Main units: -

81 Sqn (

273 Sqn (

681 Sqn (

684 Sqn (

HQ, No 908 Wing (19 - 30 Sep 1945)

No 2 Staging Post (13 Dec 1945 - 15 Feb 1946, 15 Sep 1946 - 31 Dec 1947)

Location

Country: -  Vietnam (French Indo-China)

Lat/Long:  10:49:08N  106:39:07E

Height Above Sea Level:  33 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport

Detachments**

AHQ Burma Communication Flt (May 1946)

No 3209 Servicing Commando (Oct 1945 - 15 Dec 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, 

Location

Country: - Oman

Lat/Long:  17:02:17N  54:05:32E

Height Above Sea Level:  73 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

HQ British Forces Aden (1943)

Closed - 31 Mar 1977

Notes

It is now Salalah Airport and the second busiest airport in Oman.

Main units: -

Detachments, 8 Sqn (Feb 1927 - xxx 1937, Sep 1942 - Nov 1945)

No 32 Staging Post (8 Mar - 11 Nov 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 8 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May - Jul 1943)

Bengal Calibration Flt (4 Jul - 18 Aug 1943)

No 1584 Heavy Bomber Conversion Flt (23 Jul - 9 Nov 1943)

HQ, No 184 Wing (23 Jul - 25 Nov 1943, 10 Jan 1944 - 20 Nov 1945)

No 1584 Heavy Bomber Conversion Unit (9 Nov 1943 - xx xxx xxxx)

No 1673 Heavy Conversion Unit (1 Feb - 13 Apr 1944)

No 23 Armament Practice Camp (10 Mar - 3 Sep 1944)

No 138 Repair & Salvage Unit (15 Nov 1945 - 7 Jul 1946)

No 7009 Servicing Echelon (15 Mar – 15 May 1946)

9 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

159 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

355 Sqn (

356 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  India

Lat/Long:  22:36:36N  87:18:00E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

SHQ Opened: - 20 Nov 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

Heavy Bomber Conversion Flt/Unit (1 Sep 1942 - 23 Jul 1943)

No 90 Air Stores Park (22 Oct 1942 - Feb 1943)

No 123 Repair & Salvage Unit (5 Nov 1942 - 1 Apr 1943)

No 135 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - xx Jan 1943, 1 Dec 1943 - 15 Mar 1944, Jun 1944 - 21 Nov 1945)

No 2 Repair & Salvage Section (1 Apr - 1 Dec 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit (17 Feb 1944 - 9 Nov 1945)

Sub-site, No 35 Maintenance Unit (27 Dec 1945 - 11 Feb 1946)

Sub-site, No 61 Maintenance Unit (11 Feb 1946 - 4 Aug 1947)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   52:49:45N  00:42:30W

Grid Ref -  SK750075

Height Above Sea Level - 8 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 7 Group (1944)

Closed - 1955

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

Location

County: - Kent

Lat/Long:   51:16:37N  01:20:45E Approx

Grid Ref -  TR335585

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,  Subterranea Britannica website,

Main units: -

Aircraft Erection Unit (India) (30 Jun - 9 Sep 1943)

No 227 Group Communication Flt (Aug - 8 Oct 1943)

No 304 Maintenance Unit (9 Sep - 28 Oct 1943)

Reinforcement Staging Post (1 Mar - 1 Sep 1944)

No 12 Civil Maintenance Unit (30 Mar 1944 - 15 Dec 1945)

Ferry Flt, Santa Cruz (7 May 1944 - 18 Jun 1945)

No 56 Reinforcement Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 20 Aug 1946)

No 1588 Heavy Freight Flt (10 Oct 1945 - 20 May 1946)

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

159 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

217 Sqn (

244 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  India

Lat/Long:  19:05:19N  72:52:05E

Height Above Sea Level:  37 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Main Units: -

Temporary Aircraft Assembly Unit (10 Nov 1942 - 30 Jun 1943)

No 15 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May - xxx 1943)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (20 Jun - 10 Sep 1945)

Detachments**

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

No 10 Ferry Unit (Mar - Jun 1945)

No 320 Maintenance Unit (xxx 1946 - Oct 1947)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 35 Wing (14 Nov 1943 - 3 Apr 1944)

No 3 Concealment and Decoy Unit (1 Jan 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 418 Air Sores Park (20 Jan - 10 Apr 1944)

No 14 Personnel Transit Centre (11 Feb - 13 Mar 1944)

No 6126 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 22 May 1944)

No 6268 Servicing Echelon (22 – 26 Mar 1944)

No 6002 Servicing Echelon (24 Mar – 4 Apr 1944)

No 6080 Servicing Echelon (22 Apr – 5 May 1944)

Sub-site of No 3 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1944 - 1 May 1947)

2 Sqn (

4 Sqn (

63 Sqn (

80 Sqn (

126 Sqn (

168 Sqn (

170 Sqn (

182 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

652 Sqn (

Location

County: - Hertfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:50:08N  00:07:15E

Grid Ref -  TL464178

Height Above Sea Level - 320 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

Maintenance Command (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3226 Servicing Commando (3 Jul - 2 Oct 1942, 3 - 18 Feb 1943, 11 Mar - 8 Apr 1943, 1 May - 28 Jun 1943)

No 3205 Servicing Commando (8 Apr - 28 May 1943)

No 34 Wing Communication Unit (30 Jun 1943 - xxx xxxx)

No 410 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Sep - 6 Nov 1943)

No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit (3 Sep - 10 Nov 1943)

No 3 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (23 Sep - xxx 1943)

No 4 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (23 Sep - xxx 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Airfields of Essex Website

Main units (continued): -

No 49 Conversion Flt (16 May - 9 Nov 1942)

Air Bomber Training Flt (No 5 Group) (15 Jun - 27 Aug 1942)

57 Sqn (4 Sep 1942 - 29 Aug 1943, 2 Dec 1945 - 1 May 1946)

467 Sqn (7 - 24 Nov 1942)

'C' Flt, No 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit ( 9 Nov 1942 - 1 Jan 1943)

617 Sqn (23 Mar - 30 Aug 1943, 1 May 1958 - 31 Dec 1961)

HQ, Scampton Base (10 May 1943 - 16 Sep 1943)

HQ, No 52 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 7 Oct 1944)

No 1690 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (13 Jul - 27 Sep 1944)

HQ, No 15 Base (7 Oct 1944 - 20 Oct 1945)

153 Sqn (15 Oct 1944 - 28 Sep 1945)

No 1687 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (4 Dec 1944 - 2 Apr 1945)

625 Sqn (5 Apr - 7 Oct 1945)

Lincoln Service Trials Flt (26 Nov 1945 - xxx xxxx)

100 Sqn (15 Dec 1945 - 8 May 1946)

Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flt (15 Jun 1947 - 10 Mar 1952)

No 230 Operational Conversion Unit (21 Feb 1949 - 15 Oct 1952, 8 Dec 1969 - 31 Aug 1981)

Reserve Training Sqn ( 15 Oct 1952 - xxx xxxx)

Bomber Command Bombing School (15 Oct - 15 Nov 1952)

10 Sqn (15 Jun 1953 - 16 May 1955)

27 Sqn (15 Jun 1953 - 31 Dec 1957, 1 Apr 1961 - 29 Mar 1972, 1 Nov 1973 - 31 Mar 1982)

18 Sqn (1 Aug 1953 - 22 May 1955)

21 Sqn (21 Sep 1953 - 1 Jun 1955)

No 18 Joint Services Trials Unit (1 Dec 1961 - 1 Aug 1964)

Bombing and Navigation Systems Development Sqn (xxx xxxx - 1 Jan 1971)

Strike Command Avionics Development and Servicing Unit (1 Dec 1971 - xxx xxxx)

35 Sqn (16 Jan 1975 - 1 Mar 1982)

No 643 Volunteer Gliding School (xxx 1982 - 29 Jun 1991)

The RAF Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows) (Nov 1982 - 20 Sep 1995, xxx xxxx - Current)

Central Flying School (19 Sep 1984 - 31 May 1995)

Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (1 Jul 1990 - 31 May 1996)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:18:15N  00:33:00W

Grid Ref:    SK965798

Height above sea level: 195 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 1 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 49 Reserve Sqn (16 Oct - 14 Nov 1916)

No 37 Reserve Sqn (12 Nov 1916 - 15 Sep 1917)

81 Sqn (15 Jan 1917 - 4 Jul 1918)

No 60 Reserve Sqn (14 Apr - 1 May 1917)

No 60 Training Sqn (1 May 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

No 11 Training Sqn (5 Sep 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

No 34 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - 5 Mar 1919)

9 Sqn (1 Oct 1936 - 10 Mar 1938)

214 Sqn (1 Oct 1936 - 19 Apr 1937)

148 Sqn (7 Jun 1937 - 10 Mar 1938)

49 Sqn (14 Mar 1938 - 2 Jan 1943)

83 Sqn (14 Mar 1938  - 15 Aug 1942, 10 Oct 1960 - 31 Aug 1969)

'B' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (1 - 5 Sep 1939)

98 Sqn (2 - 19 Mar 1940)

HQ, No 75 Wing (18 - 27 Jun 1940)

No 5 Group Training Flt (19 Aug - 2 Oct 1941)

No 1518 Beam Approach Training Flt (3 Nov 1941 - 14 Jun 1943)

No 83 Conversion Flt (11 Apr - 21 Aug 1942)

Detachments**

33 Sqn (Oct 1916 - Jun 1919)

No 5 Group Target Towing Flt (Aug - Oct 1941)

57 Sqn (Nov - Dec 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

26 Sqn (

56 Sqn (

122 Sqn (

130 Sqn (

167 Sqn (

219 Sqn (

406 Sqn (

410 Sqn (

604 Sqn (

No 604 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (24 Apr – 20 Dec 1943)

No 504 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (8 – 16 Nov 1943, 30 Nov – 20 Dec 1943)

950 (Balloon) Sqn (2 Oct - 7 Dec 1944)

Sub-site, No 91 Maintenance Unit (15 Dec 1947 - 1 Dec 1952)

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:23:45N  01:37:45W

Grid Ref -  NZ240003

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

Balloon Command (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3017 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (5 Jun 1941 – xxx xxxx)

No 3032 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov 1941 – 1 Apr 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, 

Main units: -

No 3207 Servicing Commando (6 - 27 Nov 1943)

No 11 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

Mosquito Conversion Flt (22 Aug 1943 - xxx 1944)

No 3128 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 31 Dec 1943)

No 3130 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 30 Nov 1943)

No 3131 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 31 Dec 1943)

No 3130 Servicing Echelon (30 Nov – 31 Dec 1943)

No 1699 (Fortress Training) Flt (24 Apr - 16 May 1944)

21 Sqn (

214 Sqn (

342 Sqn (

464 Sqn (

487 Sqn (

Special Duties Flt (xxx 1951 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:50:49N  00:45:28E

Grid Ref -  TF862313

Height Above Sea Level - 200 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

Bomber Command (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

90 Sqn (

95 Sqn (

96 Sqn (

98 Sqn (

103 Sqn (

Main units (Sealand): -

79 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

No 3 Aircraft Storage Unit (1 Dec 1935 - 10 Feb 1938)

No 36 Maintenance Unit (15 Oct 1938 - 1 May 1940)

No 30 Maintenance Unit (1 Aug 1939 - 12 Jun 1956, 1 Feb 1959 - Mar 2006)

No 4 Personnel Transit Centre (24 Aug 1939 - xxx xxxx)

No 6 Salvage Section (18 - 28 Sep 1939)

No 47 Maintenance Unit (1 May 1940 - 15 Mar 1951)

Satellite for No 57 OTU (18 Dec 1940 - Jan 1941)

No 81 Group Communication Flt (28 Dec 1940 - 19 Feb 1941)

Sub-site, No 21 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1958 - 1 Feb 1959)

No 631 Volunteer Gliding School (11 May 1963 - xxx 2005)

No 8 Sub-site, No 16 Maintenance Unit (Dec 1978 - Mar 2006)

No 631 Volunteer Gliding Sqn (xxx 2005 - Mar 2006)

Location

County: - Flintshire

Lat/Long:   53:13:30N  03:0015W

Grid Ref -  SJ331709

Height Above Sea Level - 15 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 43 Group (1944)

Closed - Apr 2006

Notes

Main units (Shotwick): -

Aircraft Acceptance Park (under construction 1 Apr 1918 - Jun 1919)

No 67 Training Sqn (1 Apr - 15 Jul 1918)

No 51 Training Depot Station (15 Jul 1918 - 14 Mar 1919)

No 4 Training Sqn (31 May 1919 - 26 Apr 1920)

HQ, No 10 Wing (18 Oct 1919 - 7 Feb 1920)

27 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (10 Mar 1941 - 30 Nov 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, RAF Sealand history website,  Officers Commanding,

Main units (Secunderabad): -

5 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

No 2 School of Technical Training (India) (22 Jun 1943 - 1 Sep 1946)

No 14 School of Technical Training (India) (1 May 1944 - 1 Sep 1946)

Main units (Begumpet): -

20 Sqn (

HQ, No 2 (Indian) Group (1 Oct 1945 - 1 Jun 1946)

Location

Country: - Andhra Pradesh, India

Lat/Long:  17:27:11N  78:28:12E

Height Above Sea Level:  1,741 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now an Indian Air Force station known as Begumpet (2008) and Rejiv Gandhi Airport

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Sub-site, No 53 Maintenance Unit (15 Jul 1945 - 24 Nov 1947)

Sub-site, No 94 Maintenance Unit (24 Nov 1947 - 1 Jan 1950)

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:30:30N  01:24:45E

Grid Ref -  TM315955

Height Above Sea Level - 130 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

Closed - 1997

Notes

Location

Country: - Hong Kong

Lat/Long:  22:26:12N  114:04:49E

Main units: -

80 Sqn (3 Jan - 1 Feb 1950, 7 Mar - 28 Apr 1950)

28 Sqn (1 May - 7 Oct 1950, 28 Mar 1951 - 15 Aug 1955, 5 Dec 1955 - 14 Jun 1957, 17 May 1978 - 1 Nov 1996)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 7084 Servicing Echelon (22 Sep 1945 – 16 Jan 1946)

No 7110 Servicing Echelon (22 Sep 1945 – 27 Feb 1946)

11 Sqn (25 Sep 1945 - 7 Jan 1946)

No 7017 Servicing Echelon (25 Sep 1945 – 8 Jan 1946, 12 Apr – 1 May 1946)

No 7089 Servicing Echelon (26 Sep 1945 – 1 May 1946)

89 Sqn (26 Sep 1945 - 1 May 1946)

No 7011 Servicing Echelon (4 Oct 1945 – 9 Jan 1946)

No 7132 Servicing Echelon (5 Oct 1945 - 8 Jan 1946)

No 200 Staging Post (Oct - Dec 1945)

No 389 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1945 - 16 Jun 1948, 1 Jun 1951 - 1 May 1953)

No 390 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1945 - 16 Jun 1948, 15 May 1951 - 1 May 1953)

Marine Craft Section, Seletar (21 Nov 1945 - 1 Aug 1961)

681 Sqn (10 Jan - 28 May 1946)

No 314 Maintenance Unit (1 Feb 1946 - 16 Jun 1948)

17 Sqn (12 - 23 Apr 1946)

209 Sqn (28 Apr 1946 - 1 Jan 1955, 1 Oct 1959 - 31 Dec 1968)

22 Sqn (1 May - 15 Aug 1946)

684 Sqn (xx Aug - 1 Sep 1946)

81 Sqn (1 Sep 1946 - 1 Oct 1947)

84 Sqn (11 Sep 1946 - 26 Sep 1947)

RAF Maintenance Base, Far East (16 Jun 1948 - 15 May 1951)

52 Sqn (31 May - 27 Aug 1949, 22 Dec 1966 - 17 Feb 1969)

Far East Flying Boat Wing (1 Feb 1950 - 31 Dec 1954)

Far East Air Force Examining Sqn (15 Mar 1950 - 1 Jun 1951)

Towed Target Flt (15 Apr - 1 Jun 1951)

FEAF Training Sqn (1 Jun 1951 - 20 Aug 1954)

88 Sqn (24 Jun 1951 - 1 Oct 1954)

HQ, No 224 Group (6 Apr 1959 - 1 Oct 1968)

No 224 Group Communications Flt (6 Apr 1959 - 1 Oct 1968)

No 61 Signals Unit (xxx 1959 - Jun 1963)

34 Sqn (1 Oct 1960 - 31 Dec 1967)

No 1124 Marine Craft Unit (1 Aug 1961 - 21 Dec 1970)

66 Sqn (26 May 1962 - 17 Mar 1969)

103 Sqn (1 Aug 1963 - 28 Mar 1969)

225 Sqn (15 Nov - 8 Dec 1963)

65 Sqn (1 Jan 1964 - 30 Mar 1970)

Far East School of Joint Warfare (1 Apr 1966 - 31 Mar 1968)

No 15 Sqn RAF Regiment

Location

Country: - Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:25:01N 103:52:04E 

Height above sea level: 36 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Jan 1930

RAF Far East

Air Command South East Asia

Far East Air Force

Closed - 31 Mar 1971

Notes

A landing ground was constructed in 1926/27 as well as a slipway for flying boats.

On closure as a RAF station, it was handed over to the Republic of Singapore Air Force

Main units: -

205 Sqn (8 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1942, 15 Sep 1949 - 1 Mar 1958)

36 Sqn (14 Nov 1930 - 1 Feb 1942)

100 Sqn (6 Jan 1934 - 31 Jan 1942)

Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force (25 Mar 1936 - 1 Nov 1939)

230 Sqn (8 Jan 1937 - 13 Feb 1940, 1 Dec 1945 - 15 Apr 1946)

HQ Far East Communications Flt (1939 - 1940)

Emergency Flying Training Flt (26 Aug 1939 - Apr 1940)

Spotter Unit (1 Oct - Nov 1939)

'Z' Temporary Maintenance Unit (1941 - 1942)

Air Ammunition Park, Far East (18 Mar 1941 - 28 Mar 1942)

No 151 Maintenance Unit (1 Jun 1941 - 10 Feb 1942)

Calibration Flt (30 Jun 1941 - 15 Feb 1942)

No 81 Repair and Salvage Unit (19 Sep 1941 - 28 Mar 1942)

232 Sqn (13 Jan - 5 Feb 1942)

258 Sqn (28 - 30 Jan 1942)

No 2846 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Mar 1946)

110 Sqn (22 Sep 1945 - 27 Feb 1946, 27 May - 27 Aug 1949, 17 Jan 1964 - 6 Mar 1969)

Detachments**

60 Sqn (Mar 1930 - Mar 1939)

605 Sqn (Jan 1942)

230 Sqn (Jul - Dec 1945)

110 Sqn (Feb - Apr 1946)

88 Sqn (Dec 1946 - Jun 1951)

155 Sqn (Oct 1954 - Jun 1959)

205 Sqn (Mar 1958 - Oct 1971)

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 1914 AOP Flt (1 Feb - 13 Jul 1948)

No 1907 AOP Flt (15 Jul 1948 - 27 Aug 1948, 2 May 1951 - 12 Dec 1952)

HQ, No 303 Wing (1 Feb - 1 May 1953)

No 1902 AOP Flt (xxx 1953 - 1 Nov 1954)

No 1903 AOP Flt (xxx 1953 - 1 Nov 1954)

28 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

62 Sqn (

194 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

656 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Singapore

Lat/Long:  01:25:27N  103:48:36E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

205 Sqn (

209 Sqn (

259 Sqn (

265 Sqn (

413 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Seychelles

Lat/Long:  04:40:30S  55:31:18E

Height Above Sea Level:  10 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

This was located at Port Victoria

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 157 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Jul - 10 Nov 1945)

HQ, No 115 (Transport) Wing (24 Oct - 22 Nov 1945)

No 1358 Pampa Flt (31 Jan - 10 Apr 1946)

6 Sqn (

8 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

31 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

244 Sqn (

249 Sqn (

261 Sqn (

680 Sqn (

683 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   Iraq

Lat/Long: 

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

Central Air Communication Sqn (xxx - 16 Mar 1920)

Central Air Communication Section (16 Mar 1929 - 31 Mar 1922)

No 119 Maintenance Unit (19 Oct 1941 - 1 Jul 1945)

No 27 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Jun 1942 - 10 May 1944)

981 (Balloon) Sqn (Jul - 6 Sep 1942)

983 (Balloon) Sqn (xxx 1942 - 7 Feb 1943)

Aircraft Erection Unit (Iraq and Persia) (2 Apr 1943 - 5 Jan 1945)

No 34 Air Despatch & Reception Unit (xxx 1943 - Sep 1944)

Defence Flt, Iraq (15 Jun - 25 Aug 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

HQ, No 245 (Naval Co-operation) Wing (20 Feb - 15 Apr 1943)

No 14 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (16 Apr 1943 - 1 Dec 1944)

Middle East Armament School (1 May 1943 - 9 Oct 1945)

No 39 (RN) Personnel Transit Centre (3 May 1944 - Aug 1945)

No 75 Operational Training Unit (9 Feb - 25 Jun 1945)

No 1342 (RP Training) Flt (Feb - 15 Apr 1945)

No 1343 (Conversion) Flt (Mar - 12 Sep 1945)

No 2 (SAAF) Wing (5 Sep  - 15 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 236 Wing (17 Sep - 20 Dec 1946)

Mediterranean and Middle East Communication Sqn (25 - 27 Oct 1947)

Middle East Air Force Target Towing Unit (1 Jan 1950 - 15 Jan 1952)

Middle East Air Force Instrument Training Flt (5 Jun 1950 - 15 Jan 1952)

6 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

32 Sqn (

37 Sqn (

38 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

40 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

76 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

90 Sqn (

104 Sqn (

162 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

220 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

252 Sqn (

351 Sqn (

454 Sqn (

458 Sqn (

620 Sqn (

Shallufa Satellite (LG 251)

221 Sqn (

No 57 Repair & Salvage Unit (29 Aug 1941 - 9 Mar 1943)

No 61 Repair & Salvage Unit (28 Oct 1942 - xxx 1943)

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:03:00N  32:32:24E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main units: -

No 20 Training Depot Station (2 Aug - Nov 1918, May - 24 Jun 1919)

No 17 Training Depot Station (May - 25 Jul 1919)

HQ, No 257 (Heavy Bomber) Wing (20 Dec 1940 - 23 Oct 1941)

972 (Balloon) Sqn (19 May - 11 Jul 1941)

Special Signals Flt (1 Jul 1941 - xxx 1942)

No 37 Air Stores Park (28 Aug 1941 - 29  Jun 1942, 17 Jul - 3 Nov 1942)

HQ, No 231 Wing (27 Dec 1941 - 20 May 1942, 14 Dec 1945 - 31 Mar 1946)

HQ, No 238 Wing (30 Jan - 19 Aug 1942)

No 205 Group Training Unit (Feb - 15 Apr 1942)

974 (Balloon) Sqn (3 Apr - 14 Jul 1942)

Torpedo Bombing School (15 Apr - 16 May 1942)

No 5 Middle East Training School (16 May 1942 - 1 Dec 1944)

No 1 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

No 2 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

No 3 Mobile Torpedo Unit (1 Jul - 2 Sep 1942)

HQ, No 248 (General Reconnaissance/Torpedo Bomber) Wing (15 Aug - 18 Dec 1942)

No 1 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 2 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 3 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (2 Sep 1942 - 10 Mar 1944)

No 63 Repair & Salvage Unit (xx - 10 Nov 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

6 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

47 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

108 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

134 Sqn (

147 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

178 Sqn (

213 Sqn (

221 Sqn (

223 Sqn (

237 Sqn (

417 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  30:11:00N  32:33:36E Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 21 Sector (May 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Special Operations (Liberator) Flt (3 Jan - 22 Feb 1943)

No 70 Operational Training Unit (21May 1943 - 16 Jul 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

'S' Sqn (Sep 1939)

244 Sqn (May - 17 Mar 1944)

No 44 Staging Post (Jan 1943 - 1 Aug 1945)

6 Sqn (20 Jan - 18 Feb 1953)

AHQ Levant Communication Flt (xxx 1957 - 1 Apr 1958)

84 Sqn (3 Sep 1967 - 30 Dec 1970)

78 Sqn (13 Oct 1967 - 21 Dec 1971)

Search & Rescue section (xxx 1968 - 1 Aug 1969)

210 Sqn (1 Nov 1970 - 15 Nov 1971)

Location

Country: - Oman

Lat/Long:  25:20:42N  55:23:42E

Height Above Sea Level:  111 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1932 (landing ground)

Closed - 14 Dec 1971

Notes

Raised to RAF Station status on 1 Aug 1945

It was Sharjah International Airport until 1977.

Detachments**

84 Sqn (xxx 1933 - Dec 1934, Feb 1939 - Sep 1940)

60 Sqn (Mar 1939 - Sep 1940)

244 Sqn (Nov 1940 - May 1942)

680 Sqn (Feb 1945 - Jul 1946)

294 Sqn (Jun 1945 - Apr 1946)

683 Sqn (Jun - Nov 1953)

73 Sqn (Jan - Mar 1954, Jul 1954 - Mar 1955)

249 Sqn (Jul - Oct 1957)

88 Sqn (Jul 1961 - xxx xxxx)

213 Sqn (Jul 1961 - xxx xxxx)

8 Sqn (Oct 1961 - Aug 1967, Sep 1967 - Dec 1971)

152 Sqn (Apr 1963 - Nov 1967)

208 Sqn (Jun 1964 - Sep 1971)

Links to related sites/pages

Main units: -

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   52:13:26N  00:32:42W Approx

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 10 Training Sqn (30 Jun 1917 - 7 Jul 1918)

90 Sqn (8 - 18 Oct 1917)

5 Training Sqn, AFC (14 Jan - 2 Apr 1918)

No 9 Training Depot Station (15 Mar 1918 - 25 Apr 1919)

131 Sqn (15 Mar - 17 Aug 1918)

137 Sqn (1 Apr - 4 Jul 1918)

No 27 Maintenance Unit (10 Feb 1938 - 1 Jul 1972)

No 11 Flying Training School (16 May 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 11 Service FTS (3 Sep 1939 - 14 Mar 1942)

No 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (14 Mar - 31 Jan 1944)

411 Sqn (5 - 7 Jun 1942, 5 - 8 Aug 1942)

No 1534 Beam Approach Training Flt (7 Dec 1942 - 29 May 1945)

Central Navigation School (11 Feb - 28 Oct 1944, 31 Jul 1949 - 10 Feb 1950)

Empire Air Navigation School (28 Oct 1944 - 31 Jul 1949)

Central Navigation and Control School (10 Feb 1950 - 11 Feb 1963)

The Staff Navigation Course (xxx xxxx - 11 Feb 1963)

University of Birmingham Air Sqn (24 May 1958 - Mar 1978)

Central Air Traffic Control School (11 Feb 1963 - Current)

No 2 Flying Training School (29 Sep 1976 - 30 Mar 1997)

Aircraft Storage Flt (Jul 1982 - xxx 199x)

Defence Helicopter Flying School (1 Apr 1997 - Current)

60 Sqn (DHFS) (1 May 1997 - Current)

Location

County: - Shropshire

Lat/Long:  52:47:45N  02:40:00W

Grid Ref:  SJ550220

Height above sea level:  245ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Jun 1917

Closed - 1920

Re-opened - 1938

Personnel & Training Command (2006)

Notes

Main units: -

No 67 Training Sqn (11 Jun 1917 - 1 Apr 1918)

No 29 Training Sqn (15 Jun 1917 - 14 Jan 1918)

No 30 Training Sqn (15 - 30 Jun 1917)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

Staging Post (9 Jun 1942 - 8 Mar 1943)

Fighter Defence Flt, Aden (1 Oct 1942 - 31 Jan 1943

No 30 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 - 1 Jun 1946)

HQ, No 115 (Transport) Wing (22 Nov 1945 - 10 Apr 1946)

8 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

41 Sqn (

94 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Aden

Lat/Long:  12:54:36N  45:00:00E  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Main Units: -

No 73 Operational Training Unit (20 Nov 1941 - 24 Nov 1942)

No 3 (Middle East) Ferry Control (20 May 1942 - 1 Feb 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of presumed area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

46 Sqn (

73 Sqn (

No 7 Ferry Pilots Pool (5 Nov 1940 - 1 May 1942)

Detachment of Leeds University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - 15 Dec 1945)

No 7 Ferry Pool ATA (1 May 1942 - Oct 1945)

Leeds University Air Sqn (1 May 1948 - 18 Mar 1954)

Location

County: - West Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:47:15N  01:13:15W

Grid Ref -  SE520330

Height Above Sea Level - 26 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:37:38N  00:56:00E

Grid Ref -  TF982075

Height Above Sea Level - 215 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

88 Sqn (

577 Sqn (

No 5 Glider Training School (30 Jul 1942 - 15 Nov 1945)

Glider Instructors Flt (1 Feb - 22 Dec 1943)

Sub-site, No 25 Maintenance Unit (28 Feb 1946 - 18 Dec 1953)

Location

County: - Herefordshire

Lat/Long:   52:14:08N  02:53:00W

Grid Ref -  SO390603

Height Above Sea Level - 300 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Detachments

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (12 Sep 1940 - 28 May 1941)

No 8 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (28 May - 1 Jul 1941, 31 Jan - 30 Nov 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

The Air Crew Officers School (1 Apr 1943 - 3 May 1945)

Location

County: - Devon

Lat/Long:   50:40:48N  03:14:20W

Grid Ref -  SY124874

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: -

No 1303 Meteorological Flt (19 Apr - 1 Jul 1944)

No 1579 Calibration Flt (19 Apr - 7 Jul 1944)

No 20 Armament Practice Camp (9 Apr 1944 - 26 Jun 1945)

No 7008 Servicing Echelon (13 Jun – xxx 1945)

8 Sqn (

160 Sqn (

200 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

354 Sqn (

Location

Country: - Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Lat/Long:  07:57:00N  80:43:30E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 22 Maintenance Unit (5 Jun 1939 - 31 Dec 1960)

Coastal Command Landplane Pilots Pool (11 Nov 1939 - 1 Apr 1940)

No 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (1 Apr 1940 - 19 Oct 1943)

Polish Flt (4 Jan 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 5 Ferry Pool (15 Oct 1945 - 25 May 1950)

215 Sqn (

320 Sqn (

Location

County: - Cumberland (Cumbria)

Lat/Long:   54:52:15N  03:21:30W

Grid Ref -  NY1244436

Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

No 17 Group (1944)

Closed - 1960

Notes

Detachments**

No 1353 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (1Oct 1945 - 15 Jun 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 92 Group Instructors Course/School/Flt (15 Mar 1944 - 15 Jul 1945)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:04:15N  01:00:45W

Grid Ref -  SP676418

Height Above Sea Level - 506 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 92 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

It is now a motor racing circuit and the home of the British Grand Prix.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

3 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

129 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

164 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

253 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

329 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

441 Sqn (

451 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

598 Sqn (

602 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

Location

County: - Orkneys

Lat/Long:   59:03:53N  03:16:00W

Grid Ref -  HY269207

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 13 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Main Units: -

No 3038 Servicing Echelon (16 Feb – 11 Jun 1942, 15 Apr – 26 Jun 1943)

Advanced Ship Recognition Flt (7 Jan - 9 Feb 1943)

No 6118 Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 12 Jul 1944)

No 6313 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (11 Jul – 4 Oct 1944)

No 6611 Servicing Echelon (3 Oct – 28 Dec 1944)

No 6402 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (27 Dec 1944 – 3 Apr 1945)

No 6345 (French) Servicing Echelon (3 Apr 1945)

No 6451 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (17 May – 12 Jun 1945)

No 6453 (RAAF) Servicing Echelon (26 May – 14 Jun 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units: -

50 Sqn (

61 Sqn (

463 Sqn (

619 Sqn (

RLG for No 3 Operational Training Unit (22 Aug - 26 Nov 1941)

RLG for No 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (Apr 1942)

No 50 Conversion Flt (16 Jun - 21 Aug 1942)

No 97 Conversion Flt (23 Sep - 16 Oct 1942)

No 383 Maintenance Unit (9 Aug - 15 Sep 1945)

No 58 Maintenance Unit (15 Nov 1945 - 1 Apr 1947)

Sub-site, No 92 Maintenance Unit (1 Sep 1952 - 16 Dec 1954)

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

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   53:12:45N  00:36:00W

Grid Ref -  SK925688

Height Above Sea Level - 60 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 5 Group (1944)

Closed - 1952

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

300 Sqn (

420 Sqn (

424 Sqn (

432 Sqn (

433 Sqn (

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   54:13:30N  01:25:45W

Grid Ref -  SE373812

Height Above Sea Level - 90 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 6 (RCAF) Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

26 Sqn (

56 Sqn (

137 Sqn (

152 Sqn (

168 Sqn (

170 Sqn (

181 Sqn (

182 Sqn (

183 Sqn (

184 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

241 Sqn (

247 Sqn (

268 Sqn (

309 Sqn (

527 Sqn (

613 Sqn (

614 Sqn (

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:16:08N  00:25:15W

Grid Ref -  TL656665

Height Above Sea Level - 70 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 28 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Main units: -

No 2 Heavy Glider Maintenance Unit (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

No 3207 Servicing Commando (10 Oct - 6 Nov 1943)

No 5 (RCAF) Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (1 Jan - 14 Mar 1944)

No 417 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Jan - 1 Mar 1944)

No 6309 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (22 Mar – 23 Apr 1944)

RAF (Belgian) Training School (13 Oct 1944 - 13 Mar 1946)

No 3 Group Communication Flt (1 Mar 1945 - 21 Mar 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

51 Sqn (

150 Sqn (

578 Sqn (

266 Sqn (

No 6266 Servicing Echelon (27 Apr – 6 May 1944)

No 17 Air Crew Holding Unit (20 Jun 1945 - 27 May 1946)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:40:53N  01:05:00W

Grid Ref -  SE605210

Height Above Sea Level - 33 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 4 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:28:00N  00:57:15E

Grid Ref -  TM005895

Height Above Sea Level - 150 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1948

Notes

It is now a motor racing circuit.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

Location

County: - Norfolk

Lat/Long:   52:52:37N  00:30:07W

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: -

RAF (Belgian) Initial Training School [reception and training elements] (1 Jan - 13 Oct 1944)

RLG for No 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (7 May 1943 - 3 Apr 1945)

No 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (3 Apr - 29 May 1945)

RAF (Belgian) Technical Training School (Jan - Oct 1946)

Location

County: - Warwickshire

Lat/Long:   52:14:15N  01:42:45W

Grid Ref -  SP193598

Height Above Sea Level - 375 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 23 Group (1944)

Closed - 1946

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Towers website, 

Main units (continued): -

No 23 Group Communication Flt (10 Oct 1939 - 1 Oct 1946)

Element of No 15 Service Flying Training School (11 Jun - 31 Aug 1940)

Ground Defence Sqn (Apr - 19 Dec1941)

No 27 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1941 - May 1944)

No 1519 Beam Approach Training Flt (Nov - Dec 1941)

No 788 Ground Defence Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - xxx xxxx)

No 3 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1Mar 1942 - 17 Dec 1945)

No 1539 Beam Approach Training Flt (15 Apr - 13 Jul 1943, 15 Nov 1944 - 1 Jun 1945)

No 3 Service Flying Training School (17 Dec 1945 - 9 Apr 1947)

Flying Training Command Instructors School (24 May 1946 - 28 Feb 1947)

Flying Training Command Instructors School (24 May 1946 - 28 Feb 1947)

No 3 Flying Training School (9 Apr 1947 - 31 May 1958)

Air Crew Transit Unit (15 Oct 1947 - May 1948)

No 2 Flying Training School (6 Apr 1948 - 1 May 1952)

Central Flying School (Basic) (May 1952 - 1 Jun 1957)

No 1 Initial Training School (22 Jul 1957 - 1 Jan 1957)

No 625 Volunteer Gliding School (2 Jun 1958 - 30 Jun 1993)

Helicopter Communications Flt (1 Dec 1960 - 5 Jan 1961)

Aircrew Officers Training School (1 Jan 1967 - 21 Jan 1968)

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:  51:41:20N  01:55:15W

Grid Ref:    SU056986

Height above sea level: 350 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1937

No 23 Group  (1944)

Closed - 21 Jan 1968

Notes

Currently in use by the Army

Main units: -

HQ, No 23 Group (10 Oct 1939 - 28 Sep 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

19 Sqn (

41 Sqn (

54 Sqn (

64 Sqn (

65 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

74 Sqn (

121 Sqn (

122 Sqn (

124 Sqn (

127 Sqn (

137 Sqn (

222 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

264 Sqn (

287 Sqn (

291 Sqn (

302 Sqn (

310 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

317 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

332 Sqn (

249 Sqn (

350 Sqn (

402 Sqn (

403 Sqn (

411 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

501 Sqn (

603 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   51:34:15N  00:42:08E

Grid Ref -  TQ872895

Height Above Sea Level - 25 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 24 Balloon Centre (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main Units:-

No 3047 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (6 Feb - 6 Mar 1942)

No 3046 (RCAF) Servicing Echelon (2 May 1942 – 6 Jan 1943)

No 616 (AAF) Servicing Echelon (6 – 13 Sep 1943)

No 3038 Servicing Echelon (20 Sep – 11 Oct 1943)

No 17 Armament Practice Camp (18 Oct 1943 - 7 Aug 1944)

'C' Section, No 3209 Servicing Commando (12 Dec 1943 - 1 Feb 1944)

No 413 (Polish) Repair & Salvage Unit (3 Jan - 15 Mar 1944)

No 3037 Servicing Echelon (21 Jan - 4 Feb 1944)

No 3016 (Eagle) Servicing Echelon (6 – 20 Feb 1944)

No 6310 (Czech) Servicing Echelon (28 Mar – 3 Apr 1944)

No 6302 Servicing Echelon (12 – 14 Apr 1944)

No 6066 Servicing Echelon (22 – 25 Apr 1944)

No 6122 Servicing Echelon (21 - 28 May 1944)

No 6127 Servicing Echelon (12 – 23 Jul 1944)

No 6074 Servicing Echelon (26 Jul - 6 Aug 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (Eastleigh) (continued): -

School of Aerial Gunnery & Bombing (Apr 1920 - 1 Apr 1922)

7 Sqn (

28 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

101 Sqn (

201 Sqn (

224 Sqn (

269 Sqn (

Southampton University Air Sqn (18 Oct 1946 - 1 Oct 1947)

Main units (Southampton): -

No 2 Air Stores Park (12 - 16 Sep 1939)

No 15 Sector (21 - 22 Jun 1944)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:57:00N  01:21:35W

Grid Ref -  SU452168

Height Above Sea Level - 37 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1917

Transferred to the Royal Navy - 1939

Notes

Originally called Eastleigh, its name was changed in 1936 to avoid confusion with Eastleigh in Kenya.  It is now Southampton Airport

Main units (Eastleigh): -

Aircraft Acceptance Park Eastleigh (1 Apr - 23 Jul 1918)

Aircraft Construction Service (Jul 1919 - xxx xxxx)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Operational Control: -

Opened: - 12 May 1976

No 1 Group

Notes

Location

County: - Cumbria

Lat/Long:  55:01:30N  02:36:08W

Main units: -

Electronic Warfare Tactics Range (12 May 1976 - Current)

Links to related sites/pages

Commanding Officers, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

13 Sqn (

229 Sqn (

236 Sqn (

303 Sqn (

306 Sqn (

308 Sqn (

312 Sqn (

315 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

Detachment of Liverpool University Air Sqn (Apr 1941 - 14 Dec 1945)

No 9 Group Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flt (5 May - 9 Aug 1941)

Satellite for No 57 OTU (Apr - Jun 1941)

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (5 May 1941 - 7 Sep 1943)

Catapult Development & Training Establishment (1941)

No 1 Calibration Flt (6 Nov 1942 - xxx xxxx)

Special Servicing Party American Aircraft (xxx 1943 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Lancashire (Merseyside)

Lat/Long:   53:20:38N  02:52:45W

Grid Ref -  SJ414833

Height Above Sea Level - 65 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Civil airport (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Originally opened as Liverpool Airport it is now know as John Lennon Airport, although the new runway and terminal are not on the original site.

Main Units: -

No 1 Aircraft Assembly Unit (1940 - 1945)

No 1 Supplementary School of Technical Training (31 Mar - 5 May 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

HQ No 3 (Training) Group (1 Apr 1923 - 12 Apr 1926)

No 3 Flying Training School (1 Apr 1928 - 1 Sep 1939)

No 3 Service Flying Training School (1 Sep 1939 - 1 Mar 1942)

29 Sqn (

39 Sqn (

43 Sqn (

70 Sqn (

83 Sqn (

91 Sqn (

100 Sqn (

106 Sqn (

202 Sqn (

No 12 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (23 Sep 1944 - 8 Feb 1945)

No 7 Group Communication Flt (24 Mar - 21 Dec 1945)

No 1 Flying Training School (18 Jun 1947 - 25 Feb 1948)

No 644 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - 31 Jan 1975)

No 2 Gliding Centre (25 Oct 1956 - 9 Aug 1971)

Main units (Grantham): -

106 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

185 Sqn (

211 Sqn (

No 5 Group Communication Flt (xxx 1938 - 14 Nov 1943)

No 12 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (1 Apr 1942 - 23 Sep 1944)

No 3226 Servicing Commando (8 Apr - 1 May 1943)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   52:54:00N  00:36:00W

Grid Ref -  SK935342

Height Above Sea Level - 415 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1916

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It has also been known from time to time as RAF Grantham.

Main Units: -

No 49 Reserve Sqn (14 Nov 1916 - 31 May 1917)

No 86 (Canadian) Reserve Sqn (9 Feb - 16 Apr 1917)

HQ, 24th (Training) Wing (24 Mar 1917 - xxx 1918)

No 49 Training Sqn (31 May - 15 Sep 1917)

No 15 Training Sqn (15 Sep 1917 - 15 Aug 1918)

No 37 Training Sqn (15 Sep 1917 - 15 Aug 1918)

No 50 Reserve Sqn (30 Nov 1917 - 15 Jul 1918)

No 39 Training Depot Station (15 Aug 1918 - 14 Mar 1919)

HQ No 3 Group (10 Nov 1919 - 31 Aug 1921)

No 3 (Training) Group Navigation School (10 Nov 1919 - xxx xxxx)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 25 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (1 Aug - 3 Sep 1939)

No 9 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 27 May 1940)

No 2 School of General Reconnaissance (28 May - 16 Dec 1940)

No 3 School of General Reconnaissance (16 Dec 1940 - 26 Aug 1945)

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

RLG for No 3 Operational Training Unit (8 - 23 Mar 1942 1941)

Flying element, School of Sea Rescue (3 May 1943 - 12 Feb 1945)

63 Sqn (

75 Sqn (

96 Sqn (

215 Sqn (

256 Sqn (

307 Sqn (

308 Sqn (

No 23 Personnel Transit Centre (1 Jul - 1 Dec 1952)

Location

County: - Lancashire

Lat/Long:   53:46:15N  03:02:00W

Grid Ref -  SD317311

Height Above Sea Level - 33 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 17 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It is now Blackpool Airport.

Main Units: -

'F' Flt, No 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit  (28 Apr 1939 - 7 Jan 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

No 7 Stores Depot (xxx 1938 - 1 Dec 1939)

No 16 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1939 - 31 Mar 2006)

Location

County: - Staffordshire

Lat/Long:   52:49:30N  02:05:60W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed - 31 Mar 2006

Notes

In 2006 it became MoD Stafford

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Commanding Officers,

Main units: -

153 Sqn (

235 Sqn (

422 Sqn (

Coastal Command Flying Instructors School (23 Feb - 9 Jun 1945)

No 106 Storage Sub-Site, No 272 Maintenance Unit (1 Aug 1945 - 28 Feb 1947)

Location

County: - County Fermanagh

Lat/Long:   54:24:00N  07:39:07W

Grid Ref -  H230500

Height Above Sea Level - 165 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 17 Group (1944)

Closed - 1947

Notes

It is now Enniskillen Airport.

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units (continued): -

No 19 Maintenance Unit (7 Feb 1939 - 1 Nov 1968/7 Apr 1999)

No 32 Maintenance Unit (1 Jul 1939 - 1 Nov 1968/7 Apr 1999)

No 11 Group Pool (1 Jul 1939 - 9 Mar 1940)

No 4 Air Stores Park (26 Aug - 15 Sep 1939)

No 5 Air Stores Park (26 Aug - 16 Sep 1939)

School of Air Navigation (2 Sep 1939 - Jun 1940)

No 1 School of Air Navigation (Jun - 12 Oct 1940)

No 5 Salvage Centre (18 - 24 Sep 1939)

Special Duty Flt (14 Nov 1939 - 27 Apr 1940)

No 417 Flt (15 Jul - 1 Oct 1940)

'U' Flt, No 1 AACU (15 Aug - 15 Sep 1940)

No 1417 Flt (1 - 18 Mar 1941)

No 4 School of Technical Training (1 Sep 1938 - xxxx)

No 12 Radio School (1 Sep 1943 - 7 Mar 1946)

No 14 Radio School (1 Jun 1944 - 7 Mar 1946)

Signals Instructor School (1 Jun 1944 - xxx xxxx)

No 68 Gliding School (Mar 1947 - 1 Sep 1955)

Special Installation Flt (29 Feb 1948 - 5 Oct 1953)

No 634 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - 1 May 1964)

University of Wales Air Sqn (26 Aug 1963 - Current)

Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Flt (1991 - Current?)

Location

County: - Glamorganshire

Lat/Long:  51:24:30N  03:26:00W

Grid Ref:  ST005685

Height above sea level:  50ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Feb 1939

Personnel & Training Command (2006)

Ceased to be RAF Station - 1 Jul 2006

Notes

On 1 Jul 2006, the station was renamed MOD St Athan to reflect the diversity of units based at the station.

Main units: -

Central Trade Test Board

No 9 Aircraft Storage Unit (xxx 1938 - 7 Feb 1939)

Links to related sites/pages

Officers Commanding, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

58 Sqn (

502 Sqn (

517 Sqn (

53 Sqn (

No 4053 Servicing Echelon (25 Jun – 17 Sep 1945)

220 Sqn (

No 4220 Servicing Echelon (25 Jun - 22 Sep 1945)

Location

County: - Pembrokeshire

Lat/Long:   51:53:10N  05:12:45W

Grid Ref -  SM790256

Height Above Sea Level - 250 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 19 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  FAA Archive Website,

Main units (continued): -

206 Sqn (30 May - 12 Aug 1941, 12 Apr - 11 Jul 1944)

233 Sqn (16 Aug 1941 - 2 Jan 1942)

22 Sqn (28 Oct 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

224 Sqn (20 Dec 1941 - 19 Feb 1942, 23 Apr 1943 - 11 Sep 1944, 26 Jul 1945 - 10 Nov 1947)

86 Sqn (10 Jan - 5 Mar 1942)

502 Sqn (22 Feb 1942 - 30 Jun 1943, 25 Mar - 30 Jun 1943)

58 Sqn (8 Apr - 30 Aug 1942, 31 Mar - 29 Jun 1943)

415 Sqn (11 Apr - 16 May 1942)

500 Sqn (30 Aug - 5 Nov 1942)

407 Sqn (1 Oct - 10 Nov 1942, 3 Nov - 2 Dec 1943)

517 Sqn (7 Aug - 25 Nov 1943)

143 Sqn (28 Aug - 16 Sep 1943)

612 Sqn (1 Nov - 3 Dec 1943)

547 Sqn (14 Jan - 1 Oct 1944)

282 Sqn (19 Sep 1944 - 9 Jul 1945)

179 Sqn (1 Nov 1944 - 30 Sep 1946)

304 Sqn (6 Mar - 9 Jul 1945)

No 4301 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (Apr – 2 Jul 1945)

No 4304 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (14 Jun – 9 Jul 1945)

210 Sqn (1 Jun 1946 - 10 Sep 1952)

228 Sqn (1 Jun - 30 Sep 1946, 1 Jul 1954 - 29 Nov 1956, 14 Jan 1958 - 6 Mar 1959)

203 Sqn (16 Jan 1947 - 15 Aug 1952)

No 19 Group Communications Flt (29 Jul 1948 - 27 Aug 1951)

220 Sqn (14 Nov 1951 - 4 Dec 1956)

240 Sqn (27 May - 5 Jun 1952)

Towed Target Flt (xxx 1953 - Sep 1955)

No 626  Volunteer Gliding School (1 Jun 1958 - 16 Mar 1963)

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

No 2782 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Jul 1945)

Location

County: - Cornwall

Lat/Long:  50:28:38N  04:59:45W

Grid Ref:  SW875685

Height above sea level:  340ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 2 Oct 1939

No 19 Group (1944)

Closed - 6 Mar 1959

Notes

Main units: -

217 Sqn (2 Oct 1939 - 29 Oct 1941, 14 Jan - 7 Apr 1952)

No 6 Coastal Patrol Flt (15 Jan  - 27 May 1940)

234 Sqn (18 Jun - 14 Aug 1940, 11 Sep 1940 - 24 Feb 1941)

236 Sqn (8 Aug 1940 - 21 Mar 1941)

238 Sqn (14 Aug - 10 Sep 1940)

No 404 Flt (24 Dec 1940 - 1 Mar 1941)

247 Sqn (10 - 17 Feb 1941)

263 Sqn (24 Feb - 18 Mar 1941)

No 1404 Flt (1 Mar 1941 - 11 Aug 1943)

53 Sqn (20 Mar - 3 Jul 1941, 20 Oct - 17 Dec 1941, 16 May - 3 Jul 1942, 3 Jan - 13 Sep 1944)

220 Sqn (Aug 1939 - Apr 1941)

206 Sqn (Mar 1940 - May 1941)

48 Sqn (Jun - Jul 1940)

236 Sqn (Jul - Aug 1940, Mar - Oct 1941)

247 Sqn (Aug 1940 - Feb 1941, Feb - May 1941)

254 Sqn (Aug 1940 - Jan 1941)

263 Sqn (Nov 1940 - Feb 1941)

502 Sqn (Jan 1941 - Feb 1942)

42 Sqn (Mar 1941 - Jun 1942)

612 Sqn (Apr - Dec 1941)

221 Sqn (May - Sep 1941)

86 Sqn (Jun 1941 - Jan 1942)

217 Sqn (Oct 1941 - Mar 1942)

233 Sqn (Jan - Jul 1942)

489 Sqn (Mar - Aug 1942)

140 Sqn (May 1942 - Mar 1943)

61 Sqn (Jul - Aug  1942)

59 Sqn (Aug - Dec 1942, Mar - May 1943)

415 Sqn (Sep - Nov 1942)

161 Sqn (Oct 1942 - Sep 1943)

541 Sqn (Oct 1942 - May 1944)

543 Sqn (Oct 1942 - Oct 1943)

235 Sqn (Jan - Aug 1943)

280 Sqn (Oct 1944 - Nov 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (St Mawgan): -

No 1529 Beam Approach Training Flt (1 Dec 1944 - 27 Jan 1946)

No 1 Air Traffic School (3 Jan - 20 Nov 1945)

No 16 Ferry Unit (26 Apr - 15 Nov 1946)

School of Maritime Reconnaissance (1 Jan 1951 - 30 Sep 1956)

Coastal Command Aircraft Preparation & Modification Flt (28 May 1951 - 15 Jul 1954)

Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit (10 May 1951 - 1 Sep 1958)

Coastal Command Modification Centre (15 Jul 1954 - Feb 1956)

228 Sqn (29 Nov 1956 - 14 Jan 1958)

220 Sqn (4 Dec 1956 - 1 Oct 1958)

No 1360 Flt (1 Aug 1957 - 1 Feb 1958)

206 Sqn (14 Jan 1958 - 1 Jul 1965)

217 Sqn (1 Feb 1958 - 13 Nov 1959)

201 Sqn (1 Oct 1958 - 1 Jul 1965)

42 Sqn (8 Oct 1958 - 1 Oct 1992)

Maritime Operational Training Unit (7 Jul 1965 - 1 Jul 1970)

7 Sqn (1 May 1970 - 5 Jan 1982)

No 236 OCU (1 Jul 1970 - 1 Oct 1992)

No 626 Volunteer Gliding School (Nov 1990 - Oct 1992)

22 Sqn (1 Dec 1992 - 22 Sep 1997)

Sea King Training Unit (2 Apr 1993 - 1 Apr 1996)

Sea King OCU (1 Apr - 1 Nov 1996)

203 (Reserve) Sqn (1 Nov 1996 - Current)

No1 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Current)

Location

County: - Cornwall

Lat/Long:  50:26:25N  05:00:30W

Grid Ref:  SW870646

Height above sea level:  330ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

No 44 Group (1944)

No 18 Group

No 11/18 Group

No 1 Group (2005)

Notes

Originally opened as Trebelzue, it was rebuilt in 1942 and renamed St Mawgan on 24 February 1943.

Main units (St Mawgan): -

Traffic Control School (1 Nov 1944 - 3 Jan 1945)

Detachment (Trebelzue)**

264 Sqn (May 1942 - Apr 1943)

400 Sqn (Dec 1942 - Feb 1943)

Detachment (St Mawgan)**

282 Sqn (Sep 1944 - Jul 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 7082 Servicing Echelon (2 Oct 1945- 15 Mar 1945)

HQ, No 901 Wing (14 Oct - 14 Nov 1945)

No 7045 Servicing Echelon (14 Oct 1945 – 29 May 1946)

5 Sqn (

11 Sqn (

20 Sqn (

27 Sqn (

30 Sqn (

34 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

45 Sqn (

60 Sqn (

82 Sqn (

84 Sqn (

89 Sqn (

113 Sqn (

123 Sqn (

135 Sqn (

146 Sqn (

155 Sqn (

176 Sqn (

200 Sqn (

203 Sqn (

211 Sqn (

215 Sqn (

261 Sqn (

354 Sqn (

Location

Country: -   India

Lat/Long:  12:59:42N  80:10:30E

Height Above Sea Level:  42 ft

Operational Control: -

Notes

It is now known as Chennai International Airport

Main Units: -

No 1 Coast Defence Flt, IAFVR (15 Dec 1940 - 1 Apr 1942)

No 101 (Coast Defence) Flt, IAF (1 Apr - 1 Dec 1942)

HQ, No 172 Wing (18 Oct - 27 Nov 1942,11 Sep 1943 - 10 Feb 1944)

No 16 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - Jan 1945)

Reinforcement Staging Post (6 Dec 1943 - 1 Sep 1944)

No 11 RAF Mobile Servicing Unit (Torpedo) (10 Jan - xxx 1944)

No 21 Armament Practice Camp (30 Jan - 31 Mar 1944)

No 5 Air Transit Section (10 Mar - 1 Sep 1944)

No 1302 Meteorological Flt (14 Mar 1944 - 1 Jun 1946)

No 1 Det, No 139 Repair & Salvage Unit (xxx 1944 - 4 Jul 1946)

No 57 Staging Post (1 Sep 1944 - 15 Mar 1947)

No 7020 Servicing Echelon (30 Sep – 23 Dec 1944, 7 Jun – 27 Aug 1945)

No 7084 Servicing Echelon (26 Jun – 2 Sep 1945)

No 22 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (27 Jul 1943 - Feb 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Bedfordshire

Lat/Long:   51:54:36N  00:38:02W

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,  Commanding Officers,

Main units (continued): -

Sub-site, No 3 Maintenance Unit (Oct 1946 - 1 Nov 1949)

BAFO UK Liaison Staff (Nov 1946 - Jan 1950)

No 3604 Air Defence Unit RAuxAF (3 Feb 1947 - Jun 1948)

No 83 Reserve Centre (9 Apr 1947 - 28 Jul 1952)

No 2604 Sqn, RAuxAF Regiment (12 May 1947 - 1 Jun 1949)

No 3604 Fighter Control Unit RAuxAF (Jun 1948 - 19 Oct 1949)

Film Production Library (Feb 1949 - Dec 1950)

No 2600 Sqn, RAuxAF Regiment (1 Jun 1949 - Dec 1950)

Sub-site, No 4 Maintenance Unit (1 Nov 1949 - Mar 1957)

Fighter Command HQ Unit (part) (11 Mar 1950 - 1 Apr 1968)

No 265 Police Flt RAFVR (Dec 1950 - Feb 1952)

No 681 Signals Unit (May - Dec 1953)

No 7172 Reserve Flt (Apr 1954 - Oct 1958)

No 7194 Reserve Flt (Apr 1954 - Feb 1957)

No 7204 Reserve Flt (Apr 1954 - Apr 1964)

No 3 JSTU (1 Feb 1956 - 1 Jan 1957)

No 8 JSTU (1 Feb 1956 - xxx 1957)

No 12 JSTU (1 Feb 1956 - 10 Jul 1957

No 7142 Reserve Flt (Feb 1956 - Feb 1957)

No 7132 Reserve Flt (Jun 1956 - Apr 1964)

No 7133 Reserve Flt (Jun 1956 - Jan 1964)

No 7131 Reserve Flt (Jun 1956 - xxx xxxx)

Location

County: - Middlesex

Lat/Long:  51:37:52N  00:18:36W

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

Notes

Main units: -

906 (Balloon) Sqn (Dec 1938 - 18 Dec 1939)

907 (Balloon) Sqn (Dec 1938 -  1 Sep 1939)

No 3 Balloon Centre (Jan 1939 - 15 Mar 1945)

HQ Balloon Command (1 Sep 1939 - 15 Jun 1945)

No 4770 Airfield Construction Flt (22 Aug - 9 Sep 1944)

No 5513 Artisan Flt (22 Aug - 21 Sep 1944)

No 5523 Artisan Flt (22 Aug - 21 Sep 1944)

No 46270 Airfield Construction Flt (9 Sep - 6 Oct 1944)

MT Repair Unit (Nov - Dec 1944)

No 63 MT Repair Unit (Dec 1944 - xxx xxxx)

HQ Balloon Wing (15 Mar - 20 Aug 1945)

HQ No 43 Group (1 May 1945 - 29 Jun 1947)

Sub-site, No 232 Maintenance Unit (Apr - Oct 1946)

No 1 RAF Film Production Unit (1 Jan 1946 - Feb 1949)

Detachment**

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Commanding Officers,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Northumberland

Lat/Long:   55:06:36N  01:40:12W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Essex

Lat/Long:   51:52:53N  00:13:45E

Grid Ref -  TL538228

Height Above Sea Level - 328 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1943

USAAF (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It is now London Stanstead Airport

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 31 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (29 Sep 1938 - 3 Sep 1939)

No 6 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 Nov 1939 - 17 Jan 1942)

No 44 Group Communication Flt (15 Aug 1941 - 9 Aug 1946)

Sub-site, No 7 Maintenance Unit (4 Jun 1945 - 11 Aug 1953)

Location

County: - Gloucestershire

Lat/Long:   51:53:38N  02:10:00W

Grid Ref -  SO887218

Height Above Sea Level - 85 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1936

No 25Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Detachments**

225 Sqn (Jul 1940 - Jul 1941)

No 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (Jul - 21 Sep 1940)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1939

Closed -

Currently a Radar Reporting Post

Location

County: - North Yorkshire

Lat/Long:  54:11:13N  00:25:59W

Main units (continued): -

Chain Home Station.

ADGE Reporting Centre

Links to related sites/pages

Battle of Britain Anniversary website, Commanding Officers, Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

Air Headquarters Aden (26 Dec 1941 - 21 Apr 1942)

No 114 Maintenance Unit (1 Dec 1946 - 1 Sep 1967)

HQ, British Forces Arabian Peninsula (1 Oct 1959 - 1 Mar 1961)

HQ, Air Forces Arabian Peninsula (1 Oct 1959 - 1 Mar 1961)

HQ, Air Forces Middle East (1 Mar 1961 - 1 Sep 1967)

Middle East Command (RAF Element) (1 Mar 1961 - 1 Sep 1967)

Location

Country: - Aden

Lat/Long:  12:47:06N  44:58:48E

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Cambridgeshire

Lat/Long:   52:03:34N  00:06:00W

Grid Ref -  TL300420

Height Above Sea Level - 168 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: -

26 Sqn (

46 Sqn (

175 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

239 Sqn (

242 Sqn (

243 Sqn (

296 Sqn (

297 Sqn (

299 Sqn (

No 3139 Servicing Echelon (19 Feb – 14 Mar 1944)

No 3143 Servicing Echelon (19 Feb - 15 Mar 1944)

No 4242 Servicing Echelon (15 Nov 1944 – 9 Dec 1945)

No 4046 Servicing Echelon (9 Jan 1945 – 15 Oct 1946)

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:54:45N  01:39:08W

Grid Ref -  SU248121

Height Above Sea Level - 373 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1942

No 116 Wing (1944)

Closed - 1948

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

No 7 Air Observers School (1 Sep - 1 Dec 1939)

No 23 (French) Initial Training Wing (27 Nov 1944 - 6 Apr 1946)

No 40 Initial Training Wing (21 Aug - 27 Nov 1944)

No 32 (French) Personnel Reception Centre (30 Jul 1945 - 18 Feb 1946)

Location

County: - Glamorganshire

Lat/Long:   51:30:08N  03:40:00W

Grid Ref -  SS842794

Height Above Sea Level - 350 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 54 Group (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

48 Sqn (

58 Sqn (

224 Sqn (

500 Sqn (

502 Sqn (

518 Sqn (

612 Sqn (

No 66 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (30 May 1942 - 15 Nov 1945)

Location

County: - Hebrides

Lat/Long:   58:13:06N  06:20:00W

Grid Ref -  NB459932

Height Above Sea Level - 13 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1941

No 18 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It is now Stornoway Airport

Detachments**

No 102 (Long-Range) Air-Sea Rescue Unit (Oct 1945 - Jul 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 725 Ground Defence Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

215 Sqn (5 Jan - 12 Feb 1942)

No 2725 Sqn RAF regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

109 Sqn (6 Apr - 7 Aug 1942)

Detachment, No 23 Operational Training Unit (27 May - 3 Jun 1942)

No 1474 (Special Duties) Flt (4 - 10 Jul 1942)

101 Sqn (11 Aug - 29 Sep 1942)

No 149 Conversion Flt (2 -7 Oct 1942)

No 218 Conversion Flt (2 - 7 Oct 1942)

No 1427 (Ferry Training) Flt (2 Oct 1942 - 1 Apr 1943)

No 7 Conversion Flt (4 - 7 Oct 1942)

No 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit (7 Oct 1942 - 14 May 1944, 5 Oct - 3 Nov 1944)

HQ, Stradishall Base (26 Apr - 16 Sep 1943)

No 26 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

HQ, No 31 Base (16 Sep 1943 - 1 Nov 1944)

HQ, No 73 Base (1 Nov - 15 Dec 1944)

No 2754 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - Jul 1944)

186 Sqn (17 Dec 1944 - 17 Jul 1945)

No 4158 Servicing Echelon (7 May – 28 Dec 1945)

158 Sqn (17 Aug - 28 Dec 1945)

51 Sqn (21 Aug 1945 - 20 Aug 1946)

No 4051 Servicing Echelon (21 Aug 1945 – 20 Aug 1946)

No 1556 Radio Aids Training Flt (15 Sep - Dec 1945)

No 2 Section, No 1552 Radio Aids Training Flt (15 Jan - Mar 1946)

115 Sqn (9 Sep 1946 - 15 Feb 1949)

35 Sqn (18 Sep 1946 - 10 Feb 1949)

149 Sqn (4 Nov 1946 - 28 Feb 1949)

207 Sqn (8 Nov 1946 - 28 Feb 1949)

No 226 Operational Conversion Unit (1 Sep 1949  - 3 Jun 1955)

125 Sqn (31 Mar 1955 - 10 May 1957)

245 Sqn (27 Jun 1955 - 30 Jun 1957)

89 Sqn (15 Dec 1955 - 30 Nov 1958)

152 Sqn (18 Jun 1956 - 16 Jan 1957, 28 Aug 1957 - 31 Jul 1958)

263 Sqn (30 Aug 1957 - 2 Jul 1958)

1 Sqn (2 Jul 1958 - 7 Nov 1961)

85 Sqn (30 Nov 1958 - 5 Jan 1959)

54 Sqn (17 Jul 1959 - 23 Nov 1961)

208 Sqn (29 Mar - 3 Jun 1960)

No 1 Air Navigation School (1 Dec 1961 - 26 Aug 1970)

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:  52:08:00N  00:30:45E

Grid Ref:    TL724512

Height above sea level: 382 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1938

No 3 Group (1944)

Closed - 1970

Notes

It was used as an operating base for Photographic Development Unit between Jan and Jul 1940.

Used for storage of gliders from 10 Feb 1943 to 15 Mar 1944

Main units: -

9 Sqn (10 Mar 1938 - 15 Jul 1939)

148 Sqn (10 Mar 1938 - 8 Apr 1940, 30 Apr - 20 May 1940)

75 Sqn (13 Jul - 14 Sep1939)

236 Sqn (30 Oct - 9 Dec 1939)

254 Sqn (30 Oct - 9 Dec 1939)

New Zealand Flt (15 Jan - 12 Feb 1940)

214 Sqn (14 Feb 1940 - 5 Jan 1942, 12 Jan - 1 Oct 1942)

No 148 Sqn (4 Apr - 20 May 1940)

150 Sqn (15 Jun - 3 Jul 1940)

No 419 (Special Duties) Flt (9 Oct 1940 - 1 Mar 1941)

No 3 Group Training Flt (1 Feb - 21 May 1941)

No 1419 (Special Duties) Flt (1 Mar - 25 Aug 1941)

HQ and 'C' Flt, 109 Sqn (6 Apr 1941 - xxx xxxx)

Ground Defence Sqn (Apr - 19 Dec1941)

No 21 Blind Approach Training Flt (Oct  1941)

No 1521 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct  1941 - 15 Mar 1943)

138 Sqn (16 Dec 1941 - 11 Mar 1942)

No 1 Signals Communication Unit (Dec 1941 - Jan 1942)

Detachments**

311 Sqn (Sep 1940 - Apr 1942)

109 Sqn (Jan - Apr 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

Floatplane Training Flt (23 Jun 1940 - xxx xxxx)

Flying Boat Training Sqn (24 Jun 1940 - 16 Mar 1941)

No 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit (16 Mar - 21 Jun 1941)

No 302 Ferry Training Unit (1 Dec 1942 - 22 Jul 1943)

209 Sqn (

210 Sqn (

228 Sqn (

240 Sqn (

413 Sqn (

490 Sqn (

Location

County: - Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway)

Lat/Long:   54:54:00N  05:00:54W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps, 

Main units: -

8 Sqn (

14 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

55 Sqn (

6 Sqn (

142 Sqn (

145 Sqn (

163 Sqn (

Kilo 61/LG209: -

55 Sqn (

223 Sqn (

Location

Country: -  Egypt

Lat/Long:  29:57:00N  32:32:00  Approx

Height Above Sea Level: 

Operational Control: -

Notes

There was also a satellite landing ground known as Suez Road No 2 (Kilo 61 and LG209)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo of the general area on Google Maps,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Suffolk

Lat/Long:   52:03:26N  00:45:45E

Grid Ref -  TL893435

Height Above Sea Level - 220 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1944

USAAF (1944)

Closed - 1945

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Control Towers website, 

Main units: -

190 Sqn (

201 Sqn (

204 Sqn (

210 Sqn (

240 Sqn (

333 Sqn (

413 Sqn (

330 Sqn (

No 6330 (Norwegian) Servicing Echelon (30 May – 14 Jun 1945)

Location

County: - Shetlands

Lat/Long:   60:26:58N  01:18:04W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

3 Sqn (

17 Sqn (

42 Sqn (

48 Sqn (

66 Sqn (

86 Sqn (

118 Sqn (

125 Sqn (

129 Sqn (

132 Sqn (

143 Sqn (

144 Sqn (

152 Sqn (

164 Sqn (

217 Sqn (

232 Sqn (

234 Sqn (

235 Sqn (

236 Sqn (

248 Sqn (

254 Sqn (

272 Sqn (

278 Sqn (

307 Sqn (

310 Sqn (

313 Sqn (

331 Sqn (

404 Sqn (

453 Sqn (

455 Sqn (

504 Sqn (

598 Sqn (

602 Sqn (

608 Sqn (

611 Sqn (

Location

County: - Shetlands

Lat/Long:   59:52:45N  01:17:13W

Grid Ref -  HU395105

Height Above Sea Level - 3 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1936

No 18 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

It is now Sumburgh Airport

Main Units: -

Fighter Flt, Shetlands (18 Dec 193921 Jul 1940

No 1 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (28 Mar 1942 - 1 Nov 1944)

No 17 Air/Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (15 Jan 1944 - 15 Nov 1945)

No 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flt (14 Jun 1944 - 31 May 1945)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Battle of Britain Anniversary website

Main units: -

RAF Practice Camp, Sutton Bridge (xxx 1926 - 1 Jan 1932)

Towed Target Flt, Sutton Bridge (xxx - 20 Apr 1940)

No 56 Operational Training Unit (1 Nov 1940 - 27 Mar 1942)

No 12 Group Target Towing Flt (Oct 1941 - 13 Apr 1942)

Gunnery Leaders Wing (5 Sep 1942 - xxx xxxx)

64 Sqn (

254 Sqn (

264 Sqn (

266 Sqn (

613 Sqn (

Satellite for No 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (23 May - 21 Dec 1944)

No 58 Maintenance Unit (20 Jul 1954 - 1 Nov 1957)

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:   52:45:30N  00:12:00E

Grid Ref -  TF476194

Height Above Sea Level - 9 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1926

No 21 Group (1944)

Closed - 1958

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

Safety Equipment Workers School (18 Nov 1942 - 31 May 1944)

RAF School of Fire Fighting (1 Aug 1943 -10 Aug 1946, 9 Jun 1947 - 15 Jul 1953)

RAF Central School of Aircraft Recognition (Jan1945 - 7 Jun 1948)

RAF School of Fire Fighting & Anti-Gas (10 Aug 1946  - 9  Jun 1947)

RAF School of Fire Fighting & Rescue (15 Jul 1953 - 7 Oct 1959)

Location

County: - East Yorkshire

Lat/Long:   53:47:13N  00:19:19W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 17 Balloon Centre responsible for: -

• 942 (Balloon) Sqn (25 Jan 1939 - 11 Aug 1941, Sep 1942- Mar 1943)

• 942/943 (Balloon) Sqn (1 Jan - Sep 1942 - 3 Mar 1943)

• 943 (Balloon) Sqn (25 Jan 1939 - 1 Jan 1942)

• 944 (Balloon) Sqn (25 Jan 1939 - 25 Apr 1940, 15 Oct 1940 - 4 Apr 1942)

• 939/943 Sqn (5 Sep - 5 Dec 1944)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,  Station history by Len Bacon,  Commanding Officers,

Main units: -

Location

County: - Hampshire

Lat/Long:   50:53:10N  01:17:13W

Grid Ref -  SU51_09_

Height Above Sea Level -  ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units (continued): -

No 228 Air Stores Park (15 - 27 Feb 1943, 13 Mar - 27 Apr 1943)

88 Sqn (30 Mar - 19 Aug 1943)

No 2 Group Communication Flt (5 May 1943 - 16 Jan 1944)

No 206 Maintenance Unit (26 Jun 1943 - 21 Aug 1944)

No 17 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

No 1508 Beam Approach Training Flt (29 Aug 1943 - 1 Mar 1944)

305 Sqn (5 Sep - 18 Nov 1943)

No 3126 Servicing Echelon (15 Oct 1943 – 13 Feb 1944)

No 3129 (Polish) Servicing Echelon (15 Oct – 18 Nov 1943)

No 1482 (Target Towing) Flt (1 Dec 1943 - 1 Apr 1944)

3 Sqn (28 Dec 1943 - 14 Feb 1944)

No 3002 Servicing Echelon (28 Dec 1943 - 14 Feb 1944)

No 100 Group Communication Flt (9 Feb 1944 - 17 Oct 1945)

No 1508 (Gee Training) Flt (1 Mar - 24 Jun 1944)

464 Sqn (25 Mar - 9 Apr 1944)

No 6464 (RNZAF) Servicing Echelon (25 Mar – 17 Apr 1944)

No 2 Group Support Unit (1 Apr - 17 Dec 1944)

180 Sqn (12 - 26 Apr 1944)

613 Sqn (12 - 24 Apr 1944)

487 Sqn (26 - 30 Apr 1944)

320 Sqn (6 - 18 May 1944)

No 6320 (Dutch) Servicing Echelon (6 – 18 May 1944)

No 6107 Servicing Echelon (19 – 25 May 1944)

Bomber Support Development Flt (23 Dec 1944 - 21 Jul 1945)

Radio Warfare Establishment (21 Jul - 27 Sep 1945)

No 10 Air Navigation School (1 Dec 1945  - 30 Sep 1946)

Pilot-Navigation Instructors Course (31 Dec 1945 - xxx xxxx)

No 4 Radio School (5 Dec 1946 - 1 May 1951)

No 1 Air Signallers' School (1 May 1951 - 1 Apr 1957)

No 102 Gliding School (Jun 1953 - 1 Sep 1955)

No 611 Volunteer Gliding School (1 Sep 1955 - 1 Jun 1995)

No 1 Air Electronics School (1 Apr - 23 Dec 1957)

Central Servicing Development Unit/Establishment (1 Jan 1958 - xxx 1995)

No 1 Gliding Centre (8 Dec 1961 - 9 Aug 1971)

No 5 Air Experience Flt (xxx 1966 - xxx 1967)

Location

County: - Norfolk

3.5 miles N of East Dereham

Lat/Long:  52:43:38N  00:58:00E

Grid Ref:  TG002187

Height above sea level: 150 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - Sep 1940

No 2 Group (Sep 1940 - Dec 1944)

No 100 Group (Dec 1944 - Nov 1945)

No 27 Group (Nov 1945 - 1 Jan 1955)

No 23 Group (1 Jan 1955 - 1 Jan 1957)

No 25 Group (1 Jan 1957 - xxx xxxx)

Closed - 6 Sep 1995

Notes

From 10 Feb 1943, the station was used to store Horsa Gliders until 15 Mar 1944

Now used by the Army as Roberts Barracks

Main units: -

105 Sqn (31 Oct 1940 - 9 Dec 1941)

152 Sqn (31 Aug - 17 Dec 1941)

No 15 Blind Approach Training Flt (22 Sep - Oct 1941)

No 1515 Beam Approach Training Flt (Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1943)

No 3040 Servicing Echelon (14 Nov – 17 Dec 1941)

226 Sqn (9 Dec 1941 - 13 Feb 1944)

No 228 Maintenance Unit (4 Oct 1942 - 18 Feb 1943)

Detachments**

107 Sqn (May 1939 - Mar 1941)

110 Sqn (Jun 1939 - Mar 1942)

88 Sqn (Aug 1943 - Oct 1944)

98 Sqn (Aug 1943 - Oct 1944)

Central Gliding School (Aug 1971 - Aug 1977)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

No 726 (Ground Defence) Sqn (19 Dec 1941 - 1 Feb 1942)

No 2726 Sqn RAF Regiment (1 Feb 1942 - xxx xxxx)

No 1654 Conversion Unit (19 May - 15 Jun 1942)

No 61 Conversion Flt (22 Aug - 22 Oct 1942)

No 207 Conversion Flt (22 Aug - 22 Oct 1942)

No 97 Conversion Flt (16 Oct 1942)

No 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit (22 Oct 1942 - 11 Nov 1946)

No 2776 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

HQ, No 51 Base (5 Mar 1943 - 1 Nov 1944)

HQ, No 5 Group (14 Nov 1943 - 15 Dec 1945)*

No 5 Group Communications Flt (14 Nov 1943 - 15 Dec 1945)

HQ, No 75 Base (1 Nov 1944 - 1 Oct 1945)

No 13 Aircraft Modification Centre (20 Sep 1945 - 1 Aug 1946)

No 18 Operational Training Unit (28 Oct - 1 Nov 1946)

No 201 Advanced Flying School (15 Mar 1947 - 1 Jun 1954)

No 91 Group Communications Flt (9 Apr - 1 May 1947)

HQ, No 91 Group (14 Apr - 1 May 1947)*

HQ, No 21 Group (1 May 1947 - 1 Mar 1955)*

No 204 Advanced Flying School (1 Jun 1950 - 13 Feb 1952)

No 8 Flying Training School (22 Aug 1955 - 19 Mar 1964

No 21 Group Communications Flt (1 May 1957 - 1 Mar 1955)

RAF School of Recruit Training (

Flying Selection Sqn (9 Jul 1979 - 1 Jun 1987)

Elementary Flying training Sqn (1 Jun 1987 - 1 Apr 1993)

*Morton Hall

Location

County: - Lincolnshire

Lat/Long:  53:08:45N  00:40:30W

Grid Ref:  SK873616

Height above sea level: 53 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1940

No 7 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Main units: -

No 3 Air Ammunition Park (Sep 1938 - 1 Oct 1939)

No 93 Maintenance Unit (1 Oct 1939 - 4 Oct 1948) [renamed Norton Disney]

300 Sqn (22 Aug 1940 - 18 Jul 1941)

301 Sqn (29 Aug 1940 - 18 Jul 1941)

455 Sqn (6 Jun 1941 - 8 Feb 1942)

50 Sqn (20 Jul - 26 Nov 1941, 20 Jun - 16 Oct 1942)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units: -

88 Sqn (

226 Sqn (

RAF Northern Ireland Communication Flt (xxx 1940 - Oct 1942, xxx - Sep 1945)

HQ, No 75 (Bomber) Wing (10 Feb - 15 Apr 1941)

No 8 Ferry Pilots Pool (Mar 1941 - 1 May 1942)

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

No 8 Ferry Pool ATA (1 May 1942 - 15 Sep 1945)

No 13 Air Experience Flt (8 Sep 1958 - xxx 1973, 31 Mar 1978 - 31 Jul 1996)

Location

County: - County Antrim/Down?

Lat/Long:   54:37:05N  05:52:21W

Grid Ref - 

Height Above Sea Level - 15 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

Closed -

Notes

It is now known as George Best International Airport

Detachments

No 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit (13 Feb 1942 - 30 May 1943)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units(continued): -

408 Sqn (20 Jul - 9 Dec 1941)

61 Sqn (5 May 1942 - 16 Nov 1943)

No 61 Conversion Flt (5 May - 22 Aug 1942)

No 408 Conversion Flt (16 May - 19 Jun 1942)

106 Sqn (30 Sep 1942 - 11 Nov 1943)

No 27 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section (16 Aug 1943 - 15 Mar 1944)

No 1485 Flt (12 Nov 1943 - 26 Feb 1944)

No 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit (17 - 21 Nov 1943)

No 5 Lancaster Finishing School (21 Nov 1943 - 1 Apr 1945)

No 1690 Bomber (Defence) Training Flt (5 Feb - 13 Jul 1944, 4 Jun - 12 Oct 1945)

HQ No 56 Base (1 Oct 1944 - 25 Apr 1945)

Bomber Command Film Flight Unit (22 Apr - 17 Oct 1945)

49 Sqn (22 Apr - 28 Sep 1945)

No 1333 Conversion Flt (25 Oct 1945 - 5 Jan 1948)

504 Sqn (10 May - 8 Nov 1946)

No 1331 Conversion Flt (15 Dec 1946 - 5 Jan 1948)

No 22 Flying Training School (1 Feb 1948 - 1 May 1955)

No 1 Flying Training School (1 May 1955 - 18 Nov 1957)

No 2 Flying Training School (18 Nov 1957 - 16 Jan 1970)

Central Gliding School (31 Jan 1975 - 1 Oct 1976)

No 644 Volunteer Gliding School (31 Mar 1975 - Current)

Air Cadet Central Gliding School (1 Oct 1976 - Current)

No 643 Volunteer Gliding School (10 Oct 1992 - Current)

Location

County: - Nottinghamshire

Lat/Long:  53:01:15N  00:54:45W

Grid Ref:  SK730480

Height above sea level:  211ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1 Nov 1940

No 1o 1 Group (1 Nov 1940 - Dec 1941)

No 5 Group (May 1942 - 20 Oct 1945)

No 4 Group (20 Oct 1945 - 7 Jan 1948)

No 23 Group (7 Jan 1958 - 1971)

Main units: -

304 Sqn (2 Dec 1940 - 19 Jul 1941)

305 Sqn (2 Dec 1940 - 20 Jul 1941)

Links to related sites/pages

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

Main units (continued): -

33 Sqn (17 Sep - 6 Oct 1945,  31 Mar - 8 May 1946)

3 Sqn (6 - 23 Oct 1945, 22 Oct - 25 Nov 1946)

No 6003 Servicing Echelon (6 – 23 Oct 1945)

69 Sqn (9 - 27 Oct 1945)

80 Sqn (28 Oct - 18 Nov 1945, 4 May - 12 Jun 1946,14 Feb - 22 Mar 1947)

21 Sqn (9 - 30 Nov 1945, 30 Mar - 27 Apr 1946, 6 Nov - 12 Dec 1946)

No 6021 Servicing Echelon (9 – 30 Nov 1945, 6 Nov – 12 Dec 1946)

411 Sqn (16 Nov - 4 Dec 1945)

412 Sqn (7 - 21 Dec 1945)

26 Sqn (8 - 24 Dec 1945, 6 Jan - 14 Feb 1947)

56 Sqn (31 Dec 1945 - 22 Jan 1946)

305 Sqn (2 - 19 Jan 1946, 18 Jun - 11 Jul 1946)

107 Sqn (20 Jan - 3 Feb 1946, 22 Jul - 22 Aug 1946, 17 - 24 Feb 1947, 26 Feb - 22 Mar 1947, 26 Sep - 18 Oct 1947)

308 Sqn (22 Jan - 9 Feb 1946)

4 Sqn (4 - 17 Feb 1946, 6 Sep - 9 Oct 1946, 5 - 22 Aug 1947)

2 Sqn (10 Feb - 5 Mar 1946, 19 Aug - 16 Sep 1946)

41 Sqn (28 Feb - 29 Mar 1946)

350 Sqn (7 - 29 Mar 1946)

349 Sqn (8 May - 14 Jun 1946)

16 Sqn (21 Jun - 14 Jul 1946)

317 Sqn (Jul - 16 Aug 1946)

Armament Practice Station, Sylt (17 Jul 1946 - 29 Feb 1948, Feb 1949 - 16 Oct 1961)

2nd Tactical Air Force Air Sea Rescue Flt (Feb 1955 - Sep 1961)

Location

Country: - Germany

Lat/Long:  54:54:48N  08:20:26E

Height Above Sea Level:  51 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened - 1945

Closed - 29 Feb 1948

Re-opened - Feb 1949

Closed - 16 Oct 1961

Notes

Originally known as B170 Westerland, it was renamed RAF Sylt on 27 Sep 1945.

It was handed over to the Luftwaffe in 1961.

Main units: -

No 2765 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 2781 Sqn RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx - xxx xxxx)

No 25 Armament Practice Camp (15 Jul 1945 - 17 Jul 1946)

302 Sqn (27 Aug - 14 Sep 1945, 27 - 31 Aug 1946)

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,

Main units: -

No 8 Air Observer & Navigation School (1 - 12 Nov 1939)

No 4 Basic Flying Training School (15 Nov 1951 - 30 Jun 1953)

Location

County: - Northamptonshire

Lat/Long:   52:18:15N  00:47:30W

Grid Ref -  SP823682

Height Above Sea Level - 365 ft

Operational Control: -

Opened -

No 50 Group (1944)

Closed -

Notes

Links to related sites/pages

Aerial photo on Google Maps,   Control Towers website,