 Dec 1942)

No 1680 (Western Isles Communication) Flt (6 Mar - 8 Apr 1944)

No 1680 (Transport) Flt (8 Apr 1944 - 7 Feb 1946)

No 1527 Radio Aids Training Flt (15 Sep 1945 - 28 Feb 1946)

USAF Support Units (xxx 1951 - xxx 1966)

No 819 Sqn FAA (23 Nov 1971 - xxx xxxx)

Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military)

Location

County: - Ayrshire

Lat/Long:  55:30:30N  04:35:30W

Grid Ref:  NS365268

Height above sea level: 35 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1936

44 Group (1944)

Notes

During WW2, Prestwick became the main entry point for aircraft being ferried across the Atlantic from North America.

Scottish Aviation operated from the station s part of the Civilian Repair Organisation during WW2

Post war Prestwick continued as the base for Scottish Aviation Ltd.

Main units: -

No 12 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School (17 Feb 1936 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 1 Civil Air Navigation School (15 Aug 1938 - 1 Nov 1939)

No 12 Elementary Flying Training School (3 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1941)

No 2 Supplementary School of Wireless Telegraphy (Sep 1939 - 15 Oct 1940)

Detachments**

No 1 (Coastal) Operational training Unit (Aug - Nov 1940)

263 Sqn (Sep - Nov 1940)

600 Sqn (Oct 1940 - Apr 1941)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jan - May 1941)

114 Sqn (Jul 1941 - Nov 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 11 Balloon Centre (9 Aug 1939 - 22 Apr 1945)

Sub-site of No.7 Maintenance Unit, (22 Apr 1945 - 28 Oct 1958))

No.251 Maintenance Unit (Mechanical Storage) (19 Jul 1945 - 31 Dec 1946)

No.22 Reserve Centre (25 Feb 1947 - 8 Oct 1952)

No.2 Ground Radio Servicing Squadron (15 Jan 1951 - 30 Nov 1958)

HQ No 62 Group (16 Jun 1952 - 1 Jan 1957)

No.62 Group Combined Reserve Centre (08 Oct 1952 - 1 Oct 1956)

Language School (Russian Element) (02 Jul 1957 - 11 Sep 1959)

Location

County: - Avon

Lat/Long:  51:28:52N  02:26:10W

Operational Control: -

Opened - 9 Aug 1939 (As No 11 Balloon Centre)

Balloon Command (9 Aug 1939 - 22 Apr 1945)

Maintenance Command (22 Apr 1945 - 25 Feb 1947)

No 62 Group (25 Feb 1947 - 14 Jan 1957)

No 61 Group (14 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1959)

Closed - 31 Dec 1959

Notes

Renamed RAF Pucklechurch - 16 Jun 1952

It was transferred to HM Prison Service and was used as a remand centre, later becoming Ashfield Young Offender Institution.

Links to related sites/pages

Unofficial Website, Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,